“Simon is an innovative and highly effective coach. Through his focused coaching and engaging facilitation Simon has helped many of our leaders at Carey’s to grow personally and to raise their performance - holding themselves and others to account.”

My Background

I have been incredibly fortunate to spend much of the last 20 years in that exciting interface between high performance sport and business, learning lessons in one sector and reapplying them to the other. I revel in competition and like to see people winning, but only if they are winning in the right way.  

My career began with eight years at Procter & Gamble, where I really developed my love of people development and went on via spells in the military and not for profit sectors before I joined Sport England. My role there was to develop the leadership and coaching capability and talent development systems across all funded sports to underpin our Olympic programmes. These systems still endure and have played a crucial part in GB’s three most successful Olympic Games ever.  

Since taking the next step in 2018 I have shared this learning and practice with clients across a range of sectors, including engineering, construction, education and sport. I have served as a Non Exec Director for Triathlon England, continue to commit time every week to my volunteering work and enjoy my collaboration with a range of truly people focused organisations including The People Side.

I have been particularly successful working with future leaders, notably at The Carey Group. Those who want to show up at their best, to collaborate and learn, so they produce their very best work. These clients appreciate my performance focus and belief that ‘better never stops’, shaped from my experience in high performance sport and business environments. Helping these people make the difference, for themselves and for those they serve, is the work I find most rewarding.

Why I Work

“I am a compulsive explorer – of people and ideas as well as places and my own possibilities.  I am passionate about helping people to realise their true potential, detect their true mission and perform at the highest level they choose.  I am committed to helping courageous leaders create those special workplaces, where people go home in better shape than they showed up.”