Andrew Tallents

Trusted Advisor | Self-Coaching Expert | Conscious Leadership Coach | Author | Motivational Speaker | Podcast Host

I help CEOs and Founders accelerate profit, purpose and performance—by transforming how they lead themselves and their teams.

For over 30 years, I’ve worked with ambitious leaders across the globe as they focused on building self-led, high-performing boards and leadership teams.

CEOs and Founders come to me when they:

Want to scale sustainably without burning out

Need their leadership team aligned and moving fast

Seek an experienced thought partner to help them think clearly


Our work together is practical and transformative. Whether through high-impact executive coaching, strategic workshops, team alignment programmes, or keynote speaking, I bring clarity, courage, and challenge to leaders who are serious about results—both personal and professional.

I'm also the author of Self-Coaching for Leaders and the creator of a growing AI-powered self-coaching movement. My approach blends insight with action, helping leaders get out of their own way so they can unlock performance in others.

If you're a CEO or Founder scaling a team, preparing for investment, or navigating complexity at the top—let’s talk.

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The Tallents Partnership works with business leaders around the world to improve the leadership capability of their boards and senior management teams. Offering a consultative approach, we deliver a variety of world class human capital solutions through a team of experienced consultants. The Tallents Partnership believes in serving its clients at a local and global level.

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What if your leadership style was shaped not by who you wanted to be… 
but by who you were trying not to disappoint?

That question defined the early journey of Gina Panayiotou LLB, LLM, CBA, MBA, a maritime lawyer turned sustainability strategist and founder of Oceans Arena.

For years, Gina built her leadership on confidence, composure and external validation. 

She did everything “right.”

Until she realized that performing leadership and being a leader are not the same thing.

Lessons from Gina’s journey:
➡️ Confidence without authenticity drains energy. 
True leadership connects, it doesn’t perform.

➡️ Vulnerability creates engagement. 
Teams follow those who show their humanity.

➡️ Transition takes courage. 
Leaving law to pursue sustainability wasn’t failure; it was alignment.

➡️ Impact leadership starts within. 
Purpose becomes power when you lead from your true north.

➡️ Self-awareness fuels change. 
Reflection isn’t indulgence, it’s a leadership discipline.

Gina’s story is a reminder that real leadership is about connection, courage and living in alignment with your values.

🎧 Listen to Gina’s full episode here: https://lnkd.in/e9dJHJqF

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Not everything that screams for your attention deserves it.

But when you’re scaling, leading or firefighting?
It all feels urgent.

The Slack ping.
The calendar stack.
The back-to-back “can I grab you for 5?” moments.

Before you know it, your day’s gone
and you never touched what actually mattered.
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🔵 Urgency is not the same as importance.

High-performing CEOs don’t just prioritize tasks.

- They protect decisions.
- They build the discipline to pause, reflect and choose with intention.

Because chasing urgency is reactive leadership.

Choosing importance? That’s self-leadership.

Here’s your move:
✅ Cut one urgent-but-unimportant item
✅ Block time for thinking, not just doing
✅ Reflect: is this noise or is this necessary?

Clarity is built in moments like these.

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You know how to move fast. But have you mastered the pause?

This week’s edition dives into one of the most undervalued leadership skills: deliberate reflection. 

Not as a luxury, but as a serious strategy.

🔵 Why the best CEOs are stepping back to step ahead
🔵 How speed without reflection leads to reactive decisions
🔵 What leaders gain when they slow down with intention
🔵 Simple habits that turn reflection into a high-performance tool

If you’re always thinking two steps ahead, maybe it’s time to look within instead.

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I've coached 100+ CEOs. There's one conversation they're all avoiding.

It's not with their board. Or their co-founder. Or their biggest client.

It's with themselves.

They've mastered every external conversation that matters. Board updates, investor pitches, team alignment. They can articulate vision, defend strategy, inspire action.

But ask them what they actually want?

Silence.

Not what the business needs. Not what will scale fastest. Not what fits the founder playbook they've been following.

What genuinely brings them alive.

They've become optimization machines for everyone else's agenda. Reading rooms, meeting expectations, hitting targets. They're excellent at it.

But they've lost the ability to read themselves.

The avoidance isn't accidental.

This conversation is terrifying. Because what if the answer doesn't align with what they've already built? What if years of "smart" decisions led them somewhere they don't want to be?

So they stay busy instead.

They chase bigger metrics. Optimize for vanity milestones. Pivot constantly because nothing feels right. Work harder hoping the fulfillment will eventually come.

Meanwhile, they help their teams get clear on goals and values.

The irony is crushing.

When was the last time you asked yourself: "What do I actually want from this life I'm building?"

That conversation you're avoiding?

It's the only one that matters.

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Your leadership capability never changes.

But the wrong environment will drain it completely.

You're the same leader whether you're:

🔵 Fighting a micromanaging board that questions every move
🔵 Battling investors who don't understand your vision
🔵 Swimming upstream against a culture that resists growth

The difference isn't your worth.
It's the system around you.

Wrong environment? You survive.
Second-guessing every decision.
Burning energy on politics.
Your team feels the strain.

Right environment? You thrive.

Your voice carries weight.
Your vision gets resources.
Your confidence becomes contagious.

Same capability. Different outcomes.

The question isn't whether you're good enough.
The question is whether your environment amplifies what you bring.

Stop proving yourself in places designed to diminish you.

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If this resonates, share it with a leader who needs to hear it.

I coach CEOs and Founders who hide their hardest truths.

 Real success starts with honest self-reflection.

 If you lead others, start here:
 • Admit what scares you most
 • Share pressures with trusted peers
 • Build a space to speak openly
 • Review your story without judgement

Leaders grow when they stop pretending they’re fine.

What truths do others rarely talk about in leadership?
P.S.
We explore this every week on my podcast Confessions of a Successful Leader.

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Host of High Performance/ TV Presenter/Entrepreneur/Investor

No one says this out loud, so I will:

Successful people are dying inside, and we're all pretending not to notice.

The statistics that keep me awake at night...

Every week, someone who "has it all" takes their own life.

The entrepreneur with the perfect Instagram.
The executive with the corner office.
The influencer with millions of followers.

But here's what I now know from interviewing high performers:

Success doesn't cure depression.
Money doesn't buy mental health.
Achievement doesn't fill the void.

The numbers don't lie:

→ Successful people are 3x more likely to suffer from anxiety
→ High achievers report feeling "empty" despite external success
→ 1 in 4 leaders struggle with mental health issues in silence

We've created a culture where vulnerability is weakness.

Where asking for help is failure.

Where suffering in silence is seen as strength.

It's not.

Your mental health isn't a luxury you can afford later.

It's the foundation everything else is built on.

Check in on your successful friends.

They might be the ones who need it most. 🦁

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I’ve coached CEOs for years and I used to chase noise.
 It nearly burnt me out.

Clarity beats chaos.

If you want clarity, start here:

Cut one draining task today
Say no to one low-value request
Choose one move that matters
Protect one hour for thinking
Review your week with honesty

Simple choices build powerful leaders.
What clarity move do others rely on most?

Take the high performance leadership quiz now —
 see what’s really driving your success.

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What lessons can you learn from the insights of Alistair Dormer? Share in comments.

To become more aware of how you can improve your effectiveness as a leader from tomorrow click on the link below to access a two minute quiz that will provide you with an insightful report on practical steps you can take immediately.

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What if the best preparation for corporate leadership… 
was jumping off a sinking ship?

That’s where Alistair Dormer’s story begins - literally.

From nearly drowning in naval training to becoming the first non-Japanese CEO of a Hitachi business, Alistair has led through warzones, boardrooms, and culture clashes with one unshakable belief:

Leadership is earned through trust - not titles.

Lessons from Alistair’s journey:
➡️ Be ready - or get ready: he passed the Navy’s swim test after 24 attempts

➡️ True authority is shared: he learned to unlock a team’s talent by giving credit, not taking it

➡️ Clarity wins cross-cultural trust: leading in Japan taught him that miscommunication is usually your responsibility

➡️ Big wins require bigger humility: after landing a $10B deal, his CEO simply asked, “what’s next?”

➡️ Know your strengths: his leadership edge? Building, not maintaining. Empowering, not controlling.

This conversation is a masterclass in scaling with empathy, leading across cultures, and showing up without ego - even when the stakes are sky-high.

🎧 Watch and listen here: https://lnkd.in/eRSm6T7G

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CEO / Managing Director eCommerce | Delivering Results in Retail eCommerce Companies | Expertise in Digital Strategy, Sales + Marketing | Emphasis on SME + Post-Founder Transition

eCommerce has been a passion of mine for over 25 years and I've enjoyed working with and mentoring so many talented people. I have a new role opportunity for someone who shares the same passion for eCommerce, especially CRO.

This is very much an on-site role, focus and emphasis on conversion, rather than traffic generation. The role is based in the North-West, on-site as I find this more effective and productive. 

Anyone interested, please drop me a DM with a couple of recent achievements.

To my wonderful network of recruiters, I'm not looking for support at this stage.

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Most leaders know they need to work on themselves.

Few actually start.

They're waiting for:
🔵 The business to stabilize
🔵 The team to settle
🔵 The next quarter to calm down
🔵 The right program to appear

Meanwhile, reactive patterns deepen.

Burnout builds.

Decision fatigue increases.

The cost of waiting isn't just personal.
It's organizational.

⚠️ Teams mirror stressed leadership
⚠️ Culture defaults to crisis mode
⚠️ Strategic thinking gets pushed aside
⚠️ Growth becomes unsustainable

Here's what I've learned:

That "perfect moment" isn't coming.

The chaos you're managing today is exactly where your development needs to happen.

Not after the storm.
During it.

Because the skills that got you here won't scale you there.

And the inner work you avoid now will only compound later.

The leaders who grow aren't the ones who wait for calm.

They're the ones who build capacity while building the business.

Starting with 15 minutes of reflection.
Setting one boundary this week.
Pausing before reactive decisions.

Small shifts in the middle of chaos.

So here's the question worth sitting with:

What would change if you stopped waiting and started anyway?

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Most scaling founders will drift into January without a plan.

They'll ride December's chaos straight into Q1. Reactive. Scattered. Still fighting the same fires they promised to fix last quarter.

But here's the real problem:

It's not lack of planning. It's planning for too much.

I've seen this pattern dozens of times. Strategic plans created in December that fail by February because they're bloated. Fifteen priorities. Seven initiatives. Three "focus areas."

That's not strategy. That's wishful thinking.

The discipline you need is essentialism.

Doing less. But better.

Here's what that looks like right now:

Pick ONE north star metric for Q1. Not five priorities. One thing that will move your business forward. Is it monthly recurring revenue? Net revenue retention? Gross margin improvement? Choose one. Everything else is secondary.

Audit your current commitments. Every recurring meeting. Every ongoing project. Every "strategic initiative." Ask: Does this directly serve my north star metric? If not, kill it. Cancel it. Delegate it. Get it off your plate.

Block time NOW for deep work on that priority in January. Open your calendar. Block 4-6 hour chunks every week starting January 2nd. Treat these like board meetings. Non-negotiable.

Create accountability that sticks. Don't just tell yourself. Tell your team at the next all-hands what you're committing to. Put it in your board deck. Share it with your founder peer group. Make it impossible to quietly abandon when February gets messy.

The founders who scale aren't the ones doing everything.

They're the ones doing the right thing consistently.

December is ending before you know it. January is coming.

What's your ONE thing?

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Comment below with your Q1 north star metric. Make it public. Make it real.

Most leaders know what they do.

Far fewer know why it energizes them  

or why it slowly drains them.

That’s the real difference between momentum and stagnation.

Authentic impact leadership isn’t about being louder, tougher or more impressive.

🔵 It’s about finding your True North… 
and choosing to lead from it every day.

When you shift from 
authority → influence,
approval → authenticity,
directing → developing…

you stop managing people

and start shaping leaders.

If you want a team that thinks independently, leads boldly and moves with purpose, it starts with how grounded you are.

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Find your true north

Founders are dedicating 10–20 hours a week to tasks that AI can handle. 

Over the past five years, I have invested in deep inner work and developed AI systems that enable me to concentrate on what truly matters. 

I no longer feel overwhelmed or stretched. My business is growing predictably, and I am enjoying working on the business instead of feeling consumed by it. 

While the concept is straightforward, it demands discipline in execution. 

For those interested in learning how I achieved this, feel free to reach out.

When does power stop helping and start hurting?

This week’s edition, featuring last week's conversation with Gina Panayiotou LLB, LLM, CBA, MBA explores the quiet ways leaders misuse power, often without knowing it and how to shift from control to connection.

Inside:

🔍 Why strong leaders hide behind strength

💬 What happens when power silences, not supports

🧭 How to lead with presence instead of performance

Read it here →

I’ve interviewed many leaders.
 Few have stories as powerful as Van Ton-Quinlivan

A six-year-old refugee.
 A first-generation daughter watching her parents rebuild from nothing.
 A billion-dollar system leader shaping the future of the US workforce.

This episode isn’t just about leadership.
 It’s about courage, identity, influence…
 and how the hardest moments in life often shape the work we’re born to do.

My favourite insights?
 – Influence outlasts authority.
 – Feedback is a gift when you stop defending yourself.
 – Your personal story is a leadership tool — not a distraction.
 – Purpose becomes obvious when you stop trying to impress and start trying to serve.

Van’s journey is a reminder that the leaders who make the biggest impact don’t avoid adversity — they alchemise it.

If you’re a CEO or Founder navigating complexity and trying to lead with purpose, this conversation will spark something in you.

🎥 Watch the full episode here:
 https://lnkd.in/et45tTuX

What’s one story from adversity that others need to hear more often?

Can you guess where I am today and who is depicted in the statue?

Most leaders focus on scaling the business.
Far fewer focus on scaling themselves.

In this clip, the message is simple:
🔵 If you don’t understand your own patterns, your business will expose them.

Here’s the real insight:
We all carry habits that drive success.
And habits that quietly drain us.
Pressure amplifies both.

The data backs it:
📅 Leaders with high self-awareness are 3.5x more effective in decision-making and team trust.

Yet most executives spend less than 5% of their week in genuine reflection.

That gap has consequences.
⚠️ Fatigue
⚠️ Reactive choices
⚠️ Misaligned partnerships
⚠️ Unnecessary conflict

The turning point isn’t more hustle.

It’s noticing the internal patterns you’ve been ignoring.

When you learn to:
🔵 see what fuels you
🔵 see what derails you
🔵 set boundaries early
🔵 choose intention over impulse

…your leadership becomes lighter.

Your relationships become cleaner.

Your business becomes more stable.

That’s the real growth story here.
Not the titles.
Not the résumé.

The shift from autopilot → awareness.

👇 Watch the 45-second clip.
Let it challenge how you lead this week.

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We have infinite information.
But are we making better decisions?

Leaders 30 years ago had constraints:
🔵 Limited access to knowledge
🔵 Fewer benchmarks to compare against
🔵 Slower feedback loops

But they also had something we're losing:

The ability to trust their judgment without second-guessing every choice against a sea of opinions.

Today's paradox?

More data. More noise. Less clarity.

The skill isn't finding information anymore.

It's filtering it.
Trusting yourself despite it.
And knowing when enough context is enough.

Because information without discernment is just overwhelm.

Watch the full perspective here → https://lnkd.in/eyeURkp7

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Stop Leading on Empty.

You're making critical decisions on fumes. Running on reactivity instead of clarity.

This isn't about work-life balance.
It's about the cost of being disconnected from your own judgment.

Your business pays the price:
– Strategic opportunities slip by while you're too scattered to see them
– Key talent leaves sensing your uncertainty
– Board meetings where you defend decisions you don't fully trust
– Your team mirrors the fragmented energy and underperforms

I see this pattern in every CEO and Founder who reaches out.

They're going round in circles. Thinking their way through problems that need a completely different approach.

Here's what actually breaks the cycle:

**Reconnect** – Trust your instincts and decision-making clarity again
**Refocus** – Channel energy toward what actually moves the business  
**Regenerate** – Build practices that sustain effectiveness under pressure

The leaders who nail this don't just feel better.
They make sharper decisions.
Their teams elevate.
They catch opportunities others miss.

Most leaders are surprised how quickly this shifts.

But first you need an honest look at where you are. And what specifically has to change.

I'm opening discovery sessions this month for CEOs and Founders ready to map their current state and identify the highest-impact leadership shifts.

If you're done leading on empty, let's talk.

The strongest leaders I know didn't get there by grinding harder.
They got there by leading from clarity instead of chaos.

Book your 30 minute discovery session here

https://lnkd.in/ed2qpGzv

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