I grew up in elite sport. I’ve lived inside high-performance environments where results are public, measurable, and ruthless. I’ve also built and sold multiple businesses. I now work with founders and executives who carry enormous pressure to perform.

So I understand the pull of winning at all costs.

And I’ve also seen where it leads.

We all carry intentions about the kind of life we want to live.

We say we want to get fitter.
We say we want to spend more time with family.
We say we want to grow the business, write the book, slow down, be more present.

A few years ago, I was sitting in a café after a coaching session, replaying the conversation in my head.

By most standards, it had gone well. I had stayed calm throughout. I asked thoughtful questions. I offered perspective at the right moments. From the outside, it looked like solid leadership.

Yet something felt unsettled.

Are your loudest team members secretly harming your growth?

Every team has them, the confident talkers.
They speak first, think fast, and dominate the discussion.

And while they often have great ideas, they might also be quietly harming your company’s growth.

One of the challenging aspects of being a coach is knowing that sometimes my honesty might cost me a client.

I’ve been in conversations where I’ve had to tell a founder that their team doesn’t trust them. I’ve reflected to leaders that their style, though effective in the short term, was quietly damaging the culture they were trying so hard to build.

Most leaders don’t avoid hard conversations because they lack courage.

They avoid them because they care, yet feel they lack the skills needed to have that challenging conversation.

You don’t want to hurt someone. You don’t want to create tension. You don’t want to make things worse. And in many ways, that empathy is a strength.

As a kid in Brighton, England, I had no idea my life would take me to sunny SoCal and to work with some of the world's smartest and most innovative Founders.

And some days, I still can’t believe this is my work.

A few months ago, I was in a coaching session with a visibly frustrated founder.

He said, “My team just doesn’t get it; they keep arguing with me instead of listening.”

So I asked him, “When they challenge you, do you try to understand their point first, or do you immediately explain why they’re wrong?”

He paused. Smiled awkwardly. Then said, “Touché.”

That’s the moment it clicked for him, and honestly, for most leaders I work with, that the goal isn’t to win conversations, it’s to learn from them.

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about loneliness. Not as some abstract social issue, but as something I’ve lived through and see many around me experiencing. 

Feeling lonely doesn’t make you weak. It makes you human. We evolved to be in communities.

When I pivoted careers, first from real estate into cycling coaching, and later from coaching athletes to coaching leaders, I made a choice that didn’t make sense on paper.

I recently joined The Revolutionary Man Podcast for a powerful conversation about something many men struggle with but rarely talk about: emotions and relationships.

Being a founder is often romanticized with the bold visionary, the fast growth, the glory of building something from scratch. And while there are incredible highs, most people's perceptions of what it’s like are flat-out wrong.

I recently joined the LifeBlood Podcast to talk about something deeply personal and universal: realizing your potential.

IQ Gets You In the Room. EQ Gets You the Room.

Most people still think the smartest person in the room should lead.

They’re wrong.

I had the privilege of joining the Something For Everybody podcast recently to talk about one of my favorite topics: why failure is not the end of the story and often the very beginning.

Listen to the full episode on YouTube!

Apologies aren’t about weakness. They are about strength.

When leaders apologize sincerely, they demonstrate self-awareness, humility, and accountability. Those qualities don’t diminish authority—they strengthen it.

I recently had the opportunity to join Harry Wilmington on his podcast Harry Dating Convos for a powerful conversation about men, relationships, and what it means to navigate the world with authenticity.

There’s a quiet relief that washes over me every time I travel.

It’s not just about escaping the daily routine. It’s the deeper freedom that comes from not having to perform. The freedom to drop the mask I’ve learned to wear so well.

In my first career as a real estate entrepreneur, and later as a coach to elite athletes, I believed that the best way to support people was to roll up my sleeves and fix things.

I’m worried that being coached will make me soft….

I will lose my edge….

On a recent episode of Simon Sinek’s podcast, Steven Bartlett, successful entrepreneur and host of “Diary of a CEO,” was asked to share some of his most pivotal realizations.