Sometimes the most important shift is in how you see.
Coaching, team development and organisational consultancy for leaders and teams who take performance seriously — in Formula One, elite sport and global organisations.
Some of this work is incremental optimisation. More often I'm called when that isn't enough — a leader who needs to lead differently, a team that isn't working, an organisation stuck in the same pattern.
Experience where performance matters.
26+ years working with leaders, teams and organisations where the stakes are high and performance matters.
Motorsport
Championship-winning Formula One team · Jaguar TCS Racing · Mahindra Racing · McLaren Electric Racing
Other
INEOS America's Cup · Saracens Rugby · Bath Rugby
Energy and industry
BP · Rolls-Royce
Financial services
Barclays · American Express
Technology
Cisco · Salesforce
Pharmaceuticals
AstraZeneca · Astellas
Work that creates meaningful change.
Different situations need different interventions. The common thread is helping people see more clearly, develop greater capability and create more impact.
Develop how you lead.
Confidential 1:1 growth conversations.
Develop how you Team.
More capable leadership teams.
Make the offsite matter.
Structured experiences for teams and groups who need to move forward.
When the challenge sits in the wider system.
Insight and intervention for complex leadership and organisational challenges.
What’s really going on?
The presenting problem is rarely the whole story.
- A difficult relationship.
- A team that isn’t performing.
- A leadership transition.
- An organisation navigating change.
Understanding what is really happening — beneath the obvious and across the wider system — creates the possibility of doing something different.
That might mean a better tactic. It might mean developing a new capability. Or it might mean changing the perspective or pattern that keeps producing the same result.
Often, it's a combination.
Trusted with the difficult stuff.
I engaged Russell during a period of transformative change at BP, having heard good things about his work in Formula One. We quickly needed to remobilise as a global leadership team and become more purpose-led, cohesive and aligned - being challenged as well as supported. Russell coached us through a sequence of development sessions that enhanced our Leadership and Team effectiveness, increased clarity (including establishing our core purpose and vision), built greater trust and cohesion (including more courageous conversations) and ultimately enabled us to achieve greater commercial success. Russell is a solid and trustworthy partner, with integrity, professionalism and the skill to create value even when it gets uncomfortable.
Something important is changing.
A leader. A team. An organisation. A new phase of performance.
If you’re dealing with something that matters and want to think it through properly, let’s talk.
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Describe the situation as you see it. A first conversation is confidential, unhurried and without obligation.