Our approach to leadership is grounded in the belief that the best leaders have the people around them feeling great about who they are and what they are up against, whilst making sure they deliver outstanding results.

The most influential leaders we have worked with are superb at helping their people believe in themselves and brilliant at encouraging them to develop a greater sense of purpose around their work. Not surprisingly this then has a big impact on the colleagues and teams who they lead.

We partner leaders, helping them to connect to what matters and working with them so that they engage their people in making a difference. This inevitably means helping leaders to develop a powerful vision of the future where they are up to something important and exciting. It also typically requires leaders who start to commit to their people’s success and development.

It is when leaders and their people want the same things, when they go home knowing that they have, in some way, made a difference and been extraordinary that we know leadership is flourishing. Our work in this process is to guide and direct people to what it is that matters to them and then to help them achieve the results they want to see.

“Ian and I worked together over a period of about 5 years unleashing new and different possibilities... The essence of every conversation was about one thing and that was building the level of belief and, most importantly, confidence required to achieve personal and team breakthroughs.

Ian is a great guy to spend time with…. He brings people together and helps them discover the way through on what can seem impossible…..so that afterwards everyone is thinking that was no problem and with my new found confidence anything becomes possible.”

—Simon Roberts, Executive Vice President of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. and President of Boots UK