Our 12-month flagship programme for leaders who are done firefighting
You don’t have a strategy problem.
You have a strategic capability problem.
NEXT COHORT STARTS 26 JANUARY 2027
Most organisations don’t struggle because they lack strategy. They struggle because strategic capability is inconsistent.
Leaders are busy, decisions are rushed, priorities compete, and execution begins to drift.
Strategy exists on paper - but not in daily behaviour.
You don’t have a strategy problem. You have a STRATEGIC capability problem.
Are you feeling stuck, always in reactive mode, firefighting, in the weeds, and like everything runs through you?
Strategy stops being a document. It becomes how you operates.
A 12-month programme that builds practised strategic capability, on your real work, not just in theory. For Owners and Founders, Corporate Leaders and Rising Stars. The Strategic Capability Accelerator turns knowing into being. Strategic capability grows where three things meet, expert guidance, diverse thinking and deliberate practise. Miss one, and it doesn’t stick.
This is the installation engine behind the Strategic Capability Shift™.
Name your patterns.
Put a number on your
challenge.
Learn, practise, and bechallenged, on your realwork and behaviour.
Habits andrhythms that holdunder pressure.
This is where most programmes stop.
Ours turns strategicthinking into daily practice.
SHIFT makes the change stick.
The Strategic Capability Shift™ is a practical system for turning busy leadership into genuinely strategic leadership.
Notice patterns under pressure. Interrupt autopilot.
Make trade-offs explicit. Create repeatable clarity.
Regulate before reacting. Lead with purpose and intent.
Five shifts that change how leaders think, decide and act...
Lift thinking beyond the next quarter. Widen the frame.
Install cadence so momentum becomes disciplined progress.
The Strategic Capability Shift™ is a practical system for turning busy leadership into genuinely strategic leadership.
Most leadership development trains behaviours.
It rarely builds the capability to think clearly under pressure.
Our 12-month programme transforms how leaders think strategically, make better decisions, and lead with clarity.
Built from:
25+ years advising organisations in 30+ sectors
Thousands of leaders coached and trained
A proven 12-Practice Strategic Mastery framework
The international bestselling book Be More Strategic
This is how strategic capability becomes part of how you actually operate.
Don’t just take our word for it. See what our participants have to say:
Richard Farrelly
Military Leadership Coach
Lauren Woolaston
UK&I Data Strategy Lead, Experian
Dan Colagiovanni
Founder & Coach
Tom Declat
Founder, Visionary Grid Studio
12 Live Masterclasses - so concepts become lived practice
Strategic Capability Diagnostic - so you see the real patterns (not the polite version)
Implementation Workbooks - so insight becomes action
Peer cohort - so challenge replaces comfort
Live coaching & accountability sessions - so momentum holds
A recorded library & practical resources - so capability compounds over time
Three worlds. One cohort.
A carefully curated cohort of 12. Diverse thinking is one of the three conditions for change, and you won’t find it in your own silo.
Strategic capability becomes how you operates.
The Strategic Capability Accelerator is a 12-month programme that builds practised strategic capability, on your real work, not just in theory.
Average +34% increase across the group
Mastering emotions: up nearly 20%
Leaders stop deciding just to end the uncertainty
Teams decide without checking in. Leaders get out of the weeds
Because leaders learn to think clearly when it matters most.
Practices not yet taught rose too: managing uncertainty up +10%
The Strategic Capability Accelerator is open to both individual leaders and sponsored participants from organisations. Most participants either join directly or are supported by their organisation as part of a wider development plan. Choose the route that fits your situation. A carefully curated cohort of 12 make up the Strategic Capability Accelerator, ensuring a mix of perspectives, challenge and real-world experience. Diverse thinking is one of the three conditions for change, and you won’t find it in your own silo.
“I’m finally working on scaling the business rather than just in it.” - Tom Declat Founder, VisionaryGrid Studio
You may be joining independently, or with support from your organisation.
Many participants speak with their manager or budget holder before enrolling, and we are happy to provide information to support that conversation.
Many organisations sponsor small groups of leaders to join the Accelerator together. Participants join the wider cohort, while also receiving additional support where needed, such as dedicated coaching sessions or tailored follow-up work. We can discuss the best structure for your team.
Charlie is the founder of Mandarin, a strategic advisor, investor, award-winning
facilitator and multi-accredited coach, working with leaders all over the world. He
builds strategic capability in leaders and their teams, so they lead with clarity
under pressure, focus on what matters and make the decisions others avoid.
For more than 25 years, he has partnered with thousands of leaders in 300+
organisations across 30+ sectors, from Audi, Barclays, Visa, Unilever and L’Oréal
to fast-growing, founder-led scale-ups. He has also worked first-hand alongside
Olympic champions, elite military personnel and Michelin-starred chefs, applying
lessons from elite performance to his own leadership and the teams he coaches.
Be More Strategic, his international bestseller and Business Book Awards 2026
Leadership finalist, distils what he’s learned into 12 practices any leader can build.
The Strategic Capability Accelerator is the most personal way to experience it: a
small, coached cohort, with Charlie alongside you for 12 months as you apply it to
your real challenges and personal growth.
Frameworks don’t change organisations. Practised capability does.
Strategic capability must be developed deliberately, reinforced consistently, and embedded in daily work.
Start with the Strategic Capability Assessment.
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