Co-founder
Peter Willis
Co-founder · Training Lead · Executive Coach & Leadership Facilitator
About Peter
Peter works with senior leaders and leadership teams across financial services, energy, engineering and media. Combining executive coaching, psychotherapy and behavioural insight, he helps leaders improve clarity, communication, influence and team effectiveness during periods of pressure, growth and change.
Peter specialises in behavioural change, leadership dynamics and helping leaders navigate complexity with greater confidence and self-awareness. His work combines psychological depth with commercially grounded leadership development.
Coaching style
Peter's coaching style is psychologically informed, commercially grounded and appropriately challenging. He combines reflective depth with practical application, helping leaders translate insight into visible behavioural change.
Clients value his ability to create honest conversations, increase clarity and help leaders think more strategically about themselves, their teams and their impact.
Career history
- Marketing Director · Reed Elsevier
- Marketing Manager · The Independent newspaper
- Copywriter · JWT
Accreditation
PCC (Professional Certified Coach), International Coaching Federation
What ICF accreditation meansAreas of expertise
- Executive coaching
- Leadership development
- Team coaching
- Emotional intelligence
- Executive presence
- Leadership communication
- Behavioural change
- Resilience and pressure management
- Stakeholder management
- 360 feedback facilitation
Typical coaching themes
- Executive presence and influence
- Confidence and self-doubt
- Leading through uncertainty
- Team dynamics and culture
- Difficult conversations
- Strategic thinking
- Managing pressure and resilience
- Leadership transitions
- Stakeholder relationships
Qualifications & training
- BA (Hons) Psychology · Reading University
- MA Marketing · Bristol Business School
- Certified Coactive Coach · Coach Training Institute (CTI)
- BCPC accredited psychotherapist
- Advanced Certificate in Psychology of Coaching · Academy of Executive Coaching
- Gestalt Coaching Skills · Academy of Executive Coaching
- NLP Master Practitioner · John Seymour Associates
- Association for Coaching accreditation
Most engagements with Peter begin with a 30-minute call.
With Peter or Marie, depending on whether the brief sits closer to training or coaching. The named coach is matched to the engagement at scoping.