About Mindshift Performance
At Mindshift Performance, we transform leadership and culture in fast-growing organisations.
Our founder, Karen Stone, brings over 35 years of global leadership experience in tech, alongside the strategic precision, mental resilience and adaptability honed as a 5th Dan Black Belt in martial arts.
This unique background informs our approach - balancing the science of high-performance leadership with the practical execution strategies that fuel sustainable success.
We help leaders translate intent into practised leadership behaviours that hold up under pressure, so strategy becomes execution and accountability becomes measurable outcomes.
Build Practiced Leadership Behaviours
...that improve clarity and execution at every level.
Example: A global tech CEO struggling with executive presence saw a 22% improvement in team engagement scores after working with us.
Embed Performance-Enabling Culture
...through consistent behaviours and OKRs that teams live by.
Example: A high-growth SaaS company reduced attrition by 25% in six months after implementing our leadership and culture programme.
Sustain Performance Through Repeated Practice
- not one-off training.
Example: A sales VP saw their leadership team boost productivity by 20% after embedding new decision-making and communication habits.
Common Growth Challenges We Solve
Leadership Overwhelm & Decision-Making Bottlenecks
→ Leaders need practised decision behaviours, not more information.
Erosion of Company Culture
→ Culture accelerates when core leadership behaviours are repeated and recognised.
Resistance to Change
→ Teams adopt change when leaders consistently model the behaviours they want to see.
Leadership Conversations That Fail to Drive Change
→ Conversations become catalytic when grounded in habitual leadership behaviours, not improvisation.
Skill Gaps in Management
→ Many managers are promoted for technical expertise, not for practised leadership behaviours - leading to inconsistent decision-making, unclear expectations and uneven performance across teams.
"Karen’s facilitation and coaching didn’t just improve our leadership - it transformed how we work. The results were immediate, with stronger decision-making, clearer communication and a team that executes at a higher level."
- Alison Leonard, Senior Finance Director, Dynatrace