Sporting organisations run lean. Very few can justify a full-time learning and development role, yet the people inside them are crying out for professional development. Talent Unlocked is your fractional L&D partner: interventions designed around your identified problems and performance gaps, delivered by two people with vast experience working within sport, at a fraction of the cost of a full-time hire.
We've both worked inside sport. We know what it looks like from the inside, and we know the gap this leaves.
From association level through to national bodies, sporting organisations run tight. A full-time learning and development function is a luxury almost none can carry, so nobody owns the development of the people.
The individuals inside these organisations want to grow: staff, coaches, administrators, volunteers. Most have a modest but well-defined budget for developing their people, and nowhere obvious to spend it well.
Off-the-shelf corporate courses weren't built for sport. We partner at the top of the organisation, with CEOs, executive teams and boards, on development designed for sport and shaped around the actual problem in front of you.
We don't arrive with a catalogue. We start with what you're seeing, and design the intervention that speaks directly to your identified problems and performance gaps. If it's useful, the engagement can begin with a full development needs analysis of your organisation.
Tell us what you're seeing: the problem, the gap, the thing that keeps coming up. A development needs analysis is available if you want the full picture first.
We design an intervention that speaks directly to your problem: the format, the depth and the audience shaped to your organisation.
Delivered by us, in the format that fits: workshops, facilitated sessions, planning days, executive and 1 on 1 coaching, or ongoing development.
We review what changed against the problem we set out to solve, and shape what comes next.
Think of it as a learning and development function for your organisation, engaged only when you need it, run by people who have sat where you sit.
Every engagement is designed from scratch, but these are the territories we know well.
Not seeing your problem here? Bring it anyway. The whole point of a designed intervention is that it starts with what's actually in front of you, not with a list.
Describe what you're seeing in your organisation and the outcome you want. We'll come back with how we'd approach it, starting with a conversation, not a proposal. Every enquiry is answered personally by Malcolm or Gemma, and if we're not the right fit, we'll tell you that too.
Tell Us What You're SeeingEngagements are scoped and priced per project, shaped to your organisation and your budget.
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