Trusted Adviser and Coach
Leadership roles can be lonely, with almost no-one in the organisation sufficiently discreet, objective and knowledgeable to have a useful “take” on your situation. I use intelligence and understanding to help make sense of your issue and solve your problem rather than push a solution that may not quite fit.
Please get in touch to discuss a trusted adviser relationship
Benefits
An independent, trusted adviser with the contextual knowledge and the ability to ask the right questions in a skilful manner can greatly mitigate the loneliness of leadership, with benefits like:
Talking through sensitive issues
Gaining the confidence to act
Making better decisions
Developing practical solutions
Reducing and mitigating risk
Developing new ideas
Please get in touch to discuss a trusted adviser relationship
Who I work with
I work with senior leaders who have ultimate responsibility for an organisation or a significant part of an organisation.
Please get in touch to discuss a trusted adviser relationship
How we can work together
Specific programmes to improve results and solve problems through strengthened leadership and strategic alignment throughout your organisation
Development of your team as leaders, individually and collectively, including facilitation of small and large groups
Support for you personally in your senior leadership role, as a sounding board and trusted adviser
Accessible opportunities to participate in through-time development of leadership and professional relationship skills and influence
Results
I have been acting as a trusted advisor to senior leaders in organisations for about 20 years. My status as an independent consultant provides the right circumstances to play that role.
Probably, the most obvious impacts are the increased decisiveness with which the people I am working with act and the skills they develop to act in an enterprising way unsupported.
The breadth of my experience with currently more than 180 organisations leads to a well-informed perspective on a very wide range of issues such as arise in a general management role.
Testimonials
Resources
Strategic Leaders online workshop group
Join your fellow senior leaders for mutual interaction and insight in a monthly, 1.5-hour online group focusing on aligning your organisation around a settled sense of direction and strategy
Business Leaders’ online workshop group
Join a group of managing directors and CEOs meeting monthly to share experiences, discuss issues and learn new insights relating to a wide range of business issues (1.5 hours, once a month)
The Mastery of Leadership book
Being a great leader of other people starts with being a great leader of yourself. This book sets out my approach to that important starting point
FAQs
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What is the confidentiality basis of the conversation?
Completely confidential.
What expertise do you bring to this?
Experience of senior leadership roles and of working with more than 180 organisations and a wide range of expertise in leadership and organisation development and coaching.
What do you mean by “sense-making”?
Sense-making means interacting with a situation to develop a structured understanding of it from which intervention steps can be developed. Often the process is iterative: develop some understanding, take some action, observe results, deepen understanding, adjust actions etc.
Is “trusted adviser” the same as “critical friend” or even “sounding board”?
Essentially, yes. These are different labels for much the same thing. The key characteristic is bringing honesty to the relationship and finding ways to talk about difficult subjects – whilst being completely supportive.
Do you give advice?
The label “trusted adviser” suggests that, but actually the answer is not really – more like providing an opinion, or suggestions or a “take” on a situation. Giving advice would be more like mentoring. That’s something different. This is more of an equal partnership.
Is knowledge of my sector or organisation important?
It’s not essential but it certainly helps, particularly with making sense of a situation. Knowledge of other people in the environment in particular is often very helpful.