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Your team has changed.

Or the way it works needs to.

Inheriting a new team. After a restructure. Leading leaders. Or a team that could work better, together. 


This is the moment that shapes how your team actually works. 


Great teams need more than capable people. 

They need clarity in how they work, and relationships strong enough for the conversations that matter. 

If this is where your team is, the next step is getting clear on what needs attention and where to start.

 60 minutes. No prep required. 

Book a Team Pulse Check

The moments that matter for teams

Even when the structure is new, the team isn’t starting from a blank page.


People bring history, habits, expectations and old ways of working into the new setup.


That’s why the early conversations matter. They shape how the team works, what gets avoided, and what becomes normal.

After a restructure

The structure has changed, but how the team works together still needs to catch up. 

Stepping into a new leadership role

You’ve inherited a team and want to set the standard early. 

A team that should be performing better than it is

Good people, but not yet operating as a team. 

If that’s where you are, you’re not alone.

 And it’s something we can sort out. 

Start with a Team Pulse Check

What’s usually going on

Most of the time, it’s not a capability issue.

  • It’s how the team operates when it matters.
  • People hold back what actually needs to be said.
  • You leave meetings aligned, then watch it drift a few days later.
  • Priorities sound clear, but get interpreted differently across the team.
  • Conversations happen around the work, not always on the work.
  • Not because people aren’t good.
  • Because it’s hard to find the time to step back, align as a team, and stay focused on how you actually work together.
  • The day-to-day takes over, and the important stuff gets pushed.

Where we focus

That’s where Teams That Swear™ comes in. Not about each other. By each other.

I’m not interested in surface-level alignment.


We focus on how your team actually operates:

  • What gets said, and what doesn’t
  • How decisions are made and followed through
  • Where alignment holds, and where it breaks
  • How trust, feedback and conflict show up when pressure rises


High-performing teams don’t leave this to chance. They build it.

Learn more about Adrian

This isn’t team building. This is how teams actually get better.

Start with a Team Pulse Check

A 60-minute session to step back, see how your team is operating, and decide what matters next.

This is typically where we start when:


  • you’ve stepped into a new leadership role
  • your team has just come out of a restructure
  • a new team has been formed and needs to find its rhythm
  • things feel harder than they should

 

You’ll walk away with:


  • A clear view of how your team is operating today
  • Where clarity is holding and where it’s drifting
  • Where relationships, trust or conversations need attention
  • What to prioritise next as a team

Just come out of a restructure?

We’ll focus on role clarity, alignment, and where old dynamics are still showing up. 


No overcomplication. No long program commitment. Just a clear starting point.



 60 minutes. No prep required. 

Book your Team Pulse Check

If it makes sense to go further

Here’s how I typically work with teams:

Team Workshops

Team Performance Programs

Ongoing Coaching

Reset how the team communicates, aligns, makes decisions and follows through. 

Ongoing Coaching

Team Performance Programs

Ongoing Coaching

Support leaders to keep the right conversations alive day to day. 

Team Performance Programs

Team Performance Programs

Team Performance Programs

 Build the habits that lift clarity, trust and performance over time. processes, and help you run your business more efficiently.

Trusted by teams across corporate, sport and performance

Matt Giddens| CEO | Kestral Computing

Cam McLean | Chief Tech and Data Officer | GMHBA

Cam McLean | Chief Tech and Data Officer | GMHBA

"Adrian helped us move from being a successful business to a more connected leadership team. His work gave us practical language, better communication habits and the confidence to have more open conversations. The impact was felt beyond the leadership team and helped strengthen connection across the whole business."

Cam McLean | Chief Tech and Data Officer | GMHBA

Cam McLean | Chief Tech and Data Officer | GMHBA

Cam McLean | Chief Tech and Data Officer | GMHBA

"Adrian helped us move from a group of capable individual leaders to a genuine leadership team. The work gave us the trust, clarity and rhythm we needed to lead better together. The impact was clear: engagement lifted by 19 points and collaboration improved across the department."

Lorna Stewart | Chief Risk Officer| Praemium

Cam McLean | Chief Tech and Data Officer | GMHBA

Lorna Stewart | Chief Risk Officer| Praemium

"By working with Adrian, the team has opened up, and as a result, several different ideas and perceptions are being used. This will definitely raise interesting conversations and challenges amongst the team."

Brett Comer | CFO | State Trustees

Megan Maddox | Head of Hospital and Medical Audit Health Care Management | Bupa

Lorna Stewart | Chief Risk Officer| Praemium

"Adrian can bring the audience into a new world of individual and team growth where the theory of high-performing teams is outlined and practical how-to steps are shared to bring it to life."

Paul Flanigan | Manager Asset Engineering | ARTC

Megan Maddox | Head of Hospital and Medical Audit Health Care Management | Bupa

Megan Maddox | Head of Hospital and Medical Audit Health Care Management | Bupa

"The most valuable team workshop I have attended. Adrian kept momentum, created openness, and helped us align on language and process that drives genuine collaboration."


Megan Maddox | Head of Hospital and Medical Audit Health Care Management | Bupa

Megan Maddox | Head of Hospital and Medical Audit Health Care Management | Bupa

Megan Maddox | Head of Hospital and Medical Audit Health Care Management | Bupa

"Since the workshop, I have noticed a genuine commitment among team members to follow through with our promises to each other during the sessions."

If you lead a team and want it to work better, this is where to start.

 60 minutes. No prep required. 

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