Who I Work With

Corporate Teams

I work with leadership teams in global organisations who are navigating complex strategic decisions - particularly where cross-cultural dynamics, international expansion, or organisational transformation create hidden risks.

Typical Engagements

Strategic Decision Stress-Testing - Before you commit to a major decision, we surface and challenge the assumptions underlying it. What are you taking for granted? What would make this fail? What are you not seeing?

Cross-Cultural Due Diligence - When decisions span borders or cultures, the assumptions that trip you up are often invisible. I bring perspective from operating across multiple environments to identify what you might miss.

Leadership Team Alignment - Different stakeholders operate from different assumptions. We surface these differences before they become conflicts, building genuine alignment rather than false consensus.

AI Integration Strategy - Helping teams think clearly about AI adoption - not the hype, but the actual decisions about where and how AI fits your context.

How It Works

Corporate engagements typically begin with a diagnostic conversation to understand your specific situation. From there, we design an approach that fits your timeline, stakeholders, and decision complexity.

This might be a focused half-day session before a board decision, or a longer engagement supporting a strategic initiative. The format follows the need.

Best Fit

This work is particularly valuable for organisations that are globally distributed or culturally diverse, facing decisions with significant downside risk, navigating unfamiliar markets or contexts, or working through AI transformation and integration challenges.

Individual Leaders

I coach senior executives and founders who need a thinking partner - someone who understands complexity, challenges assumptions, and doesn't just tell them what they want to hear.

What This Looks Like

Executive coaching with me is not about motivation or generic frameworks. It's about rigorous thinking applied to your specific situation.

We work on the decisions you're actually facing - career moves, strategic choices, team challenges, personal transitions. I bring Red Team thinking to your blind spots and help you see what you're missing.

Who It's For

Leaders who operate in complex, often international environments. People who are tired of coaches who nod along but don't push back. Executives who value directness and want someone who'll ask the uncomfortable questions.

If you're looking for cheerleading, I'm not the right fit. If you want a sparring partner who'll sharpen your thinking, we should talk.

Format

Coaching engagements are tailored to what you need. Some clients work with me intensively for a few months around a specific challenge. Others maintain an ongoing relationship for periodic check-ins and strategic thinking.

We'll discuss what makes sense for you.

When I'm Not The Right Fit

In the spirit of honesty, here's when you should work with someone else:

If you want validation, not challenge. My job is to find the holes in your thinking, not to agree with you.

If you need industry-specific expertise. I'm a decision-making specialist, not a sector expert. I'll ask better questions, but I won't know your industry better than you do.

If you're looking for quick fixes. Good decisions take time and rigour. If you want someone to rubber-stamp a choice you've already made, I'm not your person.