Executive Coaching for Senior Leaders & Founders
What Are You Not Seeing?
Sometimes the most important questions are the ones nobody is asking.
As your confidential thinking partner, I bring a fresh, independent perspective to your leadership, your people and the decisions shaping your business.
Drawing on over 30 years in business, I support business owners, senior leaders and boards to challenge assumptions, improve team performance, make better decisions and turn plans into meaningful results.
Stronger Leaders.
Stronger Teams.
Stronger Businesses.
Does Any of This Sound Familiar?
The business has grown, but parts of the organisation have not kept pace. What worked before no longer works quite as well. Leadership, systems, processes or decision-making may now be creating more friction than they solve.
The decisions are getting harder. More trade-offs. More consequences. Fewer obviously right answers. Sometimes you need somewhere to test your thinking before you act.
You are spending too much time reacting and not enough time leading. The urgent keeps winning. Strategy, priorities and the bigger questions get pushed back because there is always something else demanding attention.
Strategy is not becoming action quickly enough. Ownership is blurred, accountability is inconsistent or people are working hard without enough movement on the things that matter.
Something important is stalling. A decision you keep circling. A dynamic that's draining everything. A nagging sense that you're reacting to the world rather than driving through it.
The leadership team is not where it needs to be. Alignment is inconsistent, difficult conversations are being avoided or the capability around the table has not kept pace with what the organisation now needs.
Your own role is changing too. You may need to influence at a higher level, rebuild confidence, step into greater visibility or work out what the next stage of your leadership actually requires.
There are things you cannot easily discuss with the people around you. As a founder, CEO or senior leader, sometimes you need an experienced outside perspective with no internal agenda — somewhere to think out loud, test decisions and hear what others may not say.
Whether one of these challenges resonates, or you simply want a fresh perspective on what comes next, this is where I do my best work.
How We Can Work Together
Different challenges call for different kinds of support. Whether you need confidential space to think, sustained leadership development, stronger team performance or independent board-level challenge, the starting point is understanding what needs to change.
Executive & 1-to-1 Coaching
For senior leaders and founders who need space to think, challenge their assumptions and make better decisions, particularly when the answers are not straightforward.
Confidential, tailored coaching focused on the challenges that matter most: leadership judgement, confidence, influence, priorities and decisions you cannot always discuss internally.
Every engagement is shaped around your situation and objectives, typically across 6, 9 or 12 sessions.
Leadership Development & Team Performance
For leaders who want to strengthen their impact, and leadership teams where individual talent is not yet translating into collective performance.
Two structured 12-month programmes focused on sustained development and measurable progress.
Elevated Leadership Mastery develops individual leadership effectiveness, judgement, influence and strategic impact.
Teams Alignment & Performance strengthens how leadership teams communicate, make decisions, challenge constructively, take responsibility and deliver together.
Business Growth & Strategic Partnership
For founders and SME leaders who need to step back from the day-to-day, think more strategically and build a business where everything doesn't depend on them.
A 12-month strategic partnership combining coaching, commercial experience and independent challenge.
Together, we focus on clarifying business direction, strengthening leadership and accountability, improving commercial performance and turning growth ambitions into practical action that delivers sustainable results.
NED & Board Advisory
For founders and boards who need independent challenge, strategic perspective and stronger governance as their businesses grow or change.
As a Non-Executive Director or Board Adviser, I bring commercial experience and an independent perspective to the boardroom, challenging assumptions, testing strategy, identifying risks and strengthening decision-making and accountability.
Leadership Workshops & Team Development
Sometimes a focused intervention can make a significant difference.
From improving communication and tackling difficult conversations to understanding team dynamics and unlocking individual strengths, I design practical workshops around the challenges your people and organisation are facing.
Using tools including CliftonStrengths® , Belbin® Team Roles, and the Energy Leadership® Index (ELI), we explore individual strengths, team dynamics, leadership behaviours and how people respond under pressure. The focus is on turning greater self-awareness and understanding into practical improvements in communication, decision-making, collaboration and performance.
Workshops can be delivered independently or as part of a wider coaching and development programme.
Proven Impact
30+ years
Business & leadership experience
15+ years
Developing leaders and teams
5,500+
Leaders and professionals supported
UK & International
Clients across multiple sectors and countries
“The sessions with Alec were focused, honest and actionable. I’m now creating space to work on the business rather than only in it.”
Niall, Director, Tourism Sector, UK
Why Work With Me
Experience that comes from doing, not observing
I bring 30+ years of commercial experience, including senior leadership, building and running businesses, and working as a Non-Executive Director and Board Advisor.
When we talk about leadership pressure, difficult decisions or business complexity, I understand the realities behind the conversation, not just the theory.
A point of view, not just good questions
I listen carefully and I will ask questions that make you think. But I will also tell you what I genuinely see.
I am direct without being theatrical, supportive without becoming comfortable, and prepared to challenge assumptions, surface blind spots and hold you accountable for what you say matters.
I understand the wider business context
Leadership decisions do not happen in isolation. Strategy, people, economics, technology, risk and the wider world all affect what leaders are being asked to navigate.
I bring that broader perspective into the room, helping you connect what is happening around you with what it means for your decisions, your people and your organisation.
And a little about me
I’ve made mistakes, learned lessons the hard way and spent years reflecting on what good leadership actually requires. I don’t pretend leadership is tidy. I bring honesty, experience and a willingness to say what I genuinely see.
Professionally accredited across coaching, leadership and team development.
Beyond Leading
Leadership, teams, work, life and everything in between.
Beyond Leading gets beneath the surface of leadership, teams, organisations and the realities of work and life that rarely fit neatly into a framework. Through solo episodes and conversations with guests, I explore the decisions, pressures, behaviours and questions that shape how we lead, work and grow.
I write about leadership, strategy, teams, business growth and the issues shaping organisations today. Practical thinking grounded in what I see through my work with leaders, teams and businesses.
Selected articles are also published through The Strategic Leader on Substack, where you can follow or subscribe for new writing.
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