Founded in 2020, The Bold Goat Co. builds on more than 20 years of experience leading strategic communications and organisational change across social impact organisations. Working directly with organisations and through associate consultancies, we deliver coaching, facilitation, leadership development, and strategic communications and engagement support.
Drawing on coaching, facilitation, co-design and best practice to create practical, sustainable solutions, we believe the most effective outcomes emerge from a deep understanding of context, combined with the knowledge, experience and potential that already exists within people, teams and organisations.
Here are some examples of the work we've delivered.
Lead Confidently
Developing Leadership Capability
Designed and delivered a leadership development programme for senior NHS communications leaders, combining peer learning, facilitated workshops and practical tools to strengthen leadership capability and strategic influence.
Supporting Leadership Transitions
Designed and facilitated a group coaching programme for newly promoted Associate Directors, helping leaders build confidence, broaden their strategic contribution and navigate the transition into more senior roles.
Leading with Greater Influence
Provided one-to-one coaching for senior leaders stepping into new or expanded roles, helping them strengthen their leadership approach, navigate complex organisational dynamics and lead with greater confidence and influence.
Building Strategic Capability
Designed and facilitated practical learning programmes across the public and third sectors, covering topics including strategic communications, campaign planning, stakeholder analysis, relationship management and investigation tools, helping participants build the knowledge, skills and confidence to apply strategic thinking in their day-to-day roles.
Work Better Together
Strengthening Cross-Sector Collaboration
Designed and facilitated workshops bringing together leaders, partners and stakeholders to establish shared governance, ways of working and collaborative approaches in response to organisational and system-wide change.
Enhancing Team Effectiveness
Designed development programmes combining facilitated team workshops with individual coaching, enabling teams to build stronger relationships, develop shared ways of working and improve collective performance.
Building Organisational Resilience
Led strategic reviews of organisational risk and reputation, working alongside senior leaders and subject matter specialists to identify priorities and develop practical recommendations that strengthened long-term organisational resilience.
Communicate Clearly
Reducing Youth Violence
Developed a communications and engagement strategy for a Violence Reduction Unit, bringing together partners from policing, health, local government and the voluntary sector to build a shared approach to preventing youth violence.
Improving Children and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing
Developed a communications and engagement strategy informed by children, young people, parents and education staff to support a system-wide approach to improving children and young people's mental health and wellbeing, aligning partners around shared priorities and a collective action.
Strengthening Community Cohesion
Developed a borough-wide engagement strategy to strengthen community cohesion, inclusion and civic pride, encouraging greater participation and belonging.
Influencing Animal Welfare Policy
Designed a communications and engagement strategy to support a national animal welfare charity's influencing and campaigning work, helping build momentum for policy change.
Building Communications Capability
Conducted reviews of local authorities communications functions, identifying opportunities to strengthen strategic communications, ways of working and organisational capability.