Service · Leadership Development
Practitioner mentoring for leaders running transformation programmes. Anchored to the Leadership Compass, six dimensions, self-and-360 measurement. Formats span one-to-one mentoring retainers, small-group cohorts, and corporate programmes for early-career bench-building.
What this is, what it is not
Maxelia's Leadership Development service is mentoring delivered by an active practitioner with two decades of experience inside transformation programmes. It is deliberately not positioned as ICF or EMCC accredited coaching, because it is not. Calling it coaching would imply a regulated practice Maxelia does not hold.
What this is
What this is not
The framework
The Leadership Compass scores six dimensions on a 1-5 rubric and identifies the leadership archetype that emerges from the shape. The Lite uses self-rating only; the paid Profile adds 360-degree input from peers and direct reports, where the most diagnostic gap usually shows up.
Six dimensions
VI
The destination test. Can you articulate where the transformation is taking you in one sentence anyone can understand?
CN
What gets teams through the J-curve trough. Decisive calls under uncertainty, held through legitimate pushback.
CM
Translating complex transformation logic into the specific language each audience needs. The same message, five different deliveries.
AD
Visibly changing position on the evidence, with explicit reasoning. Not erratic; calibrated.
TR
Trusted at every level. Delegating decisively without watching or reversing. Trust deficit either direction is a brake.
EM
Reading what people are feeling, including what they are not saying. Empathy is read by direct reports first.
Four common archetypes
High Vision and Conviction. Lower Empathy and Trust.
Burns through teams during the J-curve trough. Development pathway focuses on listening and delegated trust.
High Empathy, Trust, Communication. Lower Conviction.
Loses momentum when decisive calls are needed. Development pathway focuses on time-boxed decisions with visible outcomes.
High Communication and Adaptability. Lower Vision.
Brilliantly explains a strategy that lacks a destination. Development pathway focuses on vision articulation and ownership.
High Trust and Adaptability. Lower Conviction and Vision.
Steady but rudderless. Transformation drifts. Development pathway focuses on direction-setting.
The formats
Each format is anchored to the Compass and produces a defined set of deliverables. The formats compose: a Profile can become the diagnostic anchor for ongoing Mentoring, and Mentoring retainers can extend across teams as a Group programme.
The paid version of the Leadership Lite. Six-dimension self-rating plus 360-degree input from three to five peers and direct reports. The 360 is where the most diagnostic gap usually sits.
Deliverables
Best for
Leaders who want a calibrated read on their leadership profile without committing to a programme. Often commissioned as a standalone or as the diagnostic anchor for ongoing Mentoring.
Or £150-£250 per session, ad hoc
One-to-one practitioner mentoring for senior leaders and mid-career professionals moving into digital or transformation leadership. Compass-anchored, with quarterly Compass refreshes as the measurement framework.
Deliverables
Best for
Active development context. Leaders in transformation roles who want continuous outside calibration on the leadership patterns the Compass surfaces.
Three to five people, same organisation or open cohort. Compass-anchored programme building the dimensions surfaced as collective gaps in the cohort. Each session pairs structured input with case discussion drawn from live work.
Deliverables
Best for
Leadership teams in mid-transformation, or cross-organisation cohorts where peer learning compounds. Cheaper per head than 1:1 and the peer dynamic is often diagnostic in its own right.
Structured module delivery for early-career cohorts. Transformation literacy, enterprise architecture fundamentals, Industry 4.0 awareness, leadership readiness against the Compass dimensions. Designed for organisations building a transformation-capable bench.
Deliverables
Best for
Organisations investing in the next generation of transformation leaders. Often commissioned alongside a Strategic Advisory engagement, where the cohort programme builds the bench that the roadmap will need.
Get Started
Six self-rating questions, an indicative archetype, a one-page radar. No organisational visibility. If the readout helps, commission the Profile to add the 360-degree view that usually sharpens the picture.