Jonathan Males

About my practice

I work with senior and C-suite leaders navigating significant transitions; in role, in organisation, or in their understanding of what leadership demands of them. My clients include CEOs, incoming chief executives, senior partners and executive team members across professional services, technology, financial services, natural resources and the built environment. Increasingly I also work with leaders and organisations committed to environmental stewardship and long-term custodianship — those who want to lead with care for people, communities and the planet, not just for short-term performance.

I have worked as an executive coach and leadership consultant across the UK, US and Australia since 1993, and bring a depth of experience across sectors and cultures that I draw on to help senior leaders think clearly, act with integrity and stay true to what matters in complex times.

Particular preferences and coaching strengths

I work best with senior leaders who are genuinely open to learning and who face challenges that go beyond the technical — transitions into broader enterprise-level roles, the demands of leading through uncertainty, or the search for greater meaning and purpose in their work and leadership. I'm often called in at moments of significant transition: a move from functional to enterprise leadership, a step into a CEO role, or a point where conventional frameworks no longer feel adequate.

My approach combines rigorous thinking about organisations and systems with attention to the inner work of leadership - self-awareness, values, identity and the quality of relationships. A coaching conversation with me can be highly pragmatic, helping a leader think straight and identify clear next steps, while also working at depth when that is what is needed.

My background as an elite athlete and sport psychologist, including work across seven Olympic Games, informs my understanding of performance, pressure and what enables people to flourish rather than merely cope.

Academic Qualifications

• BA (Hons) Psychology, University of Tasmania

• PhD, Aberystwyth University

• Professional Certificate, Coaching Supervision, Oxford Brookes University

• Professional Training and Accreditations

• APECS Accredited Executive Coach

• APECS Accredited Executive Team Coach

• HCPC Accredited Sport Psychologist

Accredited to use Lumina, Human Synergistics LSI and L/I, MBTI, Hogan Personality Inventory, RelationshipQ, Hay McBer ECI, LDF

Geography

Based in London; working in person and virtually with UK and international clients.

http://www.jonathanmales.com/