John has an MSc in Executive Coaching from Ashridge Business School and has been a close colleague of Naysan Firoozmand, Renewal Associates, COO and Head of Consultancy UK for over 10 years.

John’s coaching philosophy is person-centred, pragmatic and performance focused. He places high importance on being authentic, creating rapport and empathy with his clients. Building a strong relationship and creating an effective working alliance are significant aspects of his coaching approach. As an executive coach and group facilitator, John brings an open minded, flexible approach. He will adapt his coaching style and methodology based on the needs of his individual clients and their business contexts to help them unlock their true potential for achieving high performance. Most importantly, John work alongside his clients to support them to widen their perspectives and shift their horizons. In periods of transition, he support clients to recognise leadership challenges, to successfully overcome them and to develop resilience and adaptability.

John has a strong track record of success in strategic leadership, directing high performance and executive business coaching. In his early career, John served as a Senior Officer in the Royal Air Force, holding leadership positions, working across organizational boundaries within the UK and overseas, with multi-national defence forces. John has over 30 years’ first-hand practical experience of coaching elite athletes and coaches and was a Team GB Performance Director and Team Leader at five Olympic Games; supporting athletes to win 16 Olympic and 5 Paralympic medals. More recently, John has 10 years’ experience as an executive performance coach providing support to public and private sector business clients and their teams at all levels of the leadership pathway.

John delivers a unique edge as a coach through applying his knowledge and experience from Olympic sport to support leaders and managers from a variety of industries and sectors to gain a greater understanding and application of the leadership and winning behaviours that improve performance.  Since 2018, John has been Lead Tutor on a PG Cert, in personal and business coaching and is also Lead Tutor for Team coaching practitioner training. (ICF ACTP and EMCC TCQA).

Testimonials

“Every coaching session I have had with John left me energised with a sense of positivity. Our work has enabled me to reconsider some of my professional goals and readjust my behaviour accordingly. He will challenge you in a very holding yet direct manner. John’s coaching has enabled me to ‘get back on track’ and I cannot thank him enough for it.“
–Sibylle Clucas, Global Talent Manager

As a coach in a performance business environment, I would have no hesitation in recommending John. He has a relaxed but professional manner and it is not difficult to see why he has been so successful in his career to date. John does not tell me what to do; he has the skills to get me to find the answers through questioning and challenging my thinking. The work with John has made a significant difference to my business and personal life.”
Steve Collyer LLB, Managing Director