Find your route
Treat your life to the magic you bring to your job.
Treat your job to the magic you bring to your life.
Russel Coaching & Consulting
Transformation Consultant
I work closely with my consulting clients to deliver concrete results, leveraging my extensive corporate leadership experience. This might include clarifying the vision, strategic scenario planning, focusing the core strategy, scenario planning key implementation stages, developing a tactical plan that lays out how goals will become reality or taking on a fractional Operations Director/COO role.
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By working through the links of the chain in detail, my clients can maximize their chances of bringing their strategic vision to life. My role is to guide and challenge them through this process and help them stay on track, so they can achieve their desired outcomes.
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Projects take shape in the scope of an Engagement Letter that we agree following an introductory conversation and a deeper dive into the best way forward. Among the scheduling options are: certain days/week over a period; a period full time followed by retainer days/month; or fractional Operations Director/COO for certain days/month.
Executive Coach
Through our collaboration, my executive coaching clients are able to develop and execute a plan to change their world. With my challenge and support, they can overcome obstacles and achieve their desired outcomes. My extensive corporate leadership experience supports our work, and I'm honored to play a role in their journey of growth and transformation.
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I work closely with individual clients to create a safe and supportive space where they can explore their challenges, tame and sort through the noise, and give shape and meaning to what's most important to them. My reflective questioning style promotes the client's discovery process. An initial 'chemistry' conversation gives each of us an opportunity to make sure there's a good fit before we decide to go ahead.
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With clients sponsored by their employer, we follow a high level structure aross the sweep of a coaching programme that's been set by the goals agreed between client and sponsor. I work with the sponsor and client before we start to make sure goals and measures of success are clear.
Underpinned by Experience
Nearly 30 years of commercial experience in multiple sectors, countries and situations, startups and established companies.
Leader and follower, promoted and sidelined, charting my own way and being pushed to perform.
Trained as an executive coach an in psychotherapy.
Experienced in life.
Client scenarios
Transformation
Consulting
Planning and Effectiveness
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Fractional Operations Director / COO​
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Building out the team
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Core function development
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Scale up planning, scheduling and resourcing
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Commercialisation development
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Early stage start up core strategy, financial modelling, initial business planning
Corporate
Executive Coaching Programmes
Grounded Maturity
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Newly joining leader: pre- and post-arrival
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CEO/leader visioning and strategy
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Step changes: manager to first leadership role; new manager
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Returnee from maternity or illness
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Coaching through change
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General staff coaching
One to One
Executive Coaching
Agency in Your Own Life
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Ideation and vision clarification
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Life and career planning
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Leadership and management skills development
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Exploring work issues: current role limitations/frustrations; working relationships; making the most of change
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Life changes, life balance, life integration
Client words
BV
Head of Platform, PropTech
“My journey with Robin began from the first moment our paths crossed, and whilst progress
hasn’t been linear it has been extensive in both a personal and professional context. Robin is
patient and calming, which is the perfect foil for my passionate ranting.
He allows me to dictate the pace and made me feel comfortable to interrogate my internal
dialogue, and develop the tools I require to gain a new perspective.
Coaching requires a lot of work from both sides, and from the effort I have put in I can feel
the growth within myself; he has helped me find a better sense of self and identity.
I wasn’t aware that I needed a coach, however I would urge all those who read this
testimonial to consider an informal chat with Robin. Working with Robin has enabled me to
step back, to develop a healthier work-life balance, and in turn a happier clearer mind.”
About me
Robin Russel
Transformation Consultant
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Executive Coach
After an itinerant childhood in Asia, Europe and Africa, I worked in Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore before settling in the UK in 2000.
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My 28 year career has included 20 years in leadership roles as Operations Director then European Regional Director in start ups and a scale up (in PropTech, Fintech and broader financial services), a change management role in shipping and various project management roles in construction. I’ve run a multimillion pound turnover business day to day, with direct responsibility for finance, HR, legal, regulatory compliance, office management and internal IT support. I shared responsibility with the CEO for strategy and compensation, and was deeply involved in commercialisation. I’ve also built most of these areas from scratch.
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Having formalised my many years of inhouse coaching/mentoring as an Executive Coach, I work with a range of clients in diverse situations – either through their company or as individuals – and I concentrate on supporting the development of my clients’ personal agency in the service of their goals. Life moves fast and I provide clients the time, perspective and safe space they need for this work. Separately, I also have trained in Integrative psychotherapy, so my practice is informed by psychological insights.
Environmental | social | governance
Environmental
Most of the electricity used at my premises (including hot water) is generated on-site by solar panels, with generation/demand smoothed by batteries. Heating is provided by an air source heat pump. We make full use of recycling opportunities (collection and the local dump) and work to reuse where possible. Where possible we buy recycled, fair trade, community-focused, environmentally friendly and local options - and we only boil as much water as we need for each cup!
Social
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I aim to always be coaching at least one young individual pro bono. My intention is to help young people make the most of their situations and opportunities as they enter the workplace, in their early professional lives or as they start a business .
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Governance
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I am Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC) Accredited Executive Coach and in my coaching practice I adhere to the AoEC Code of Practice.