Rawson Ellis
Change is personal
before it is operational.
We help senior leaders navigate complex change: the kind that demands as much of you personally as it does strategically. Built on real operational experience, not textbook consulting.
Organisations we have worked with
Senior leaders who have been where you are
Before founding Rawson Ellis, we spent two decades inside large organisations, leading operations, navigating restructures, and delivering transformation programmes under real pressure. We have worked with organisations including the Department for Work and Pensions, npower, Leeds University, and Cranfield University.
That background shapes everything. We do not theorise about change. We have lived it. That changes the quality of the conversation you have with us, and the quality of the work we do together.
CIMA qualified. 20+ years in operational leadership across financial services and higher education. Led teams of up to 200 people through major restructures and transformation programmes in regulated industries.
Business analyst with experience across higher education and financial services. Brings analytical rigour to complex change, mapping what is really happening and building the evidence base for what needs to shift.
Change is personal. It deserves to be handled that way.
We have all been on the receiving end of change that did not land the way it should have. The announcement that felt rushed. The restructure that left people feeling like a number. The transformation that delivered results on a slide deck, but quietly hollowed out something important in the process.
When change is handled poorly, the damage is lasting. People become disheartened, disengaged, and quietly fearful of the next time someone tells them things are going to be different. That experience, and a genuine belief that it does not have to be that way, is why Rawson Ellis exists.
We work with leadership teams and change programmes that need to deliver something substantial, and want to make sure it does not strip out what made them great in the first place.
Our services
Every engagement is different. We tailor our work to your specific challenges, culture, and goals.
Leadership consulting & coaching
One-to-one and group coaching to develop confident, capable leaders. We work with individuals and leadership teams to build self-awareness, communication, and decision-making.
- Individual executive coaching
- Group leadership development
- 360° feedback & assessment
- Team effectiveness workshops
Change management
Strategic analysis and hands-on support to help your teams navigate, embed, and sustain meaningful organisational change, with people at the centre.
- Change readiness assessment
- Stakeholder engagement strategy
- Communication & training plans
- Post-change embedding support
Workflow optimisation
Identify inefficiencies, remove friction, and help your people do their best work. We map your current processes and co-design improvements that stick.
- Process mapping & analysis
- Bottleneck identification
- Productivity improvement plans
- Implementation support
Our work is quiet, specific, and built around you. No templates, no playbooks dusted off from someone else's transformation.
Rawson EllisWhat to expect
No jargon, no unnecessary complexity. Just a clear path from where you are to where you want to be.
A conversation, not a pitch
We start by listening. You will leave the first call with something useful: clarity on what is actually getting in the way, whether we go on to work together or not.
A proposal built around your context
No templates. We write to your specific challenge, your culture, and what you are actually trying to change. Then we check it with you before anything starts.
Delivery you can track
We do not hand over a plan and step back. We work alongside your team with clear milestones and honest progress checks throughout.
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