Executive Performance Coaching

When you hire Alan as your coach and mentor, you're not just engaging with someone who has 40 years of global business experience and a track record of success in leadership and transformation—you’re gaining a strategic partner who is fully invested in your growth, your business, and your legacy. Here's how Alan works with CEOs and business owners like you to deliver lasting, transformative results.

Key focus areas:

Leadership Alignment and Personal Development

I believe that your personal growth and the growth of your business are deeply intertwined. My role is to help you gain absolute clarity on your vision, both for yourself as a leader and for the direction of your business. We’ll work together to align your personal aspirations with the goals of your organisation, ensuring that your leadership reflects your core values, driving both personal fulfilment and professional success. I help you elevate your leadership style to inspire, engage, and build teams that perform at their best, leading to a more cohesive, motivated, and high-performing organisation.

Unlocking Exceptional Performance in You and Your Team

My focus goes beyond conventional performance coaching. I’m here to help you unlock a level of performance that you may not have thought possible. Together, we will identify the key areas where you can enhance your decision-making processes, improve how you manage and motivate your team, and create a high-performance culture that permeates your entire organisation.

Navigating Pressure and Complexity with Confidence

Leadership can be a lonely and high-pressure role, especially at the CEO level. I draw on my experience in sports psychology, the Inner Game, and Chimp Management to equip you with the mental frameworks needed to manage pressure effectively. We’ll work on building resilience, emotional intelligence, and mental clarity so that you can make sound, strategic decisions even in the most complex and high-pressure environments.

Business Transformation and Strategic Insight

One of my core strengths is helping businesses navigate transformation. Whether you’re considering growth through mergers and acquisitions, repositioning in the market, or a complete overhaul of your business model, I bring decades of experience to guide you through these transitions. We will develop a clear, actionable strategy that ensures your organisation is agile, competitive, and positioned for sustained success.

Building a Purpose-Driven Organisation with a Sustainable Future

I firmly believe that the most successful leaders today are those who align their business with a higher purpose—one that resonates with their teams, their customers, and the broader community. I will work with you to embed purpose into the core of your business strategy, ensuring that your leadership and decisions are driving both profit and positive impact.

Tailored, Results-Driven Coaching

My coaching is not a one-size-fits-all approach. I develop a bespoke programme tailored to your unique challenges, goals, and leadership style. Using methodologies like LEGO Serious Play, I create experiential learning experiences that allow you to step back, reflect, and gain new perspectives on the challenges you face.

Strategic Guidance for High-Stakes Decisions

As a seasoned advisor in M&A, business exits, and high-stakes business transformations, I’ll be there to guide you through the complex and often overwhelming decisions that come with leading a company. From evaluating potential acquisitions and structuring deals to leading strategic pivots, I provide clear, actionable insights that will help you make the right decisions at the right time.

Creating a Safe Space for Honest Reflection and Growth

The journey of leadership often requires a space for honest reflection—where you can safely explore your blind spots, gain feedback, and address the areas holding you back. I provide a confidential and trusted environment where you can confront these challenges openly and constructively.

Peer Collaboration and Learning from Others’ Success

One of the most powerful ways to grow as a leader is through peer collaboration. In my leadership forums, such as the Alchemists Forum, you’ll connect with other CEOs and business leaders who have faced similar challenges. This peer-to-peer learning allows you to benefit from diverse perspectives, exchange ideas, and explore innovative solutions that you can implement in your business.

Long-Lasting Impact on Your Organisation

The ultimate goal of our work together is to create lasting, positive change within your business. By helping you build a stronger leadership team, improve your organisational culture, and implement sustainable strategies, we will ensure long-term success.

Leveraging the Power of Dyslexic Thinking

As someone who identifies as a dyslexic thinker, I bring a unique and creative approach to problem-solving, strategy development, and leadership coaching. Dyslexic thinking is often associated with strengths such as big-picture thinking, innovative problem-solving, and the ability to connect seemingly unrelated ideas. These are qualities that I bring to our coaching relationship, allowing me to see challenges from new angles and provide creative solutions.

Discipline of Ownership, Responsibility, and Accountability

One of the key outcomes of my coaching approach is fostering the discipline of ownership, responsibility, and accountability. I help you, as a leader, take full ownership of your decisions, actions, and their outcomes. This mindset of accountability extends across your leadership team and organisation, leading to greater responsibility at every level.

Coaching Services

1. Building Company Value

2. Corporate Strategy

3. Sales and Customer Relationship Management

4. Mergers & Acquisitions

5. Purpose > Mission > Vision

6. Leadership Development

7. Executive Performance

8. Identity & Culture Transformation

Performance = potential - interference

“Coaching is unlocking a person’s potential to maximise their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them… we are more like an acorn which contains within it all the potential to be a magnificent oak tree. We need nourishment, encouragement and the light to reach toward, as the oak-tree is already within us.”

- Sir John Whitmore, Coaching for Performance

“I have come to believe that coaching might be even more essential than mentoring to our careers and our teams. Whereas mentors dole out words of wisdom, coaches roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty.”

- Eric Schmidt – Ex CEO & Chair GOOGLE