What we do

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We provide specifically tailored 1-1 executive and leadership coaching to senior executives and CEOs.

Every situation is different so we don’t believe in “out of the box” solutions instead coupling our experience with the needs of the organisation and proven tools, techniques and frameworks to create an individually tailored approach.

CEO Coaching 

Whether experienced or inexperienced, all CEOs need confidential support and a sounding board to work through specific business / stakeholder issues or manage the emotional pressures of this, the most complex and important of roles.

Developing Senior Leaders  

We provide targeted support for executives preparing for, or adapting to, new responsibilities or struggling with some aspects of their role and in need of a performance boost.

Typical themes for the work might include:

  • Articulating strategy, vision and purpose and translating this into action

  • Building and maintaining board / stakeholder alignment and confidence

  • Ensuring that governance and processes are enabling effective decision making

  • Developing self-awareness and awareness of impact on others

  • Improving natural authority, executive maturity and communication skills

  • Delegating effectively to more senior and capable individuals

  • Driving accountability in appropriate ways

  • Evolving leadership style and approach as the business scales

  • Dealing with challenging relationships / conversations

In addition, we provide an absolutely confidential and safe sounding board for clients to discuss the issues at hand or test positions or approaches that they are formulating.

  • “As a CEO, Ivan’s coaching was crucial in helping me identify the core issues our business faced as we transitioned to a tech platform. His special skill was guiding me to make simple changes that have a big impact. It’s rare in my role to get such strong challenge and support through effective questioning and active listening. I really appreciated how Ivan made an extra effort to understand the company and me as a person and the professional development that came as a result was top-notch!”

    — CEO, Ed Tech platform

  • “Working with Kate has been awesome. She is an amazing listener, and simultaneously provides challenge and support, which has helped me develop as a leader. Kate has helped me identify my blind spots and own my weaknesses, and learned how to amplify my strengths. I now find myself using a lot of her techniques with my team, which is a testament in and of itself”

    — CEO, Financial Services

  • "Coaching of the CEO / C-Suite over the first 6-12 months of each new investment is becoming an integral part of our Value Creation Plan. All the executives that Ivan has supported, are performing with greater focus and maturity, and this is clear in board level interactions”

    —  Partner, Mid Market PE

  • “Ivan has supported a number of our senior leaders over the course of the investment. In each case we have seen significant performance improvement and some of them of them have established themselves firmly as succession candidates for executive committee roles. Ivan's ability to assist people across the spectrum of their needs from helping people with their confidence and communication to navigating board interactions is second to none”

    — CEO, Mid Market PE