For when you need a confidential thinking partner
Senior leadership can be surprisingly isolating. The more responsibility you carry, the fewer people you may have around you with whom you can think completely openly.
I work one-to-one with executives and senior leaders who want an experienced, independent sounding board — someone who will listen deeply, challenge their thinking and help them navigate the professional and personal realities of leadership.
Whether you’re facing a difficult decision, stepping into greater responsibility, navigating change, dealing with people or communication challenges, or questioning what you want from the next stage of your career, our work is shaped around what you need.
No formula. No performance. Just the right conversation, challenge and support at the right time.
How I work
- We clarify where you’re going and what’s getting in the way.
- We agree the outcomes that matter.
- We meet lightly but consistently (typically 3–4 touchpoints a month) to keep momentum, make decisions, and unblock execution.
What you can expect
- Stress-testing direction: Challenge and refine strategy; surface blind spots before they become costly.
- Avoiding mistakes: Apply pattern recognition to steer around common pitfalls.
- Light-touch, high-leverage support: Focused conversations, crisp actions, accountable follow-through.
- Strategic insight & counsel: Practical guidance drawn from my leadership, growth, and behaviour-change experience—plus access to trusted specialist associates when needed.
Bottom line: senior support on tap, clearer decisions, fewer missteps, and faster movement on what matters.
“"I run a global cancer website, and a totally unique charity Your SimPal, helping anyone in the UK who cannot afford a mobile connection. We work with so many agencies and extremely vulnerable people. This sector is extremely fast moving with new challenges daily. Niki helps me to step outside for a while and see different ways of working. I find it important to be able to talk in a relaxed style to someone with the incredible business leadership of Niki. We are working successfully now."”
Chris Lewis CEO & Founder SimPal