Root-to-Result™
Root-to-Result™ is a six-phase leadership model based on a living system - a fruit-bearing tree. Unlike conventional models, it starts from within, aligning belief, mindset, and purpose to build leadership that lasts. Growth isn’t linear; it spirals, revisits, and deepens through reflection.
Outcomes & Intent
Ethical Foundation
Beliefs & Mindset
Habits & Behaviour
Application & Influence
Tangible, Aligned Outcomes
1 Fruit
Outcomes & Intent
Know what you're aiming forWe begin with the outcome – not as the end-point, but as a strategic compass. The true aim often emerges through the work. This stage defines what success looks like for you. Whether it’s sharper strategic influence with boards, greater clarity in ambiguity, or a reset in leadership presence during transformation, this phase ensures your direction is intentional, not assumed.
Strategic Intent: Without a clearly defined destination, leadership becomes reactive. This stage ensures purpose anchors your leadership decisions from the start.
2 Soil
Ethical Foundation
Anchor in values, purpose and leadershipThis is your moral and ethical ground. We examine your guiding principles – not just aspirational language, but what holds under pressure. Here, we define the kind of leader you want to be and the environment you’re committed to shaping.
Moral Grounding: Provide stability by clarifying values, leadership purpose and intent. Especially vital when facing ambiguity, scrutiny, or stakeholder pressure.
3 Roots
Beliefs & Mindset
Understand what's driving youWhat beliefs do you hold about yourself, others, and leadership?
Here, we surface the assumptions, stories, inner narratives, or mental shortcuts that shape how you lead.
Some are strengths. Others are inherited or outdated.This phase gives you space to reflect on what’s helping, what’s limiting, and what’s ready to evolve.
Unconscious Drivers: Leaders don’t lead from action alone, they lead from belief. Unexamined mindsets silently drive behavior. This phase brings them into view.
4 Trunk
Habits & Behaviour
Align what you believe with what you doWe translate your drivers into visible, repeatable behaviours.
The trunk represents how you show up – consistently and credibly.
We identify your patterns, reinforce strengths, and shift what no longer serves your goals.Tools like CliftonStrengths® or the 360 feedback® model may be used in this step.
Leadership Embodiment: Leaders are watched in moments but measured over time. Aligning beliefs with consistent action builds credibility, trust, and resilience. It’s about turning intention into presence – real, repeatable, and rooted in who you are.
5 Branches
Application & Influence
Show up and influence with intentionIntent without influence stays internal.This phase ensures your insight becomes visible, relational, and strategic.
We explore how you communicate, influence, and lead at scale – across systems, teams, and stakeholders. Then, we refine how you present yourself in high-stakes moments: boardrooms, pivots, transitions, and change.
Scaled impact: Strengthen how you influence, lead through others, and extend your leadership reach with precision and presence.
6 Return to Fruit
Tangible, Aligned Outcomes
Review what's grown - and why it lastsWe revisit your original goal – which may have evolved or need refining based on what emerged. This isn’t about temporary success, it’s about whether the growth is real, repeatable, and rooted in who you are.
Sustainable Integration: Results are built on alignment – not effort alone. This step ensures your outcomes reflect your leadership identity.