You’re building a business. Does it feel like you’re carrying everything?
I’m Tom. I help founders think clearly, make difficult decisions and lead with more confidence, without running themselves into the ground. So you can spend less time second-guessing yourself, give your team more room to take ownership, and have energy left for the people and things outside work.
Together, we’ll work through the pressures you’re facing, understand what’s keeping you stuck, and make practical changes to how you work and lead.
EMCC Coach Practitioner
Psychology BSc
Corporate Leadership Background
A chance to talk about where you are and whether I can help. No obligation.
You’re the person everyone comes to. Where do you go?
Your team needs answers. There are customers to keep happy, commitments to meet and decisions that won’t make themselves. You care deeply about what you’re building. But finding space to think about how you’re doing can feel surprisingly difficult.
Perhaps some of this sounds familiar:
You spend the day dealing with whatever shouts loudest. The work that really needs your attention gets moved to tomorrow. Again.
You keep going over a decision, looking for enough information to feel certain. Meanwhile, it’s taking up rather a lot of space in your head.
You want your team to take more ownership. But you keep checking, stepping in or doing it yourself because it feels quicker.
There’s a conversation you need to have with a co-founder, colleague or investor. You’ve had it several times in your head. Just not with them.
People see someone capable and confident. You’re privately wondering whether you’re up to what comes next.
You’re tired, but your brain has scheduled a strategy meeting for 3am. Attendance appears to be compulsory.
A difficult week in the business starts to feel like a verdict on you.
You’re home, but still half at work. The people you care about are getting whatever’s left.
You want the business to do well. You’d also like to feel clearer, steadier and more in charge of how you lead it.
Hello.
I coach people who are carrying a lot of responsibility and finding that their usual way of pushing through is starting to cost them.
My work has included supporting a founder through the decision to sell their business, helping senior leaders delegate more effectively, and helping clients act on decisions they’d spent months going round in circles over.
I’m an EMCC-accredited coach with a degree in psychology and a background in sales and corporate leadership. I bring that experience to the pressures, doubts and difficult choices that come with running a business.
You’ll have space to say what’s actually going on, including the things you feel you should already have figured out. I’ll listen carefully, challenge assumptions and help you turn what we uncover into something you can use. There’s room for a laugh, too.
How we’ll work together
Through one-to-one conversations, exercises and practical steps between sessions, we’ll focus on three things.
1. Understand what’s driving the pressure
We’ll look at what’s happening in the business and how you’re responding to it. That might mean unpicking overthinking, self-doubt, taking too much on or finding it hard to switch off. You’ll understand your patterns and where you can start to change them.
2. Get clearer on decisions and how you want to lead
We’ll work through the choices you’re facing, taking the real risks and responsibilities seriously. We’ll examine what needs your attention, what others could own, and what might be keeping you involved in everything. You’ll have space to work out what you think before deciding what to do.
3. Put it into practice
We’ll turn that clarity into changes in your working week: a conversation you’ve been avoiding, responsibility you hand over, a decision you act on, or boundaries you follow through on. Then we’ll review what happened and work through whatever makes those changes difficult to maintain.
The work starts with what you need now, whether that’s one difficult decision or a pattern you’re ready to change.
Reckon I could help? Let’s talk.
Imagine making a decision and being able to get on with it. Handing something over and letting it stay handed over. Coming home with enough headspace to enjoy being there.
Having somewhere to think things through can help you approach the business with more perspective, back your judgement and follow through on what matters.
If running the business is taking more out of you than you’d like, I’d be happy to talk.
In a free initial conversation, we’ll explore what’s happening, what you’d like to change, and whether working together feels like a good fit.
You don’t need to arrive with a neatly defined problem. “There’s a lot going on” is a perfectly good starting point.
Drop me an email at tom@tgm-coaching.com or book in below.