Coach to Founder CEOs · Author of Founder’s Legacy
Your instincts built the company. Leading it now asks something different.
When a business grows, the founder’s job changes. Some founders want to grow into what it now needs. Others are working out whether they are still the right person to run it. Either is the right question to be asking.
Neither is easy to answer alone, and most of the people offering an opinion have a stake in the outcome. I don’t. What I have is twenty-five years of sitting with founders while they work it out, including the teams behind two unicorns, and many businesses that measure success in other ways.
2 unicorns
Coached the CEOs and leadership teams behind Miniclip and Tipico.
25 years
Coaching founders and CEOs across four continents.
50 lessons
Distilled into my book, Founder's Legacy, An Inc. Original.
Leadership coaching
Leadership coaching for founders when the stakes are high
Sometimes it’s a crisis. Sometimes it’s an opportunity too big to lose. Either way, the moment calls for another gear, keeping the instincts that built the business, and layering in the leadership the next stage demands.
I work with founders scaling fast, leadership teams under pressure, and CEOs navigating transition. I’m not a coach who only asks questions. I bring twenty-five years of experience into the room and we use it.
“Simon helped me realise what had got us to that moment would not get us to where we needed to be in the future. He gave me the courage I needed and the data to back up decisions.”
“Simon and I used the ideas in this book to transform Tipico from a startup into a unicorn, and now he’s helping me to build great companies in Europe, Asia, and Africa.”
Speaking
Three keynotes. One idea.
For founders learning to lead, and for established leaders who need to rediscover founder mode. Warm, direct, and grounded in real stories from behind closed doors. Every talk is tailored to the room, and every audience leaves with something practical to act on.
- Finding Another Gearwhy founders don't need to become someone else
- You Are Not Scalable. Your Culture Is.building the company that outlasts the founder
- Founder Modethe leadership your business is missing
The book
Founder’s Legacy
Fifty game-changing leadership lessons for building a great business. Not theory. These are things I’ve watched founders wrestle with in real time, over twenty-five years behind closed doors. Readers tell me they keep it close at hand and return to it as the challenges change. That’s exactly how it’s designed to be used.
As heard on
- BRave Business
- Mishcon de Reya
- Grappling Growth
- Mubariz Siddiqui
- Growth Under Pressure
Wherever your business is on its journey, the next stage will ask something new of you.
If you’re ready to find another gear, let’s talk.