How I Work
The leaders I work with are not struggling. They are succeeding and beginning to sense that the leadership that got them here is reaching its limit. The business is scaling. The team is growing. The pressure is sustained. And somewhere in that, familiar patterns are starting to cost more than they used to.
This is the inflection point where my executive coaching does its most important work. I spent 20 years in leadership roles before transitioning to become a professional executive coach. That experience shapes every conversation, not as a template for how to lead, but as a foundation for an informed inquiry into what leadership is asking of you right now.
Every coaching engagement is built around what the leader in front of me needs, not a one-size-fits-all approach, using three principles that help you compound your leadership, under pressure and in the moments that matter most:
Start Inside. Make Change Stick.
Understanding what's driving the pattern is the first step in changing the pattern itself. As a leader, this means the behaviours you rely on under pressure become choices again, not defaults.
See More. Choose Better.
Create the moment between trigger and response, where intention can replace reaction. Under pressure, this is what separates a considered call from a reactive one.
Practise Daily. Stay Consistent.
Small, values-aligned actions, repeated consistently, compound into trust, culture and identity. Practised daily, this is what builds the leadership presence others can rely on.
Together, they produce change that compounds over time rather than fades after the next busy quarter. This is the methodology at the heart of a coaching programme I have developed through years of working with founders and leaders in fast-moving organisations.
The programme helps leaders identify their strengths and derailers under pressure, protective behaviours, and the impact these have on others; make the implicit beliefs and assumptions that push against behaviour change explicit; and leave the leader with new mental models to consistently practise and apply in leading their team and organisation.
Working Together
My executive coaching gives you space to slow down, think things through, and see situations more clearly.
I incorporate evidence-based assessments and structured feedback to support insight and focus. This can include tools such as Gallup StrengthsFinder, Hogan, and HBDI, as well as stakeholder interview feedback reports. These inputs provide an external perspective and help ground the work in others’ experiences of your leadership.
Coaching opportunities include:
Scaling the business and your leadership impact
Helping you lead more intentionally as the business scales or your role and context change. This often involves strengthening leadership presence, improving how you delegate and develop others, building more effective relationships, and adopting a more flexible, situational approach to leading teams.
Leading under pressure with complexity as the business scales
Building the inner capacity to lead well under pressure. This includes working with unhelpful thinking patterns, addressing self-defeating behaviours such as perfectionism or imposter syndrome, increasing tolerance for uncertainty, and sustaining performance and wellbeing over time.
Addressing systemic challenges that come with growing pains
Clearer thinking and better decisions when the stakes are high. This includes developing new perspectives on business challenges, managing difficult stakeholders, leading organisational change, and strengthening judgment by surfacing and challenging assumptions.
Helping leaders at role transition points as the business evolves
Supporting the transitions that come with growing a founder-led business, including founder-to-CEO, bringing in senior leadership, ownership or investment changes, and succession planning. The work clarifies direction, prepares you for important conversations, and builds practical plans for what’s next.
What to Expect
My approach is practical and shaped around what will make the biggest difference for you. Most engagements follow a clear arc: clarity, insight, experimentation, and integration, reflecting years of working with founders and leaders in media, marketing, technology, and founder-led organisations.
Clarify goals and focus
Define what you want to change, what success looks like, and how progress will be measured, so attention stays on what truly matters.
See the wider system you’re leading
Look beyond individual behaviour to understand team dynamics, stakeholder relationships, and the broader organisational context shaping performance.
Notice patterns under pressure
Recognise the thinking and behavioural patterns that surface when the stakes are high, especially those that limit effectiveness or narrow choice.
Build on strengths while challenging negative compounding
Leverage what already works well while constructively challenging the habits and assumptions that no longer serve you.
Compound insights into action
Turn insight into small, precise changes in behaviour practised consistently, with space for reflection and refinement, so change compounds rather than fades.
Throughout the work, I facilitate tripartite meetings with sponsors where relevant and incorporate assessments, stakeholder interviews, and feedback reports to ground the coaching in data and others’ experiences.
