About

Hi, I'm Rob Lambert, founder and owner of Cultivated Management; a consulting and training company helping managers and leaders design bright futures for their businesses. Welcome.

The future belongs to those who can communicate about it

Our businesses (and their future) are shaped through the myriad of interactions, conversations and the complexity that comes from human communication.

It's therefore important for leaders and managers to lead towards a bright future by developing a deep expertise in media, communication, simplicity, storytelling, creativity and critical thinking; all elements of effective communication.

Effective communication moves people into action, activates strategies, provides clarity, aligns people and drives innovation.

By developing these communication behaviours you can Release Business Agility; allowing you to move smoothly and quickly towards your bright future AND cultivate a workplace that enriches the lives of all who work in it.

Through coaching, consulting, training and the content on this site, I help managers speak effectively, write clearly, think critically and express their creativity.

Effective communication requires diversity, critical thinking, truth, creativity, authenticity, clarity, excellent listening, learning, competency and purpose.

 All problems are interpersonal problems - Alfred Adler

Articles, Media and Services

For individuals you will find courses, books, blog posts, podcasts and videos centred around learning, creativity, critical thinking and communication. It's not just for managers! 

Cultivated Management also offers management coaching, training and consulting. 

“In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”

Clients / Experience

I've been helping clients in telco, tech, mobile, oil and gas, energy, professional services and finance for over 10 years now.

I've held various roles including Vice President of HR, Vice President of Software Engineering (twice), Head of Communication, Head of Business Agility and Interim CIO. I'm also an award winning communication trainer, Keynote presenter, writer, Media Scientist and experienced consultant and coach.

Here's a few short snippets about me.

Short “About Rob” snippets

• Built a “frighteningly agile” team named “UK top start-ups to watch”.
• Built a team voted “Best companies to work for 3 years running”.
• Took the team (DevOps) from Investment to successful sale
• Vice President of HR
• Vice President of Engineering (twice)
• Vice President of Agility
• Interim CIO
• My HR Team was described as the ”least evil HR team ever” (A compliment I believe)
• CIPD Level 5 HR practitioner (no longer a paid member of CIPD)
• Blogger, podcaster, keynote presenter, writer
• Former newspaper editor and journalist
• Coach and trainer
• Author of several books on leadership, career management, management, agile and squirrels
• Husband and Father to three boys
• Media Scientist obsessed with mixed media storytelling – and fast cars

Values.

Creativity – creativity is a core value. I like to create, bring together seemingly disparate ideas and come up with new potential futures. If your company is exceptional, then creativity is essential to stand out. Why copy when you can create? If your company is exceptional, then you should be an exception...

Humour and Playfulness – tied to the above – there’s fun to be had. After all, if we’re not having fun with it – we should be done with it. Better futures rarely manifest without energy, joy and engagement

Appreciation of Excellence – there is excellence all around. We often just need to learn to see it – and then appreciate it. Or create it.

Do no Harm – the advice and support provided through Cultivated Management should lead to no harm if you implement it. There’s some shady advice out there from people who are simply spouting theory – our advice is grounded in evidence.

Critical Thinking – I don't take theories and platitudes on face value. I apply a critical eye to get to the heart and essence.

Inclusivity – I am HR qualified and spent years as a VP in HR, I therefore blend a bias for action with a bias to cultivate great workplaces. My work should also be accessible and relevant to a diverse audience. I make content for people from all walks of life – everyone.

Curiosity – at the heart of all I do is curiosity. Is there a better way to do something? How does this thing work? How can we get better? What futures are more interesting? Curiosity ripples through all that I share and do.

Accuracy – I show you how I do my work, how I come to conclusions, how I research and how I form the ideas I share. I use data where data exists. I aim to be accurate in all that I share.

Cultivated Charity

I believe ALL organisations exist to serve the greater purpose of society. Mine is no different.

I believe very strongly that every person (and animal) has the right to the best quality of life they can, even if that life may be short.

That’s why we donate 5% of all profit from products and affiliate links to charity.

2.5% always goes to Naomi House – a hospice in Winchester for life-limited children and their parents.

The other 2.5% goes to a different charity each year.

• 2015 – Unicef (complete)
• 2016 – Pencils of Promise (complete)
• 2017 – Saving Linnea (complete)
• 2018 – WWF (complete)
• 2019 – Naomi House (complete) – Full 5% this year.
• 2020 – British Heart Foundation (complete)
• 2021 – Shelter Box (complete)
• 2022 – Naomi House (complete)
• 2023 – Become and Naomi House
• 2024 - TBD

Thank you for reading this far 😄