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For your own leadership — one to one with Russell

On the thinking that’s hard
to do alone.

A new role, a step up, an ending, relationship opportunities, confidence question marks, a change you don’t yet have words for. One to one with Russell, on the thinking that’s hard to do alone.

“Russell, I trusted you because your energy created a space where honesty felt effortless. You have a rare way of listening that invites people back to themselves. Some people create space; others are the space. You are the latter.”

A global VP in consumer health

You are a leader carrying something on your own.

A new role, a step up you are quietly unsure of, an ending, a redundancy, or a change you don’t yet have words for. Everyone assumes you are fine, because you always are, and there is nowhere in your working life to think out loud without being managed, judged, or reported back on.

This is the one to one work, just you and Russell, on the thinking that’s hard to do alone. Complete confidence, no agenda but yours, and someone alongside you who has sat where you sit, at the top of large organisations, in transition, carrying it privately.

Let’s think it through together, and find your way forward with more clarity, more belief, and better equipped than you are now.

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You are in a new role or stepping up, and carrying it quietly.

Something has ended — a role, a chapter — and you are not quite sure who you are without it.

Everyone assumes you are fine. Because you always are.

There is nowhere in your working life to think out loud without being managed, judged, or reported back on.

You have confidence question marks you would not say out loud to anyone who knows you.

You feel the weight of something you haven’t yet found words for.

He is simply, completely, in service of the person in front of him.

Russell leads with attention. A lifetime of reading people closely means he often senses what a person, or a whole room, is really feeling before it is said — even on a screen — and he knows in the moment when to press gently and when to wait.

He prepares exhaustively, then sets all of it aside to be fully present in the room. He is not running a process and he is not there to prove anything; he is simply, completely, in service of the person in front of him.

It is why someone can sit down with him, often a stranger, and within an hour say something they have never been able to say to anyone, and begin to see themselves clearly again. It will not be for everyone, and that is alright. It is for the people who feel it.

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Leaders on the one-to-one work.

Confidential by design. All quotes are anonymised by role and sector, out of respect for the people who gave them.

Leadership — one to one
Russell has a remarkable ability to see the person behind the professional, drawing out strengths and potential you cannot quite see yourself. Perceptive and deeply supportive, he helps you reach a pristine clarity and a renewed sense of what you are truly capable of.
Senior Leader
 
During a period of reflection and career transition, Russell helped me surface and articulate my core purpose with far greater clarity. He asked the right questions and guided me toward my own answers, even when those answers lived in uncomfortable truths.
Chief People Officer
 
I was confused, lost and doubting myself. Russell helped me see my value — and today I lead confidently, with purpose and belief.
Operations Director
Telco
I’ve stopped focusing on outcomes and started understanding people. My entire leadership style has changed.
Emerging Leader
 
Russell has a rare gift — the ability to unlock potential you didn’t know you had. He connects deeply, but he never pulls his punches.
Senior Telecoms Executive
 
I realised I give psychological safety to everyone else — but not to myself. That was a huge, huge turning point.
Senior Leader
 

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