LEADERS IN EXECUTIVE COACHING
Steve Wigzell
Power is given, influence is earned. Leaders are sometimes reticent to use the former and find it hard to win the latter Yet the exercise of both power and influence is needed to gain support for themselves and their ideas, keep others onside and make things happen. Most of my coaching is about helping talented clients get this right.
Experience
I like coaching people who want to make a difference and have the scope to do so. My coaching style generates energy that clients channel into creative thinking and action. I believe in learning-bydoing, as experience shows that the more clients practice, the better they get. Examples of my recent assignments include:
- With CEO’s – building successful relationships with non-executive directors, with the Chairman, with US and EU based parent organisations.
- With new external hires and people promoted into new roles – how to make a strong and confident start, set the agenda and avoid pitfalls.
- With clients picking up new assignments abroad - how to gain and retain support locally and at the corporate centre.
- With clients who need get more from their Board and top team – ways of creating more energy, focusing on priorities and dealing with dysfunctional behaviour
- With clients who want to think through what they might do next – generating, exploring and considering options.
- With clients who feel their hands are tied – taking control of their situations.
- With clients who want to re-balance their lives - help to do just that.
At a personal level, I’m married with three nearly-independent children. They, together with dogs, horses, a small flock of rare-breed sheep and a few acres keep me busy out of work.
Professional Expertise
Steve leads our West & Midlands practice. His client work embraces top-team effectiveness, as well as one-to-one coaching. Clients include CEOs, functional directors and high flyers in both private and public sectors. In his earlier career, he spent 12 years with Unilever and 13 years with BAT Financial Services, in roles such as Group Marketing Director of Eagle Star and Director of Strategic Development of BAT’s non-US financial services businesses. He has also been Chairman and Director of a venture-capital backed business.
Selected Client Companies
- AXA
- Bank of England
- BOC
- British Library
- Capital One
- Courtaulds
- First Group
- GE
- GMAC
- HBOS
- Home Office
- Orange
- Punch Taverns
- Selfridges
- The National Health Service
- Vodafone
- WH Smith
Education, Qualifications, Professional Positions
- BSc (Social Sciences)
- Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (ACMA)
- Co-author of “Are You Managing?”
Contact details
Available under 'Contact Us'
