Professionals

The right tools, strategy and preparation will make you a better negotiator and that can save your reputation from disaster.

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Where I've Worked

Real sectors, real leverage problems.

Long-term clients across the following sectors, each with different political pressures — and each requiring a different read of the room as a result.

NHS

Service managers

Holding your position in interviews, panels, and cross-team leadership — without the room reading it as friction.

Legal

Solicitors & legal professionals

Client-facing authority that survives being pushed back on, in writing and in the room.

Police

Trainees

Staying structured and unshaken when a high-stakes, time-critical situation is actively trying to knock you off balance.

Marketing & HR

Managers & leads

Persuasion that survives budget scrutiny, and performance conversations that don't get quietly avoided.

IT & Cybersecurity

Technical specialists

Getting non-technical stakeholders to actually act on what you're telling them, not just nod along.

Finance

Finance professionals

Trust and authority in client conversations and reporting, especially when the numbers are the easy part.

The Problem

Generic soft-skills and language training doesn't fix a specific problem.

A senior clinician doesn't need "presentation skills" or drilling on the "present subjunctive". They need to be able to ask calibrated questions in their summative interview so that the evaluators are motivated to perceive and champion their contributions and value. A solicitor doesn't need "negotiation vocabulary." They need their emails to carry authority without sounding stiff. Off-the-shelf communication workshops teach the general case. We start with the actual situation — then work backward to what actually solves it.

Legal Healthcare / NHS Police & public sector Finance Marketing & HR Technology Accountancy Consultancy Insurance Engineering

The Method

A working method, not a curriculum.

Diagnose

Session 1

We identify the real situations costing you ground or credibility — a specific meeting type, a document, a recurring conversation.

Design

Ongoing

Every gap identified gets broken down into the actual leverage points — what's said, how it's positioned, timing, and what it costs you if it's wrong — not a generic unit from a textbook. Nothing is considered ready until it's been pressure-tested in a mock scenario drawn directly from your industry.

Deliver

Weekly

Focused one-to-one sessions, adult-to-adult, working directly with your material — real emails, real briefs, real transcripts where useful.

Sustain

New challenges

Techniques are developed by applying them to new real world challenges as they arise in your work.

Investment

Invest in the outcome you need.

Every Pathway runs on 10 sessions, built around the real situations you're facing at work. Each session is built to make a measurable difference on its own — real progress that can shift the trajectory of your career. What changes between tiers is availability, and the complexity of what's being covered — from everyday workplace friction through to senior leadership and culture.

Essential

Everyday Negotiation

£1,200

  • Disagree diplomatically
  • Speak up confidently in meetings
  • Control tone under pressure

Ideal for graduates building their professional voice and workplace reputation.

  • 10 sessions, 1:1
  • Availability: Mon–Fri
  • Free rescheduling with 36 hours' notice

Most Popular

Managerial

Advanced Negotiation

£1,400

  • Handle conflict and competing agendas
  • De-escalate emotive situations without losing the facts
  • Evade rhetorical traps

Ideal for mid-career professionals looking to lead teams, remove barriers, and break down departmental silos.

  • 10 sessions, 1:1
  • Availability: Mon–Sat (+ late evenings)
  • Free rescheduling with 12 hours' notice

Executive

Strategic Development

£2,000

  • Align staff to your core values
  • Read the room before you're in it — and control what stakeholders walk away believing
  • Delegate with confidence

Ideal for senior leaders looking to set culture and empower motivated talent.

  • 10 sessions, 1:1
  • Availability: Mon–Sun (+ late evenings)
  • Free rescheduling with 2 hours' notice

What Clients Say

"Mark helped me speak more confidently in front of my boss. We practised and mocked out the conversation I needed to have with her, and in real life I was far more able to keep to the point and get past the moments where we disagreed. Before, I'd shut down and the issue just wouldn't get resolved."

— Marketing Manager

"Mark enhanced my ability to deal with some really difficult members of staff. I'd started to dread certain meetings because I knew I wouldn't handle them well, and I'd feel embarrassed in front of the partners. Now I'm much better at steering the conversation in a more positive direction and keeping us on track."

— Associate Director

"As a senior leader, I have to wear many hats and delegate different types of responsibility. Mark's help with how I differentiate my language has been invaluable — I get more from my department leads by reframing the same facts into language that speaks to them and their incentives."

— Senior Director

Get Started

Start with a 20-minute conversation.

No pitch, no commitment — just a look at the specific situation you or your team are facing, and whether this is the right fit to solve it.

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Feel more confident after your first session, or your money back — no questions asked.