Who we are
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We have decades of experience in corporate life – Gret as Vice President for a fashion conglomerate and Tom as former BBC, then Partner at an international communications firm. We have been on the forefront of success, & burnout, dealing with all the pressures that come with running departments and budgets as well as managing and developing teams to their best potential. Working conditions have been turned on their head and a hybrid world is placing new demands on employees and employers alike.
Yet challenges can be opportunities as new techniques and fresh engagement can empower people to feel, think and perform better despite disruptions.
Leadership and wellbeing are no longer separate conversations. The old model asked leaders to perform through pressure, and treated wellbeing as a bolt-on – a duty of care, not a culture of care.
We work at the intersection of both: building leaders who are resilient, present and clear, and embedding the culture that lets that way of leading actually stick. It's a strategy that feeds the evolution and performance of any business when the right measures are implemented and embraced by all.
Gret BatchelarÂ
 Managing Partner & CEO
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Gret understands the pressures of business leaders in the c-suite because she was one, running a $400m budget across Europe in her last VP role in fashion. Stress and burnout changed everything. In response, she focused on her holistic wellbeing, developed her own wellbeing rituals and practices, changing how she thought, felt, and noting what had to happen next – taking that offer to others.
Her executive experience has provided unique insights around how to help leaders find new purpose, resolve and resilience, using simple tools that embed a mindful, more present approach to leading, connection and fulfilment.
Inspired by a blend of ancient and modern ideas and evidence-based processes, Gret founded and grew Conscious Working with strategic tools that shape new behaviours for leaders and senior teams, changing perspectives, potential and performance for individuals, team and companies.
She continues to expand her knowledge and is a certified Low Tox Coach, 355hr RYT Yoga Instructor in Power, Yin, Kula and Elemental Flow, and Breath Work, Mindfulness and Meditation Facilitator.
Tom Batchelar
Managing Partner & Communications Director
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Tom Batchelar, originally a senior producer at Bloomberg and the BBC, has been advising businesses, from multinationals to start-ups, for two decades at Brunswick Group, Instinctif Partners and as an independent.
As a senior communications advisor, he has expertise in strategic advice, messaging narrative and content development, creative stakeholder programmes, and thought leadership campaigns.
He has worked with National Grid, Thomson Reuters, Inmarsat, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, SITA UK, Cordant Group, Specsavers, Made.com and Griffith Foods amongst many others.
Tom is also an experienced media and presentation trainer.
