Welcome to FED

We are specialists in developing leadership in individuals, teams and across whole organisations.

Through word of mouth, we have been hired by the chief executives of Boots, Eon, First Direct, GKN, Hasbro Europe, The National Trust, Unilever and dozens more organisations. In Whitehall, we have worked as partners to the Heads of the Civil Service, Departments of Health, Justice, Work and Pensions, the Ministry of Defence and the NHS.

In these and other organisations, we have provided:
- leadership coaching to key players,
- top team development,
and designed and delivered:
- organisation-wide leadership development,
- people engagement and
- culture-change programmes
that have impacted powerfully on people and performance at all levels.

So why the success?

The key to our success is our simple and proven approach to developing people as leaders that we call Future – Engage – Deliver and The Times describes as:

The no-nonsense approach shaking up the world of leadership

The book of the approach, Leadership Plain and Simple is one of the UK’s top leadership books. For the last 3 years, it has been the number one item in the 80,000+ offered by Amazon in a search for leadership. And it has received more 5-Star Reviews than any other business book on Amazon, ever.

The Future – Engage – Deliver approach underpins the leadership framework now used by all civil servants; it is recommended by the Marketing Society to all UK marketeers; it is recommended to all doctors on the site of the new medical leadership body, the FMLM; and it is the framework used in the first ever leadership programme for aspiring football managers run at St George’s Park, the new centre of English football excellence.

Can we help you?

On this site you will find a wealth of useful information, suggestions and discussions. Find out more about Steve Radcliffe at steveradcliffe.com and if you would like to talk about how we might help you in your organisation, please contact us at