Hello. I'm Marcus O'Dair, a professor and executive coach specialising in creative thinking. I help people change careers.

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.
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.
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 by individual clients. This work has taken me around the world from Amman to Accra.
I have also consulted for organisations including Linux Foundation, British Council and Blockchain Research Institute.
I have written several books on creativity and innovation, one of them a Radio 4 book of the week.
I am currently writing a book on creative leadership for Cambridge University Press.
I have also contributed to The Guardian and The Independent and appeared on the BBC and CNN.
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.
I also have more than 20 years of leadership and management experience as a magazine editor, music manager, institute director and associate dean.
I'm based in Brighton but also work in London and online.
100% of my coaching clients say they would recommend me to a friend or colleague.
Want to know more? Drop me an email.
How does the coaching work?
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Arrange an initial call to gauge rapport and co-design a coaching programme to meet your needs
02.
Book a one-off trial session to test the water before committing to full coaching programme
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Find that new job, develop that business idea - and see confidence and performance improve