Since 2001, individual, community and whole organisation development have been at the core of John’s consulting practice. Working almost exclusively with not-for-profit organisations, he focusses on supporting organisational change, leadership development, and one-to-one coaching and executive development.
In coaching, his particular areas of expertise are performance and fulfillment at work, realignment of aspiration and values to performance, strategy and team development, and creating effective responses to the climate crisis.
Initially qualifying as a solicitor, John has experience of working in constructive conflict resolution overseas and in the UK (including service management within a local authority), and then as a consultant, trainer, coach and supervisor.
He works part-time as Senior Faculty for the Academy of Executive Coaching, teaching on courses such as the Practitioner Diploma in Executive Coaching, Coaching Skills Certificate, and Supervision Skills.
John is a qualified Executive Coach, accredited by both the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (Senior Practitioner) and by the International Coaching Federation (PCC).
He is also an Associate at the University of York’s Centre for Applied Human Rights, which supports human rights defenders at risk around the world. He is particularly interested in leadership as demonstrated by those in the human rights movement: how they lead through their actions and their values, and the impact of that leadership.
John’s primary goal as a coach is deepening a client’s awareness so as to provoke the potential for transformational change.
His coaching is underpinned by principles from existential coaching, relational and creative approaches to change, gestalt, Transactional Analysis and positive psychology.