Nick Williams
UpAGear Team Coach
Exec & Leadership Coach
Locations: UK
Executive coach enabling leaders and their teams to accelerate the delivery of the key strategic and tactical business objectives
Executive Summary
Following a successful career of over 35 years in senior leadership and Board-level sales & marketing roles, Nick brings a real understanding of the challenges and tensions facing business leaders today.
Nick’s experience extends across several sectors, including Building Societies, Life & Pensions, Care organisations and Charities.
He has a proven track record for helping teams and individuals to deliver successful, sustainable and practical solutions at pace.
Nick recently served on the Board of Trustees for Direct Help & Advice, incorporating Derby Law Centre, for 5 years, 4 years as Chair, following 8 years as a Trustee for the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust. He has also been a Business coach and mentor for The Prince’s Trust.
He has a values-led, engaging and energetic approach.
Focus Areas:
Developing senior team performance, alignment & effectiveness – functionally and cross organisational
Enabling leaders and their teams to really understand – and own – their roles, responsibilities and accountabilities
Delivering strategic objectives and tactical demands, at pace and in challenging environments
Navigating organisational change, individually and functionally
Effective leadership and communications
Delivering results through the successful integration and management of key relationships, internal and external
Coaching Approach
Nick builds strong and highly productive relationships, establishing trust at all levels. He has a strong commercial awareness, supporting and challenging leaders to ensure focus is on the key strategic and tactical priorities.
Supporting leaders and their teams, to recognise and minimise distractions, to keep the key commercial outcomes front and centre. Engaging and motivating leaders and their teams to deliver successful, sustainable and pragmatic outcomes at pace.
Building trust to enable honest discussions, Nick uses measurable performance results and behavioural awareness to secure sustainable, tangible improvements. Nick invests time to understand individuals’ values and motivations and uses these insights to support meaningful personal and professional development.
Meetings focus on delivering the agreed key priorities by ensuring clarity on what has/hasn’t worked and why, they are pragmatic, action orientated sessions with clear ownership and accountability.
An advocate of diagnostic insights to help leaders understand themselves and their colleagues.
Proven Impact
Throughout his career, Nick is recognised for building and leading high-performing teams that consistently exceeded key business objectives, at pace and in demanding environments.
Outcomes include stronger, aligned leadership teams, clear on their roles, responsibilities and accountabilities to ensure the successful, sustained delivery of the key business results.
Clients highlight that Nick brings an energy into the team, creating momentum and clarity – an approach that cuts through the noise, keeps teams aligned and focused on what actually drives value and delivers real, measurable results.
Credentials
Accredited UpAGear Coach with over 35 years of senior leadership experience, including 13 years at Board level.
Particular experience in turning around struggling businesses and teams, business development, sales and marketing, revenue growth, and business transformation.
Based in and working across the UK, both in-person and virtually
If you are looking to improve the performance of your organisation or a particular team/individual, please get in touch – using the form below – for an initial discussion