Executive Coaching for High-Performance Leaders

Optimising leadership performance for individuals, partners, founders and teams.

We work with exceptional people operating in complex environments: strengthening leadership judgement, improving key working relationships and helping teams perform at their best.

Our Services

High-performance leadership is often invisible but its impact is unmistakable.

It is reflected in the quality of decisions leaders make, the effectiveness of leadership teams and the organisation’s ability to move forward with clarity.

We support leaders, founders and leadership teams operating in complex environments where leadership performance directly shapes organisational outcomes.

Through executive coaching, leadership team development and facilitated leadership conversations, we help clients strengthen judgement, improve alignment and lead with greater confidence.

Our work is practical and discreet, grounded in the realities you face rather than theoretical models.

Whether supporting an individual leader or an entire leadership team, the focus remains the same: helping high-performance people lead organisations with clarity and confidence.

Explore how our work supports leaders and teams:

1:1Executive Coaching

2:1
Coaching and Mediation

Group Leadership
Programmes

Team
Coaching

About Phanella Fine

Phanella is a trusted adviser and executive coach to high-performing leaders and leadership teams operating in complex environments.

Known for her clarity of thinking, discretion and breadth of experience, she helps leaders strengthen judgement, navigate pressure and address the decisions and conversations that shape organisational performance.

Phanella works with a carefully selected group of experienced associate coaches, allowing the practice to support organisations while maintaining the quality, judgement and relational depth on which good coaching depends.

Together they support individuals, partners and leadership teams to optimise leadership performance: strengthening decision-making, key relationships and the conditions for clients and their teams to perform at their best.

Testimonials

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Phanella is an excellent coach, with impressive credentials. She encourages a long-term perspective and has a warm, detailed and direct approach. She is a great help during a career decision-making process and I would enthusiastically recommend her.

Mwenya Kawesha

Chief of Staff, Logically

Phanella’s coaching sessions – quite literally – changed my life. I was feeling lost, unmotivated and sat in a cloud of self-doubt after having two very young children. We worked through my goals and identified my strengths and where my focus should lie. With Phanella’s coaching, I overcame imposter syndrome and landed a senior flexible role that works around my children. A million thank yous will never be enough!

Katherine Pinner

Group Head of Digital, The Devonshire Group

Phanella has had a huge impact on my ability to build my business. Before meeting her, I thought coaching was not for me. Her knowledge of business, practical advice and direct style is not at all what I expected but has given me huge clarity of thought and proven to be of significant value.

Robert L.

Managing Director, Large Property Company

Phanella is the first person I call when I need career advice. She is incredibly knowledgeable, thoughtful and reliable. Her range of experience means there’s never a question she can’t answer and I love her direct approach.

Dr Jessamy Hibberd

Clinical Psychologist & Author

Phanella took the time to truly understand my challenges and goals. I can honestly say the time with Phanella was incredibly effective. I’ve noticed huge positive changes, personally and professionally. My confidence is much higher and this has led to many other benefits. I would highly recommend anyone looking to improve their professional performance book a programme with Phanella.

David Woods

VP of Sales Global, WeArisma

I continually rave about you – how you approach and see situations so astutely, directly and rationally, your sharp focus and your clear direction. I just wanted to say thank you for the inspiration, it made me feel powerful and unapologetic. And I will carry that with me forever.

Tara Wilkinson

Director, Almeida Theatre

Working with Phanella has been amazing and really powerful for the business.

Jack Wearne

CEO, Ve Global

With Phanella’s help, we were able to come together as a group and identify what the issues were in the organisation, what it is that we as a group do to tackle those issues and take the ownership and understand that we had the agency to really tackle some of these issues,

Tayo Chipato

CFO, Ve Global

Phanella is a very insightful coach who has been a thoughtful, action-oriented and pragmatic sounding board. She takes a holistic approach and I have really valued and benefited from every conversation.

Eme Udoma-Herman

VP International Premium Products and Benefits, American Express

Phanella’s expertise and strategic guidance have been invaluable in my personal and professional development. Our work together has helped me understand my strengths and weaknesses in communication, assertiveness, work strategy, and organization. Phanella has provided me with tailored strategies to improve and build on these areas, significantly boosting my overall effectiveness and productivity…

Gabriel Altschuler

CTO

Organisations we are trusted to support

How High-Performance Leadership Works

We believe that high-performance leadership develops across three interconnected dimensions.

Clarity

Leadership performance begins with clear thinking.

We help leaders strengthen their judgement, improve their decision-making and navigate complexity with confidence.

When thinking becomes clearer, leadership becomes more effective.

Alignment

Organisations perform when leadership teams work well together.

We support partners, founders and leadership teams to improve trust, address difficult conversations and align around shared priorities.

Alignment turns individual leadership into collective performance.

Meaning

Sustained performance requires more than capability.

Through the Meaning Method, we help leaders reflect on what they stand for and how they want to lead over time.

Meaning keeps high-performance leadership grounded and sustainable

After working with us, leaders and teams typically think more clearly, make stronger decisions and work more effectively together, becoming better aligned around the decisions that shape organisational performance.

Imposter syndrome: a leadership challenge

Michelle Obama undoubtedly put imposter syndrome back on the radar with her memoir Belonging and, in our work, we see many more leaders prepared to hold up their hands and tell stories of how the dreaded imposter syndrome has impacted and their careers Michelle Obama undoubtedly put imposter syndrome back on the radar with her memoir Belonging and, in our

How to Recover from Burnout

Burnout is a prevalent issue among senior leaders, and as an executive coach, I encounter it so often in my practice. Plus, having been a banker and corporate lawyer myself, I understand the intense pressure that can lead to burnout. Today, I want to share some researched-based strategies and practical tips on how to recognise and recover from burnout, helping

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In the Room – Leadership reflections

We share occasional reflections on the real work of leadership, drawn from experience supporting senior leaders and leadership teams.

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Executive Coaching for High-Performance Leaders

Optimising leadership performance for individuals, partners, founders and teams.

We work with exceptional people operating in complex environments: strengthening leadership judgement, improving key working relationships and helping teams perform at their best.