Executive Coach & Business Consultant

With over 25 years of experience working at the highest levels of leadership, Nick partners with CEOs, C-suite executives, senior leaders, and board members across professional services, corporates, and high-growth businesses. Nick’s work is direct, commercial, and results-driven—cutting through complexity to ensure leaders make sharp, high-impact decisions. Known for challenging assumptions and guiding tough conversations, his coaching enhances leadership credibility, decision-making confidence, and commercial effectiveness.

In 2012, Nick and his co-founder Jude Elliman recognised that traditional coaching methods were often too narrow—focusing on leaders without fully considering the wider systems they operate in. This led them to create Listening Partnership and develop narrative coaching, a more integrated approach that considers both the individual leader and their wider organisational context. By shaping the leadership story and aligning it with the company’s larger narrative, their method drives lasting results at both personal and organisational levels.

Nick’s coaching approach is sharp, commercially grounded, and designed for leaders operating at the highest level. He works with senior executives to refine their strategic thinking, strengthen their leadership presence, and drive tangible business impact. His coaching is:

• Strategic & Commercial – Focused on business impact, market positioning, and leadership credibility.
• Direct & Challenging – Unafraid to push leaders beyond their comfort zone for greater performance.
• Results-Driven – Centring on tangible outcomes, from boardroom influence to business growth.

His coaching methodology blends narrative frameworks with rigorous commercial insight, ensuring that senior executives operate at their sharpest and most effective.

Nick works closely with boards to ensure alignment, performance, and governance at the highest level. He has a track record of cutting through ambiguity, ensuring boards operate with absolute clarity on strategic priorities. His services include:

• CEO & Executive Coaching – Equipping CEOs to operate with total confidence, influence, and impact.
• Strategic Governance Reviews – Identifying gaps in board effectiveness and governance.
• High-Stakes Decision-Making – Guiding boards through complex challenges with unbiased insight.
• Non-Executive & Advisory Roles – Providing strategic oversight and challenge at board level.

Nick’s boardroom expertise includes serving as the Non-Executive Chair of Turley, where he played a strategic role in shaping the company’s evolution into the UK’s largest independent town planning consultancy.

Nick provides executive coaching supervision with a focus on professional growth and reflective practice. His approach is structured and commercially aware, designed for experienced coaches seeking to deepen their impact. He supports both established and newly qualified coaches in refining their approach, strengthening their strategic contribution, and maintaining good practice.

Nick is a trainer and facilitator, co-designing and delivering coaching and leadership training programmes. These programmes support executive coaches and leadership teams in integrating narrative coaching, strategic leadership, and high-performance methodologies into their practice.

His training style is structured, interactive, and business-focused, equipping leaders with the confidence and skills needed to operate at the highest levels. Participants develop fresh perspectives, strengthen leadership capability, and gain practical tools that drive lasting impact in their businesses.