Go Slow to Go Fast® — Leadership and team development that holds under pressure
For organisations in growth, complexity and change

Go Slow to Go Fast

Multi-award-winning team coaching, resilience training and experiential leadership programmes.

Built on doctoral research and extensive experience of leading teams, departments and companies.

Nick Wright and Hannah Alexander-Wright walking with their dog
Multi-award-winning
HR Brilliance Awards 2026 — Gold, HR Consultancy of the Year Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Award — Gold, Learning and Development 2025 CIPD People Management Awards — Shortlisted British HR Awards 2026 — Finalist
What we do

How we work with you.

From the individual to the whole organisation, each piece of work is shaped around what you actually need, and all of it is built on the same underlying practice. Whether you need to support your people, coach a team, develop your leaders, or think alongside someone who has done the job, there is a way in, below.

Our approach

Our name is our methodology.

We did not invent this idea. It is everywhere, in learning an instrument, in training for a sport, in taking a breath before the big moment. You go faster when you pause first. Our whole approach is built on bringing that pause into how leaders and teams work, on purpose, because that is where the speed comes from.

The four steps below are how we move people from autopilot into intentional action. The three frameworks underneath them are what we leave behind, so that the change holds long after our programme has ended.

Nick and Hannah working together at a desk
Pause: we intentionally slow leaders, teams and organisations down to interrupt autopilot behaviours.
Disrupt: we surface behaviours, processes, procedures, assumptions and feelings, questioning the status quo to build connection and prepare your people for action.
Realign: we help realign and redefine your people's purpose so they are ready to tackle their work efficiently and with high performance, with everyone pulling in the same direction.
Sustain: we empower your people to build their own habits so they can sustain their change, without needing us in the room.
Three frameworks, all built on doctoral research:
Kind Resilience® for individuals
Micro-Pause® for teams
The 4Cs for organisations
The evidence

We are multi-award-winning, backed by research, and shaped by twenty years of doing the work ourselves.

28
Countries reached through our largest change programme
2,000+
Leaders and managers we've worked with directly
2
Doctorates in progress, underpinning our frameworks
4
Industry awards and shortlistings
A few of the organisations we've worked with
A Global Strategy Consultancy· Valvoline· Immediate Media· Commusoft· Arena Media· Novo Nordisk· Stewarts Law· Oatly· Xylem Inc.· The University of Manchester· Philip Morris International· Teesside University· Saint Gobain Interior Solutions· Havas· BABLE Smart Cities· Not On The High Street· UAL
What clients say

Built for what is actually happening in your organisation.

A true trusted partner in every way. Their depth of experience in organisational culture, change, leadership and team dynamics means they raise the bar every time we work together.

David Reay
Chief People Officer, immediate Media

We have made significant progress in having a less stressed, more productive team. For me, this is our competitive advantage.

Jacqueline
Central Europe HR Director, Global Strategy Consultancy

I have truly felt most myself when working with the GSTGF team. A real testament to the power of what they have created.

Natalie
Global Talent Management, Valvoline Global Operations

Our team leads have gained great leadership insights and have been able to put all their pragmatic learnings into practice with their team.

Grace
Chief People Officer, BABLE Smart Cities
Who we are

Practitioners first, researchers second.

Hannah and Nick are supported by a studio of trusted colleagues and collaborators. Our doctoral research informs our practice, making sure you get learning experiences that are grounded in evidence, and tested in the real world.

Hannah Alexander-Wright, Co-Director, Research and Communications
Hannah Alexander-Wright
Co-Director, Research & Communications

Leadership coach and doctoral researcher. Hannah created Kind Resilience® through three and a half years of research across spiritual traditions, coaching, grief counselling and contemplative practice.

She coaches leaders across global strategy consultancies, media groups and scale-up businesses.

Nick Wright, Founder and Co-Director
Nick Wright
Founder & Co-Director

Twenty-five years leading commercial teams and businesses, from scaling start-ups to global functions.

Nick's doctoral research focuses on Micro-Pause®: how teams interrupt unhelpful patterns under pressure, and rebuild performance without burning people out.

Working alongside our trusted studio team
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The Micro-Pause on Substack

Hannah and Nick write regularly on resilience, team practice, and leadership under pressure.

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Whether you're a leader carrying a lot, a team that needs to reset, or an organisation rolling out something big, let's start with a conversation.

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