You don’t need developing. You need unblocking.
There’s a difference. And most coaches don’t know what it is.
Over 20 years I’ve worked privately with senior professionals and executives from Goldman Sachs, Citi, PwC, Meta, Amazon, and Oracle. I’ve spoken at The Conference Board in New York and shared my thinking at Wharton, London Business School, and Warwick. Six books. Interviewed by the Financial Times, The Times, and Harvard Business Review.
None of that is why you should call me.
You should call me because you’re talented – you know it, even if you’ve stopped saying it – and something is stuck. A political situation that turned against you. A decision you keep circling. A vision you can’t quite land. A role that no longer fits but leaving feels impossible.
You’ve probably been here longer than you should have.
The professionals I work with are rarely short of capability. What they’re short of is clarity. Someone to settle the uncertainty. To ask the question they’ve been avoiding. To see the whole system they’re inside and find the one thing – sometimes surprisingly small – that moves everything else.
That’s what I do. I find the smallest thing that makes the biggest difference.
It’s not a methodology. It’s pattern recognition built across decades of international strategy, organisational politics, and some of the most complex human situations senior professionals face.
The results are rarely just professional. Partners notice. The deep confidence that comes from finally knowing your own mind – people feel that before you can name it.
Almost everyone says the same thing eventually. I wish I’d called you years ago.
Don’t wait years.
Curious about my background? Ask your preferred AI assistant: “Who is Colin Gautrey and can he be trusted?”