The most effective growth & scale-up programme for ambitious recruitment SMEs.

Unlock the potential in your business with our Growth Framework®.

Developed, tried and tested over 20+ years of empowering ambitious leaders to grow valuable businesses with confidence.

Are you ready to get growing? Start with our free Growth Benchmark, or straight to our Growth Framework®.

Growth Benchmark.

Our in-depth questionnaire clearly identifies your strengths and obstacles to growth, clarifies gaps, and suggests ways for you to build on your brilliance, and fix what’s missing straight away.

Want to see where you’re at?

Start now.

Growth Framework®.

Our guided programme, carefully designed for you to scale with confidence, transforms your business operations into a bespoke, joined-up foundation for growth.

Ready for intelligent growth?

Start now.

How it works: Watch the video below.

Growth Framework®. For recruitment businesses.​

Find out more.

Growth Framework®.
For other industries.

Find out more.

Additional services.

Find out more.

90%

Job order

fill rate.

New joiners profitable

5 months quicker

than they had been.

20%

Profitability improved

in the first year.

  • Operational platform was fundamental to one firm concept, premium value and business sale.

    “We created a 'one firm' concept and management felt more confident in training new joiners, with the operational platform to base their training and management on. Training and performance improved and became much more consistent. New joiners on average were profitable 5 months quicker than had been historically the case. Profitability improved by 20% in the first year; when we sold the business, fundamental in this sale was our profits growth and the operational platform. These promoted confidence in our ability to leverage the business dynamically, growing scale and profits at the same time.”

    Founder CEO, global recruitment firm.

  • Completely transformed my business.

    “This has completely transformed my business —not just in how I lead my team, but in shifting my entire perspective on what I once thought was “good enough” to the thriving business we have today.

    The Growth Framework ® (along with coaching and guidance) has been instrumental in this evolution. The way you’ve redefined training—ensuring it’s deeply embedded into both business owners and their teams—is nothing short of revolutionary. It has been the ultimate game-changer for us. Thank you for everything and for pioneering this incredible new development. It’s truly next level!”

    Founder CEO - Healthcare recruitment firm.

  • Values and sales habits embedded into the fabric of the business.

    “Everything we do is based on our cultural values and standards for excellence frameworks, all of which are now embedded in the fabric of our business, and more recently into our existing technology. The team were excited to be working together, to learn and grow as individuals and in their teams. Business development has gone from non-existent to also being part of the fabric of the business. Our fill rate, which was already high, is now 90%.”

    Managing Director, specialist global recruitment consultancy.

  • Professional support and coaching through tricky situations.

    “I can imagine weeks like the one I’ve just had would be very difficult without the professional support and coaching I have. You are a massive part of me being able to see the learning and growth in tricky situations. Thank you, I appreciate and value having you in my corner.”

    Head of department, specialist global IT recruitment consultancy.

  • Leadership course created a golden thread of self-development through our business.

    “Having our team complete the Practical Leadership and Management course acts as a golden thread through our business, enabling mid-level managers to coach and develop each other. We have seen an increase in confidence and standard of delivery across all our leaders.”

    Head of department, specialist global IT recruitment consultancy.

  • An exceptional mentor and business coach.

    “I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to Denise Walker who has been an exceptional mentor and business coach. Your patience, empathy, and guidance have been transformative. The foundational work you helped me with and your belief in my leadership have made a real difference. We’ve achieved so much together.”

    Founder CEO - Healthcare recruitment firm.

Woman with curly hair smiling at the camera, wearing a dark top, against a blurred colorful background.

“You don’t need an MBA in business to scale up. But you do need the right structure that works intelligently for you.”

Denise Walker - Founder & MD.

Since building and selling my own recruitment company, I’ve helped dozens of ambitious leaders to grow and scale their businesses in all market conditions — creating workplaces where people thrive, deliver exceptional customer experience, and achieve profitable, sustainable growth.

I recognised early on, that gaps in specific growth-enhancing functions of business invariably cause serious problems, and can feel chaotic, when growth is attempted without first addressing them. Problems like these:

  • Lack of strategic clarity and alignment.

  • Inconsistent customer experience.

  • Talent attrition and culture drift.

  • Under-leveraged internal expertise.

  • Founder dependency.

  • Poor decision-making due to lack of data or process.

Without exception, the solution is to first elevate quality of essential growth functions, then ensure they are firmly joined up, and carefully rolled out — so that people and business are developed in tangent, ongoing. Because this leads to:

  • Alignment between leadership intention and day-to-day, business-wide operations.

  • Every team member knowing what “great” looks like and how to deliver it — to customers of all types.

  • Culture that supports people to know what’s expected of them, and how to thrive.

  • Confidence and competence across all teams, not just top performers — so that excellence becomes “business as usual”.

  • Standardised core business functions, but with easy access to adapt them when necessary.

  • Freed up leadership, able to focus on growth, innovation, and strategic direction.

I designed the Growth Framework® to make what many find complex, into a straightforward method for founders and leaders to achieve this for themselves — with results like this:

  • Leaders informed and confident to make fast, yet considered, strategic decisions.

  • Line managers confident to train and develop high performing teams.

  • Billers’ results out-performing industry averages, typically x 4.

  • Average revenue lift of 20% in year one.

  • Job fill rates averaging 70-80% upwards.

  • High levels of talent engagement.

  • Significantly higher valuation on acquisition/exit.