Richard Cartlidge

Coach and Facilitator.

For over 10 years Rich has been working with leaders, leadership teams and organisations developing their leadership capability and performance.

He has a track record for realising the potential of individuals, teams and organisations and helping them navigate their journey from A to B.

Rich served in the Royal Air Force as a navigator on Chinook helicopters during which time he was selected, among other missions, to lead the first operational Chinooks into Afghanistan as mission commander following 9/11.

Experience

Rich’s military pedigree gives him credible insight into the importance of delivery under intense operational pressures. For 20+ years Rich has worked closely with senior leaders across private, public and third sectors with clients as varied as Skanska, Ogilvy, MCS, Avon & Somerset Constabulary, Avon Fire & Rescue Service, London South Bank University & numerous SMEs.

Rich’s MBTI hallmark is ‘integrity’ and he brings this value to each client, creating a safe space for them to explore their topics and driving accountability for progress to be made. He brings incisive analysis and robust challenge to each piece of work, leaving the client inspired, energised and encouraged to be their brilliant selves.

Rich is experienced as an individual coach, team coach, facilitator and is adept at speaking about leadership to large audiences at corporate events.

Qualifications and memberships

Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation.

Masters in Research in Leaderships Studies (Exeter) and an MBA (Open).

Practitioner in Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Strength Deployment Inventory (SDI), Insights Discovery, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and FIRO Element B.

Results

“Richard exemplifies the qualities of professionalism, discretion, trustworthiness, and objectivity. He consistently demonstrated intelligence and a strong sense of ethics and integrity. He combines being very challenging, and excellent deployment of ‘knife- edge’ questions, with being very supportive”

“My approach and thinking is clearly different as a result of my coaching with Rich, which has had an extremely positive effect on my business contribution”