James Akin-Smith - The CEO Coach Ltd

James Akin-Smith has been instrumental in opening my mind to becoming a better owner/ leader of my business. My time spent with James has given me proactive guidance and support to set both personal goals and business goals that are delivering real growth and positive impact with my customers . James's skill and direction in mentoring and coaching me to be a more focused leader and business owner has allowed me to grow as an individual and support my leadership team to have real impact on growth of the business over the last 3 years in an extremely tough time with Covid. Our business is growing from strength to strength now with real direction thanks to James's ongoing support.

James has been a big support during very challenging times. This not only included the pandemic issues, but also relocating and restructuring our business and changing all our systems. He provides a great sounding board and offers excellent advice and perspective, which has helped me make better decisions, especially during stressful times. He is also very patient and quick to respond in a crisis! I would recommend James as a coach to any CEO or Business Owner.

I have been working with James for a number of years, and his insights into business and his position as independent confidante" to a CEO has been really helpful to assist in our business growth

I have worked with James for the last year - and what a year it has been. We have seen unprecedented demand, a lack of raw materials, breakdowns in our supply chain and the most ambitious NPD programme the business has ever seen. James has helped guide us through the turmoil providing proactive advice and a great sounding board to bounce ideas around. He has been able to highlight weaknesses in our business and work with us to provide solutions and importantly the confidence to implement those solutions. He has been particularly helpful in identifying recruitments needs and supporting our recruitment process.If you are looking for practical help and advice and are prepared to be held to account then I would highly recommend the services of James. Whether for a 'reason', a 'season' or 'life'.

James has been my Business Coach for several years now, helping me steer through all the challenges of creating new products and bringing them to market. Working alongside James has given me the confidence in the decisions I have made, avoided some costly pitfalls and identified the best ways to develop myself and my business. I would highly recommend James for CEO's looking for a coach.

Having James as a coach has not only helped my business grow during unprecedented times, but also myself as a business owner and human being. His vast experience and clear passion in helping others become the best version of themselves has been inspiring. I am certain we would not be doing as well as we are now if it weren’t for James's mentoring.

Having worked with James through some very challenging times in 2020, I can safely say that without his guidance and input, we would not be where we are today. Would highly recommend linking up with James and just having a chat!

From the first day of meeting James I knew we were going to make a real impact on the business together. As a company we saw growth of over 46% in the first 3 months of working with James which is just simply outstanding.Sadly as a company we have taken a new direction with a merge and no longer work with James directly but he is still always on hand to deliver support and answer any messages!

My initial thoughts were really positive, I had a really good initial conversation with James - I felt like I could work together with him closely and drive the business forward. James is a great guy to work with - it's hard work, it's challenging so the times we meet up can be draining but he makes it fun and an enjoyable challenge!

James has been an excellent mentor and coach by providing us with knowledge, guidance and tools to grow our law firm and support our team. James is incredibly patient and always available to speak to if we require guidance. We see James as a third director to our business and his coaching has meant the firm has now doubled in size. Thank you James !