Experienced Senior Educational Leader who can support and challenge staff and students to achieve their personal best in the classroom, on the pitch or in their leadership role

John is an Executive Coach and Leadership Facilitator specialising in helping leaders think clearly, make better decisions, and perform at their best in complex, high-pressure environments.
He partners with senior leaders, leadership teams, and organisations to strengthen leadership capability, enhance decision-making, and drive sustained performance. His work focuses on enabling individuals and teams to cut through complexity, align around clear priorities, and translate insight into meaningful action. He is an accredited Facet5 personality profiler.
With a background in senior educational leadership, John brings extensive experience in leading teams, developing people, and delivering impactful change and long-term improvement. His work spans the corporate, education, charity, and elite sport sectors, giving him a distinctive cross-sector perspective on leadership, performance, and organisational culture.
At the core of his coaching is the principle of listening to learn, a belief that high-quality attention and deep understanding are the foundations of effective development. He creates a safe, non-judgmental environment where clients can reflect openly, challenge their assumptions, and take ownership of their thinking, behaviour, and growth.
John’s approach is both structured and flexible, grounded in clear contracting, aligned expectations, and a strong sense of professional integrity. He balances support with constructive challenge, helping clients build self-awareness, strengthen resilience, and develop practical strategies that lead to sustainable positive change. His work is characterised by honesty, humility, and respect, alongside a focus on building trust and accountability.
As a holistic executive coach, he works with the whole person, recognizing the interdependence between professional performance and personal wellbeing. He supports individuals and teams to achieve meaningful, sustainable outcomes through greater self-awareness, purposeful action, and aligned development.
In addition to one-to-one executive coaching, John designs and facilitates leadership development programmes and is an accredited ILM Level 5 and 7 executive coach trainer. Through this work, he supports organisations to embed coaching cultures, develop internal capability, adopt a coach approach and enhance leadership effectiveness at scale.
He has worked with individuals and teams from a wide range of organisations. These include global brands s