Tony Openshaw

I help companies to develop their senior executives, so that they are able to perform effectively at the highest level, enhancing their leadership capabilities to achieve their goals

About

I help C-Suite Directors and aspiring Senior Managers realise their full potential and influence through executive coaching – helping them to achieve their goals and outcomes, positively impacting the rest of the team and wider organisation.

Through one-to-one executive coaching which is tailored to your specific needs I am able to support leaders in your company:

• Improve leadership effectiveness, particularly in the support of newly promoted executives
• Improve team working to achieve better alignment and a stronger strategic focus
• Develop a cohesive team culture, so staff perform better in their roles
• Create a culture for growth, building strong, supportive relationships  
• Enable effective and quicker strategic execution
• Support project delivery through bringing clarity to delivery and decision-making
• Effectively manage growth and business scaling at pace. 

My approach to executive coaching is collaborative, practical and supportive – helping senior managers navigate the challenges of their role. This typically involves helping to re-gain focus on what’s important; identifying key actions that will deliver results and devising effective strategies for success. 

Whether your company is under performing, feels stuck, or is failing to achieve its full potential, executive coaching can help you get things back on track, bringing out the best in your people, your greatest asset. 

From the outset, all executive coaching is planned with you to ensure this is aligned to your business needs. This client-led approach involves gaining a thorough understanding of your aims and objectives at an individual and team level. From this a coaching programme is designed to ensure that this delivers against your business outcomes.   

As an experienced business coach with over a decade spent supporting companies, plus a previous successful career in marketing spanning twenty years, I offer insightful, business-relevant coaching that is focused on results and deliverables. If you operate in the professional services sector such as management consultancy or accountancy; or are part of the education and creative industries sectors, I’d be particularly interested in working with you. 

Business coaching has proven ROI benefits, with 86% of companies reporting that they recover their coaching investment and one-third reporting ROI exceeding 10 times the cost. Further, 70% of coached executives report improved work performance, with 80% reporting increased self-confidence. [International Coaching Federation (ICF) Global Coaching Study, 2023 and ICF Global Coaching Client Study].

On a personal level, I get my job satisfaction from seeing others succeed. I like to draw on all my experiences to help the person I’m working with achieve their goals. Everyone is different, so the support I provide is tailored and can flex to what the person I’m coaching requires. Clients find me approachable, supportive and professional. I have a sense of humour and where appropriate this can help in making sessions enjoyable as well as productive. 

I am a qualified business coach (The Coaching Academy) and qualified business advisor (SFEDI). In my previous marketing career I obtained my Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing and was made a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.