An experienced sounding board.
For decisions that deserve a second mind.
An experienced, independent view for professionals facing a decision, a difficult situation at work or a change of direction. One-to-one, in English, built around you.
The real issue, not the textbook one.
Decisions and direction
The job offer, the move abroad, the business idea, the role you have outgrown. Thinking it through properly before you choose.
Leading people
A first leadership role, a difficult colleague, a team that isn't working. How to lead without performing what leadership is supposed to look like.
Organisations and politics
How decisions really get made, who to persuade, and how to be heard by senior people.
Decisions under uncertainty
When there is no clear right answer: weighing risks honestly, and separating real risk from inherited caution.
Someone to think out loud with.
Work problems are rarely only about work. A career decision is tangled up with a relationship, a family's expectations, money, health, age. I am older than all my students, and I have lived more than most. I listen as well as I talk, and we can talk about any of it plainly.
Four decades inside organisations.
Built around you
Every session starts from what is on your mind. No programme, no script: we work on the real issue, as it is today.
Experience that applies
Partner and COO at PwC, FD and CEO, my own consultancy, and a Visiting Research Fellow in decision theory at Cranfield. I have studied how decisions are made, and I have had to make plenty of hard ones myself, including some of the mistakes.
An independent view, not an echo
I will question assumptions, offer other ways of reading the situation and help you weigh the consequences of each choice. I will never tell you what you have to do. I will tell you what I would be thinking about doing.
What actually happens.
You bring
Whatever is on your mind: a decision, a person, a problem at work, or something you can't quite name yet.
We talk it through
I listen, ask the questions that matter, and offer what forty years inside organisations has taught me.
You leave with
A clearer view of your options and their consequences, and the next step you choose.
Confidential: what you tell me stays between us. Conducted in English; your English does not need to be perfect.
A regular conversation, or one focused issue.
Introduction
A first, honest look at whether there is something here for you. No obligation.
Book now (opens in a new tab)A session
A regular sounding board. We talk about what matters to you that day, and the topics change as your work and life do.
Book a session (opens in a new tab)A focused conversation
Ninety minutes to stay with one important issue properly. For example: whether to accept a move to another country, how to tell your team about a restructure, or whether to leave and start your own business. Sometimes that is enough. Sometimes it shows what the next conversation needs to be. Tell me what it is when you book.
Book (opens in a new tab)The basics: live on Zoom. Prices in US dollars. Reschedule free with 24 hours' notice.
Another great session with Gerry. I really appreciate his specific and practical feedback, not only on my English but also on my professional communication and career development. He is more than a language teacher to me, and I truly value his perspective as a mentor. Looking forward to continuing to learn from him!
Gerry is very patient and caring. He will be aware of my status during the session, as he doesn't mind sharing his own experience to help. Like coach and a good friend at the same time. Every time after I talked, I will do the action.
More than just an international consultant and coach, Gerry has a remarkable ability to identify people's potential and help them unlock it. He changed the way I perceive opportunities and encouraged me to think bigger, act with confidence, and continuously grow both professionally and personally.
Start with a free conversation.
Thirty minutes, online, free. You can only learn from someone you like and trust, so that is what we find out first. If I can help, I will say so. If I can't, I will say that too.
Let's see if we get on (opens in a new tab)Prefer to write first? Email gerry@gerrycryer.com