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

85% of people are unhappy at work

vote with your feet

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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

About Me

Stop procrastinating

Start doing

How does the coaching work?

01.

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

03.

Find that new job, develop that business idea - and see confidence and performance improve

Director, United Talent Agency

“Working with Marcus has been hugely beneficial. It's changed my way of approaching professional difficulties and my way of questioning myself."

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