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It’s not about capability. It’s about clarity.
Most leaders I work with don’t lack ambition, intelligence or experience.
What they’re missing is the space to lead. The clarity to prioritise.
The frameworks to delegate with confidence. And the ability to move their team forward, without being in the middle of every decision.
What You’re Likely
Experiencing Right Now
Your business has grown but decision-making still depends on you
You’re the bottleneck but you can’t see a clear way out
You’re pulled into the day-to-day instead of shaping the long-term
The team hesitates because expectations aren’t fully understood
Strategy stalls because of misalignment or slow execution
You’ve outgrown the need for motivation, you need structure, insight and trust
With advisory, you'll step into a focused leadership space designed for clarity, confidence, and strategic momentum. This is where complexity becomes manageable where you can think clearly, speak openly and make critical decisions without the noise.
What’s Really Getting in the Way of Leading at Your Best
You don’t need more noise. You need clarity around the friction points that are slowing your leadership down.
Here are the six most common challenges leaders face before seeking strategic advisory support:
Leadership Transition Gaps
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Limited experience in senior leadership roles
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Gaps in capability affecting team direction and cohesion
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Increasing tension between leader vision and team execution
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Executive Strain
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Leadership load impacting work/life harmony and clarity
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Moments of doubt, fatigue or stress affecting momentum
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Lack of space to think clearly and make high-level decisions
Merlin Floate
Managing Director,
Changewell Consulting
Stuart has a great ability to simplify complex business concepts and turn them into easy to understand actions to take forward and put into practice as a leader.
Misalignment & Lack of Fulfilment
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Stuck in tactical delivery, disconnected from strategic purpose
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Unable to unlock or elevate team potential
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Feeling unfulfilled despite external success
Scaling Friction
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Difficulty building a leadership team to scale the business
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Stagnating below high-growth milestones (7 figures and beyond)
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Missing strategic clarity and rhythm for confident expansion
Growth Constraints
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Struggling to empower others to take ownership of outcomes
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Pay structure and performance misaligned with growth plans
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Leadership decisions bottlenecked by financial imbalance
Organisational Underperformance
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Fixed mindset culture limiting innovation
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Over-collaboration or "agreement echo" impeding challenge and progress
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Comfort zone leadership restricting transformation
A Strategic Advisor Embedded in your Leadership Rhythm
The outcomes we focus on together are designed to strengthen your strategic thinking, elevate your leadership impact, and unlock momentum across your business.
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This is a high-trust partnership where we tackle the decisions, tensions, and growth barriers standing in your way with clarity, structure, and strategic intent.
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Together, we work toward progress that’s not just operational but deeply personal, professionally confident, and scalable.
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Here's what you can expect throughout our engagement:
Honest, experienced insight from someone who’s worked alongside senior leaders navigating growth and complexity
Strategic clarity sessions to cut through noise and unblock what’s stuck
Support with decisions, leadership dynamics, and communication strategy
A trusted thinking partner who speaks candidly and sees the big picture
Space, rhythm and structure to lead with intention not just involvement
How This Strategic Partnership Works
We embed a simple but high-impact structure around your leadership. Everything is designed to create space for thinking, sharpen decision-making and build clarity into how you lead and scale.
Strategic Sessions
Focused 1:1 sessions every other week to work through live challenges, shape key decisions, and drive alignment across your business. This is your time to zoom out, refocus, and lead forward with clarity.
On-Demand Advisory
Between sessions, you’ll have access to ongoing strategic input via voice notes or written messages. Whether it’s pressure-point decisions or real-time leadership dynamics, you won’t be left waiting for insight.
Frameworks & Tools
You’ll receive thinking frameworks, communication structures, and leadership resources tailored to your style and stage. These are tools you’ll use repeatedly to create clarity and reduce noise across your business.
Lead With Clarity, Unlock Strategic Momentum
The value of this partnership is measured not just in conversations but in the tangible clarity, direction and alignment you gain as a leader. The work is strategic, personal and built to create lasting impact at both the leadership and organizational level.
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As part of the partnership, here are the most common objectives you'll walk away with:
objective 1
Clear leadership rhythm and direction to scale with confidence
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Establish consistent focus across quarters, weeks, and days
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Replace reactive decisions with intentional leadership patterns
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Anchor your team around what truly moves the business forward
objective 2
Delegation frameworks that reduce dependency and increase trust
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Define decision ownership and leadership altitude
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Empower others with clarity, not micro-approvals
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Build team capability while reducing day-to-day reliance on you
objective 3
Stronger alignment between strategy, priorities, and execution
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Bridge the gap between vision and day-to-day activity
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Create shared understanding across leadership levels
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Reduce drift, confusion, and mixed messaging
objective 4
Renewed energy, clarity, and space to focus on what matters most
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Remove yourself from tactical bottlenecks
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Regain thinking time to lead rather than manage
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Reduce mental load by creating structured leadership systems
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The confidence to make decisions without second-guessing
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Use guided frameworks to clarify complex choices
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Strengthen internal conviction under pressure
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Move forward with speed and certainty
objective 6
A leadership style that matches the business you’re building
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Evolve from founder-operator to strategic leader
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Lead through others while maintaining cultural influence
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Develop a clear, sustainable leadership identity for your next chapter
If you’ve reached the point where more effort isn’t the answer and you know it’s time to lead differently this is where we begin.
With tailored support and honest insight, you’ll gain the structure and perspective needed to lead at your best, while staying anchored to what matters most.
Client Results
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Transformed leaders and elevated businesses...
Brett Mabberly
CEO & High Performance Coach
Stuart’s ability to guide CEOs through complex challenges is truly second to none. His insights and strategies have consistently delivered remarkable results, making him an invaluable coach in leadership development. I highly recommend Stuart to any CEO looking to take their business to the next level.
Stuart Mills
Business Owner, Lovegrove Financial Solutions
I engaged Stuart to bring some external perspective and counsel to key decisions I am facing. Smaller businesses can be isolating, and coming from a corporate background, you (sometimes) miss the input from a wider team. Stuart has brought that to my business, helping my thinking in making these key decisions and providing structures that I have been able to utilise in other aspects of my business to involve my team.
"His guidance and support have enabled me to see things from a fresh perspective and challenge myself. His coaching isn’t just about reaching goals and growing my business; it’s about getting a plan and achieving fulfilment in all aspects of life."
"Stuart helped me to clarify my goals, create an action plan, and then kept me focused on the important stuff. I’ve seen the value of my business grow."
"Stuart's coaching has been a game-changer. His guidance and support have helped me break through the barriers that held me back and step into a much better place leading my team and in other parts of my life."
Merlin Floate
Managing Director,
Changewell Consulting
Stuart has a great ability to simplify complex business concepts and turn them into easy to understand actions to take forward and put into practice as a leader.
Chris Cardew
Founder,
Fridays at Nine
Stu is bloody great. He really knows his stuff and you will see an immediate benefit from his coaching. I would totally recommend him if you are looking for some support to lead your team.
Lee Miller
Advisor & Transformation Director, Boss Consulting
Stuart challenges the norm and builds strong relationships with his clients to help them make the right decisions and support them to deliver.
Tom Quay
CEO, Passenger
Stuart has helped me find a balance between my role as CEO, the demands of sales and marketing and building a high performing team. Stuart's coaching has helped me to broaden my focus and navigate these complexities with success and confidence.
David Oliver
Global Head of Ecommerce, Muc-Off
Stuart helped me face the difficulty of transferring from corporate to SME and has guided me to flourish ever since. With careful questioning and listening he has helped me reach my own decisions to push my career onwards and upwards. Now I feel as confident in the board room as I do at the coffee machine.
Ready for Strategic Clarity and Real Momentum?
If you’re leading a growing business and finding that scale brings more friction than freedom, this is the opportunity to pause, recalibrate and lead with intent.
You don’t need more input, you need the right kind of space. Strategic thinking time. Trusted challenge. Real clarity.
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We'll have a focused, pressure-free conversation to explore where you are, what’s holding you back, and whether this kind of strategic partnership is what your leadership needs next.
About Stuart
For over two decades, I’ve been a trusted partner to founders, CEOs, and executive teams navigating the complexity of growth, leadership and strategic change.
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I’ve worked across sectors and scales from agile startups to global organisations like JPMorgan and Centrica advising leaders through high-stakes decisions and business transformation.
That journey has given me a clear view of what leadership truly demands: clarity, confidence, and the space to think beyond the noise.
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As an alumnus of Saïd Business School at Oxford University, my academic grounding in executive leadership blends with deep practical experience. I don’t offer surface-level frameworks. I bring perspective, challenge, and calm clarity when it matters most.
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This advisory relationship isn’t about adding more to your plate. It’s about helping you focus on what matters, communicate with impact, and make decisions that move the needle, without losing yourself in the process.
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If you’re ready to lead differently, I’m here to be your thinking partner.
Lead at the Level Your Business Now Demands
If you’ve read this far, you already know something needs to shift. You’ve scaled a business, but now it’s time to scale your leadership with more clarity, more space to think and the right kind of support behind you.
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Let’s talk, openly and honestly, about what’s possible.
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Coach Foundation Award
Coach Foundation has recognized Stuart's expertise as leadership development coach by designating him as one of the best in the field.