Experienced across contexts.
Work has been delivered across 52 countries and diverse cultural, sectoral and operational environments.
About the herd
We are at our best when a system is ready to move.
Elephants in Main Street International brings cultural insight, leadership expertise and experiential craft to the turning points that shape organisations.
Since 1990
Some herds follow. Ours works with people who lead.
From its origins in South Africa, Elephants in Main Street has worked with organisations around the world through change, growth, challenge and renewal.
What we believe
The strategy cannot live only in the strategy room.
We believe the most useful development work is relevant, active and connected to the context people are facing. That is why our interventions combine careful diagnosis, thoughtful facilitation and practical transfer to the workplace.
- Purpose before performance theatreWe focus the work on the organisational change that genuinely needs to happen.
- Experience with a pointEngagement matters when it helps people see, practise and keep a more useful behaviour.
- Respect for local realityLanguage, context, culture and operational conditions shape every intervention we design.
Our craft
Serious facilitation meets meaningful experience.
Our teams bring experience in leadership development, change, coaching, strategy, team dynamics and the practical delivery of complex interventions.
Designed at the right scale.
From one-to-one executive coaching to large facilitated gatherings, the format follows the strategic need.
Grounded in real work.
Every programme is customised to the language, constraints and high-value moments facing the people in the room.
The wider work
Learning, community and positive impact are connected.
The existing Elephants in Main Street ecosystem includes research initiatives, community work, partners and specialist projects. The redesigned site gives these a clearer home without obscuring the central consultancy offer.
Big Ears Trust
Community and environmental activity connected to the Elephants in Main Street story.
Ask about community work ↗Research & development
New methods, new leadership questions and ongoing development of cognitive experiential practice.
Explore the thinking ↗Work with the herd
Bring us the moment your organisation needs to make count.
We will help you establish what needs to move, who needs to move it and what will make the change stick.