HI, I’M FRED.
My passion is helping people achieve their vision, their goals, let go of the self imposed shackles that hold them back. My passion is helping others make their life a masterpiece. My passion is seeing everyone all around me AT THE TOP !
HI, I’M FRED.
My passion is helping people achieve their vision, their goals, let go of the self imposed shackles that hold them back.
My passion is helping others make their life a masterpiece.
My passion is seeing everyone all around me AT THE TOP !
HI, I’M FRED.
My passion is helping people achieve their vision, their goals, let go of the self imposed shackles that hold them back.
My passion is helping others make their life a masterpiece.
My passion is seeing everyone all around me AT THE TOP !
Coaching has always been part of my life.
For 30+ years in the Private Equity industry, and lately in the Media and Advertising business, I have learnt that what matters in success is above all the value of the transformation organisations go through, not who did it.
I learnt that thoughtful influence trumps “lead from the front” decision making every time. I learnt that an effective leader who carries the team often leads from the back: building a vision and a consensus EVERYONE around knows is their OWN.
Coaching has always been part of my life.
For 30+ years in the Private Equity industry, and lately in the Media and Advertising business, I have learnt that what matters in success is above all the value of the transformation organisations go through, not who did it.
I learnt that thoughtful influence trumps “lead from the front” decision making every time. I learnt that an effective leader who carries the team often leads from the back: building a vision and a consensus EVERYONE around knows is their OWN.
In my life as a Private Equity Investor I learnt very quickly some valuable business and life lessons :
Good products that serve a purpose and offer value for money sell well repeatedly.
Delivering substantial returns to investors time and again depends on exactly that – seen another way : leaving money on the table for the next guy.
Doing this for a (good) living demands a real, deep transformation of the invested company. Anything less is window dressing.
Doing this reliably demands care for the future. In today’s parlance: sustainability, because what’s the point of all this if we don’t have a World to live in or if our health is so impaired we can’t enjoy the fruits of our labor?
Back in the 1990s, I was so convinced of this that I not only chose controlling Private Equity investing but went further and coined the term Transformation for what we did on the Boards of our invested companies. At the time this was in stark contrast to more passive, development capital type of investing where PE firms were “backing a world class management team” and hoping for the best.
An almost immediate benefit of this approach was double digit returns for my investors, whether the economy was up or down.
Further down the line I realised that the most real and valuable benefit was the life lesson I learnt : influence trumps power every time.
As an investor and a human, I was at my best coaching management teams, board members, executives – stretching to reach their best selves in service of the strategy we had all agreed for the company. This active involvement made me who I am. Your agenda is my agenda. I care. Deeply.
In my life as a Private Equity Investor I learnt very quickly some valuable business and life lessons :
Good products that serve a purpose and offer value for money sell well repeatedly.
Delivering substantial returns to investors time and again depends on exactly that – seen another way : leaving money on the table for the next guy.
Doing this for a (good) living demands a real, deep transformation of the invested company. Anything less is window dressing.
Doing this reliably demands care for the future. In today’s parlance: sustainability, because what’s the point of all this if we don’t have a World to live in or if our health is so impaired we can’t enjoy the fruits of our labor?
Back in the 1990s, I was so convinced of this that I not only chose controlling Private Equity investing but went further and coined the term Transformation for what we did on the Boards of our invested companies. At the time this was in stark contrast to more passive, development capital type of investing where PE firms were “backing a world class management team” and hoping for the best.
An almost immediate benefit of this approach was double digit returns for my investors, whether the economy was up or down.
Further down the line I realised that the most real and valuable benefit was the life lesson I learnt : influence trumps power every time.
As an investor and a human, I was at my best coaching management teams, board members, executives – stretching to reach their best selves in service of the strategy we had all agreed for the company. This active involvement made me who I am. Your agenda is my agenda. I care. Deeply.
Business Owner Coaching
Express your vision
Nurture top talent
Transform for value
Fred challenged me to think critically about our business and how to communicate our goals and business objectives to the team and get their input into solutions that would have their buy in. Fred is independently minded and will provide unbiased and frank advice, delivered simply and directly. He has an ability to adjust to his audience and can just as much discuss strategy and new ideas with a CEO and board or detailed operations with broader implementation teams.
Peter Ravailhe, CEO & Partner, Mother IndustriesBusiness Owner Coaching
Express your vision
Nurture top talent
Transform for value
Fred challenged me to think critically about our business and how to communicate our goals and business objectives to the team and get their input into solutions that would have their buy in. Fred is independently minded and will provide unbiased and frank advice, delivered simply and directly. He has an ability to adjust to his audience and can just as much discuss strategy and new ideas with a CEO and board or detailed operations with broader implementation teams.
Peter Ravailhe, CEO & Partner, Mother IndustriesBusiness Owner Coaching
Express your vision
Nurture top talent
Transform for value
Fred challenged me to think critically about our business and how to communicate our goals and business objectives to the team and get their input into solutions that would have their buy in. Fred is independently minded and will provide unbiased and frank advice, delivered simply and directly. He has an ability to adjust to his audience and can just as much discuss strategy and new ideas with a CEO and board or detailed operations with broader implementation teams.
Peter Ravailhe, CEO & Partner, Mother IndustriesExecutive Coaching
Inspire others
Find balance
Act on your goals
Fred is both engaging and direct. He does a very nice job of building a relationship with the client. He listens very well and often had the perfect question that moved the conversation forward in a way that I found helpful. He is interesting and fun to talk to, two traits that allow the client to be comfortable in opening up. I would recommend Fred without reservation to organizations and individuals alike. I saw first hand how he will bring to the table his human experience and coaching skills, with the utmost dedication, in service of the client’s objective.
Stewart Putnam, Retired Healthcare Executive and Former Chair, National Board, The Alzheimer's Association (US)Executive Coaching
Inspire others
Find balance
Act on your goals
Fred is both engaging and direct. He does a very nice job of building a relationship with the client. He listens very well and often had the perfect question that moved the conversation forward in a way that I found helpful. He is interesting and fun to talk to, two traits that allow the client to be comfortable in opening up. I would recommend Fred without reservation to organizations and individuals alike. I saw first hand how he will bring to the table his human experience and coaching skills, with the utmost dedication, in service of the client’s objective.
Stewart Putnam, Retired Healthcare Executive and Former Chair, National Board, The Alzheimer's Association (US)Executive Coaching
Inspire others
Find balance
Act on your goals
Fred is both engaging and direct. He does a very nice job of building a relationship with the client. He listens very well and often had the perfect question that moved the conversation forward in a way that I found helpful. He is interesting and fun to talk to, two traits that allow the client to be comfortable in opening up. I would recommend Fred without reservation to organizations and individuals alike. I saw first hand how he will bring to the table his human experience and coaching skills, with the utmost dedication, in service of the client’s objective.
Stewart Putnam, Retired Healthcare Executive and Former Chair, National Board, The Alzheimer's Association (US)Individual Coaching
Express your values
Be fulfilled
Find balance in your life
Fred is professional and friendly. He has an easy style that worked well for me in quickly developing trust and building rapport. He is naturally observant and curious about what he hears and how it is being said. He helped consolidate my thinking and take it further than I had gone before to the point of making some concrete actions. He was also able to gently challenge my thinking, not to the point of being pushy, but exploring to see the limits I was setting for myself. I enjoyed our sessions and would definitely recommend Fred as a coach.
Naomi Clark-Turner, Johnson & JohnsonIndividual Coaching
Express your values
Be fulfilled
Find balance in your life
Fred is professional and friendly. He has an easy style that worked well for me in quickly developing trust and building rapport. He is naturally observant and curious about what he hears and how it is being said. He helped consolidate my thinking and take it further than I had gone before to the point of making some concrete actions. He was also able to gently challenge my thinking, not to the point of being pushy, but exploring to see the limits I was setting for myself. I enjoyed our sessions and would definitely recommend Fred as a coach.
Naomi Clark-Turner, Johnson & JohnsonIndividual Coaching
Express your values
Be fulfilled
Find balance in your life
Fred is professional and friendly. He has an easy style that worked well for me in quickly developing trust and building rapport. He is naturally observant and curious about what he hears and how it is being said. He helped consolidate my thinking and take it further than I had gone before to the point of making some concrete actions. He was also able to gently challenge my thinking, not to the point of being pushy, but exploring to see the limits I was setting for myself. I enjoyed our sessions and would definitely recommend Fred as a coach.
Naomi Clark-Turner, Johnson & JohnsonMY COACHING PHILOSOPHY
The International Coach Federation (ICF) defines coaching as “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential, often unlocking previously untapped sources of imagination, productivity and leadership.”
I have not decided on a career in Coaching. Coaching has found me: many years of supporting countless executives to achieve their goals, our goals had simply been ignored. I don’t need coaching as a career. I need coaching as a way of life…it is my life’s purpose and I have put an action plan in place to live it. Coaching transformation, fulfillment, balance is my own fulfilling achievement.
“I am the safe mountain hut you summit from and return to.”
Coaching is not my job…it’s me! So leverage me to sustain you in difficulty. Leverage me to achieve your goal, your growth.
COACHING IS FOR EVERYONE
Coaching involves discovering who you are, what you want to build for yourself and others. It involves a plan of action.
Coaching leads you to action. And coaching makes you accountable for your actions In a benevolent manner, unlike a difficult boss, more like ideal grand-parents would do!
As your coach, I am YOUR ally and I will champion YOU through thick and thin.
Whether you are a business organization, an executive, an individual or a student I have programs designed for your needs and methods learnt over 30 years of successful value creation in industries as varied as Private Equity, Media and Advertising, Healthcare, Hospitality and Leisure, Consumer Goods and Industrials.
COACHING IS FOR EVERYONE
Coaching involves discovering who you are, what you want to build for yourself and others. It involves a plan of action.
Coaching leads you to action. And coaching makes you accountable for your actions In a benevolent manner, unlike a difficult boss, more like ideal grand-parents would do!
As your coach, I am YOUR ally and I will champion YOU through thick and thin.
Whether you are a business organization, an executive, an individual or a student I have programs designed for your needs and methods learnt over 30 years of successful value creation in industries as varied as Private Equity, Media and Advertising, Healthcare, Hospitality and Leisure, Consumer Goods and Industrials.