FOR ORGANISATIONS
When the organisation is changing, every person inside it is asking themselves the same question — what does this mean for me?
A graduate cohort finding its feet. A senior professional asked to reinvent their role. A team learning to lead through constant change. The form of the question changes; the question itself does not. ÉTHOS COMPASS works alongside organisations supporting their people through these moments with the care they deserve.
WHAT WE RECOGNISE
Most organisations come to us not because something has gone wrong, but because something important is at stake. A team of managers handling difficult conversations they have never been trained for. A senior professional considering whether to stay. A graduate cohort whose first year will define what kind of professionals they become. A wave of redundancies that needs to be done with dignity. How an organisation handles these moments shapes the culture it keeps, the talent it retains, and the reputation it builds.
WHO WE WORK WITH
We work with organisations at four kinds of transition.
People Leaders — when the conversations they're now expected to lead exceed the training they were given.
The conversations managers are now expected to lead — about redundancy, role redesign, mid-career change, AI-driven uncertainty — are conversations most have never been trained for. They are improvising at the moments that matter most. Our work gives People Leaders the skills, language, and confidence to handle these conversations well.
Mid-career talent at risk — when capable people are quietly asking a deeper question than any engagement survey will capture.
Some of your most capable people are not asking for a pay rise or a new title. They are quietly asking a deeper question — whether the work they are doing still fits the people they have become. Conventional engagement surveys rarely surface it, and conventional retention strategies rarely address it. Direct, structured one-to-one work can.
Graduate cohorts — when the first eighteen months will define what kind of professionals they become.
The first eighteen months of a graduate's career define what kind of professional they become. This is when judgement is formed, when habits set, and when the patterns of navigating change are established. Our work helps organisations support graduates through this period with the depth they need to thrive.
Outplacement — when how people leave shapes the culture, talent, and reputation that remain.
When people are leaving, the experience of those final weeks shapes more than their next chapter. It shapes how they speak about you, how colleagues see you, and how confident your remaining people feel about their own future. Outplacement is one of the most visible expressions of an organisation's values.
Built on research-validated instruments. Designed for real people.
THE ÉTHOS ALIGNMENT METHOD
At the heart of the ÉTHOS approach is the ÉTHOS Alignment Method — research-validated psychometric instruments measuring two interdependent dimensions: who each person is internally, and how well that holds up when work and life demand change. Together, they produce the ÉTHOS Alignment Score — a personalised picture of where each person stands, and what they are ready for.
Internal Alignment
Values · Purpose · Behavioural Profile · Character Strengths · AI-Era Readiness (insights only)
How well who each person is holds together — and how clearly that translates into the way they work.
Adaptive Alignment
Resilience · Adaptive Capacity · Future Orientation
How ready each person is for the change they want — and how capable they are of navigating the change they didn't choose.
The foundation — Psychometric Assessment & Insights Report.
Every engagement begins here. Each participant completes the ÉTHOS psychometric assessment (approximately 60 minutes, online), producing a personalised Alignment Score — an evidence-based picture of their values, behavioural profile, character strengths, and adaptive capacity. Each report is a rigorous tool in its own right, and the anchor for everything that follows.
Modern instruments. Real human conversations. Lasting change.
HOW WE WORK WITH YOU
All ÉTHOS work begins from the same foundation — the psychometric assessment. From there, the format adapts to the people involved and the moment they are in.
Group Workshops for People Leaders
Facilitated workshops that build the skills, language, and confidence to lead transition conversations — about redundancy, role redesign, mid-career change, AI-driven uncertainty. Delivered in cohorts of People Leaders learning together.
Senior 1:1 Coaching
Individual coaching engagements grounded in each participant's Alignment Score — from understanding their results to translating that understanding into concrete direction and confident action. For at-risk mid-career talent considering whether to stay. For senior professionals navigating significant role change. Delivered using the Co-Active Coaching methodology.
Outplacement Coaching
Individual coaching engagements for those leaving the organisation — helping people move on with clarity, dignity, and a clearer sense of what comes next. Delivered with the same rigour as senior 1:1 coaching.
Graduate Programme Support — launching 2026
A structured programme supporting graduates through the first eighteen months of their working life — when judgement is formed, when habits set, and when the patterns of navigating change are established. Built on the same psychometric foundation as all ÉTHOS work.
FOUNDER
Tony Kouloumbris — Founder & CEO · Lead Coach
CPCC (Co-Active Training Institute) · MBA, Columbia Business School · Fulbright Scholar.
Thirty years of senior leadership at Mars, Gillette, P&G and Reckitt.
"I built ÉTHOS because I lived the transitions it was designed to navigate. Thirty years of leading global teams brought me deep professional expertise — and eventually, my own crossroads: the moment when the question was no longer what to do next, but who I was, from the inside out. The ÉTHOS Alignment Method is the rigorous, evidence-based answer I wished I'd had."
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