Thriving in an era of volatility
I help leaders and organisations address the opportunities and risks created by an era of increasing volatility.
I provide advice, counsel and coaching to leaders, teams, organisations and their boards across all sectors and regions — with a particular focus on working with organisations in professional services, government and the social sector, and with leaders of risk and wider corporate functions.
My work draws on my 35-year career across the private, public and social sectors — at McKinsey & Company, where I worked for 22 years, including ten years as Global Director of Risk, in government, as an orchestral and operatic conductor, and as an advisor and executive coach. It is informed by my experience coaching and counselling senior leaders and advising on complex issues in all sectors and 120 countries.
Projects
My work spans advice, counsel and coaching, with many of my projects including all three.
Advice on how organisations take an integrated approach to impact, innovation and risk, by:
Strengthening organisations’ approach to risk
Identifying priority risks and actions to address them
Strengthening the capabilities of risk and wider corporate functions
Counsel on how leaders address complex issues and guide their people through change, by:
Being there alongside leaders as a source of counsel, calibration and challenge
Helping build capabilities and enable change
Providing counsel on complex issues
Coaching leaders and teams to achieve their potential for impact fulfilment and growth, by:
Working with leaders at moments of change
Helping teams increase their effectiveness, cohesion and sense of shared purpose
Working with clients during career transitions
All of my work is anchored on my being there with and for my clients as a trusted collaborative counsellor — and by a combination of openness, humility, purpose, compassion, balance and calm, mixed with positivity and humour.
People
My work draws on my 35-year career as an advisor, leader and executive coach in the private, public and social sectors:
In management consulting, where I spent 22 years at McKinsey & Company, including ten years as Global Director of Risk
In government, where I was chief of staff to a UK cabinet minister and advised on welfare and pensions reform
As an orchestral and operatic conductor, bringing together orchestras and singers in concerts and opera performances
As an advisor and executive coach, helping leaders and organisations thrive in an era of volatility
Perspectives
My work is informed by my research, publications and speaking engagements on topics including:
Leading in an era of volatility
The risk imperative facing leaders of professional-services firms and organisations across sectors
Lessons for today’s leaders from great conductors
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