Coaching
The clearest link between my work in performance and leadership is coaching - both on stage, film and in media and conference settings. I have over 25 years of coaching actors including Cate Blanchet, Olivia Coleman, Tom Hardy and both Joseph and Ralph Fiennes. Alongside this, I’ve helped non-actors - leaders, speakers, and professionals - communicate with clarity, confidence, and emotional impact.
Finding an authentic style of delivery at the same time as being able to reflect healthily on how others perceive you is a crucial component of modern leadership.
I help people develop presence and flexibility, structure what they want to say, and connect meaningfully with their audience - whether in a boardroom, on a stage, or on camera.
Stories are how humans communicate, process and understand the complexities of the world we share. When told well, they build lasting meaningful connections. When told badly, they alienate and confuse.
Let me help you grow into the communicator that you want to be, unique and authentic to your lived experience and ambitions.
Four Interrealted factors
When context, policy, reaction, and communication fall out of alignment, the result isn’t just confusion - it’s a loss of trust.
I work across the full cycle. That means slowing things down, examining assumptions, and asking the right question at the right time. Some people compare this to therapy - not because I provide answers, but because clarity emerges through reflection.
The answers don’t come from me. They come from you - once the noise is stripped away and the direction is clear.
Context
Policy
reaction
Communication
Without a clear understanding of context, everything else can be out of whack. Policies can be ill-judged, communication can miss the mark, and reactions can appear inconsistent or contradictory. I will help you to understand the context in which you operate - political, organisational, cultural, or personal - so you can identify clear guiding principles and act with confidence and coherence.
Policy is communication in action. Every decision signals intent, values, and priorities.
The narrative people form about you isn’t shaped by messaging alone, but by what you commit to and follow through on.
I will work with you to connect policy and communication, ensuring what you do and what you say tell the same story.
Communication gives visible form to context and policy. It’s where decisions are interpreted, tested, and felt.
What you leave unsaid, delay, or avoid communicates just as clearly as any statement.
I will work with you to decide what needs to be communicated, when it should happen, and how to do it in a way that strengthens trust and coherence.
How you respond under pressure often defines you more than long-term plans. Inconsistency in moments of success or crisis can contradict everything you’ve worked to establish.
Reactions are actions. I will work with you to anticipate critical moments and rehearse responses, so your decisions reinforce - rather than undermine - your values, narrative, and credibility.
Strategic narrative
Taken together, context, policy, reaction, and communication form a strategic narrative - the story others experience about who you are, what you value, and where you are heading.
It asks three simple questions:
Where have you come from? Where are you now? And where do you want to get to?
Engaging seriously with these questions forces clarity across the whole cycle. It helps you define not only your goals, but the markers of success that allow you to remain consistent, credible, and authentic over time.
Political Communication
Building on my prior academic study of narratives and communication, I graduated from King's College, London War Studies department with a MA in Strategic and Political Communication. My dissertation - “The Closed Circuit: Political Fantasy, Reactance, and Polarisation in Contemporary UK Politics” - was awarded a mark of 95, and focused on political fantasy, identity formation, and polarisation in the UK examining both left- and right-wing populism. Drawing on Lacanian psychoanalysis, ontological security theory, and discourse analysis,
I examined how strategic communication often doesn’t just inform, but teaches us how to feel, who to fear, and what we imagine we've lost.
I argue that only my identifying a range linguistic and narrative markers evoking emotional fantasy can we fully understand the subconscious draw of populism.
Drawing on a study of conflict analysis, let me carry out a comprehensive review of your situation, how populists may be competing against your pragmatic policy and communication goals to identify how to disarm your opponents and strengthen the emotional appeal to your audience.