Adrian Kingsford

Biography

Adrian understands the power of taking action first hand.

Whether it's executive coaching, team coaching, business strategy, leadership coherence, boardroom dynamics, organisational structure, getting something from A to B (or Z) in a structured way, being a sounding board, giving someone a good listening to, or simply being a shoulder to lean (or cry) on, Adrian's transparent approach and straight-forward advice has proved invaluable to his colleagues, business partners and clients; his 'professional friends', as he proudly and respectfully calls them.

Adrian prides himself on being a no-nonsense, straight-talking, down to earth people person, respectfully saying it how he sees it, putting the needs of others first, with the right blend of empathy, humility, questions, tools, techniques, experience and passion to move things forward. He loves helping people progress and succeed; especially seeing the lightbulbs go on and those breakthrough moments when everything clicks into place.

With a progressive 25 year career in technology, services, management and leadership, Adrian has worked as a Leader Coach with business owners, entrepreneurs, executives, boards, leadership teams and key individuals, to unleash their potential and make profound breakthroughs that have been hugely impactful to them, their organisations, their culture and their performance.

Adrian can help you identify where you're stuck and help you take the necessary action to move everything and everyone forward. Working together, we'll clarify where you are now, where you want to get to, and define who needs to do what by when, aligning people, process and technology, and enabling better outcomes.

Experience

Adrian is an accountable, creative, and strategic business leader, coach and mentor, with over 25 years’ experience creating business value and better outcomes. He is highly focused on building client success and satisfaction, by cultivating trusted relationships and professional friendships while implementing business and leadership systems and strategies.

While much of his career has centred around the technology industry, he has also supported businesses from a leadership, commercial, operational and governance standpoint. This has been showcased through exceptional strategic business planning, problem solving, management reporting, data protection, business continuity, risk management, information security governance and identifying the required systems, solutions and services to transform organisations and their people.

Adrian has transitioned to the next level, sharing his widespread technology, leadership and people knowledge, business acumen and advisory experiences; to give back and help others achieve their aspirations, to drive businesses through the digital age and beyond. Moreover, he aims to direct client leadership teams to achieve business outcomes, by simplifying requirements, streamlining operations, and leveraging the best from people, processes and technology.

BSc (Hons) - Distributed Information Systems
Post Graduate Course - Project Management
TOGAF® 9 Certified
Certification in Security Awareness
NED Certificate – In Touch Networks
Member of the Association for Coaching (AC)
Member of the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM)
ILM Level 7 Certificate for Executive and Senior Level Coaches and Mentors (in progress)
Powered By Change™ Certified Executive Coach
Corporate Coach International – Certificate of Achievement – RTC Leadership & Coaching

Area Of Expertise