Fix the leadership problems blocking progress
Helping senior leaders fix the influence, alignment and decision-making problems that stop their organisations moving.
Most leadership fractures under pressure. Yours doesn’t have to.
We restore leadership coherence so decisions, behaviour and culture move together - cleanly, without friction.
When pressure distorts alignment and execution stalls, our Leadership Recalibration Practice cuts the noise, realigns human systems and unlocks decisive movement.
Why leadership breaks
Leadership doesn’t collapse because people forget how to lead.
It collapses when distortion takes hold – when truth bends, behaviour drifts, and culture pushes against progress.
Pressure exposes what the system has been hiding.
Decisions lose integrity.
Teams start pulling in different directions.
Execution stalls.
Most call this a leadership problem.
It isn’t.
It’s a coherence problem.
This is why The Maverick Paradox leads with Leadership Recalibration – removing distortion, restoring integrity, and making movement possible again.
We are the only Leadership Recalibration Practice™. When pressure bends your system out of shape, we reveal what other’s won’t, repair what’s broken, and return leadership, culture and strategy to effective, coordinated motion.
WHERE DO YOU NEED IMPACT MOST?OUR CLIENTS
"As a result of the work we have done together, I have had some potentially career defining “light bulb” moments as well as some practical, realistic strategies for the here and now" - Kirsty Goulding, Associate HR Director, University of Greenwich
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“Judith has a remarkable ability to take complex topics and communicate them with clarity, empathy, and impact. Our management team left more capable and confident” - Mark Pavlika, Chief People and Purpose Office, Bicycle London
What transformation feels like in practice
IN THE PRIVATE, PUBLIC & THIRD SECTORSTRUSTED BY LEADERS
Our Awards - Recognised Excellence
The Maverick Paradox® is internationally recognised for excellence in leadership, culture, and organisational performance -especially under pressure.
Our awards reflect the precision, coherence and real-world impact at the heart of our Leadership Recalibration Practice.
HOW WE MAKE LEADERSHIP MOVE, EVEN WHEN PRESSURE RISES
Distortion stops leadership moving.
Coherence gets it moving again.
Our Leadership Recalibration Practice uses Five Cornerstones to remove distortion, restore integrity, and create the conditions where leadership, work and culture move together - cleanly and without friction.
1. Distortion Diagnostics™
Reveal the hidden behavioural, cultural and decision-making distortions that fracture coherence and stall execution.
2. Leadership Recalibration Interventions™
Realign how leaders think, decide and influence so clarity, steadiness and integrity return under pressure.
3. Culture & Collaboration Coherence™
Rebalance the human system - reconnecting values, norms, expectations and ways of working so teams stop pulling in competing directions.
4. Execution-in-Motion Support™
Release strategy into movement - enabling decisions to land, teams to act, and performance to travel cleanly through the organisation.
5. Influence & Identity Integration™
Embed the identity, influence patterns and leadership behaviours that sustain coherence long after the pressure passes.
Ready for decisive leadership
that holds under pressure?
We take on a limited number of strategic influence partnerships each quarter to ensure total focus and measure results
Why our model works for leaders when others fail.
We don't do cookie-cutter fixes.
WE RUN ON THREE FORCES THAT MAKE LEADERSHIP MOVETRUSTED BY LEADERS
Distortion dissolves.
Decisions land.
Behaviour aligns.
Culture stops pulling in competing directions.
The outcomes our clients achieve
What our clients say
Steve Yardley - JGA Recruitment
Direct, tailored, and transformative. In just three days, Judith gave us clarity, new ways of working, and a leadership path to growth
Carlita O'Brien - The Government of Bermuda
Jude was able to analyse and put together a programme that was unique to my needs. The Amplify Impact and Influence Coaching Programme has been a transformation one-on-one programme for my professional life.
Cachel Hamilton - British Heart Foundation
Judith makes it personal and relatable and uses your real life examples to help you understand concepts. She doesn't tell you what to do, but rather gets you to think about what you can do.
Natasha Anderson - British Council
Judith made strategic thinking practical, turning theory into practice. Our leaders now feel more creative, confident, and effective in how they deliver.”
Why the Maverick Paradox?
Most consultancies add skills. We aren't a consultancy.
We are a Leadership Recalibration Practice.
We recalibrate the conditions leadership depends on.
When pressure rises, leadership doesn’t collapse because of capability gaps - it collapses because distortion enters the system.
Truth bends.
Behaviour drifts.
Culture pulls in competing directions.
Execution stalls.
The Maverick Paradox is a Leadership Recalibration Practice.
We remove that distortion and restore the conditions that let leadership work - clearly, coherently, and without friction.
We do this through the Recalibration Framework™:
1. Reveal - See the truth beneath the noise
We cut through distortion and identify what’s really happening.
This exposes the forces quietly stalling progress.
2. Realign - Synchronise culture and behaviour
We reset expectations and collaboration rhythms so the organisation stops fighting itself.
This rebuilds the conditions for real movement.
3. Rebalance - Stabilise leadership behaviour
We recalibrate behaviour so leaders regain steadiness, clarity, and integrity under pressure.
4. Release - Unlock effective execution
We speed up decision-making and delivery.
Execution moves cleanly - even when the environment doesn’t.
This is why clients choose The Maverick Paradox:
we rebuild leadership coherence so organisations can move again.
Who do we serve
- Senior Leaders - We restore clarity and decision integrity when pressure distorts the system.
- Leadership Teams & Organisations - We realign behaviour, collaboration, and delivery so work moves without friction.
- Business Owners - We recalibrate your leadership system so influence, positioning, and execution can scale cleanly.
OUR FOUNDER
JUDITH GERMAIN
Judith Germain is a multi-award winning leadership consultant, author, and media commentator, recognised internationally for her work on Maverick Leadership and influence under pressure.
She is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD, holds an MBA (PgDip), and serves as a Culture Pioneer Awards Judge and UK StartUp Awards Judge.
Her background as Head of HR with Director responsibility in complex organisations gives her unique insight into leadership systems that succeed - and those that fail.
Judith is also the host of the acclaimed Maverick Paradox Podcast, editor of the Maverick Paradox Magazine and author of The Maverick Paradox: The Secret Power Behind Successful Leaders. Her commentary regularly appears in the international press.
From complexity to clarity. From noise to traction.
Wherever you lead, we help you cut through complexity and deliver traction under pressure.
Because leadership is personal - and when it works, everything moves. We build systems where every voice can lead - because influence belongs to everyone, not just the loudest.