Executive Coaching and Leadership
Ambitious leadership that lasts
Executive coaching for senior professionals, partners and firm leaders who want to keep growing, lead well and feel good doing it.
- LLB (Hons), qualified solicitor
- 20 years in professional services
- ICF Associate Certified Coach
- TEDx speaker
Credentialed by the International Coaching Federation
Does this sound familiar?
You are very good at your job. That is not the problem.
Most ambitious professionals do not need more hours. They need sharper leadership skills, clearer thinking, and somewhere confidential to work on both.
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Always reacting
Inbox-led days, too much resting on you personally, and no time left to think.
- 02
Doing too much yourself
You know you should delegate, but it is quicker to do it yourself. Until it is not.
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Expert, now leader
You were promoted for technical excellence. Nobody taught you how to lead a team.
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Ready for the next level
Partnership or promotion is in sight, and you want to step into it well.
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Performing competence
Over-preparing, second-guessing, and never quite admitting uncertainty.
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Nobody to think out loud with
You cannot be fully honest with your firm, your team or your family.
A trusted team in my corner.
Working with Nat is like having a trusted team in my corner to turn fresh perspectives into lasting actions and change.
What we work on
The leadership skills nobody formally teaches you
Practical skills you can use the next morning, alongside the thinking and confidence that make them stick.
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Delegation
Hand over real work with confidence, so you stop being the bottleneck.
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Priorities and attention
Protect time for the work only you can do, instead of living in your inbox.
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Difficult conversations and feedback
Say the hard thing clearly and kindly, and get a better result.
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Leading and developing a team
Build people who can carry more, so you do not have to carry it all.
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Influence
Bring partners, clients and boards with you, without relying on rank.
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Business development and relationships
Win work and build a network through genuine connection, not hard selling.
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Decisions under pressure
Make good calls faster, and stand behind them.
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Confidence
Trust your judgement, speak with authority and stop second-guessing yourself.
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Stepping up
Move into partnership or a bigger role, and lead well from day one.
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Sustainable performance
Boundaries, energy and pace that keep your judgement sharp for years, not quarters.
How I work
Four ways to work together
One to one
Executive coaching
A confidential sounding board for senior professionals and partners carrying real responsibility.
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One to one
Leadership coaching
For people stepping into leadership, or leading without ever having been taught how.
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For firms
Programmes and panels
Coaching panels, leadership programmes, workshops and facilitation for law, accountancy and advisory firms.
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Events
Speaking
Keynotes and workshops on professional services leadership, sustainable ambition and corporate culture.
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Twenty years in professional services
I have sat where my clients sit
Law · Where it started
Qualified solicitor
LLB (Hons) and Diploma in Legal Practice from the University of Edinburgh. Trained and qualified at an international law firm.
Restructuring · Most of my career
Managing Director
Led intellectual property valuation and disposition on some of the most high-profile UK insolvencies, working alongside administrators, lenders and boards.
Now · Today
Executive coach and consultant
ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC), TEDx speaker, and on the coaching panel of a major international law firm.
Restructuring mandates included
What changes
Ambition that feels good, and lasts
- More of the work delegated, and time back for what matters
- Faster, clearer decisions you can stand behind
- A team that carries more, so you do not carry it all
- Stronger client relationships and a growing network
- Confidence stepping into bigger roles
- Energy left at the end of the week
Credentials
Trained, credentialed and accountable
Coaching is not regulated, so anyone can call themselves a coach. The International Coaching Federation (ICF) is the largest global body for professional coaches. Its credentials are independently assessed and every holder works to its Code of Ethics.
ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC)
The ICF's internationally recognised credential, awarded after accredited training, logged client coaching hours, mentor coaching and the ICF exam. Verify on Credly
Certified Professional Coach (CPC)
The International Coach Academy's ICF Level 2 accredited programme: 125 hours of coach education, including a performance assessment at professional coach level.
Member of the International Coaching Federation
Bound by the ICF Code of Ethics, including strict confidentiality. Verify on Credly
TEDx speaker
Stop Drifting, Start Deciding, at TEDxLeith.
LLB (Hons), University of Edinburgh
Law degree and Diploma in Legal Practice. Qualified solicitor.