Building a Culture of Growth: Developing Managers, Retaining Your Best Talent
Losing your high performers is expensive - but so is trying to retain them without a clear plan.
Building a culture of growth isn't a programme or a framework - it's how you embed development, feedback, and clear pathways into how your business actually works. When you get it right, retention follows.
In this session, we're exploring what a real culture of growth looks like: the role of manager development, how feedback systems work at scale, and what progression pathways actually need. We'll share what we've learned working closely with founders and leadership teams, including the work we've done with Noli.
Join us to:
Understand what a culture of growth actually means in practice
Explore the manager's critical role in making it real
Discover feedback and progression approaches that work
Ask questions and take ideas back to your team
About Sophie:
Sophie is a Partner at Foundation Partners. She works with leadership teams and founders on building cultures and talent strategies that actually drive retention. With over 12 years in people and culture, she's seen firsthand what works and what doesn't - and why most progression frameworks fail.
About Laura:
Laura is Co-founder at Noli, where she leads People, Product and Strategy. As an operator and founder, she's built teams from the ground up and navigated the people challenges that come with growth.
About Foundation Partners:
Foundation Partners accelerates business performance through leadership, talent and culture - helping companies grow faster and perform better. In the last two years they've worked with 100+ brands including Fyxer AI, Dex, Bricklane, Perceptic and Flash Pack.
About Noli:
Noli is a personalized beauty platform that uses AI to match customers with skincare, haircare, and bodycare products tailored to their specific needs. From diagnosis to delivery, Noli combines science-backed recommendations with real user results - helping millions find routines that actually work.