About me

Following roles as Director at two of the world's leading transformational change consultancies, Dr. Matthew Hancocks set up Missions that Matter to work exclusively with executives concerned with developing strategic judgment in a measurable way to create both economic and ethical value.

We coach executives to master four individual capabilities essential to strategic judgment:

Self-knowledge – develop the highest levels of reflective judgment to uncover and align what matters most to your organisation and the people you affect
Creative thinking - uncover and build bridges across the deep differences that exist between different stakeholders inside and outside your organisation
Direction setting – agree the key issues that you must address if your organisation is to prosper economically and deliver its mission
Navigating power – design the conversations, relationships and politics you will need as you develop and execute your strategy.

We also develop and embed a handful of signature management practices that will set your company culture and enable strategic judgment.

What they’re saying

When it comes to developing innovative strategies, Matthew is the person I turn to first. He combines wide research with careful analysis of both market conditions and of the competencies and cares of leaders. His cutting-edge work delivers ethical and cultural innovations where people inside companies and their customers see themselves on a righteous mission. That zeal makes the strategies Matthew develops unstoppable.

— Charles Spinosa, Group Director VISION Consulting and author of Disclosing New Worlds.

I have worked with Matt for more than fifteen years and have always found his consulting challenging, insightful, and action oriented.

In April 2013 I was appointed Group CEO of Impellam Group plc, moving from a Divisional CEO role.

Matt worked closely with me in the early months to help me identify the defining issues facing the Group and set our strategy. Subsequently he has supported me in implementing the strategy through a promise based performance management and governance framework and the development of our Top 100 leaders.

When I was appointed, and began working with Matthew, our share price stood at £3.83. While the share prices of our three largest competitors have fallen, Impellam’s share price has grown 49%.

— Julia Robertson, Group Chief Executive, Impellam PLC

Keeping things simple is the hallmark of Matt’s ability. His approach is to develop a clear and simple strategy to achieve strategic objectives. By using such an approach it helped me and the team to distil opportunities and then develop plans to go for opportunities and make tangible and sustainable savings. The culture change in the team is visible, the team players' actions are akin to what a strong customer will request, remain with the performer until commitment-based delivery (on time and under budget) is delivered by the performer. The key to the success has been a clear and simple strategy, converting that strategy into simple processes where roles and responsibilities are clear, and the adoption and practising of established signature practices as per the agreed process.

— Chandra Trikha, Director of Performance, SSE