Region
Europe
Area of expertise
Working Parents
Tom Beardshaw
Executive Coach & Paternity Specialist
Tom is an accomplished executive coach with over a decade of experience in guiding leaders, entrepreneurs, and high-potential individuals through complex professional challenges and transitions. He excels in helping clients navigate pivotal moments in their life and careers, whether it’s adapting to new roles, launching innovative ventures, or balancing the demands of leadership with personal responsibilities. Tom’s approach is grounded in a deep understanding of organisational dynamics and a commitment to helping his clients unlock their fullest potential.
With a strong track record of supporting new parents, founders, intra/entrepreneurs and ambitious professionals, Tom is skilled at helping clients clarify their vision, sharpen their focus, and achieve sustainable success. His integrative coaching style combines strategic insight with practical, actionable guidance, making him a trusted partner for those looking to reach their next level of performance.
In addition to his extensive experience in executive coaching, Tom has developed a specialism in working with neurodivergent clients, including those with ADHD, Autism, dyslexia and other neurological conditions. Drawing from his postgraduate studies in Neurodiversity Coaching at the University of London and his own lived experience, Tom brings a unique perspective to supporting clients in understanding and harnessing the strengths of their neurotype.
Tom’s empathetic and tailored approach ensures that each client, regardless of their background or challenges, feels seen, supported, and empowered to thrive in both their professional and personal lives. He is passionate about helping individuals navigate the intersection of their environment, their talent, and their ambitions to achieve high performance and meaningful growth.
Coaching Style
Highly attuned to individual client’s qualities, needs and goals, Tom’s coaching style is structured to allow them to develop self advocacy, relevant insights, and achievable plans and results. Tom focuses on developing a strong partnership with his clients and uses his insight to enable them to process their experiences and learn to develop their self-awareness, so that they are able to advocate for their needs, harness their own strengths in support of self-development and pursue their goals.
Special Interests
Tom is particularly interested in coaching individuals with neurodivergent conditions such as ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia and others, he has experience with adaptive techniques for managing such conditions and processing a new diagnosis. He is also a passionate advocate of the value of men’s engagement with their children and family life, and is experienced in working with clients to enable them to coordinate demanding careers with demanding personal lives.
Training & Qualifications
Tom has a degree in Anthropology from the London School of Economics, a Master’s Degree in Ethics from Cardiff University. He is an Accredited Executive Coach and MBTI Practitioner. Currently studying for a PG Cert in Neurodiversity Coaching at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is a member of the Association for Coaching.
Current Clients
Since joining ECC in 2011, Tom has worked with executives in a variety of managerial and professional roles in Allen & Overy, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, MediaCom and CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang.
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