Executive & Leadership Coaching
One-to-one coaching for managers and leaders who want to make clearer decisions, build a team that actually delivers, and stop carrying the job home at 3am.
No pitch, no obligation — just a conversation about whether coaching is right for you. Based in Poole, Dorset. Working online and across the UK.
Leaders and managers coached
Years coaching people through transitions
Member of the European Mentoring & Coaching Council
Free discovery call before you commit to anything
Sound familiar?
Nothing is on fire. You're delivering. But something is costing you more than it should, and there's rarely anyone safe to say that to.
You make decisions on incomplete information, then spend the evening re-running them.
Your team is capable, but they're not pulling in the same direction — and you're the one filling the gaps.
You've stopped switching off. Work follows you home, and into the small hours.
On paper you're succeeding. It doesn't feel the way you expected it to.
Programmes
Every programme starts with an honest assessment of where you actually are. Nothing is off-the-shelf — but these are the three shapes the work usually takes.
L3 — for managers
For people who've been handed a team and are learning to lead on the job. We build the judgement, the voice and the composure the role actually demands.
From £150 a session · six-session programme £750
P3 — for individuals
For people who are good at the job and want to be considerably better — at work and outside it. Focused on the habits and blind spots holding you in place.
From £95 a session · full programme £470
For teams
For leaders whose team is the bottleneck. Group work on how people communicate, disagree well, and take ownership without being chased.
Group coaching from £950 · training days from £3,500
How it works
Thirty minutes, no charge, no pitch. You describe the situation. I tell you honestly whether I can help.
We look at the whole picture, not just the job. Work is one facet of a person, and it's rarely the only thing in play.
Scope, length and focus agreed in writing before anything starts. No standard package, no surprise scope creep.
We check regularly that the work is producing what it promised. If it isn't, we change it.
About Steven
I spent years in the Armed Forces, then decades as a senior consultant in the international defence industry, delivering large capital programmes with real consequences attached.
I know what it's like to be responsible for outcomes you can't fully control, and for people who are watching how you handle it. That's the experience I bring to coaching — alongside formal qualification and the EMCC Global Code of Ethics.
Steven PoculaFounder · EMCC member · Poole, Dorset
In their words
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Steven's coaching transformed my decision-making skills, leading to a happier life and career success. Highly recommended.
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I have really enjoyed my sessions with Steve. He is great at listening and leaves me feeling very motivated. I have achieved my goals — plus some.
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With Steve's help I transformed my career by focusing on the areas that were holding me back. I hadn't even realised they were there at all.
Book a free 30-minute call. We'll talk about what's actually going on and whether coaching would make a difference. If it wouldn't, I'll say so.
This is not a hard sell — it's a genuine offer to improve your career and your life.
