About Us

About Us

Formed in 2004 we have established ourselves as one of the leading learning and development companies in the UK and Internationally.

Our Mission

To Inspire!

We inspire people with inspirational
stories through our speakers.

We inspire people to tap into their
full potential through our learning.

We inspire people to create
change through our programmes.

We inspire people to innovate, disrupt
and progress through our digital creations.

We inspire our customers to
believe through all our interactions.

 

Our Values

We Care

We are here to listen, to provide the best support and experience to our team and our customers.

We Dream

We have big dreams for our clients, for our team. We explore, we innovate, we do!

We Own It

We are challenge facer-oners! Taking full accountability and exceeding expectations.

We Win

One team, with trust and respect who know what we are here for.

Steve Smith -
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We are only as good as our ability to learn and evolve and our team have done an amazing job raising the bar for our clients. They embrace their needs with innovative solutions and a passion for developing people in the world we operate in now, and also what’s to come.

Steve Smith
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2022
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A first in leadership development we launched the first programme to be delivered in the Metaverse embracing the infinite world of Virtual Reality with a programme led by global thought leaders in our own virtual space.

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2021
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This year we further developed our offering in line with demand from our clients launching three new programmes specifically focused on inspiring female talent – Empower and L3 & 5 Women in Leadership funded Management Apprenticeships.

2020
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A year of online! As well as our delivery moving 100% online during the pandemic, we also moved to a more flexible approach at our head office with the building now used as a hub and super flexible working patterns the norm. Our change Catalyst Programme became a global online programme with leaders mixing from across sectors and geographical boundaries.

2019
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By 2019 we had evolved again and built a strategic partnership with Engage Solutions Group to provide a stable platform and integrations into our client’s systems.

2017
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We became a Government registered apprenticeship provider, delivering in leadership and management whilst focussing on the learner experience that our clients always expect from us. Change Catalyst was also developed and its first cohort of 75 excited managers started their programme journey.

2016
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Shaun Lanceley joins the business (later becoming a shareholder) bringing a wealth of knowledge delivering large scale learning programmes. We became an ILM approved centre later that year.

2014
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We moved to our current home with space to grow and develop our people in a modern setting.

2013
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We developed our unique learning app to support all of our delivery, enhancing the learning experience further by introducing elements like Augmented Reality, a first in the sector.

2009
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We developed our first bespoke Learning Management System to support our learning programmes. Although clunky in parts this early adoption was key to our blended approach in later years.

2008
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With recession hitting our clients hard we stuck by them (many are still clients today) but also diversified to run award winning programmes in Education and Sporting settings.

2004
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Formed in 2004 by Steve Smith and Jonathan Stanger and born out of a passion for self-development in its early years RTB focussed mostly on corporate speaking with our first exclusive speaker being Swimmer Steve Parry, fresh from winning a medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics! Our first client was NatWest Bank.

 
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The Dream Team

A dream team has good conversations – healthy, honest, transparent, adult conversations that add value and are set on a foundation of trust, loyalty and support for one another.

We choose conversations that enable us as a team and move us towards our goals and mission.

We boost progression with development and coaching and incite innovation in our inclusive dialogues.

We recognise and appreciate all contributions and embrace the cognitive diversity required to achieve our mission.

Working at Raise the Bar, a company so passionate about personal development makes me excited for my future.

Rucha Roberts
Head of Speaker Accounts, Raise the Bar

‘Raise the Bar’ have done just that when it comes to making me feel a welcome member of the team

Danny McLaughlin
Business Development Specialist, Raise the Bar

Raise the Bar – You don’t know what you are missing until you have joined the Team!

Deanne Russell
Leadership & Management Coach, Raise the Bar

Working at Raise the Bar makes me feel valued; I feel like my opinion matters and is taken on board.

Lucy Jones
Apprenticeships Coach, Raise the Bar

The passion and the drive to deliver the very best is like nothing I have ever witnessed before! I love it here!

Simon Newton
Leadership & Management Coach, Raise the Bar

Join Our Team

Being part of a resilient and evolving team is as important to us as it is to you! Getting the right mix of fun, diversity, development and energy is key to Raising the Bar together.

We’re focused on recruiting the best possible people to join our team. We incite a high performing culture and reward those who commit and contribute with a fantastic working environment and career package.

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