Senior agency leaders and senior management teams of start-up agencies
For the past 21 years, Richard has been a Director of the consulting firm, Stokes & Jolly Ltd, with offices in the UK and, recently, the US. He coaches senior leaders; facilitates senior group processes; delivers keynote addresses; runs senior development programs; and works on a diverse set of consulting assignments. His clients are located in a broad range of geographies and industries, and he has consulted with leading companies in 41 countries. His main focus is working with professional services firms, creative industries, banks and private equity firms on external projects around more effective client relationships and internal projects around strategy, leadership, resilience, organizational change and succession management.
As well as having recently joined the faculty at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern, Richard has been a core faculty member at the London Business School (LBS) for the past 20 years during which time he has consistently been one of its highest rated, most innovative and award-winning teachers, identified as one of the most entrepreneurial course creators. He has taught at Columbia Business School for 13 years and over 20 other business schools around the world.
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Stokes & Jolly Consulting Ltd |
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Contact number |
07976 441 637 |
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Coaching type |
Senior agency leaders – I have coached more than 50 CEOs of agencies in UK, Europe, Asia and Americas. Also, I have coached many agency executives who are stepping up into more senior positions that require more demanding leadership skills. I have also coached the senior management teams of start-up agencies, sometimes working with them on developing the business plan before they even get started, then continuing to work with them to help them avoid the predictable traps that agencies face as they grow and mature. |
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Coaching qualifications |
WABC Certified Executive Coach Co-wrote the chapter on Executive and Leadership Coaching in the Sage Handbook of Coaching (now in its third edition) |
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Other relevant qualifications |
As a professor at London Business School and Kellogg School of Management (in US), I have run leadership programmes for all the big agency networks. My research and teaching focuses particularly on helping professional service firms build more strategic client relationships – becoming the ‘trusted advisor’ to their clients. |
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Clients |
I have worked with 24 separate agencies/agency networks over the past 22 years. |
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Awards |
Consistently, one of the most highly rated professors at London Business School: July 2014 EMBA Programmes Best Teaching Award; July 2011 EMBA Programmes Best Teaching Award – Runner-Up; July 2010 EMBA Programmes Best Teaching Award – Runner-Up; July 2010 EMBA Global Programme Best Teaching Award – Runner-Up; July 2007 EMBA Programmes Best Teaching Award – Runner-Up; July 2003 EMBA Programmes Best Teaching Award |