Explore, Engage, Excel

A Program For Technology Executives

Replace the Uncertainty and Stress That Threaten Your Goals
With Clarity and Confidence Enabled by a Practical Plan for Success

My Offerings

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Achieve Business Success

A successful business needs to consistently satisfy customer demands and deliver excellence in everything it does. This is a challenge in the competitive and dynamic technology industry. Deliver a strategy for your business that drives growth and embeds a high performance culture focused on the customer.
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Innovate to excel

Organizations are under constant pressure to quickly deliver more value and better outcomes at lower cost. They are pushed to improve productivity through better use of the latest technologies and new ways of working. Make your organization thrive by adopting best practices. Develop technology capabilities that deliver continuous value.
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Inspire with Authentic Leadership

Great leadership drives great outcomes. But competing pressures and constraints may make it a challenge to be the leader you need to be. Develop your leadership skills and inspire your teams to achieve their potential. Lead with success across cultures and countries. Lead well in crisis and conflict.

About Me

Hi!

Many of us working with technology in business have experienced the frustration, struggle and sacrifice required to be successful - for ourselves, our business and our customers. During my career I have lived with a constant pressure to achieve more - revenue, productivity, value - and meet the increasing needs of my people and clients. I witnessed others go through the same experiences and saw the negative impacts on them and myself. These same pressures are with us today. Firefighting can become the norm, depriving us of the time and space to think how to be our best. The struggle to feel in control can lead to always being on, and then stress builds leading to ill-health and even burnout. I’ve seen people suffer the financial impact of missed targets and their sense of unfulfilled potential. I have seen the corrosive impact on families and other important relationships that can be life-changing.

When I was in these situations I knew I had to change if I was to overcome my challenges and thrive. On each occasion it was not obvious to me what all the actions were. With the pace and pressure to act I found it easy to miss things, to not consider all the aspects and perspectives which in turn created new problems for the future. Over the years I explored many different approaches and ways of getting support. The journey cost me money, time and effort, and regretfully, some missed opportunities.

Ultimately, through my perseverance and persistence, I developed an agile method that I applied successfully in a range of pressured situations and challenges. This guided me through the rest of my corporate career in working out the right considerations, actions, and behaviours to succeed. I used this method with my teams, my colleagues and my clients to great effect and we shared the resulting success.

Now I want to use my method with executives, leaders and managers in the technology industry to quickly overcome their challenges, to remove stress and anxiety, create clarity and certainty on how they can achieve their goals.

Robert Cotton has decades of experience making technology work around the world, delivering many digital transformation and mission-critical programs including SaaS and cloud migrations. He has led international technology and consulting businesses with over 15 years of board experience, turning businesses around and driving growth with a focus on customer success and people development. He is a Fellow of the Association for Coaching and an ILM 7 qualified Executive Coach.

About Me

Hi!

Many of us working with technology in business have experienced the frustration, struggle and sacrifice required to be successful - for ourselves, our business and our customers. During my career I have lived with a constant pressure to achieve more - revenue, productivity, value - and meet the increasing needs of my people and clients. I witnessed others go through the same experiences and saw the negative impacts on them and myself. These same pressures are with us today. Firefighting can become the norm, depriving us of the time and space to think how to be our best. The struggle to feel in control can lead to always being on, and then stress builds leading to ill-health and even burnout. I’ve seen people suffer the financial impact of missed targets and their sense of unfulfilled potential. I have seen the corrosive impact on families and other important relationships that can be life-changing.

When I was in these situations I knew I had to change if I was to overcome my challenges and thrive. On each occasion it was not obvious to me what all the actions were. With the pace and pressure to act I found it easy to miss things, to not consider all the aspects and perspectives which in turn created new problems for the future. Over the years I explored many different approaches and ways of getting support. The journey cost me money, time and effort, and regretfully, some missed opportunities.

Ultimately, through my perseverance and persistence, I developed an agile method that I applied successfully in a range of pressured situations and challenges. This guided me through the rest of my corporate career in working out the right considerations, actions, and behaviours to succeed. I used this method with my teams, my colleagues and my clients to great effect and we shared the resulting success.

Now I want to use my method with executives, leaders and managers in the technology industry to quickly overcome their challenges, to remove stress and anxiety, create clarity and certainty on how they can achieve their goals.

Robert Cotton has decades of experience making technology work around the world, delivering many digital transformation and mission-critical programs including SaaS and cloud migrations. He has led international technology and consulting businesses with over 15 years of board experience, turning businesses around and driving growth with a focus on customer success and people development. He is a Fellow of the Association for Coaching and an ILM 7 qualified Executive Coach.

My Clients

Reema Jain

Chief Information & Digital Officer – Hero MotoCorp

“It was an absolute pleasure to work with him. He was able to understand customer pain areas and provided innovative solutions. He always keeps the customer first in whatever he does.”

Shailesh Sultania

Global Director – Business Applications & CoE  Global Strategy IT Lead – DSV

“He is very accessible to his customers and has the ability to connect very effectively with clients at all levels. He is very experienced in building and executing strategy with a safe hand. His eye for detailing and ability to find the best solution to the complex solution and ever pleasing personality. Makes his a true partner for any customer. His is delight to work and associated with.”

Roger Mawle

Chief Digital Officer (CDO)Chief Digital Officer (CDO) – Alpha International

“He quickly got a good grasp of the charity, asking great questions and providing wise advice. He is a very good listener and seeks to probe and gain understanding before making recommendations. He is collaborative and kind – a great team player and I am delighted to endorse
him. “

CEO – UK Charity

“I have found the sessions to be very helpful in moving forward with the changes I need to make. At times it has been very challenging and we have covered areas I am not comfortable with. But it has been really valuable and Bob has helped me develop my understanding and clarity. “

CEO – UK Academy providing skills development, training and conferencing facilities.

“I felt that Bob and I hit it off from the first time we spoke and it was easy to be open and honest with him. Bob dealt with the emotional me, very well and we quickly got to the heart of some of the challenges I face, both real and perceived. A few key actions were discussed and that I have implemented in the past 2 weeks. Some have worked, others have not, but my perspective is changing for the better already. “

Explore, Engage, Excel

A Program For Technology Executives

Replace the Uncertainty and Stress That Threaten Your Goals
With Clarity and Confidence Enabled by a Practical Plan for Success