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Executive Coaching

Executive Coaching

Unlocking potential. Enhancing performance. Reducing interference. Raising awareness and clarity of thought.

Executive coaching helps leaders, teams, and organisations achieve clarity, focus, and sustainable performance. Whether you are a senior executive, emerging leader, or high-potential professional, executive coaching helps you to navigate challenges and change, enhance self-awareness, optimise decision-making, and improve effectiveness.

Our approach creates a confidential, non-judgemental environment where clients can explore options, reduce internal or external interference, and accelerate progress towards their true potential. By using systems thinking and focusing on personal individual performance and behavioural effectiveness, coaching benefits both the individual and the organisation, enabling faster development and measurable impact.

Who we work with

We support a broad range of clients, including:

Senior Executives

C-Suite, VP’s, Directors

Emerging Leaders

High-potential individuals preparing for greater responsibility

Organisations

Supporting leadership alignment, culture change, and strategic development

The Process

Our process for formalising a coaching relationship is structured whilst individual sessions are flexible to meet client needs:

Initial Discussion – Explore why coaching might be right for your organisation, colleagues or self. Assess our suitability, discuss objectives (sponsor and/or coachee and coach) and determine the most appropriate way forward.

Chemistry Check – Shorter, informal 121 meeting between coach and coachee which can include setting expectations for both parties.

Contracting – Organisation and/or coachee.

Coaching Relationship – 121 sessions in person or via video, location dependant.

Feedback and Objectives Assessment – Sponsor and/or coachee.

Coaching Credentials & Experience

Neil Telfer is a Cambridge-trained Executive Coach. He completed the Cambridge Business Coaching Programme in March 2025 and is currently undertaking the Cambridge Advanced Executive Coaching Programme, both delivered by the M?ller Institute, University of Cambridge. These programmes are accredited by the Association for Coaching and endorsed by the Board for Professional and Executive Education at the University of Cambridge.

Neil holds Associate Coach status with the Association for Coaching and works under the supervision of a qualified Coach Supervisor. Upon completion of the Cambridge Advanced Executive Coaching Programme in May 2026, he will be eligible for Accredited Coach status.

Neil brings an academic background in Psychology and extensive professional experience to his coaching practice, offering valuable insight into hundreds of businesses—large and small, commercial and non-profit—across the globe and the challenges their executives and leaders face. In particular, his experience encompasses:

  • Over 22 years’ experience in recruitment and executive search, including 16 years team leadership, over 12 years running his own company, gathering deep insight into the challenges and opportunities faced by individuals and organisations.
  • Coaching leaders across a range of sectors, including Executive Education, Scholarly Publishing, FMCG, Scientific Research, Private Equity, Construction, and Sustainability.
  • Supporting Clients ranging from CEOs and Chief People Officers to senior academics and operational leaders.
  • This combination of Cambridge coach training and practical leadership experience enables Neil to deliver tailored and effective coaching designed to enhance both individual and organisational performance.

‘As my role and responsibilities grew, Neil offered the necessary space for reflection and pause, which allowed me to process my new duties effectively. His coaching helped me transition from a reactive state to one of genuine enthusiasm, empowering me to take clear leadership actions and prioritise my long-term career development.’

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