How I work
The work takes three broad forms, though in practice they often overlap. A leader's individual challenge is frequently a team dynamic in disguise. A team's dysfunction is often a structural condition. I try to work at the level where the real leverage is — and at whatever level that turns out to be, the work tends toward the same shape: survivable experiments, not irreversible bets.
With individuals
One-to-one coaching for senior leaders carrying significant responsibility — whether that's a complex change programme, a difficult stakeholder landscape, or the cumulative weight of decisions that can't be delegated. The work creates space to think more clearly about what's actually true about the situation, and to act more deliberately within it.
With teams
Facilitation and team coaching for groups that need to move from individual expertise toward genuine collaboration. I work in the room, which means attending to what's happening between people as well as what's being said. This is useful when a team is stuck, when a new team needs to form quickly, or when a group needs to make a significant decision together.
With organisations
Systemic work for organisations where the conditions — structural, cultural, or relational — are suppressing the capability already present in the people doing the work. This tends to involve working across levels and functions rather than with a single team in isolation.
For some organisations, the structural conditions that matter most are the design questions themselves — how the organisation is shaped, how work flows, where decisions get made, and how teams are bounded. That work draws on a background in organisational design alongside coaching and facilitation. If you're considering a structural change and want to explore whether there's a useful role here, get in touch.
Engagements
I work across a range of engagement types depending on what the situation calls for. For organisations, that might be a time-limited contract or a longer-term embedded arrangement — including full-time contract and permanent roles for the right context. For individuals and teams, engagements are typically standalone: a defined coaching programme, a series of facilitation sessions, or a single-day intervention. If you're not sure what fits, get in touch and we can work it out together.