Is your team laser-focused…
or just feeling around in the dark?
Is your organisation a well-oiled machine…
or constantly grinding its gears?
Does it feel like you’re driving huskies…
or herding cats?
Scaling a tech business is hard.
It can be frustrating, puzzling, stressful and occasionally, terrifying.
But it doesn’t have to feel like that.
You’ve read plenty of books, and taken courses on leadership skills.
But every organisation, team and leader is different. So you have to identify the skills and structures to cultivate your own leadership.
And then pull it all together.
We’re here to help.
We don’t tell you what to do – because we don’t believe there’s a playbook, and we know that the short-cuts are the easy bit. Instead, we bring emotional intelligence, systems thinking and years of operational experience together, to help you, and your organisation grow.
We give you the tools – but more importantly, provide the coaching and support to make them really work.
Why work with Gareth Marlow?
He has bucket-loads of strategic and operational experience
Gareth is the former COO of Red Gate Software, based in Cambridge, UK. He’s launched and scaled new products, grown revenue and headcount, hired, developed and occasionally fired scores of people, and acquired, integrated and divested companies. At one time or another he’s managed every part of the business – from HR to sales, product development to marketing, finance to IT. He was part of the team which was placed in the Sunday Times Best Companies lists for seven consecutive years.
He’s a geek who’s good with people
Gareth believes that the hardest thing about technology is people. He’s built high-performance teams, and has developed productive, fun and fulfilling working environments – but also made plenty of mistakes along the way. He’s at his happiest and most effective helping bright, creative, innovative people work together to solve difficult problems.
He’s an engineer
Gareth has an MA in Natural Sciences and an MEng in Chemical Engineering. Before Red Gate he ran IT at DAMTP, Stephen Hawking’s department at the University of Cambridge; managed operations at an education scheduling startup, and started his career as a systems administrator at a college. Although his hands-on tech work is now limited to using Raspberry Pis for home automation, he applies his technical knowledge to developing high-performance cultures in science and technology-led organisations. He has an engineer’s scepticism of senior management, HR bullshit, and marketing bollocks.
He’s an experienced consultant and coach
Every leader, team and organisation is different, so Gareth builds relationships quickly and creates a bespoke approach. All of his clients are repeat customers, and almost all new clients come from referrals. Gareth is a graduate of the Meyler Campbell Mastered Programme, accredited with the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches.
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