Strengthening executive and board‑level teams through observation, evaluation, reflection, and inclusive practice.
London-based executive team coach partnering with leadership teams to deepen psychological safety, strengthen inclusive behaviours and cultivate high‑performing cultures.
I help senior leadership teams navigate complexity with clarity, confidence, and compassion. My work blends somatic practice, creative inquiry, and evidence‑based leadership development to support meaningful, sustainable change.
I partner with organisations committed to equity, psychological safety, and progressive leadership cultures, creating space for people to think deeply, feel fully, and lead with intention.
My Approach: The Three Strands
My approach draws on practices from somatics, creative inquiry, and reflective methodologies to help leaders navigate complexity with clarity and presence. These three pillars don’t operate as steps but as interdependent practices that shift in emphasis depending on the context and the people involved.
A visual anchor for how my leadership pathways braid capability, connection, and practice into a coherent approach.
Each braid is woven differently, shaped by the context, the people in the room, and the challenges being navigated. There is no fixed order or prescribed sequence; the strands move in relation to one another. At times, one comes to the forefront; at other moments, another becomes the anchor; and often they overlap. This way of working honours the complexity of modern organisations and meets leaders where they are, while still holding a coherent, values‑led framework.
These three strands are not steps or stages, but parts of a living braid. They move in and out of prominence depending on the context, the people in the room, and the dynamics being worked with. At times one strand offers the grounding, at other moments another brings the insight or challenge, and often they overlap. Together, they create a flexible, values‑led way of working that meets leaders where they are while still holding a coherent developmental arc.
Somatic Awareness
Bringing gentle embodied awareness into team coaching through sound, breath, and sensory reflection. This strand helps leaders notice what is happening in their bodies, tension, activation, intuition, discomfort and how these sensations relate to team dynamics.
Through chimes, breath cues, and embodied questioning (“Where does this feeling reside, for the team?”). Somatic awareness can support regulation, presence, and emotional clarity. It might offer a subtle, senior‑friendly way to help leaders notice and settle their internal state without requiring vulnerability that feels unsafe or performative.
Creative Inquiry
Using imagination, experimentation, and reflective questioning to surface new possibilities. This strand is informed by artistic process, improvisation, play, composition and reframing and extended through the use of imagery, sculpture, spatial metaphor and sensorial AI.
Creative Inquiry enables senior teams to explore complexity in ways that linear problem‑solving cannot reach, revealing dynamics, pressures and relationships that are often hard to articulate in words. Through visualisation, movement, and symbolic representation, leaders gain new insight into how they collaborate, how they relate, and how their environment shapes their decisions.
Inclusive Leadership
Using practices that centre equity, psychological safety, and representation. This strand flexes with organisational realities, sometimes focusing on voice and participation, sometimes on power dynamics, sometimes on structural barriers. It ensures the work honours the lived experience of everyone involved.
Who I Work With
I work with senior leaders, leadership teams, and progressive organisations who value depth, reflection, and meaningful change. My clients are committed to equity, psychological safety, and inclusive leadership, and they’re ready to explore new ways of thinking, relating, and leading.
Services Overview
Executive Team Coaching
Focused, reflective development for senior leaders navigating complexity, change, and growth.
Workshop Facilitation
Experiential, insight‑building sessions that strengthen capability and shared understanding.
Board Evaluation & Development
Help With Reflection
Supporting boards in meeting their evaluation obligations under the UK Corporate Governance Code through insight‑led observation, reflective practice, and collaborative development.
A structured, senior‑facing reflective conversation for individuals navigating complexity, feedback, or workplace incidents. You talk through what happened; we explore the systems of significance; I bring in research on effective working practices; and together we identify what matters for your future work.
Testimonials
What clients say
“Glenis helped us transform our leadership culture and it feels nicer to work here”, MD
Laurent Perrier UK
CEO, Greenprint
Ready to explore what’s possible?
If you’re curious about working together for yourself, your team, or your organisation, I’d love to talk. A conversation is often the best place to begin.
