The SLS Framework
Leadership is shaped by the systems around it.
The SLS Framework brings together executive coaching, organisational thinking and social development to understand leadership at multiple levels — from the individual, to the organisation, to the wider communities and systems in which they operate.
Rather than offering a fixed methodology, SLS draws on established research and practice while continuing to develop its approach through postgraduate study, applied work and ongoing enquiry.
Purposefully Interdisciplinary.
SLS sits at the intersection of Executive Coaching, Occupational Health Psychology, and Social Development.
SLS is grounded in all three disciplines, bringing together experience of working with individuals and changing the systems around them, while drawing from the distinct approaches to shape the right response for each situation.
This interdisciplinary approach allows SLS to ask not only “How can this leader perform better?” but also “What conditions are shaping their ability to perform — and what might need to change around them?”
Three levels of change.
Individual
Sustainable leadership starts with people. SLS supports individuals through one-to-one Executive Coaching, helping leaders navigate pressure, decision-making, confidence, change and the demands of their role.
Alongside coaching, Pocket Full of Happiness provides a more accessible route into personal development, with practical tools designed to support wellbeing, reflection and everyday resilience.
SLS works to understand what is happening within the company, gathering perspectives across roles and levels to identify recurring pressures, barriers and frustrations.
This becomes a diagnosis of what is happening, what may be driving it, and what could change.
SLS will identify what needs to change and help the organisation find the right response.
Organisation / Team
Wider Society
Organisations are part of the communities and societies around them. SLS also considers how their resources, influence and decisions can contribute to healthier conditions beyond — and around — the workplace.
The principle is simple: organisations cannot solve society's problems alone, but they can choose whether their influence reinforces them or helps improve the conditions around them.