Testimonials
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
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
Executive Coaching
We coach senior leaders, founders and entrepreneurs whose decisions carry real responsibility, helping them strengthen their judgement, navigate complexity and lead organisations forward with clarity and confidence.
Executive coaching provides a confidential space to step back from the immediate pressures of leadership, test your thinking and work through the decisions and challenges that come with senior responsibility.
Some clients are sponsored by their organisations. Others invest personally at pivotal moments in their leadership when a trusted, independent perspective becomes particularly valuable.
What Executive Coaching Involves
Our work begins with the context in which you lead — the role you hold, the expectations around you and the organisational environment you operate within.
Through structured and candid conversation, we help you sharpen your thinking, strengthen leadership judgement and approach decisions with greater clarity. Where helpful, engagements may incorporate stakeholder perspectives, psychometric insight or targeted reflection to deepen awareness and support meaningful change.
The emphasis is always practical: helping you lead effectively, strengthen key leadership relationships and perform at your best in demanding environments.
When Leaders Engage Executive Coaching
Leaders typically engage coaching as the scope and complexity of their role shifts. This may coincide with stepping into a broader mandate, leading through organisational change, navigating complex relationships or preparing for a significant transition.
Alongside these external demands, many leaders recognise the importance of continuing to develop how they lead. Coaching creates space to reflect on leadership approach, strengthen judgement and ensure leadership remains sustainable as responsibility grows.
At times the focus of coaching is clearly defined. At others, leaders simply recognise the value of having a trusted and experienced perspective; someone who can help them think clearly about both the immediate challenges they face and the direction they want their leadership to take.
Our Results
Through this work, leaders typically develop clearer thinking, stronger judgement and greater confidence in their decisions. Many find themselves better equipped to navigate complexity, strengthen their influence and lead their organisations more effectively.
Equally important is the opportunity to step back and reflect on what their leadership stands for, ensuring that performance, responsibility and personal meaning remain aligned over time.
Our proven method for success
Clarity
We clarify what matters most.
Together we define the outcomes you need, surface blockers and build a clear picture of the leadership context you are operating in. Where useful we draw on stakeholder feedback, psychometrics and focused reflection to sharpen judgement and decision-making.
Alignment
We strengthen relationships that matter.
Leadership rarely succeeds in isolation. We work on how you lead with and through others — influence, communication and the key relationships that enable progress. This is where leaders often unlock greater alignment, authority and impact in the role.
Meaning
We make performance sustainable.
High performance is hard to sustain without a clear sense of what you stand for. We create space to reflect on leadership identity, values and direction so your leadership remains grounded, credible and effective over time.
Who This Work Is For
Senior executives
carrying significant organisational responsibility.
Founders and entrepreneurs
navigating growth, scale and the personal demands of leadership.
Leaders in transition
stepping into broader mandates or new environments.
Partners and investment professionals
operating in high-accountability settings.
Experienced leaders
who recognise the value of dedicated space to think.
Executive coaching is most effective when shaped around the individual, their role and the environment in which they operate.
An initial conversation allows us to understand your context and determine whether this work would be valuable.
What Clients Value
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
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