I offer evidence-based coaching and training development for leaders, managers and entrepreneurs, drawing on my background as a professor of innovation and in the creative industries. 

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This sometimes means helping clients improve confidence and performance in a current role by identifying blind spots and developing executive presence.

 

More often, it means working with people looking for a new job or wanting to launch a business - drawing on my own research and work by experts at institutions such as London Business School and MIT.

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I have worked with leaders at all career stages from first management role to CEO/MD, in organisations from start-ups to multinationals​​​​​​ with funding from the UK government as well as individual clients. This work has taken me around the world from Amman to Accra. ​​​​

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I have also consulted for organisations including Linux Foundation, British Council and Blockchain Research Institute.

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I have written several books on creativity and innovation, one of them a Radio 4 book of the week.

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I am currently writing a book on creative leadership for Cambridge University Press. 

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I have also contributed to The Guardian and The Independent and appeared on the BBC and CNN.

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I have a PhD and an MBA as well as being a qualified executive and team coach. And I'm a member of the Association for Coaching. 

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I also have more than 20 years of leadership and management experience as a magazine editor, music manager, institute director and associate dean.​​

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I'm based in Brighton but also work in London and online.

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100% of my coaching clients say they would recommend me to a friend or colleague.​

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Want to know more? Drop me an email.