Greater Clarity
Your personal board of directors isn't a corporate board or a panel of advisors. It's composed of people you have grown to deeply respect and would not want to let down.
Alchemists
The Alchemists Circle
Your Personal Board
Exclusively for business owners, CEOs and MDs, brought together as equals to gain greater clarity, make greater decisions and implement greater actions.
Clarity : Decision : Action
THE POWER OF THE ALCHEMISTS
The Alchemists is exclusively for Business Owners, CEO’s & MD’s bringing you together as equals to take Greater Clarity, make Greater Decision and implement Greater Actions.
All business owners and leaders should have the wisdom of a trusted personal board. The Alchemists brings you together as equals, not as consultants, not as a corporate board, but as the inner circle you'd never want to let down.
- Quiet ambition and competitiveness
- Passionate, professional, knowledgeable, fun and enjoyable to be with
- Value 'Active Time-out' and confidentiality to work on yourself and your business
- Prefer to implement your own change and solutions
- Understand the value & power of peer group learning and collaboration
- Like to be held accountable
- Committed to High Performance
Your personal board
The clarity, wisdom and advice no one else in your life can give you.
Greater Decision
Your confidants: the trusted people you turn to for advice and guidance. As your inner circle they give you the clarity and wisdom your partner, your board, your friends and your consultants simply can't.
Greater Action
Strong in their views, yet non-judgemental and compassionate. They ask questions, draw analogies, make dispassionate observations and give focused feedback that builds self-knowledge.
Our promise
You'll never face the challenges alone.
It can be pressurised. There is a solitude to being an owner and leader at the top of a business. As members you come together as equals, committed to supporting each other on the journey to unlock greater performance.
You will belong in a safe space where you can talk about and work on the things that matter. You will build strong, non-judgemental relationships and be held accountable by your peers to thrive and achieve your full potential.
Greater performance
Working with other business leaders makes businesses more profitable and faster growing.
Profit margins
Peer group members22.6%
Industry average10.2%
Members of business peer groups enjoyed operating margins of 22.6% per year against an industry average of 10.2% - more than twice the profitability.
Revenue growth
Peer group members5.1%
Industry average1.62%
Members experienced average revenue growth of 5.1% per year against an industry average of 1.62% - more than 200% faster growth.
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Our guiding principles
Unlocking Greater Performance in you, your business and your people.
Active Time Out
- Set aside time to work on yourself and your business.
- Explore, practise and test before performing in the real world.
- Take active time out for learning, enjoyment and fun.
High Performance
- Commit to continuous improvement, personally and in business.
- Strengthen your self-belief that you can accomplish what you set out to do.
- Rely on inner resources seldom tapped intuition, improvisation & innovation.
Safe Space
- Build deep trust and respect to get beyond the prejudices we all hold.
- Experience true teamwork, high performance and deep alignment.
Collaboration
- Leaders from many sectors coalescing around a shared concern and resolving it.
- Learn to be flexible, adapt quickly to change and embrace new environments.
What our members say
"Probably the most influential days in my 30 plus year professional career."
The Alchemists has helped me introduce new working practices into my week that I doubt I could have otherwise. Knowing that future problems yet to be seen can be shared easily within the group is a nice form of insurance policy.
Paul Black
CEO & Owner, ALPHA Group
I felt I'd be 'the poor relation'. I learnt very quickly that I was equal in the room. The welcoming atmosphere was amazing and it allowed me to rebuild lost confidence I'd kept hidden from the outside world.
Louise McCabe
MD & Owner, Angel Accounting
'If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.' The support and wisdom of other entrepreneurs has helped me filter decisions that ensure my businesses go far. It's the half day I need the most.
Russell Kelly
Managing Director, Fuelwise
A group of seasoned professionals from differing backgrounds I could learn from, bounce ideas off and be challenged by. Growing professionally in a trusted, authentic environment has been a positive step forward.
Joanne O'Doherty
CEO, Kinsetsu
Instead of solely focusing on individual desk work, joining has allowed me to actively engage and learn from highly skilled owners across industries. The one-to-ones with Alan push me to expand my thinking.
Shelley Martin
Co-Founder & CEO, 4Beauty Group
At a crossroads, making a tough decision, it is invaluable to have that wealth of knowledge and experience to call upon — making the way forward clear to see.
Dominic Walsh
Chief Executive, Hospital Services Limited
Being a founder and CEO, it can be lonely at the top. This group allows you to share and learn in a safe environment.
Paul Stewart
Founder & CEO, MYBAGGAGE
A safe space where I can talk openly about the challenges I face in my leadership role. The power is being in a room with people who have faced similar challenges. The time out each month is invaluable.
Angela Craigan
Partner, Harbinson Mulholland
Meet our founder, chair & alchemist
Alan Branagh is a man with a purpose.
"My philosophy is to bring people together as equals, unlocking greater performance by having the confidence to gain greater thinking and learning, make greater decisions and achieve greater performance."
With over 40 years of international corporate business experience, Alan chairs confidential groups for owners, CEOs and MDs of privately held small and medium-sized companies.
As a C-Level Executive Performance Coach and M&A Consultant, he specialises in building company value, corporate strategy, sales, mergers and acquisitions, leadership development and identity and culture transformation, working with organisations including Avis Europe, GSK, Accenture, BT, Bank of Ireland, Reuters, Panasonic Avionics, PWC, the LEGO Group and Invest NI.
Alan has chaired the Academy for Chief Executives NI, ROI & Scotland, holds an MSc in Coaching and Organisational Development, and is a member of the Institute of Directors.
"Explore Beyond Boundaries, Reveal Hidden Possibilities, Connect Hearts and Minds, Fulfil Life's Purpose."
Alan Branagh, Chair & Founder of The Alchemists
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Join us
The Alchemists Circle Your Personal Board. London : Sheffield : Belfast Meet Alan for a coffee and a chat.