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About Ian

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About Ian

Our office

About Ian

Where This Fits —
Even If You Don’t Know You Need It Yet

Where This Fits —
Even If You Don’t Know You Need It Yet

Most transformation work starts too late in the chain.
It jumps to systems, strategy, or ops — without tracing why the dysfunction started in the first place.
That’s where I work differently.
My approach begins where most advisory stops:
at the root cause of your operating patterns.
Because if you don’t understand the leadership blueprint driving decisions, no system change will stick.
That’s why transformation so often fails.
That’s why leaders keep circling the same issues — even after team restructures, away days, and culture rebrands.
I’ve spent the last 20 years inside high‑growth and institutional organisations learning to spot what’s not being said:
  • The unspoken bottlenecks behind strategic stagnation
  • The blind spots no OKR will surface
  • The invisible operating systems that define how a team really works
And then — we build from there.

Why It Works

Because real organisational transformation isn’t just vision — it’s execution. That means:


Operating model redesign


Culture change at scale


Capability building that doesn’t collapse when the pressure returns


I’ve led end‑to‑end people transformation programmes, aligning workforce design, leadership development, and succession planning to hard business outcomes:


Improved cross‑functional efficiency


Measurable employee engagement lift


Stronger leadership bench without bottlenecks


This is how organisations get momentum without resistance.


Not just because systems run better — but because people do.


And it’s why this work sticks — across sectors, across markets, across change cycles.

























What It Looks Like in Practice



What It Looks Like in Practice

This isn’t traditional business coaching.


It’s root‑cause reengineering — with practical tools that reshape how your team leads, thinks, and moves.


Some leaders bring me in to:


Decode leadership styles and develop succession plans


Facilitate executive recalibration or communication alignment


Advise during post‑merger restructuring or organisational design


Lead diagnostic work across multiple departments for alignment


Help shift a founder‑led business into a scale‑ready team


But the throughline is always the same:


Clarity at the root → Capacity at scale.

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Relevant Experience (Without the Gloss)

Two‑time founder: scaled, franchised, and exited businesses across US and UK

  • Built & led multi‑site teams in high‑pressure industries and turnaround contexts

  • Executive coach and advisor to founders, investors, and senior leadership teams

  • Specialist in pattern‑based diagnostics across leadership behaviour, organisational comms, and succession planning

  • Creator of the Trauma‑Coded Leadership™ framework — linking leadership patterns to organisational outcomes

  • Applied in both commercial and institutional environments to improve alignment and rebuild trust

The Future You’re Building Already Has a Blueprint

If you’re scaling, shifting, or stabilising — you’re already following a pattern.

The only question is whether it’s the right one.

My job is to make sure the strategy you’re executing…
is the one that gets you to a future worth arriving at.

One that’s sustainable. Attainable. Integrated.

Because when the compass, the map, and the team are aligned —
You don’t just move faster.
You move further.

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