What if there’s something you’re missing?
When you’re responsible for the outcome, it can be surprisingly difficult to see the whole picture.
Perhaps nobody is challenging your thinking. Perhaps the organisational problem isn’t what it first appears. Or perhaps you need someone with the experience and independence to ask a different question.
The detail that changes the picture.
Three ways I can help you.
You don’t need another reassuring opinion. You need to understand what you’re dealing with, what really matters and what needs to happen next. I work with individuals, leaders and organisations.
Coaching
Who challenges your thinking when you’re too close to a problem? I offer executive, performance and personal coaching to help you work through difficult decisions, improve performance or make changes in your professional or personal life. You don’t need to be a senior leader to work with me.
Independent reviews
When something doesn’t add up, you need more than speculation or another internal opinion. I examine sensitive issues, organisational culture, leadership and operational performance to help you understand what happened, why and what needs to change.
Strategic consultancy
Specialist advice on police policy and procedure, organisational risk, leadership and high-stakes decision-making. I also deliver keynote speeches and leadership sessions drawing on first-hand experience of command and accountability.
Sometimes the problem isn’t the one everyone’s trying to solve.
And sometimes the most useful question is the one nobody has asked.
It takes experience to recognise when something doesn’t add up, but it also takes the humility to know that your own view might be incomplete. I bring investigative rigour, strategic leadership experience and an independent perspective to both people and organisations.
As a senior leader in public services I work in a high-pressure environment, but also one which is very competitive for career progression. I have been working with Jodie as my coach for a few months now and have not experienced coaching of this quality before. Jodie really gets to the heart of the matter, allowing me to find the truth of not only what my drivers and goals are, but ways in which I am holding myself back. The clarity she helps provide has made a tremendous difference in how I see both work and personal goals. This is a coaching relationship I hope continues for years to comeSenior Public Leader
I’ve been the person making the difficult decision.
And I’ve been the person who needed someone to challenge my thinking.
Before founding Rowan Sage Advisory, I spent 28 years in the Metropolitan Police, retiring as a Detective Superintendent. I’ve investigated murders, commanded firearms and kidnap operations, led hundreds of people and held strategic responsibility across four operational commands comprising approximately 2,000 people.
I’ve seen what happens when leaders ask difficult questions, and what happens when nobody does. Today, I use that experience, alongside my background in psychology and professional coaching, to help leaders and organisations find what they might be missing.
I’m direct, curious and fair. I don’t believe challenge needs to come at the expense of compassion, and I don’t believe learning should be confused with blame.
Read my storyExperience
I’ve carried responsibility for the decisions, people and results that leaders are accountable for.
Insight
Looking beyond the obvious, questioning what everyone assumes and recognising what may have been missed.
Integrity
Independent thinking, fairness and candour, even when the conversation or conclusion is uncomfortable.
What if the thing you’re missing is another perspective?
If there’s a decision you’re wrestling with, a problem that won’t go away or something within your organisation that doesn’t quite add up, tell me about it. I’ll tell you whether I think I can help.
Book a confidential conversationNo lengthy brief. No obligation to commit. Just a conversation.