CLS partners with its customers by harmonising internal team dynamics while preparing them for operational environments.
CLS helps you develop your team's potential to thrive through agile, decentralised decision making in a fluid and competitive environment. We work with any organisation needing our services — no matter the operating environment.
We don't consult from the sidelines. We embed experienced, certified, and passionate partners within your organisation, listen before we advise, and build solutions with you — not for you.
Deep, proven experience across military, governmental, and commercial organisations. CLS consultants have all been successful workers and leaders in high-stakes, real-world environments.
We listen first, always. Every solution is co-built with partners — never handed down from above. All our consultants approach a situation with humility and an eye toward learning.
CLS and its team have a passion to serve and to be part of something bigger than ourselves. Your success is the only mission. We are fully committed to your organisation's growth and safety.
Integrity and fairness in every engagement, every recommendation, and every relationship — no exceptions.
Harmonising internal team dynamics while preparing personnel for the realities they will face in the field.
Assessment, written observation reports, and facilitated after-action discussions. Follow-on solutions developed with leaders to address organisational challenges such as resistance to change, lack of feedback, lack of trust, inefficient use of time, and high personnel turnover.
Bespoke solutions to prepare teams for any environment they will encounter — to include hostile environments — by developing situational awareness, threat assessment, negotiation techniques, kidnap avoidance, and actions during terror attacks.
Systematic measurement, analysis, and optimisation of physiological, psychological, and behavioural metrics. CLS holistically evaluates physical and cognitive performance to assess training effectiveness and leadership capabilities.
Ensuring all leaders and key personnel train their replacements to prevent operational slowdown. Diversity and Inclusion presented as a scientific driver of creativity and tempo. Female-specific focus training provided by experienced, certified women advisers.
An experienced team of consultants committed to building stronger organisations and safer teams worldwide.
Founder
Thomas Hobbs is an experienced leadership consultant, executive trainer, and organisational development specialist with more than 30 years of international experience helping leaders, teams, and organisations improve performance in complex and rapidly changing environments.
Throughout his military career and the decade of consulting experience since retiring from the Marine Corps as a Colonel, Thomas has worked with a diverse range of clients, including multinational corporations, industrial organisations, government agencies, media professionals, non-governmental organisations, and international institutions. His expertise spans leadership development, team effectiveness, training design, organisational culture, change management, and decision-making under pressure.
Thomas has designed and delivered leadership and team development programmes across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, working with organisations ranging from Taiwanese manufacturing enterprises to international operational and training organisations. His approach combines practical experience, evidence-based leadership principles, and a deep understanding of how organisations adapt and succeed during periods of uncertainty and transformation.
Throughout his career, Thomas has led large, diverse teams, managed complex stakeholder relationships, and advised senior executives and leaders on organisational effectiveness. His international experience includes assignments and engagements in Japan, South Korea, Spain, Croatia, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Iraq.
A recognised expert in leadership and organisational change, Thomas is particularly known for helping organisations foster initiative, accountability, collaboration, and agile decision-making. One notable example involved advising senior leaders through a major organisational transformation that resulted in an 88% improvement in operational effectiveness within six months.
Having lived and worked extensively across cultures, Thomas brings a global perspective to leadership challenges and speaks conversational Japanese. He is passionate about helping organisations build resilient cultures, develop confident leaders, and create high-performing teams capable of thriving in competitive and rapidly evolving environments.
One-on-one discussions across all levels. Written observation reports with no assumptions and no pre-set agenda — just the truth.
Identify root causes, such as resistance to change, trust gaps, and feedback failures, through systematic data collection and direct observation.
Develop solutions with partners, not for them. Training plans and programmes built for your specific context, culture, and environment.
Implement, measure, and adjust. We stay engaged to ensure lasting change — not temporary improvement that fades after we leave.
Schedule a consultation with Thomas Hobbs to discuss how CLS can help your organisation — whether you're preparing for the operating environment or building a stronger culture at home.
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