🌱 Welcome

Hi, I’m Rob Lambert, founder of Cultivated Management.

I help people—leaders, teams, and curious professionals—cut through confusion, communicate with clarity, ideate and create novel solutions, and create workplaces and lives that thrive.

Through workshops, coaching, consulting, and content creation, I combine evidence-based frameworks with creativity and practical insights to help you move from stuck to thriving.

Whether you’re leading a team, building your career, or just looking to grow personally, I share tools, strategies, and stories that help you learn, create, and lead with impact.

I also share my ideas on creativity, learning, and personal growth through my newsletter and Creative Soul Projects—practical insights for anyone who wants to think, act, and grow.

With a background as a media communication scientist, startup veteran, journalist, business leader and consultant, I know that most business problems stem from poor communication (I reckon it's 99% but that's not scientific) and a lack of creative thinking.

That’s why I work with leaders through award-winning workshops, coaching, consulting, and inspiring keynotes—grounded in communication science, award-winning education, and my leadership communication framework, Releasing Agility.

Teams don’t fail because people aren’t smart or hardworking. They fail because messages get muddled, priorities get blurred, and clarity gets lost. My work is about helping leaders reverse that.

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Everything I do is guided by my 5-Step Releasing Agility model, a practical communication and creativity framework to move from stuck to thriving.

This simple, 5-stage model acts as a diagnostic to uncover where communication breaks down, and a roadmap to move teams forward.

The five stages of Releasing Agility:

1️⃣ Envision a clear future that inspires action. Compelling, exciting, future orientated - something people can galvanise around
2️⃣ Name the Barriers – Make obstacles visible - face the current reality with honesty and acceptance
3️⃣ Build high-performing teams and behaviours (culture). Ensure sustainable workloads and energy.
4️⃣ Establish efficient, results-driven processes
5️⃣ Embrace continuous learning and creativity

Release = set free from confinement.
Agility = moving smoothly and quickly toward your goals.

What I Offer

➡️ Workshops – award-winning sessions on communication, creativity, and leadership
➡️ Consulting – practical support to diagnose and solve systemic challenges
➡️ 1:1 Coaching – for leaders tackling complex change and growth
➡️ Keynotes – inspiring talks that spark fresh thinking and action
➡️ Books & Resources – including Zero to Keynote, Workshop Mastery, and more

Experience: Mobile, Telecoms, Oil & Gas, Financial Services, Energy, Software Security, Defence.

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Why I Do This

For me, this isn’t just business—it’s personal.

I want my three sons to grow up in workplaces where:

  • Clarity overides chaos
  • People matter more than politics
  • Communication creates momentum
  • Toxic behaviours aren't accepted
  • And creative thinking is encouraged, activated and cherished

That’s the future I want to help leaders build.

Let's build this together.

Small But Mighty

When you work with Cultivated, you work with me and a selection of carefully hand-picked specialists who share the same values.

I don’t deliver cookie-cutter frameworks or stale repurposed PowerPoints. Instead, you get:

  • Direct access to my experience and insight
  • Creative, tailored solutions for your business
  • Passion, energy, and care in every interaction
  • A fun, engaging, and evidence-based approach

Let’s Build This Together

At its heart, leadership is about teaching. And teaching starts with communication.

Everything I do—my coaching, consulting, workshops, books, and articles—is built to help people lead with clarity, confidence, and creativity.

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“I knew Rob was a great speaker as I’d seen him present at a number of industry conferences so I had high expectations of the communications workshop. Rob worked with me to understand what we wanted to be delivered and achieved, and then facilitated a jam packed workshop that had something for everyone. Rob’s energy, expertise and amiable presenting style was a big hit with all of us and we left with new skills, insights and practical knowledge.” - Scott Summer - DIRECTOR, nFocus
A photograph of Rob Lambert reading the book The Art of Noticing
Reading "The Art of Noticing"

About Rob.

  • Built a “frighteningly agile” team named “UK top start-ups to watch”.
  • Built a team voted “Best companies to work for 3 years running”.
  • Experienced the "start-up to sale" journey first hand
  • Vice President of HR
  • Vice President of Software Engineering (twice)
  • Vice President of Agility
  • Head of internal communications
  • 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
  • International Keynote speaker
  • Coach and trainer
  • Author of several books on leadership, public speaking, workshop teaching, 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 and bring together seemingly disparate ideas to solve complex problems. If your company is exceptional, then creativity is essential to stand out. Why copy when you can create?
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. Brighter business 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 should lead to no harm if you implement it. There’s some shady advice out there from people who are simply spouting theory – my 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 of the problem, so the solutions work.
Inclusivity – I am HR qualified and always have a people focus to my work. I've also been a VP in HR. I therefore blend a bias for business results with a bias to cultivate great workplaces. My work should also be accessible and relevant to a diverse audience.
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.

Cultivated Charity.

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

Each year I 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 - Finalising

Thank you for reading this far 😄