About
I was living transition long before it became my work.
I still am, and every transition brings new crossroads.
My story
Five crossings
Each one asked me to let go of who I had been. Each one taught me something I now bring to the leaders I work with.
No title, no team, no safety net. Finding out who I am without the job description: the hardest crossing, and the most rewarding.
From doing to overseeing. You give up the levers, and your influence comes from the quality of your questions and the trust you build.
A different language, different risks, different politics. I had to prove myself all over again.
I grew up under apartheid, in a country where the law decided which rooms I could walk into. Then I started again in London: new networks, new rules, and the loneliness of rebuilding.
For years I bent myself out of shape to fit rooms that were not built for me. Now I simply show up as I am. I know what fitting in costs, and that is where my empathy comes from.
When the ground moves under you, you will not get a textbook. You will get practical, grounded help, from someone who has stood there himself, more than once.
What shaped me
Values formed where fairness was never a given.
Growing up under apartheid, and rarely fitting the mould since, gave me the values I bring to everyone I work with:
How I help
Three ways to work together
Coaching
Through transition, for rising leaders, and for leading as yourself. One-to-one or with your team.
Board and Advisory
Non-executive, advisory and fractional roles. Power, held to a standard.
Workshops and Talks
Working it through together, including judgement in the age of AI.