Helping you grow as fast as your businesses
Being founder or an operational leader in a rapid growth business is hard. Every day brings new challenges to solve. Leaders are often seeing and tackling these for the first time and this can be overwhelming.
Scaling a business rapidly often means you don’t have the bandwidth to focus on your own development. Leaders often have strong technical or functional expertise but may not have the leadership, management and strategic skills needed as the business grows.
Coaching for scaling founders.
Founder coaching provides you with crucial support during the intense challenges of scaling.
As a qualified and experienced coach who has founded and scaled businesses, I help founders like you navigate complexity and make better decisions:
Gain confidence in strategic decision-making
Build stronger relationships with your team and board
Develop resilience to handle intense pressure
Create space for reflection and personal growth
Coaching for operational leaders.
Coaching helps operational leaders thrive in the fast-paced environment of scaling businesses.
As a qualified coach who has held MD and COO roles in rapid growth businesses, I help provide clarity and support for operational leaders implementing ambitious growth plans:
Strengthen your leadership impact across the business
Better balance founder vision with operational realities
Manage complex shifting stakeholder relationships
Transform challenges into opportunities for growth
My approach to coaching founders and operational leaders.
My coaching practice is focused on working with founders and operational leaders. I’ve been coaching leaders since 2021 and have completed the Human Technics Advanced Certificate in Executive Coaching. This course is accredited by the University of the West of England, the International Coaching Federation and the Institute of Leadership. I work within the International Coaching Federation Code of Ethics at all times.
“Simon is an outstanding coach. His calm presence and thought-provoking questions helped me see challenges from new perspectives and overcome obstacles that had been holding me back at work. Each session left me with practical insights that strengthened my relationships with colleagues, leading to better collaboration, faster decisions, and improved outcomes.
What impressed me most was Simon’s ability to add value without prior experience in my industry. He drew on his expertise to help me better understand myself and how I interact with others, which has significantly boosted my performance. I highly recommend Simon to anyone seeking a coach who can unlock growth and deliver real results.”
Mark Moreton, Director of Learning and Development, CVS Group
“When managers reach senior leadership positions, it’s really important that they continue to reflect and grow. Generic training courses don’t really cut it at this point, you need space to consider how your personal style can be translated into value for your organisation. Simon takes a personalised approach to coaching and mentoring, he has worked with me to unblock complex change management scenarios, design services and helped me see where I could demonstrate readiness for the next stage in my career. With Simon’s support and guidance, I was promoted to a director level position within 6 months. Simon is warm, thoughtful and a brilliant listener. Our sessions together invest in my personal growth and tie this to meaningful commercial outcomes.”
Charmagne Rayman-Bacchus-Thompson, Chief Operating Officer, Torchbox
“Working with Simon has been nothing short of transformative. At the start of the year, my business was on shaky ground, but with his guidance I now have a clear, solid strategy in place. He’s pushed me to tackle the things I’d been putting off, and that accountability has been a game-changer. As a result, I’m winning more business than ever and am on track to double my revenue this year. His support, advice and encouragement have been invaluable I couldn’t recommend him highly enough.”
Rebecca McKee, Founder, This Brand Works
“Simon’s coaching and mentorship have transformed my professional progression from Head of Delivery to VP of Operations (and beyond) in a scaling global AI start-up. Simon and I have worked in two key areas: business mentorship and career progression. He has given me the tools to navigate tricky, new business challenges and better understand and prepare myself for my future professional journey. He is an invaluable mentor and coach for any executive looking for a seasoned business leader to work with to develop your future self and to navigate business challenges from across all business areas.“
Adam Fowles, VP of Operations at OpenDialog AI
“With his knowledge of agencies, tech, and delivery at all levels, Simon is an excellent person to have on your bench. He has great intuition and knows when to ask the right questions to help you come to your own conclusions, and when to lean on his own extensive experience. He works to understand the challenges specific to my organisation, and helps me to see them in the context of the broader market. We’ve worked through everything from operating models to team dynamics, and his counsel has always been wise, measured and insightful. I always look forward to our time together – his impact has been felt throughout our company.”
Siobhan McKeown, Chief Operating Officer at Human Made
“I’ve been working with Simon as a coach and mentor since 2021. He’s always great at bringing a different perspective, and through building trust and understanding, he’s also able to challenge me and help me with alternative approaches and viewpoints to broaden my thinking. I continue to really enjoy our sessions, and find them invaluable in bringing additional perspectives, opening my eyes to opportunities and always, always reminding me of the value and experience I have to offer.”
Louise Lai, Chief Client and Transformation Officer at TPXimpact
Book a 30 minute free introductory discussion about coaching.
To learn more about working with me as a coach, let’s book in a short introductory call to get things rolling.
I’ll explain the coaching process, answer your questions and help you understand if I’m the right coach for your situation.
