Unlocking Growth Through Fractional Leadership and True Partnership…
We’re not just consultants... we’re hands-on partners, bringing decades of commercial leadership to ambitious businesses ready for their next phase.
What We Do…
Founder & SLT Coaching
Unlocking clarity, resilience, and momentum for leadership teams.
Straight-talking, supporting coaching for founders and senior leaders. We challenge thinking, provide fresh perspective, and help you navigate the tough stuff with confidence.
Investor Readiness Review
We stress-test your business before investors do.
.A forensic review of your financials, strategy, operations, and narrative to ensure you’re pitch-perfect and credible. We’ll help you close gaps, sharpen your story, and , when you’re ready, connect you with trusted investors from our network.
Aligned for the Long Term
Investing in your journey and sharing in your success.
Where it makes sense, we go beyond day rates, partnering through small equity stakes to share in your success. Our model means we win when you win, creating lasting value for everyone.
Fractional Leadership
Senior expertise, exactly when and where you need it.
Step-change your business with senior-level expertise on a flexible basis. We embed as part of your team, delivering commercial, operational, or project leaderships roles where and when you need them most.
Project-Based Delivery
Driving mission-critical projects from idea to impact.
From strategic initiatives to operational transformation, we lead from the front… designing, executing, and delivering high-impact projects that move the needle.
Our Training Workshops
Ignite & Engage
Align your team… Accelerate your impact.
A one or two day leadership workshop that helps you define your company’s vision, values, and success metrics, while identifying operational strengths and blind spots. Combines the Envision and Notice phases of the Engine model.
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Senior leadership teams and founders
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8-hours, or ideally, two 4-hour sessions
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Strategic clarity and actionable improvement plan
Perfect Products & Programming
Do your products serve your purpose, and your customers?
We’ll evaluate whether what you offer (and how you offer it), is aligned with your brand promise, customer needs, and commercial targets. This workshop helps you rationalise, simplify, and schedule for success. We will guide you through the principles of programming activities, special events, and seasonal changes.
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Operatiors in fitness, hospitality, leisure, and lifestyle
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Customised
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Refined product mix, and smarter programming
Radical Hospitality
You' can’t deliver 5-star service if your team’s running on empty.
From pre-recruitment and onboarding to the first 90-days, we help HODs and leaders design an employee experience rooted in radical hospitality. So your team knows how it feels before they deliver it to customers.
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Heads of department, onboarding teams, ops leads
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1-day, or ideally two 4-hour sessions
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A reimagined team experience that fuels exceptional service
Creating a Coaching Culture
Your managers shape your culture, make them brilliant coaches.
This interactive workshop trains team leaders on how to have better one-to-ones, give real-time feedback, build trust, and drive performance through coaching, not command and control
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Line managers, SLTs, department heads
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1-day, or ideally two 4-hour sessions
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Confident, people-focused leaders who grow great teams
How We’re Different...
Skin in the Game
We’re selective, only working with businesses and founders we believe in. When the fit is right, we invest our time and expertise for both immediate and long-term growth.
Flexible Engagement
Whether it’s pure fractional work, project delivery, or a blend with equity, we tailor our approach to you. No rigid criteria… if the partnership excites us, we’re all in.
Hands-On, No-Nonsense
We don’t just advise… we roll up our sleeves, get stuck in, and deliver results alongside your team. We love nothing better than just getting sh*! done!
Proven Track Record
Decades of experience, real commercial impact, and stories of growth across multiple sectors and business both in the UK and abroad.
How It Works…
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We get to know you, your business, and your ambitions
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We design and flexible plan, from a few days per month, to project-based sprints or longer term partnerships
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We embed quickly, drive results, and build momentum from day one
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Where appropriate we structure engagements with equity, ensuring our interests are always aligned with yours
About Us…
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Co-Founder
Helen is a strategic leader with extensive experience in fitness, hospitality, and leisure, working across the UK, Europe, Southern Africa, and the USA. She has scaled businesses, led high-performing regional teams, and delivered transformation for organisations including David Lloyd Clubs, Mosimann’s, Tate Galleries, and Sun International.
Recognised for her ability to align leadership teams around a clear purpose, Helen translates vision and values into everyday behaviours that deliver results. She combines commercial acumen with a deep understanding of how engaged teams create loyal customers and sustainable growth.
As an accredited coach, she also works one-to-one and with groups to help leaders achieve their personal and professional goals.
At The Engagement Engine, Helen helps operators turn culture into a competitive advantage, building teams that deliver consistency, service excellence, and long-term results.
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Co-Founder
Chris Sharman is a leading figure in the sport, leisure, and children’s activity sectors, with over 30 years of experience driving innovation, engagement, and professionalisation. With a career spanning senior management, operations, and consultancy, Chris founded Kidztivity in 2010, building a unique ecosystem that empowers over 1,000 customer-facing businesses and individuals to grow, adapt, and deliver exceptional experiences.
Chris’s passion lies in helping organisations across sport, fitness, leisure, and youth activities connect meaningfully with their communities. His strategic insight and hands-on approach have delivered transformative results for global brands like Disney, Universal Studios, David Lloyd, and Virgin Active.
As a champion for innovation and inclusivity, Chris believes that true business growth starts with authentic engagement. He is dedicated to supporting leaders and teams to unlock their potential.
Ready to Unlock Your Next Phase?
Let’s Chat…
Whether you need hands-on leadership, project delivery, getting investor-ready, or simply need a sounding board for your next big move… we’re here to help.
Book a Discovery Call or drop us a line… if it feels right, we’ll go all in.