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Leadership coaching

AI coaching for the people at the top

One-to-one and small-group coaching for CEOs, Chairs, boards and executive teams. Hands-on, applied to your real work, and supported between every session.

What every engagement includes

Coaching is a relationship, not a session

One great session isn't enough. Skills fade within weeks unless they're used, so we stay with you between meetings.

  1. Sessions on your real work

    We work on your actual documents, decisions and diary, not exercises. You leave with things done, not notes.

  2. Homework between sessions

    Short, practical tasks so the skill becomes a habit.

  3. Help when you need it

    Email us all week with problems, questions or a "can I trust this?" moment. We reply within one working day.

  4. A visible record of progress

    A running log of what we've worked on, what you can now do, and the time saved. Useful for you, and easy to share with your board.

Who we coach

Different seats, different jobs

A CEO, a Chair and a board each need something different from AI. We start from your role, not the tools.

CEOs and Managing Directors

You need to use AI well yourself and lead an organisation through it. We work on both: your own work first, then how to tell whether your AI programme is creating value or just activity.

What changes

  • Your own preparation, writing and analysis done better and quicker
  • A clear view of which numbers AI should move in your business
  • The questions to ask your team about the absorption gap

Chairs and non-executive directors

Your job is oversight, not operation. We help you understand AI well enough to challenge management with confidence.

What changes

  • What good looks like, and how to spot a programme that's all pilots
  • The governance and risk questions that matter now
  • Hands-on use of AI for board papers, so your judgement is grounded in experience

Boards

A shared starting point matters more than any one member's expertise. We run sessions for the whole board, using your own papers and decisions.

What changes

  • A common level of fluency across the board
  • An agreed stance on risk, use and oversight
  • Our free guide, In safe hands with AI

Executive teams

AI changes how a leadership team works together, not just how each person works. We coach the team as a team.

What changes

  • A common language and shared standards, including the CEO Check (Checked, Edited and Owned)
  • Agreement on where AI should create value and who owns it
  • Team plays for recurring work: reporting, planning, preparation

Senior leaders across the business

CFOs, directors, partners and heads of function who need to lead by example. The same one-to-one approach, extended across a leadership group.

What changes

  • Personal fluency, quickly
  • Confidence to set expectations for their own teams

How to start

Ways to work with us

  1. Discovery call (30 mins, free)

    We talk about your role and what you want to change.

  2. Coaching engagement

    Regular one-to-one sessions with ongoing support between them. Engagements vary in length. Sessions are usually every two weeks, sometimes weekly.

  3. Board or executive team session

    A half-day or full-day working session for the group, or a series of them, with follow-up.

  4. Ongoing counsel

    For leaders who want us on call as AI moves. See AI Transformation Advisory.

Discretion

What you share stays with us

Senior leaders work on sensitive material: board papers, deals, people decisions. We treat everything in confidence and are happy to work under NDA. By default, we work in your own tools and accounts.

Sectors

We've coached leaders across sectors

Different industries, same underlying challenge: getting value from AI without losing judgement.

  • Strategy consulting
  • Banking
  • Venture capital
  • Communications advisory
  • News and media
  • Music and entertainment
  • Film and documentary
  • Nightlife and events
  • Legal and litigation consulting
  • Healthcare
  • Consumer goods
  • Consumer brands and apps
  • Jewellery
  • Travel
  • Restaurants and hospitality
  • Family offices and holding companies
  • Charities and trade bodies

Trusted by teams at

an international strategy consulting firm

References available on request.

Who coaches you

Senior people only

The people who scope the work deliver it. No juniors, no hand-offs.

David Boyle

David Boyle

Co-founder, Methods and Transformation
  • 200+Executive coaching sessions
  • 8PROMPT books
  • 1000sPeople trained
Tim Ryan

Tim Ryan

Co-founder

25+ years as a brand strategy expert and marketing leader.

Ginny Lavers

Ginny Lavers

Transformation Director

20+ years turning strategy and new technology into lasting change in complex organisations.

Why wait?

Most executives feel the difference in the first session. Book a 30-minute call and we'll tell you honestly whether we can help.