Shape Talent
Gender equity consulting and women's leadership coaching in London
| Hourly rate range | $125 to $275 an hour |
|---|---|
| Focus areas | |
| Works with | Women and Executives |
| Also coaches | Career coach and Health coach |
| Based in | London, United Kingdom |
Shape Talent is a London practice that works on gender equality in business. It coaches women leaders and advises large multinational organisations. Its work covers consulting, talent programmes and coaching. It uses a Three Barriers Model to find the seen and unseen blocks to progression. It also offers a Diagnostic Tool and a Debias Audit. Its aim is gender-balanced leadership teams and more women moving into senior roles.
What Shape helps with
Shape Talent helps organisations and their diverse talent deal with the barriers that hold women back from senior leadership.
- Attracting and keeping women in male-heavy industries
- Moving high potential women into senior leadership
- Getting future leaders ready for promotion
- Finding the root causes of gender imbalance
- Removing bias from systems and processes
- Building gender-balanced leadership teams
- Making gender equity efforts deliver results
Who Shape works with
Shape Talent works with complex multinational organisations that are serious about gender equality. Its programmes serve high potential women and other diverse talent who are not yet moving into senior leadership roles. It also supports leaders who need to be ready for promotion.
How Shape works
Shape Talent uses a Three Barriers Model to target the systemic blocks to gender-balanced leadership. All of its work follows a five-element approach. The first step is to create a climate for change. Then it enables and sustains that change. Its Diagnostic Tool finds the root causes of gender imbalance with intersectional insights. Its Tailored to Lead programme uses experiential learning built around each leader's own challenges and ambitions.
Background and qualifications
- Works with complex multinational organisations
- Runs Talent Accelerator programmes
- Offers Breaking Barriers Coaching
- Uses a Three Barriers Model
- Has participants from many countries
Shape Talent pricing
Programs and services
- Gender Equity Consulting
- Diagnostic Tool
- Debias Audit
- Talent Accelerator programmes
- Breaking Barriers Coaching
- Acceleration Coaching
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The CoachVouch take
Combines organisation-wide gender equity consulting with coaching programmes for women leaders, built on its Three Barriers Model.
Best for large multinational organisations that want more women in senior leadership.
Common questions
How much does Shape Talent charge?
Coaching with Shape runs $125 to $275 an hour. Request an intro for an exact quote.
What does Shape Talent help with?
Shape Talent helps with attracting and keeping women in male-heavy industries, moving high potential women into senior leadership, getting future leaders ready for promotion and finding the root causes of gender imbalance.
Does Shape Talent work with individuals or organisations?
It partners mainly with complex multinational organisations. Its programmes and coaching support their high potential women and diverse talent.
What is the Three Barriers Model?
It is the Shape Talent method for targeting seen and unseen systemic blocks. The goal is gender-balanced leadership teams.
How do I contact Shape Talent?
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