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STRATEGIC ADVISER FOR C-SUITE & SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAMS
Strong businesses need strong leadership teams
Helping MDs, C-suite executives and senior leadership teams think more strategically and make better decisions
As a business grows, the people at the top need to grow with it.
Your senior leaders may be exceptional at what they do. But being brilliant at finance, operations, sales or marketing doesn't automatically prepare someone to think and act as part of a leadership team.
That's where I can help.
I work with CEOs, MDs and their senior teams to develop stronger commercial thinking, better decision-making and greater leadership capability.
Do you need more from your senior leadership team?
Perhaps you recognise some of these:
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"I've got good people around me, but too much still comes back to me."
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"My senior team are excellent at their individual jobs, but they don't always think about the whole business."
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"I need them to challenge me, not wait for me to make every decision."
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"We're growing quickly and the leadership team needs to grow with us."
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"I want my senior people to take greater ownership and accountability."
These aren't necessarily people problems. Often, they're a sign that the business has evolved faster than the leadership structure around it.
From functional expert to business leader
Being promoted into the senior leadership team changes what the job requires:
Functional Expert
"I'm responsible for my area."
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Delivering results
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Solving problems
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Managing a function
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Being the subject matter expert
Senior Leader
"I'm responsible for the business."
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Thinking commercially
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Making strategic decisions
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Challenging colleagues constructively
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Taking collective responsibility
Leadership Team
"We're responsible for where the business goes next."
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Creating strategy
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Making better decisions together
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Holding each other accountable
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Leading the organisation
The shift isn't simply about becoming better at your existing job.
It's about learning to think beyond it.
Who is this for?
I typically work with established UK businesses where the founder, CEO or Managing Director wants their senior team to become more effective.
That might include:
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Managing Directors
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Finance Directors / CFOs
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Operations Directors / COOs
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Sales and Commercial Directors
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Other C-suite executives
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Senior Leadership Teams
Sometimes I'll work with the whole team.
Sometimes one or two executives need individual support.
Usually, it's part of a wider engagement involving the person leading the business.
20 minutes. No pitch. Leave with one clear next step.
How I work with senior leadership teams
There isn't a standard programme.
The support depends on what the CEO, MD and leadership team actually need.
Commercial experience, not leadership theory
I've spent more than 40 years building, growing, leading and selling businesses.
I've worked with investors, built leadership teams, managed growth and navigated difficult decisions and periods of uncertainty.
I've also seen what happens when a business grows faster than the leadership team around it.
That's the experience I bring to your senior team.
I'm not there to impose a management methodology.
I'm there to challenge their thinking, strengthen their commercial judgement and help good people become better business leaders.
20 minutes. No pitch. Leave with one clear next step.
£300m+
revenue
generated
40 +
years business experience
500 +
businesses supported
£1.4m
profit achieved in 12 months
7 & 8 figure
exits successfully delivered
What changes will you see?
A stronger senior leadership team means the CEO or MD doesn't have to carry everything.
You should begin to see:
Greater Ownership
Senior leaders taking responsibility rather than escalating every decision.
Better Strategic Thinking
Greater understanding of the whole business.
Stronger decision-making
More confident, commercially- informed decisions at senior level.
Better Leadership Conversations
constructive challenge rather than agreement, avoidance or politics.
Less dependency on the boss
A team capable of moving the business forward without everything coming back to one person.
How we work together
It normally starts with the founder, CEO or Managing Director.
We'll talk about what's happening within the business, where the senior team is strong and where greater leadership capability would make a meaningful difference.
From there, we can agree the right combination of:
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One-to-one coaching and mentoring
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Strategic advisory sessions
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Senior leadership team sessions
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Commercial or financial training
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Support during specific periods of growth or change
There's no off-the-shelf leadership programme. The work is shaped around the business and the people responsible for leading it.
20 minutes. No pitch. Leave with one clear next step.
FAQs
Do you offer Executive Coaching?
Yes, where it's the right solution, but I don't approach executive coaching as a standalone leadership programme. I usually work with senior executives as part of a wider relationship with the founder, CEO or Managing Director, helping individuals develop in ways that strengthen the leadership of the business as a whole.
How is this different from traditional executive coaching?
Traditional executive coaching often focuses primarily on the individual. My starting point, and my priority, is the business. We'll still work on leadership, confidence, communication and decision-making, but always in the context of the commercial challenges the executive and the wider organisation are facing.
Can you work with our whole senior leadership team?
Yes. I can work with individual members of the C-suite, several executives or the senior leadership team collectively, depending on what's needed.
Can you help senior leaders become more commercially and financially confident?
Yes. Commercial and financial understanding is an important part of senior leadership. I can help executives understand the numbers behind the business and use them to make better decisions.
Do you need to work with the CEO or MD first?
Usually, yes. The most effective work happens when there's clarity about what the business needs from its senior leadership team and how our work together fits into the wider strategy.
How much are your fees?
My fees are bespoke and reflect the scale, complexity and ambition of the work we do together. The best next step is a quick conversation to figure out what actually fits your situation. Investment levels start at a monthly fee of £1200 or fixed project fee from £10,000
A stronger team around you
A business becomes less dependent on its founder, CEO or Managing Director when the people around them are capable of carrying more of the responsibility.
If you have good people in your senior team who are ready to step up, I can help them make that transition.