The Approach
The Coaching Approach
Structured. Personal. Supportive.
The method is deliberately plain: understand the situation properly, decide what matters, then hold the line week to week. What makes it work is the transparency inside it, and the fact that you are supported throughout.
01
Diagnostic
90 minutes to establish what is actually happening — the work, the decisions, the private tensions and the things you have stopped mentioning.
02
Framework
A written picture of priorities, patterns and obstacles: the few moves that matter, the ones to drop, the standards you are choosing to hold.
03
Weekly coaching
60-minute sessions. Assumptions examined, options narrowed, decisions taken. You will always hear the truth as I see it, offered in support of you rather than at your expense.
04
Accountability
Written follow-through between sessions, so intentions become behaviour that can be measured rather than remembered.
05
Recalibration
Reviewed at intervals against the reality in front of you. Nothing stays sacred, including the framework.
How I work
I'll listen carefully.
Then I'll be honest with you.
You have probably already tried the books, the podcasts, the productivity systems, perhaps therapy or mentoring. Capable people rarely need more information. They need somewhere to think properly, someone in their corner who is completely transparent with them, and a reason to follow through once the room empties.
So the work is transparent rather than flattering, and supportive throughout. We look together at the patterns that keep producing the same result, the standards you apply to everyone but yourself, and the decisions you have been negotiating with for months.
Nothing here is off the shelf. What we build is shaped around your situation and revised as it changes — and between sessions you have direct access to me.
Not therapy. Not motivation. Not a course. Not a group programme. Support without flattery — someone on your side who will tell you the truth plainly, in confidence.
Arrange a private conversationQuestions we'll get to
- What decision have you been postponing?
- Where are you confusing being busy with making progress?
- What does your current version of success actually cost you?
- Are you building the life you want, or maintaining the one you already built?
Frequently asked
What is executive coaching?
A private, one-to-one working relationship focused on thinking, decisions and follow-through. It is not therapy, not training and not a course — it is structure, transparency and steady support for people carrying real responsibility.
How is this different from life coaching?
The work covers both, because real problems do not respect the line. Career, business and leadership sit alongside relationships, health and personal direction.
Is this therapy?
No. Coaching is forward-looking work on decisions, behaviour and direction. I have spent years in mental health and wellbeing services, which informs how I listen — but I do not offer therapy, diagnosis or clinical treatment. Where something needs clinical support, I will say so.
Who do you work with?
Men and women, typically 35–55, carrying serious responsibility: founders, CEOs, private equity and professional services partners, barristers, surgeons and senior executives. The occupation varies; the pattern doesn't. High achievement, high responsibility, and private friction — often where things look successful from outside and feel unresolved from inside.
How long is an engagement?
Most clients work weekly over a minimum of three months, which is roughly what it takes for decisions to become behaviour. Some prefer a shorter, more intensive reset.
Are sessions in person or remote?
Both. Sessions run remotely by default and in person by appointment.
What happens in the first conversation?
A 90-minute diagnostic. We examine what is actually happening, identify the central issues, set priorities and decide together whether coaching is the right form of help.
Next step
Start with the diagnostic.
Ninety minutes, private and unhurried, to work out what is really going on and whether this is the right kind of help. Read what the engagement involves, or write to me directly.