When an invitation email from a Select Committee Clerk arrives, it is an opportunity, and it should trigger a course of focussed, efficient and effective learning to support a leader as they prepare to make a strong case for their organisation.

Learning new skills

Engaging with Select Committees is a great way to get your organisation and your case flowing into the Whitehall and Westminster mainstream. There are risks, as there are with any kind of external communication, but they can be anticipated, researched and managed. Select Committee training can be a great opportunity to update and upgrade a leader’s wider communication skillset. Our approach is based on real experiences gathered over years of advising political, business and charity leaders to communicate in high-pressure scrutiny environments.

Moving on from the ‘mock’

A select committee appearance can be a defining moment in a leader’s career. Effective preparation should involve much more than a generic, one-off mock hearing squeezed into the diary a few days before a hearing. Worst of all, the ‘mock’ scenario can be overwhelming. We want our clients to see a long-term benefit, and improved performance, from the time they spend with us. We use data, evidence and planning to drive learning. Our own digital-twin data model and benchmarking exercises ensure we create a modern learning experience tailored to each client’s own need.

Speaking under scrutiny

We have developed modern, emotionally intelligent learning methods to help our clients to communicate in high-pressure environments such as a Select Committee. We use cutting edge tech to generate data about client-performance, AI to assist with analysis, and benchmarking to focus learning.