I choose clients who care about performance.
Leaders. Teams. Organisations in the middle of something that matters.
Twenty-six years of working across Formula One, elite sport and premier global organisations where the stakes are high and the margins are thin.
So much of my work starts with seeing. Seeing what's actually happening, rather than what everyone has agreed is happening.
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
I didn't start here.
I began in investment banking with JPMorgan Chase and then moved into consulting with Accenture. Years spent inside organisations rather than alongside them — sitting in the meetings, carrying the targets, watching capable people make decisions that looked baffling from outside and entirely logical from within.
That gap is what I've never stopped being interested in.
I set up my own independent practice in 2009 and haven't looked back.
Serious about the work.
Most of what I do is noticing what could easily have gone unsaid.
The thing everyone in the room heard and no one picked up. The gap between how someone describes a situation and how they describe themselves inside it. Sometimes I just say it plainly. Sometimes it's a question. Sometimes it's a challenge.
Clients tell me two things fairly often. That it wasn't what they expected. And that I don't let them get away with it.
Depth, with practical application.
I'm a Master Executive Coach accredited by APECS and a Systemic Team Coach accredited by AoEC, with further training in psychodynamic approaches, systems and analytical psychology.
I'm also accredited in a range of diagnostic instruments — among them the Leadership Circle Profile 360, which integrates adult development psychology with leadership behaviour, and the AoEC Systemic Team 360 Connect, which builds a full stakeholder view of how a team is experienced from outside as well as within.
I speak on change and transition, team performance, leadership coaching and the conversations leaders tend to avoid — most recently in webinars and internal sessions. Please reach out for more information.
- Master Executive Coach
- APECS
- Systemic Team Coach
- AoEC
- Coaching hours
- 2,500+
- Experience
- 26+ years
For leaders
Leadership Circle Profile 360 · Neo-PI3 · FIRO-B · MBTI · Thomas Kilmann (TKI) · Change Style Indicator · Change Navigator
For teams
AoEC Systemic Team 360 Connect · Performance Climate System (PCS) · FIRO-B · Thomas Kilmann (TKI)
Trusted with the difficult stuff.
I have worked with Russell since 2015. His approach is perfectly suited to our culture. He creates high levels of trust and psychological safety while also provoking growth and performance. His coaching and team development work at Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 is highly regarded and achieves results.
If something important is changing, let's talk.
In you, your team, or your organisation.
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Describe the situation as you see it. A first conversation is confidential and without obligation.