Work Extraordinary has been recognised with the Award of Excellence for Leadership, Organisation Design and Development for ScaleUp Businesses 2025

Breaking the norm in scaleup leadership

We are extremely proud to announce that this month, Work Extraordinary received the E2 Media Award of Excellence 2025 for Leadership, Organisation Design and Development for ScaleUp Businesses. We are so delighted to be recognised in this way.

Often, leadership development and learning feel like a costly and inaccessible resource for scaleup firms. With budgets and time constantly under pressure, the sheer expense and time impact of large development programmes make these unworkable for growing scaleup businesses.

But at Work Extraordinary, we chose a different path. By embedding our fractional People and Culture team in your business, at a fraction of the cost of hiring in dedicated resources, our team work side-by side with founders and their teams to support the transition from founder to leader, nurture the culture for growth, and create an operating rhythm that is needed to unlock growth.

The feedback from the judging panel recognised not only our approach, but the impact that it creates: helping bold founders step out of the bottleneck, trust their teams, and scale with confidence.

To our clients: you are the true trailblazers.

Thank you for trusting us to stand alongside you.

This award is as much yours as it is ours.

Until next time...

Be bold, be brave, be kind.

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‍Written by Barry McNeill | Founder and Managing Director of Work Extraordinary

Barry has over 25 years of experience supporting leaders and teams to be more effective in driving business outcomes, such as growth, customer service, and impact. He and his team have helped numerous founders, founding teams, and growing organisations develop new ways of working to achieve scaleup growth, enhanced culture, improved operational effectiveness, and customer impact. You can connect with Barry through his social channels at the top of this page.

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