What I do

Leadership Training

Helping leaders lead from a place of authenticity rather than performance. Practical, neuroscience-informed training designed to bring clarity to leadership, communication and performance.

An independent six-week assessment for founder-led agencies that want to build a stronger, more valuable and more transferable business.

The Agency Exit Readiness Audit gives you an honest, independent assessment of where your agency stands today, what could limit its future value and what should be strengthened to build a more resilient business.

An independent six-week assessment for founder-led agencies that want to build a stronger, more valuable and more transferable business.

The Agency Exit Readiness Audit gives you an honest, independent assessment of where your agency stands today, what could limit its future value and what should be strengthened to build a more resilient business.

Helping leaders lead from a place of authenticity rather than performance.

 

Practical, neuroscience-informed training designed to bring clarity to leadership, communication and performance.

  

Most leadership training teaches people what to do.

Few programmes help people understand:

  • Why they react the way they do under pressure 
  • How to communicate effectively with different personalities 
  • How to navigate conflict without avoiding it 
  • How to build trust and psychological safety 
  • How to regulate themselves before trying to lead others 
  • How to lead authentically rather than performing a version of leadership they think they should be 

The reality is that technical expertise doesn’t automatically create great leaders.

Leadership is a human skill. And human skills can be learned.

WHAT WE WILL COVER:

Understanding Yourself

  • Behavioural profiling (DISC) 
  • Emotional regulation 
  • Authentic leadership 
  • Limiting beliefs and mindset 
  • Understanding Others

Communication styles

  • Difficult conversations 
  • Conflict resolution 
  • Building trust 
  • Psychological safety

Leading Teams

  • Accountability 
  • Ownership 
  • Decision making 
  • Delegation 
  • Creating high-performing cultures 

Leading Through Change

  • Resilience 
  • Navigating uncertainty 
  • Managing pressure 
  • Influencing others 
  • Building confidence

 Ideal for leaders and future leaders navigating growth and change.

Investment

1-day training   £4,000

What you get:

  •     Greater clarity of what makes your agency thrive
  •     More confidence in your leadership skills
  •     An understanding of how to make decisions under pressure

Workshops

 I can also deliver shorter, focused workshops focusing on with topics including:

 

The psychology behind high performing teams.

DISC, communication and conflict

Trust, collaboration & The Prisoner’s Dilemma

 

Whether you’re planning a leadership offsite, strategy day, team development session, innovation workshop or management programme, let’s talk.

After Six Weeks You Will Know:

  • How resilient your agency really is
  • What could reduce its future value
  • Where the biggest risks lie
  • Where you’re overly dependent on people or processes
  • What already makes your business attractive
  • Which improvements will have the greatest commercial impact

You’ll receive a prioritised roadmap showing what to tackle first, what can wait and where to focus your attention over the coming years.

After Six Weeks You Will Know:

  • How resilient your agency really is

 

  • What could reduce its future value

 

  • Where the biggest risks lie

 

  • Where you’re overly dependent on people or processes

 

  • What already makes your business attractive

 

  • Which improvements will have the greatest commercial impact

You’ll receive a prioritised roadmap showing what to tackle first, what can wait and where to focus your attention over the coming years.

Investment

Agency Exit Readiness Audit

£6,000 + VAT

Completed over six weeks.

Why work with me?

Real-world experience. Not just advice.

I founded Verve Search in 2009, grew it into one of the UK’s most awarded SEO and Digital PR agencies, scaled it to more than 50 people and successfully sold it to Omnicom Media Group.

Today I help founders build stronger businesses through strategic advisory, business transformation and leadership development.

Having experienced the journey myself, my advice is practical, commercially grounded and shaped by real-world experience—not theory.