leadership reset
pathway
In 3 months, regain a steadier baseline, repair trust and reputation and return to sustainable performance.
A 3-Month 1:1 Coaching Programme for Senior Leaders
what made you
successful may be costing you
The world now needs leaders who can:
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Hold the pressure and stay human - calm inside, not just composed outside
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Who can balance action and recovery - so judgement stays clean and performance sustainable
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Who can lead from values, not validation - setting a healthier example others can follow
KEY STATS
350%
Typical self reported ROI (client estimate)
18
Years I've spent in leadership transformation
5000
The number of leaders I've coached and trained (from first-time leaders to C-suite)
reset PATHWay
why change how You lead?
Because the pressure profile of leadership has changed - and it’s changing leaders with it. In many organisations, “high performance” now means constant stimulation: back-to-back meetings, always-on communications, rapid change, and little tolerance for uncertainty. Under that load, the nervous system adapts. What starts as commitment can quietly become compulsion.
And it’s common. Research by McKinsey & Hogan suggests around half of leaders fail at some point. That doesn’t mean they're weak - it means sustained strain reliably undermines both judgement and behaviour. Most leaders don’t collapse. They narrow: more urgency, more control, more proving… less listening, less recovery, less range. You may still look calm and capable - but inside, leadership starts to cost more energy than it should. Truth arrives later. Decision quality gets poorer. Meaning thins.
Reset is the intervention point: a course-correction that restores a steadier baseline and rebuilds how you lead - so performance becomes sustainable and you lead at your best again.
why work with me?
I don’t speak about Reset from theory. I learned it the hard way.
Twice in my leadership career I brushed up against burnout. My coping strategies looked like “strong leadership” at first: doubling down, controlling, pushing harder, staying across everything. My sleep and health took the hit. Then my leadership narrowed: less patience, less listening, faster decisions with less wisdom, more edge with less humanity - and the cost leaked into relationships and culture.
In high-pressure leadership, self-regulation isn’t a lifestyle accessory - it’s a strategic capability. I learned to map what makes me reactive, spot early warning cues, and practise the interventions that bring me back to calm authority: better recovery, cleaner boundaries, clearer choices, fewer overplays. Have you?
These experiences are now woven into how I coach. Indeed I’ve spent 18+ years designing and delivering leadership transformation in high pressure systems needing a reset - including work with organisations such as Google, McKinsey, Morgan Stanley, Accenture, Deloitte, Walmart, the Bank of England, Amgen, Unilever, Vodafone, Nasdaq, Stripe, IKEA, Harrods and Versace.
ACCREDITATION
I hold the following certifications:
some organisations my clients work for
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Eileen laillier
COO,
Weinstein Beverage Co
"Lucky is the person on whom Nikolai shines his brilliance, humour and ability to reframe, unlocking fresh ways of thinking and being. If you’re looking for someone to simply mirror your words, go elsewhere. But if you want a partner who dives deep, unearthing and refining the gold with you, Nikolai is a true gem.”
nicola amiss
SVP,
Richardson
"I feel very blessed to have had Nikolai as my thinking partner and coach over the past 6 months. He has a very unique skill of being able to hold space for you to reflect and an almost magical way of evoking awareness. He continues to help me work through sticky leadership challenges and be more energised, balanced and fulfilled.
Yasha Vojdani
Co-Founder,
The HUB
"Nikolai is a naturally talented coach with wisdom way beyond his years.
In an increasingly complex and demanding world Nikolai has helped me focused on what’s important and work out how to generate immediate impact.”
Paul ruggier
Co-Founder,
Xchanging plc
"Nikolai has helped me enormously, from leading from my values through to helping me overcome some significant personal issues. Nikolai draws on his vast experience, wisdom, use of powerful tools and techniques, including many which are quite unconventional and new to me, but very effective.”
Who is this for?
The Reset Pathway is for you if…
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You’re a leader still delivering - but it’s starting to cost more than it should (energy, patience, health, relationships).
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You’re a leader noticing leakage under pressure (sharper tone, over-control, avoidance, over-carrying, or going flat).
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You want fast, dignified, discreet course-correction - no labels, no drama, real traction.
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You don't know quite where you went wrong, but you've received difficult feedback and want to lead at your best again.
If you want a coach who will flatter you, this won’t be a fit. But if you want a coach who can hold truth with care - and dare you to become more - welcome.
what to expect?
Most leadership focuses only on performance. At this level, performance likely isn’t the bottleneck. Capacity is. Reset is a course-correction across three domains in parallel - so change is fast, real, and durable.
1. stabilise
Your baseline
2. re-write the pressure pattern
3. rebuild sustainable leadership
Restore calm, recovery, and clarity so judgement comes back online and wholeness is restored.
Identify the protective strategies running you (over-control, over-functioning, pleasing, perfectionism, avoidance) and update the beliefs underneath - so leadership becomes choice - rather than striving.
Repair trust and earn the truth earlier; redesign delegation, decision rights, pace and boundaries - so performance stops costing you and everyone around you.
what's included?
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10 × 60-minute sessions across 6 months (accelerated cadence of 10 sessions available for urgent timelines)
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A weekly Minimum Effective Leadership Practice ( 2 min & 10 min versions)
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A Baselining Exercise and Reset Dashboard (tracked monthly) so we can prove progress:
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A premium Digital Coaching Platform (everything in one place: dashboard, practices, experiments, notes)
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World Class Diagnostics as mirrors: Leadership Circle Profile + Hogan + Complete's Values for Leaders (Spiral Dynamics-informed)
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Agreed hours accessibility: Whatsapp Nikolai in between coaching sessions for decision and experiment support
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Guarantee: If after session 3 you don’t feel confident in the plan and process, you don’t continue and I refund you.
your plan To stop the pressure Pattern before it costs you
The Reset 1:1 coaching pathway is limited to 10 seats at a time. It draws from my two decades in leadership development, cutting edge neuro and behavioural science and studies from Harvard, Leadership Circle and others. In the program, you’ll get the support, systems and accountability to become a more steady and sustainable leader in 3 months. If you’d like to explore fit, and if it’s right, reserve a seat, schedule your chemistry call.
Book a chemistry call
with Nikolai
Assess mutual fit and create your high level reset plan
Get the support, systems and accountability to become a more masterful leader
30 minutes • confidential • no obligation
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