founding teams
I run leadership development programmes for start-ups and scale-ups to help founding teams & team leads grow their leadership skills to adapt to ever-changing demands as their companies scale.
Alongside my private 1-1 coaching practice, I’m an executive/leadership coach for multiple VC firms' portfolio companies, as well as the in-house Team Lead Development Coach at Field Energy (Series C). I completed my Masters degree in Coaching (Cambridge University), focusing my research project on coaching 20 founders to develop the self-efficacy, self-regulation, and psychological flexibility needed to effectively scale their business.
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the cost of poor leadership
As a founder, you want your company to grow. But as you scale, you risk your company outgrowing you. The hard truth is that the skills that enabled you to grow a business from 0 to 1 won't take you from 1 to 10 (and beyond). To scale your company sustainably, your founding team also need to scale their leadership skills.
The cost of poor leadership is amplified in start-ups where you're always racing against limited time and funding. A key team member leaving can derail the entire company. Unresolved co-founder conflicts result in poor, emotionally-driven decisions. Delaying a difficult conversation can lead to missing key deadlines. Poor communication creates mismatches in output expectations with dire consequences. A tense, psychologically unsafe environment hinders innovation and growth.
There are many ways to fail as a start-up. No product-market fit. Unscalable processes. Uncontrollable market shifts. Small network. Bad timing.
But people - and leadership, specifically - should never be the reason your company fails.
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How I can help
This is where I come in.
I coach founders, co-founders, and founding teams on:
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Identifying their leadership competency gaps.
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Embracing flexible leadership styles in a fast-paced, uncertainty-riddled environment.
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Creating a high-performance, sustainable culture.
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Embracing difficult conversations & handling conflicts with board members, investors, co-founders, leadership team members, and staff.
No two start-ups are the same. I don't do cookie-cutter programmes.
Get in touch, and we'll create a leadership training programme and/or executive coaching package for your founding team that's tailored to your organisation's size, funding stage, values, industry, and ambitions.
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How to work with me
We'll always start with a short meeting or call to see if we're a good fit.
In this meeting, we'll clarify what your tailored programme could look like in terms of:
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Workshops and 1-1 coaching
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F2F vs Remote sessions (vs Hybrid)
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What ROI you expect from coaching
In terms of funding, we have several options:
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VC-Driven: Some VCs will subsidise/cover the costs for leadership development for founding teams.
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Organisationally-Driven: We can create a programme that fits within your company's training/coaching budget.
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Individually-Driven: You can allocate a portion of your annual L&D budget to coaching sessions.
If you have any questions, please get in touch by clicking the link below.