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Focused, Impactful, Practical

Independent coaching built for people who lead others, grounded in clear thinking and real-world application.

Leadership training, facilitation, mediation and Insights Discovery profiling.

Supporting individuals, teams and organisations across the UK and online.

The approach

Understanding first. Then change that lasts.

Most people already know roughly what they want to do differently. What gets in the way is rarely information — it is habit, assumption and the pace of the working week.

My work starts by slowing that down. Together we look honestly at how you think, decide and relate to others, then turn that understanding into a small number of changes you can actually sustain.

I work independently, which means no fixed programme to sell you. Every piece of work is shaped around the person, the team and the situation in front of me.

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Licensed practitioner

Insights Discovery profiling

A simple, memorable language for how people prefer to think and communicate. Each person receives a personal profile, and we use it to open honest conversations about preference, blind spots and how a team really works together.

Jonathan Whitham talking through an Insights Discovery profile with a client

Cool Blue

Precise, deliberate, questioning

Earth Green

Caring, patient, relationship-led

Sunshine Yellow

Sociable, expressive, energising

Fiery Red

Direct, decisive, results-driven

How it works

A clear, unhurried process

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  1. 01

    An opening conversation

    A free, no-obligation call to understand what is going on and whether I am the right person to help.

  2. 02

    Shaping the work

    We agree the goal, the number of sessions, how we will measure progress and who else needs to be involved.

  3. 03

    The sessions themselves

    Regular, confidential conversations — online or in person — with practical work between each one.

  4. 04

    Review and next steps

    We take stock of what has changed, what is still to do, and how you keep going without me.

What people say afterwards

I came in wanting to be better at difficult conversations and left understanding why I had been avoiding them. Six months on, my team notices the difference.
Operations LeadManufacturing, Yorkshire
Jonathan facilitated our away day with a very light touch. Everyone spoke, including the people who normally do not, and we left with decisions rather than a list.
Charity DirectorThird sector, North West
The Insights profile gave us shared language. Months later people still refer back to it when a conversation starts to go sideways.
Senior PartnerProfessional services
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The first conversation costs nothing

Tell me a little about the situation and we will work out together whether coaching, training, facilitation or mediation is the right place to begin.