The decisions that matter most are the ones you make alone.
I’m Rowan Ashcombe. I work 1:1 with CEOs, MDs and senior executives who are performing well by every visible measure and still know something is off in how they’re deciding, delegating, or leading under pressure.
Six months in, most clients say the same thing: they didn’t know how much they were guessing until they stopped.
What I see most often
Most executives aren’t short on ability. They’re short on someone willing to tell them what they’re avoiding.
I spent a decade watching capable leaders undo their own good decisions.
Before coaching, I was chief of staff and interim COO for three different scale-ups, in the rooms where the hardest calls get made. I watched capable people decide well in calm weather and badly under pressure. This practice was built to interrupt that pattern, one leader at a time.
Three ways I work with senior leaders.
Every engagement is built around your actual decisions, not a generic leadership curriculum.
Executive Coaching
Fortnightly 1:1 sessions focused on the real decisions in front of you right now, not hypothetical scenarios.
Decision Review
A structured look at a specific high-stakes call before you make it, so blind spots surface before the outcome does.
Board & Investor Prep
Focused sessions ahead of board meetings, fundraises, or investor updates where the stakes of how you show up are highest.
I’d been CEO for four years before I worked with Rowan. In three months he found patterns in how I make decisions that nobody, including me, had ever named out loud.
Nathaniel Voss
CEO, Harrow Logistics Group
Let’s talk about what’s actually going on.
A single conversation is usually enough to know if this is the right fit. No pitch, no packet of slides — just a direct read on where you are.