I can help you have... more influence
I can help you be... more effective
My long experience as both a business coach and a film and TV director means I can help you communicate and influence better in person or via the webcam.
“This was the best training course I attended in my professional career. Thank you very much for this, Bill.”
Ingo Tschach
Head of Market Analysis at ICIS
“This was the best training course that I have ever attended, and a large part of that was down to Bill's personal impact and dedication.”
Emma Walsh
Senior Manager, Ernst & Young
“I think this training has been genuinely life-changing for me!”
Alexandra Sedgwick
Press Office, Greenpeace UK
“I have seen dramatic positive changes in people I work with including myself.”
Hazel Guilder
Head of Advisory Compliance and Regulatory Developments, Bank of Montreal UK
“I can confidently say that this was the most affective, and effective training course I have ever attended.“
Andrew Harmel Law
Head of the UK Java Team, Capgemini
“We all agreed that this was the best leadership training that we have had. Thank you Bill!”
Nick Hobbs
Programme Architect, Ernst & Young
“As someone who has attended numerous similar training programs throughout his corporate career, I can honestly say that Bill was the best instructor I have had.”
Chad Beaupierre
Forecast Redesign Director
“One of the best seminars I ever visited! Thank you, Bill!”
Katharina Schug
Leiterin Partner Strategy & Development, T-mobile
“Bill's attention to detail was immaculate and his dedication and enthusiasm was evident from first minute to last. This was the course that suddenly made everything ‘click’.”
Richard Lee
Advisor, Ernst & Young
“His wide work, life experiences and friendly approach are making him easy to go to person. One of the best trainings I have ever attended.”
Anastasis Vlad Mogos
Innovation, Product Management / Owner, Deutsche Telekom
“Bill was the perfect facilitator. Warm, engaging and a master of the content. I learned a huge amount working with him in just a few days.”
Nick Goddard
Business Development Director, Ernst & Young
“This was one of the best educations I had so far.”
Tihana Komadina
CRM and Life Cycle Manager, Magenta Telekom, Austria
“This was the best training course I attended in my professional career. Thank you very much for this, Bill.”
Ingo Tschach
Head of Market Analysis at ICIS
“This was the best training course that I have ever attended, and a large part of that was down to Bill's personal impact and dedication.”
Emma Walsh
Senior Manager, Ernst & Young
“I think this training has been genuinely life-changing for me!”
Alexandra Sedgwick
Press Office, Greenpeace UK
“I have seen dramatic positive changes in people I work with including myself.”
Hazel Guilder
Head of Advisory Compliance and Regulatory Developments, Bank of Montreal UK
“I can confidently say that this was the most affective, and effective training course I have ever attended.“
Andrew Harmel Law
Head of the UK Java Team, Capgemini
“We all agreed that this was the best leadership training that we have had. Thank you Bill!”
Nick Hobbs
Programme Architect, Ernst & Young
“As someone who has attended numerous similar training programs throughout his corporate career, I can honestly say that Bill was the best instructor I have had.”
Chad Beaupierre
Forecast Redesign Director
“One of the best seminars I ever visited! Thank you, Bill!”
Katharina Schug
Leiterin Partner Strategy & Development, T-mobile
“Bill's attention to detail was immaculate and his dedication and enthusiasm was evident from first minute to last. This was the course that suddenly made everything ‘click’.”
Richard Lee
Advisor, Ernst & Young
“His wide work, life experiences and friendly approach are making him easy to go to person. One of the best trainings I have ever attended.”
Anastasis Vlad Mogos
Innovation, Product Management / Owner, Deutsche Telekom
“Bill was the perfect facilitator. Warm, engaging and a master of the content. I learned a huge amount working with him in just a few days.”
Nick Goddard
Business Development Director, Ernst & Young
“This was one of the best educations I had so far.”
Tihana Komadina
CRM and Life Cycle Manager, Magenta Telekom, Austria
Before becoming a business coach I spent 15 years as a BAFTA-nominated director of TV dramas and films. Working with top actors teaches you how nuances in behaviour make a huge difference to communication.
I originally trained as an actor myself, after studying Psychology at Oxford. And for sixteen years I taught Screen Acting at the Drama Centre, where alumni include Tom Hardy, Emilia Clarke, Regé-Jean Page and Gemma Chan. My book ‘From Stage to Screen: a theatre actor’s guide to working on camera’ is a standard text in many of the country’s top drama schools.
I draw a lot on the work of psychologist and Nobel laureate, Daniel Kahneman (Thinking, Fast and Slow) and Daniel Goleman, the man who popularised the term ‘emotional intelligence’.
Kahneman spent a lifetime exploring the relationship between System 1 – the automatic, intuitive and subconscious functioning of our brains – and System 2 – our conscious, deliberate 'thinking'. His research reveals starkly that most of our decision-making is actually done in the subconscious by System 1.
The more we understand the characteristics and heuristics of System 1, the better we are able to affect the decisions of others.
This includes an appreciation of the role of emotions in behaviour. Greater ability to recognise and manage emotions – both ours and those of others – improves our capacity to have influence.
This is a subject about which Daniel Goleman has written extensively, especially as relates to the work environment.
Far from being inaccessibly highbrow, he offers practical insights in to how to increase emotional intelligence, become more self-aware and better able to influence the emotions and behaviour of others.
Ultimately what counts is what happens in the real world. So I help my clients develop their skills and practise new, more effective influencing in a safe, confidential environment. I also regularly challenge them. I do it with a kindness and a smile but I give people the feedback need rather than telling them what they want to hear.