Thriving in an era of volatility
I provide executive coaching and leadership advice for leaders and their teams facing external, organisational and inner complexity and change.
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 executive coach and leadership advisor.
I work with leaders and senior teams across all sectors and regions — with a particular focus on organisations in professional services, government and the social sector, and on leaders of risk and wider corporate functions.
Projects
I provide executive coaching and leadership advice in five areas:
Executive coaching to help leaders realise their potential for impact, fulfilment and growth; address the opportunities and challenges created by fast-changing organisations and a volatile world; explore issues that span the personal and professional dimensions of leadership; and thrive in new and existing roles.
Team coaching to help senior teams and boards increase their effectiveness, build shared understanding and purpose, work through complex issues and decisions, and make the most of time invested in team awaydays and events.
Career transition coaching, providing current and future leaders with tailored counsel and practical advice as they set off, move forward and land in new roles or chapters of their careers; and supporting them through the personal and professional issues this often involves.
Advising organisations on how to strengthen their approach to risk, helping them identify and manage priority risks; evolve their risk governance, capabilities and culture; take an integrated approach to impact, innovation and risk; and help colleagues in risk and other corporate functions combine their roles as trusted counsellors and technical experts.
Contributing to organisational capability building and change, through executive assessments, leadership development programmes, speaking engagements and expert counsel on complex issues of strategy, organisation and risk.
My work is anchored in being there with and for my clients as a trusted, collaborative, confidential counsellor. It combines listening and reflection with a pivot to practical action. It is characterised by 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 executive coach and leadership advisor, helping leaders and their 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
What today’s leaders can learn from great conductors
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