Coaching

James Mackay, Ph.D C.Psychol

James coaches senior executives from a variety of organisations in the public and private sectors, evaluates candidates for senior roles, and is regularly asked to advise on the personal development of managers and directors, and on their strategies for career management.

He co-designed and co-directs the Tavistock Institute course in Executive Coaching. He operates in the U.K. and internationally, with clients in France and Italy.

Although as a Chartered Psychologist, he has a natural focus on the individual, he works with clients to identify the best strategies for interacting with, and influencing colleagues, the work group, and the organisational culture. Constant themes are leadership, strategic career development, personal ‘re-branding’, and the alignment of individual, role and corporate objectives. He has a particular interest in ‘the art of the possible’: how a client can successfully challenge, and make progress within, the parameters of the organisational culture.

Examples include:working with the M.D. of a major corporation over a number of years, focussing on strategic and leadership issues; helping a newly appointed Director of a Government Department to improve her strategic networking and to acknowledge and act upon, her ambition; shaping the development of a Director in a utilities business, so that he evolved from noted deal-maker to a leader; acting as coach and advisor to the newly appointed Chairman of a printing group, helping to address organisational change and leadership within a robust and hard-hitting culture .