makeUabetterU - is a coaching practice I created for creative businesses & individuals.
I have spent thirty years in creative industries — as an artist, a manager and an MD. Now I coach the people navigating the same journey.
Why I coach:
I coach because it’s what I do instinctively with people. I cultivate trust, listen, evoke awareness and facilitate growth. I have practiced this throughout my career and seen it transform teams. I have witnessed what happens when a manager ignores these qualities and the success when they are applied. I want to share that potential and these techniques with you.
Who I am:
Antony Robins - I am an ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC), iPEC Certified Professional Coach (CPC), and Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner (ELI-MP).
Before becoming a coach, I spent three decades working inside industry-leading creative companies. I began my career as an award-winning visual effects artist before transitioning into senior and executive leadership roles, completing the full arc from creative execution to leading teams, culture, and commercial performance.
I now use that experience to help individuals, teams, and creative businesses strengthen leadership capability, alignment, culture and performance.
Who I help:
I help individuals, teams, and creative businesses strengthen leadership capability, alignment, culture and performance.
Individuals
Transitioning into management.
Someone stepping into a management role — navigating the shift from doing the work to leading the people who do it. Learning to delegate, give feedback and build trust with a team that may have once seen you as a peer.
Learning to be proactive and manage reactiveness.
A manager who spends most of their time putting out fires and wants to develop the skills to anticipate issues, plan ahead and lead with intention rather than reaction.
Navigating AI.
Understanding the emotional impact of rapid change, and learning to lead through it — for yourself, your team and your clients — with intention.
Teams
Building teams.
Casting, curating and mentoring — identifying the right people, developing their potential and creating an environment where they thrive.
Dysfunction to high performance.
Working through the touch points that hold teams back — purpose and motivation, relationships, internal and external pressure, learning and leadership — and creating the conditions for a team to perform at its best.
Business
Navigating growth, conflict or performance challenges.
A business that is scaling, going through change or dealing with tension between people or departments — and needs a clearer path forward.
Seeking optimal operational flow.
A business where the day to day feels harder than it should — where communication, process or people dynamics are creating friction that slows everything down.
How I can help:
Every individual, team and business are unique. Our work together will be grounded in proven frameworks, but shaped by your specific context. I ask questions, I listen, and I observe. Together, we clarify what the challenges and opportunities are, then you will determine the direction and actions that will create the greatest impact.
This work is delivered through four distinct engagements, each designed to strengthen leadership capability, alignment, and performance.
1:1 Coaching
Focused, confidential sessions that build clarity, confidence, and leadership capability, one conversation at a time.
Fractional Coaching
An embedded leadership presence within your business, creating accountability, consistency, and momentum without the cost of a full-time hire.
Hybrid Coaching
Teaching your people how to coach, weaving leadership dialogue into the daily operations of your organization so capability grows from within.
Group Coaching
Training and supporting high-performing individuals into aligned, collaborative teams.