EXPERTS IN CHANGE AND PSYCHOLOGY
We help business leaders navigate the an increasingly changing, complex and challenging world.
What makes 8Connect different?
Most business interpretations of psychology focus on relatively narrow perspectives on human experience.
This oversimplifies rather than makes sense of the complexity.
At 8Connect we combine deep change experience with a framework that is holistic; understanding people in terms of the dynamic interaction between motivations and emotions.
This recognises human adaptability and enables resilience.
– Because adaptability and resilience are to successfully navigating our complex, changing world.
Meet the team
Rob Robson (Founder)
8Connect Consulting combines my passion for performance psychology and experience in organisational change.
I’m an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society Principal Practitioner with the Association for Business Psychology, and UK Partner for Apter Solutions.
After an early career with PwC Consulting, I’ve supported and led change in a broad range of organisations including Tata Technologies (European HR Director), Jaguar Land Rover, Superdrug, National Grid, HSBC, SABMiller, NHS, Sport Ireland and Prostate Cancer UK.
Rob Griffiths
Rob is a leadership coach and developer with over 20 years of experience leading development programmes across a range of sectors and geographies. His focus in on psychological aspects of leadership and performance, including resilience and motivation. A certified Apter coach he is also a triathlon coach and triathlete.
Liz Edwards-Smith
Liz is an experienced change and organisational development consultant with a specialism in healthcare and government. A certified Apter coach, her working style is highly collaborative, delivery focused and underpinned by excellent interpersonal skills. Liz is Non-Executive Chair at Age UK Plymouth.
Susanne Evans
Susanne Evans is a pragmatic and practical consultant and coach, with over 20 years experience in organisation change, project management and leadership. Her consulting work and recent PhD (University of Birmingham) focuses on using storytelling and appreciative inquiry techniques to increase involvement and engagement with change.
Our Partners
We work with partners that share share our values and ideas, ensuring that we are able to fulfil the full breadth of client’s requirements.
The People Experience Hub provide a versatile, responsive measurement platform that we can use to quantify what’s going on for your people.
Apter Solutions are our provider of choice for diagnostic and coaching tools as we share same underlying psychological framework, Reversal Theory.
Our clients
Our team has worked with multinational clients across many sectors. A selection of our recent clients include:
Our Values
We’re driven by a commitment to build our clients’ capablity, and values are at the heart of what we do.
Rigorous
We apply sound, evidence-based frameworks from psychology, management and HR, combined with practical business experience.
Challenging
Our job is to think critically and challenge your thinking. We will tell you what you need to know, not what you want to hear.
Collaborative
We are collaborative to our core. As well as being open, we listen, involve you and your work with your people to co-create value.
Caring
Fundamentally, we are driven by a desire to help you and your business, to be honest, and to have a positive impact upon your people.
About 8Connect
We are a People, Organisational Development and Change consultancy.
We help organisations develop the agility and resilience to perform in a complex, changing and unpredictable business environment.
Contact Us
hello@8connectpeople.com