Valued at Work helps technical and STEM organisations uncover Hidden Capability™ — the expertise, judgement and leadership potential they already rely on but don’t always recognise, develop or retain.
Unlock what you have.
already
Find what you’re missing. Protect what you depend on.
Why Valued at Work?
The capability your organisation depends on isn’t always the capability it sees.
Critical expertise can become concentrated in a handful of dependable people. High-potential talent can deliver for years without being recognised as ready. Managers can be promoted for technical competence without being equipped to lead. And when that capability stays hidden, organisations create risks they often don’t see until someone leaves, disengages or a critical role becomes difficult to fill.
We help organisations find it, develop it and build the systems that sustain it.
1. DIAGNOSE
Uncover hidden barriers, dependencies and overlooked capability affecting performance.
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2. DEVELOP
Strengthen the leaders, teams and talent your organisation needs next.
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3. SUSTAIN
Embed leadership practices and organisational systems that make progress stick.
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The Valued at Work Blueprint®
Enable Teams
Build the trust, clarity and ways of working that help technical teams perform.
Equip Leaders
Give leaders practical tools to recognise capability, develop people and lead with confidence.
Elevate Results
Turn stronger leadership, capability and culture into measurable organisational outcomes.
Energise Culture
Create the conditions for contribution to be recognised, valued and sustained.
Turn Hidden Capability™ into organisational
strength.
Our proven Impact
2000%
100+
200+
scepticism
Increased employee engagement
through redesigning flagship leadership events.
Technical professionals coached
into senior leadership roles and industry leadership positions.
Leaders Engaged
through keynote speaking, workshops and facilitated discussions.
Turned into engagement
by reframing hidden capability as a business performance issue.
"You challenged a whole room of over 200 people to rethink inclusion, our blind spots and the role we all play in creating change."
— Chief of Staff to the CEO, FTSE 100 Energy Company
Lauren actively looked for opportunities to include and listen to the quietest voice in the room, and showed passion to develop people and capability to become future leaders.”
— Senior leader, bp
“Thriving in STEM helped me challenge those internal limits… finding the courage to become chair of the ENA’s national working group, something I never imagined I’d be capable of. It is proof of how far I have grown.”
— Aisha, Thriving in STEM participant
“This has been a great learning experience! I plan to be a better ally to my female peers, and a driver for change.”
— Justin, TechnipFMC
“Lauren does a fantastic job of coaching both organisations and individuals into stepping into the uncomfortable space of taking accountability for what happens today and the improvements we need to make together.”
— Stacy Ross, VP Operations, Former USAF Pilot, Engineer
Founder of Valued at Work. Engineer. Advocate. Coach. Whether you're here to lead change or find it, you're in the right place.
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