Executive coaching for a changing world
Supporting senior leaders to navigate change, complexity and consequential decisions with clarity and confidence.
A changing world requires a different kind of leadership
Leading an organisation has always required judgement, but the context in which leaders are making decisions is changing. Technology, climate, economic and geopolitical uncertainty, shifting expectations of work and changing markets are creating new questions about how organisations operate, grow and create value.
As a senior leader, you are navigating these changes while continuing to deliver in the present. You may be making consequential decisions with incomplete information, balancing competing priorities, supporting people through uncertainty and thinking carefully about what your organisation needs to become next.
There may not be straightforward answers. But periods of change can also create the conditions for some of our best leadership — the opportunity to think differently, make courageous choices and shape organisations that are stronger, more adaptable and better equipped for the future.
My approach
Leadership begins with the person. Every leader brings their own experience, strengths, judgement and perspective to their role, as well as the capacity to build relationships, influence others and shape the organisation around them.
At the same time, leadership never happens in isolation. Leaders work within wider systems — shaped by organisational culture, relationships, competing priorities and the realities of the world around them. I bring an experienced perspective to executive coaching, paying attention both to the individual and to the systems and cultures in which they operate.
Drawing on decades of experience across leadership, finance, strategy, consulting and coaching, I help clients step back from the immediate situation, recognise their own capacities, see what may be influencing the situation and consider it from different perspectives.
Our conversations can explore the deeper patterns, assumptions and dynamics that shape how a leader responds, while remaining firmly connected to the realities of their role and organisation. The purpose is not reflection for its own sake, but to strengthen judgement, decision-making and the capacity to act.
I am also interested in what is emerging. As organisations navigate a changing world, yesterday’s assumptions and solutions may not always be sufficient for what comes next. Coaching creates the space to think beyond the immediate challenge, consider new possibilities and make thoughtful choices about the future.
Meet Vicky
My interest in leadership has developed over more than three decades of working in and alongside organisations. After reading English at Oxford University, I began my career in finance, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with PwC before moving into senior finance and leadership roles, including as a COO, CFO, board member, business owner and consultant.
That experience has given me an unusually broad perspective on organisational life. I have worked with businesses through growth, transformation and periods of significant change; advised leaders facing complex strategic and financial decisions; and seen first-hand how leadership, culture and organisational systems interact — both when they work well and when they don’t.
I have always been interested in what makes organisations and the people within them flourish. Today, that interest is increasingly connected with the question of how we lead into the future. Technology, climate change, shifting economic and geopolitical conditions and changing expectations of work are reshaping the context in which organisations operate. I believe experienced leaders have an important role to play in understanding what is changing while bringing their own judgement, humanity and perspective to what comes next.
Alongside my business career, I have spent many years studying coaching, psychology and human development. I have studied executive coaching at Henley Business School and am about to commence a masters level program at HEC Paris. I bring together this psychological understanding with substantial real-world leadership and organisational experience.
My coaching is grounded in curiosity, thoughtful challenge and a belief in people’s capacity to grow. I particularly enjoy working with leaders who take their responsibilities seriously, are willing to think deeply and want to make a meaningful contribution through the organisations they lead.
How I work
Executive coaching creates a confidential space away from the immediate demands of leadership — somewhere to think openly, explore what is happening and give important questions the attention they deserve.
My style is thoughtful, supportive and appropriately challenging. I listen carefully, ask questions that open up new perspectives and help clients surface assumptions or patterns that may be influencing how they see a situation. I am comfortable with complexity and with conversations where there is no obvious answer.
The work is collaborative. I don't arrive with a predetermined agenda or a fixed model of what good leadership should look like. Instead, we work with what is most important to you and your organisation, drawing on your own experience, strengths and judgement while creating space for new thinking and possibilities to emerge.
I work with individual executives and senior leaders, as well as boards and senior leadership teams. Engagements are tailored to the context and can support a particular period of change or decision-making, or provide an ongoing space for reflection, development and strategic thinking.
Above all, my aim is for our conversations to be useful in the real world — helping you leave with greater clarity and confidence about what matters, how you want to lead and what you will do next.
Start a conversation
If you are navigating significant change, facing consequential decisions or would value the space to think more deeply about your leadership and organisation, I would be delighted to hear from you.
We can begin with a conversation about what you are working through, what you would like to achieve and whether working together would be a good fit.