Gary Bishop, MBA
Coaching the Leaders We All Need
Executive Coach (EMCC) | CEO | Founder | Facilitator | Passionate about growing individuals, teams and organisations that make a difference in the world.
Everything rises and falls on leadership?
Leadership is the most wonderful opportunity to affect change, create brilliant products and services and transform communities. Beyond that its in incredible chance to make a real impact on the lives of the individuals who make up your team and organisation.
Leadership can also be challenging, especially in times of significant change. It’s not always easy to see the way forward, make those big decisions and hold the responsibility. I’ve been there in my work as an entrepreneur, founder and CEO.
I can help.
I’ve worked as a senior leader and leadership coach for over 20 years, helping people explore undiscovered truths about themselves and their potential and plot new ways to thrive in life, work and leadership.
Let’s talk and see if I can help you find what you’re looking for.
“Gary's authenticity and challenge will help you to develop your leadership to the next level.”
Dr A. Jones
Welcome
Hi there,
Thanks for coming onto the site, I hope you find what you’re looking for.
I’m Gary, I’m married to Hannah and we live in a fantastic city on the South Coast of England called Brighton with our 3 children. I’ve been leading teams, projects and organisations for over 30 years, starting out in industry then community work in Brighton before moving to Manchester where we lived and worked in one of Britain’s toughest neighbourhoods building community and initiating change for 12 years..
In 2010 we founded a charity called Justlife and having built that from scratch, 6 years later we helped to create a healthcare company called Arch Healthcare where I am currently CEO.
I know what it feels like to crave growth as a leader, to feel overwhelmed, isolated and vulnerable. As a coach it is my role to step into that space with talented people and help them thrive in leadership and life and begin to achieve things which they never thought possible. Read more.
The point is not to become a leader: the point is to become yourself completely.
Warren Bennis
What People Are Saying
“It has turned out to be quite a soul opening journey, where my “business” has been the front story but my personality has been the backstory. As we’ve worked through some of the struggles I’ve faced, and shared the wins, I’ve found aspects of my character and personality become revealed, that directly impact how I go about business. Gary listens and cuts through the noise, my noise, and helps me see more clearly what’s so often right in front of me. As a result of our monthly sessions, I have grown. I have become more self aware. And I find that I can apply the learned strategies and behaviours to new challenges. Gary has a gift for this stuff.”
John Clark - Business Owner
“As a leader of the organisation, in my first CEO role, I have found the coaching sessions invaluable in providing a safe “external space” to pause, reflect and consider next steps. This has helped me in both finding ways to solve immediate challenges and also working through identified priorities or areas of development as key themes throughout the year. This has been a huge benefit to me in my personal role development journey but also, I am sure, to our organisation.”
Dr Sarah Styles, CEO
“Gary exemplifies the authenticity and expertise that twenty-first century leaders require. In times of change, we all need a coach who can help us find our way, enabling us to navigate complexity and opportunity with clarity and creativity. If that’s what you’re looking for, look no further.”
Rev Dr Russell Rook OBE, House of Lords
“He has the ability to explore personal traits and characteristics and gently challenge preconceived ideas. I was able to build confidence in my ability to lead with authenticity”
Dr. Julian Greaves, Senior Partner
“Gary is an innovator and has a long track record of initiating and then leading organisations effectively giving him a leadership authenticity and wealth of experience to draw from that will both inspire and resource you.”
Dr Alastair Jones, Business Owner,
“Gary is a an amazing mix of insightful and thoughtful, of direct and driven and reflective and human. He's a great listener and is able to create space for people to work through challenges with insightful prods and generous support. He's the kind of person that people want to be around.”
Jake Hayman, Serial Entreprenuer
“From the coaching space came all the things that I didn’t know I needed to talk about and all the actions I didn’t know I needed to take”
Dr Craig Milne, NHS
“Gary is an excellent leader and coach because he naturally and effectively brings together simple but profoundly important complementary traits. He is a compelling communicator and a good listener, he is a thinker and a do-er, he is a learner from others and a creator of new things, and he’s compassionate and bold.”
Steve Coles, Non-Executive Director, Business Owner