Background and track record
Where the approach comes from
Leadership Experience Design is built on experience gained over a military career designing, leading and reviewing development experiences. This page separates that background from the commercial track record of Standby Go Ltd, so it is clear which is which.
The experiences below were planned, led and reviewed during military service, as part of Roger's professional duties rather than as commercial engagements of Standby Go Ltd. They are included because they shaped the method: define the intent, design the experience, plan it properly, lead it deliberately and review what changed.
Section A
Background: military experience
Study packages, overseas training, adventurous activity and team cohesion experiences delivered in a military context.
Battlefield Study
Croatia and Bosnia
5 days, 15 people
A study package combining leadership learning, cultural awareness and group reflection across Mostar, Goražde and Sarajevo.
Mostar, the Old Bridge over the Neretva.
1 / 5
Alpine Skiing & Leadership Package
Bavarian Alps
6 days, 18 people
Leadership, challenge, confidence, team cohesion and overseas activity planning.
Team on the ridge, bluebird day in the Bavarian Alps.
1 / 5
Physical Training & Leadership Development
Jordanian Navy
16 days, 3 instructors, 60 trainees
Partner-nation development, physical training, leadership, coaching and instructional delivery.
Course photograph, Royal Jordanian Navy trainees and instructors.
1 / 5
Tough Mudder Team Cohesion Experience
2 days, 6 people
Team building, confidence, resilience and shared challenge.
Finishers under the Tough Mudder arch.
1 / 3
Gibraltar Study Package
4 days, 12 people
Study package, overseas planning, learning through place and group development.
Team on the upper Rock with the regimental flag.
1 / 5
Sports Team Experience at Trent Bridge Cricket
1 day, 12 people
Sports team experience, morale, shared identity and cohesion.
Team on the outfield at Trent Bridge.
1 / 4
Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
12 days, 14 people
A high altitude mountaineering expedition over the highest mountain on the African continent following the gruelling Machame Route.
Outcomes and key learning
All fourteen members of the group summited Uhuru Peak and returned safely, after twelve days of acclimatisation, briefings and daily review. This was a military expedition, not a Standby Go engagement.
- Clarity of purpose carries a group when conditions harden.
- Shared pressure builds trust faster than any classroom exercise.
- The summit was the outcome, but the lasting value was the changed sense of who they were on the way back down.
The journey begins at Machame Gate, intent becomes action when the first step is taken.
1 / 5
Further military experience
Beyond the experiences above, further military experience includes Mount Kenya, alpine skiing packages, UK multi-activity packages in the Brecon Beacons, Snowdonia and the Lake District, Kenya activity packages, mountain bike safaris and Middle East leadership development packages with allied partner nations.
Section B
Track record: commercial engagements
Standby Go Ltd is a newly established company, and its commercial track record is being built now. Rather than present military service as client work, this section will be populated with named commercial engagements, outcomes and client feedback as they are completed and permission to publish is given.
If you are considering an early engagement, that means direct access to the founder, close involvement in shaping the work, and a client relationship built on honesty about what is proven and what is new.