About us

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Our purpose

Our goal is to create a new standard of leadership defined by trustworthiness that is embraced by every type of executive, which will make a meaningful and credible impact at board level within companies across all sectors. Through a unique combination of commercial acumen and coaching expertise, our team strives to help executives drive change that is both sustainable and measurable.

Why we’re different

There are many organisations around that offer leadership development and coaching. So you’re probably wondering what makes us stand out from the crowd.

It’s actually pretty simple: many organisations have a great model for leadership development, but don’t know how to implement it. Others don’t have a model, so simply use other people’s established frameworks.

That’s why the Trusted Executive is different. We have our own highly proven model, and we know how to implement it effectively.

Nine Habits of Trust

Our Nine Habits of Trust methodology is more than just theory: it’s academically researched and verified to help business leaders build better trust in how they operate. Combined with our unique combination of board-level expertise, commercial acumen and extensive experience, we can successfully put this model into practice and make it fit into the real-world reality of your business.

Request a call back today to find out how the Journey of Trust
can benefit you and your business.

Our Partners

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Our Founder

As an entrepreneur, corporate leader, CEO executive coach and thought leader, John Blakey has made it his life’s work to understand why businesses struggle with trust in leadership and the potential impacts of this on the overall health and success of an organisation.

John developed the academically researched and verified ‘Nine Habits of Trust’ methodology – now regarded as a reliable and consistent measuring tool to identify the leader behaviours most likely to inspire trust.

Our Team

Click on the photos below to find out more about the skills and experience of our team:

Dr John Blakey

Mac Farquhar

Russell Atkinson

Russell Atkinson

Glen Daley

Glen Daley

 

 

 

 

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John BlakeyJohn Blakey

It has been my life’s work to research and practice how trust and challenge contribute to building high performance teams and organisational cultures. As an entrepreneur, corporate leader, CEO executive coach and thought leader, I have worked at the highest levels in both business and sport to support and challenge brave leaders who are pioneering to create purpose-led organisations where success is measured by results, relationships and reputation.

My role in the Foundation is to inspire and motivate senior leaders through delivering thought-provoking, pragmatic keynote sessions based on the best-selling books ‘Challenging Coaching’ and ‘The Trusted Executive’, as well as working 1-2-1 with CEOs as an executive coach to help them build the habits of trust and challenge in their day-to-day leadership roles.

Mac Farquhar

Mac Farquhar

Throughout my business career as a manager and a coach, I have long been curious about why leadership has not improved as a result of all the investment that has gone into its development. Sadly, in some quarters, it appears to have gone backwards, not forwards.

Thankfully, the answer to this paradox is emerging from the research conducted by John Blakey and others into the power of trust and its effect on engagement and performance. In particular, the difference that benevolence makes when shown by leaders of ability and integrity in creating a culture of trust.

As a co-Director of the Trusted Executive Foundation, it is a rewarding experience for me to have the opportunity to co-create with our clients and our team, a new standard for leadership defined by trustworthiness. One that is supported by a strong sense of purpose that extends beyond profit to develop long-term, sustainable, and successful businesses, that care about humanity and the world we live in.

Russell AtkinsonRussell Atkinson

I am currently an NED and Chair of the advisory board at the Trusted Executive Foundation.

I was formerly Chief Executive of NAHL Group plc, which I joined in 2012, and had a pivotal role in implementing its strategy following major regulatory change in the consumer legal services market. I also led its successful flotation onto AIM in 2014 on behalf of its former private equity owners.

Prior to joining NAHL, I held senior executive roles at international firms including Lebara Mobile, Blackhawk Network (a division of Safeway Inc) and was Director of E-Payments at Travelex.

I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree from Leicester Polytechnic, a diploma in marketing from The Chartered Institute of Marketing and am a Fellow of the Institute of Directors.

Glen DaleyGlen Daley

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