Goldcrest partners logo

CEO Advisory

It can be lonely at the top. When leading an organisation, the opportunity to confidentially discuss important matters with a trusted and independent partner is a valuable alliance to forge.

Start your journey

Goldcrest Partners works with CEOs to provide this sounding board, stimulate fresh thinking and improve individual and organisational outcomes.

CEO Advisory services are reserved for CEOs who wish to work with a trusted partner who brings a combination of subject matter expertise, high level coaching skills and significant experience working with C-suite leaders. This relationship powerfully supports the CEO.

Coaching individuals to fulfil their potential and achieve career goals

The relationship is one of trust and mutual respect, enshrined in confidentiality where the coach/advisor and CEO establish a partnership that offers a sounding board to leverage strengths, enhance leadership capabilities, effect change in the business and, all the while, integrate both professional and personal development into the process.

Goldcrest Partners have a small number of appropriately qualified and experienced advisors to partner with CEOs on an advisory basis.

Our advisors bring their own expertise to these engagements, along with full access to Goldcrest Partners’ resources and know-how.

We typically partner on a retained basis for an agreed amount of time per month for a minimum initial term of 6 months. The relationship is usually found to be, so valuable that it continues long-term.

image

1. Thinking partner

Taking time from the day to day to reflect with a thinking partner helps us to gain perspective, develop self-awareness and talk through issues and opportunities to improve leadership, decision making and key relationships. There is also the opportunity to bring personal matters and wellbeing into the conversation to enable a coherent and integrated approach.

image

2. Technical sounding board

Having the option of discussing business matters with a knowledgeable and independent sounding board is highly valued by all business leaders and most particularly those who are at the top of house. The opportunity to be fully transparent with colleagues/investors is often limited and the chance to discuss strategy, financial issues, organisational design and investor engagement (amongst other things) with someone can be very reassuring and improve outcomes.

image

3. Strategic solutions

CEO Advisory conversations often reveal areas of the organisation that are proving problematic. This could be the individual performance of key contributors, issues integrating an acquisition or executing strategy, the performance of teams or indeed the need to evolve culture. Goldcrest CEO Advisors explore the observed symptoms with their principal and can offer strategic solutions, with a Board level perspective, that draw on the full breadth of our services.

image

4. Founder transition

Often Founders create and drive their business through sheer strength of personality. As the business grows, a change in approach is demanded by the scale of the organisation. The devolution of power from the ‘founder’ to the ‘business’ is necessary to maintain momentum in progress. 

This can be easier said than done! It can be difficult to relinquish control, pull out of the detail and delegate decisions when we care so deeply. This is particularly the case when the management team themselves needs to grow their capability to meet the challenge of this new way of working. 

The ultimate measure of success in this regard is how well the business performs without your involvement. This process starts with looking at your existing ways of working with a fresh perspective and can be supported by expanding the scope of work to include developing you team so that they can take responsibility for more of the ‘day-to-day’ and free you up to concentrate on other priorities.

CEO Advisory Case Studies

Implementing a new strategy for growth

The client was a diversified publicly listed regional bank and the Group CEO wanted support…

Navigating complexity

The client was the CEO of a significant global real estate business.

Develop a more effective executive committee

The client was the CEO of a regional bank. They were looking for independent leadership…

The Inner Game of Tennis – How It Can Help Off Court

At the weekend, we saw the latest champions of Wimbledon crowned – an achievement Carlos…

Personal sustainability & renewal

Being successful in financial services can reap many rewards but the environment is often highly…
track runner

Managing mental health in the workplace

While many relish the opportunity to return to ’normal’, for some the transition is more…

Fill in our briefing form

Discover how our specialist solutions can help you develop your people

SEND US YOUR BRIEF