The Frame
The work is built around a clear psychological frame.
It is:
• Confidential
• Consequence-free
• Non-directive
• Role-aware
Nothing is reported.
Nothing is evaluated.
Nothing is driven toward performance.
The responsibility for holding this frame sits with the practitioner — not the leader.
What this makes possible
Within that structure, leaders are able to:
• Think out loud while carrying real consequence
• Speak without managing perception
• Examine responsibility without defence
• Hold complexity without urgency
Nothing raised has to be resolved.
Why it works
Pressure becomes problematic when it has nowhere to go.
When experience cannot be spoken without consequence, it is absorbed internally.
Over time, thinking narrows.
Containment changes that trajectory.
When pressure is located rather than endured, reflective capacity stabilises. Judgement regains range. Authority feels steadier.
These effects are not produced.
They emerge when pressure is no longer carried alone.