Specialist support for Higher Education professionals 

Develop the skills and behaviours to meet tomorrow's challenges

We are HE experts

Over 40 years of combined experience in Higher Education means we have deep understanding of the sector.

We also bring our knowledge and expertise from private and public sector clients, so you get the best of both worlds.

We've worked with 40+ universities

Our team have worked with a wide range of universities, including Russell Group and post-92 universities, large global players and smaller institutes.

We have a range of effective solutions 

We help managers, leaders and teams perform better. We support organisations to achieve operational effectiveness and implement strategic change.

See examples of our work below

Unprecedented challenges and opportunities need the highest-calibre leaders and managers

Even before Covid-19, the university sector was facing the new and complex challenges of increased commercialisation, Brexit-enhanced uncertainty, funding changes, course demand trends - and the opportunities of greater collaboration with industry, international campuses and new technology.

Management and leadership skill is central to thriving in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environment, but the HE sector often lags behind others in training and development in these areas.

Formium Development offers you a range of bespoke solutions. You'll find our HE experts have a wealth of HE knowledge and experience, and use this to deliver a wide range of leadership and organisational development interventions.

Our wide range of satisfied university customers points to our quality and ability to provide effective solutions, that help managers navigate a VUCA world by creating a vision, new understanding, distilling clarity in this complexity and being agile.

We bring a focus on strengths, proven to help people achieve more and with greater satisfaction.

Free guide: identify and harness your strengths

We provide effective bespoke solutions

Coaching provides you with clarity and structure

Coaching is highly effective in helping individuals make rapid progress to personal or professional goals.

HE-experienced coaches: are available to add greater familiarity and knowledge.  

A series of conversations with our coaches supports you to identify and clarify your goals and  find your own solutions. We help you stay on track and encourage you to try new thinking and approaches.

It is not a lifetime commitment: we find most people make significant change within just 6-12 hour-long sessions. Sessions can be in-person, but phone/video calls provides the greatest flexibility.

We support other coaches: through coach mentoring we provide internal coaches with essential supervision and support.

Improve skills, knowledge and expertise with bespoke training from HE specialists

We know HE: An advantage of working with us is that we know the HE language, culture, expectations and requirements, so we can provide a really-tailored learning solution. We've worked with managers and leaders throughout their career path, from aspiring leaders to Pro Vice Chancellors. We know the specific learning needs and interactions between academic, professional and technical staff.

Collaborative design: We work with you to design bespoke solutions, which can include workshops, e-learning, qualification or modular development programmes.

Wide-ranging development: Our facilitators' recent HE delivery includes Coaching skills for managers, Coaching skills for academics, Performance management, Leadership skills for academic staff, Developing a vision and Future-focus.

Using our HE expertise to help you with operational and strategic issues

Helping you effect change: We can help you improve the performance and culture of your team, department or institution. We leverage our HE knowledge, experience as in-house managers and knowledge and expertise from other sectors to build bespoke solutions

We can focus on any level: we have delivered team coaching and team building, developed competency framework, developed/reviewed policies and strategies and support senior management away days for strategy development.

Range of interventions: we use techniques such as appreciative inquiry, team strengths reports, diagnostics and impact assessments. We can provide advice, or we can actively help you implement change.

How can we help you?

Formium Development is a London-based leadership and organisation development consultancy.

We help individuals and teams become more engaged and fulfilled within their work, and improve productivity and quality. 

Our professional, highly-qualified experts use strengths-based coaching, training and development solutions .

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Customer feedback

I have no doubt that my successful completion of this qualification was largely thanks to Eszter’s skills as a leader and coach: she has an aptitude for ‘breaking the ice’ quickly and easily amongst delegates, and her approachable, friendly, respectful nature, combined with clear communication and knowledge of course material, makes her a valuable asset for individuals and organisations alike.

LB
Charity

“The practical exercises were challenging and helped to build confidence. The trainer’s presentation was very interesting.”

ES
Course Participant

“We would like to say thank you for your outstanding, well-reasoned and enjoyable course.”

LP
Course Participant

“I have known Eszter for years and she has been instrumental to my professional development. Not only by following her courses and teaching in both CMI and non-CMI classes, but by having appropriate and targeted advice which guided me through my managerial journey. Eszter is extremely approachable and knowledgeable and never failed to encourage me to push on.”

SA
Course Participant

“An inspiring day. Lots of food for thought, new ideas to put into practice. Very successful.”

Strategy Day Participant

“I feel very fortunate to have worked with Eszter and I hope as many people as possible get the opportunity to do so, because she is excellent at what she does.”

LB
Charity

“I am very pleased with the outcomes and the team all seemed to have a good day which was important to me too as you know. Thanks so much for all of your hard work and creativity. I thought that the certificates and trophies were lots of fun whilst of course having a serious point to them.”

HR Director
UK University

Our clients

Private Sector: Care UK, Ford, Glendale Services, MDM Blinds, Netgear, Skanska, Southern Trains, Wienerberger

Charities: British Library, Chartered Management Institute, Hammersmith & Fulham Volunteer Centre, Institute of Consulting, SHP - Camden and Islington Aftercare Services, The Onion Collective, The Stuart Low Trust

Local and Central Government: The London Boroughs of Islington, Merton and Sutton, most Central Government departments, Health Research Authority, Public Health England

Higher Education: Kings College London, University College London, University of Debrecen (Hungary), University of Gloucestershire, University of London, University of Nottingham

Includes direct clients, associate clients and delegates/coachees' employers

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