Accelerate your career. Achieve your goals.

Sideminds helps senior executives and directors accelerate their career and manage change

Careers today are unpredictable and nonlinear. For younger executives, there’s often a visible ladder. But as you rise, the path becomes less defined. Senior roles are limited, competition is intense, and there can be high levels of uncertainty and unpredictability.

Sideminds helps you take control and perform at your best. If you are in-role and struggling, we help you re-group, re-focus and re-establish yourself. If you are between roles, or ready to evolve your career journey, we work with you to define your goals, set a strategic plan and create the network and career collateral to deliver long-term success.

We’re your career co-pilot — providing free, AI-assisted and personal 121 career support to accelerate your career and help you thrive.

How can Sideminds help you?

First 100 days high impact

Tailored co-pilot coaching support to help new leaders make confident, high-impact starts from experienced executives.

Navigating Change and Turbulence

Performance can wane with change. Our 1:1 coaching programmes are supported by deep diagnostics help you reset, refocus and accelerate.

Expanding Your Career (Portfolio, NED, Interim, Other)

Understand your career capital, define your portfolio propositions and find work in NED to Interim, Advisory and more.

Proactive Career Management

Define your career trajectory, set strategic goals, and take ownership of your professional growth.

Effective Job Hunting

Manage your transition effectively, position yourself strategically, and secure your next role with confidence.

Marketing Leadership Development

Test your skills and create a development plan with our unique assessment, based on our award-winning book.

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How can Sideminds help you?

First 100 days high impact

Tailored co-pilot support to help new leaders make confident, high-impact starts

Navigating Change and Turbulence

Performance can wane with change. Our 1:1-coaching supported by deep diagnostics help you reset, refocus and accelerate

Expanding Your Career (Portfolio, NED, Interim, Other)

Understand your career capital, expand your career and define your unique portfolio pathway

Proactive Career Management

Define your career trajectory, set strategic goals, and take ownership of your professional growth

Effective Job Hunting

Manage your transition effectively, position yourself strategically, and secure your next role with confidence

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Marketing Leadership Development

Test your skills and create a development plan with our unique assessment, based on our award-winning book.

More Information

We offer three levels of support, tailored to your goals, time and budget.

Free Career Tools

We have an extensive range of career planning tools to help you manage your career and achieve your career ambitions.

This starter kit has tools to assess your skills and define your purpose, through to summary set of recruiter lists for FTE, NED, Interim and VC & PE-backed businesses, interviews with career switchers, CV templates, and a free 30-minute intro career call.

Ideal for those confident coaching themselves, working independently and needing some external inspiration.

AI-Assisted Coaching

Coming soon

Our AI-assisted coaching programmes combine our expertise, proprietary datasets and practical guidance to help you access the insight, information and direction you need to take the next step.

For instance, if you are exploring a NED path, our AI NED Activator helps you understand how to position yourself, structure your CV, identify relevant recruiters and target firms, and use smarter tactics to uncover the right opportunities.

Each AI programme includes a 60-minute coaching call.

Tailored Coaching

Navigating change on your own can be hard and exhausting. Our fully supported coaching programmes provides senior C-suite support to help you find your path through change.

If you’re in-role, we can add diagnostics and 360° feedback to surface blind spots and build a clear action plan.

If you’re between roles, we support you either 1:1 or in curated group events to build momentum and keep you on track.

Our group events are either online at our retreat centre in Devon.

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Practical career-building tools

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Testimonials

"Gareth was instrumental in advising me on my next role and introducing my current company. I can highly recommend."

Simon Jackson, C-Suite

“This was a fabulous experience. His coaching combined with direct advice supported me through a transition into a new role in an entirely new sector.”

Gemma Buggins, Director

“An incredible mentor and sounding board, really helping me move my career forward."

Barney Harrison, C-suite

“A brilliant combination of decency, positive energy and properly senior experience that is useful for people at every stage of their career.”

Phil Lloyd, C-suite

“Gareth’s skill as a coach, coupled with unrivalled sector knowledge, will give you the clarity and confidence to move at pace into the next phase of your career.”

Kristy McCready, Director

“The help and advice have been critical to me at a pivotal point in my career and I’m hugely grateful.”

Lucas Bergmans, Director

"The programme directly contributed to finding my new role"

Kat Bryce, C-suite

Testimonials

"Gareth was instrumental in advising me on my next role and introducing my current company. I can highly recommend."

Simon Jackson, C-Suite

“This was a fabulous experience. His coaching combined with direct advice supported me through a transition into a new role in an entirely new sector.”

Gemma Buggins, Director

“An incredible mentor and sounding board, really helping me move my career forward."

Barney Harrison, C-suite

“A brilliant combination of decency, positive energy and properly senior experience that is useful for people at every stage of their career.”

Phil Lloyd, C-suite

“Gareth’s skill as a coach, coupled with unrivalled sector knowledge, will give you the clarity and confidence to move at pace into the next phase of your career.”

Kristy McCready, Director

“The help and advice have been critical to me at a pivotal point in my career and I’m hugely grateful.”

Lucas Bergmans, Director

"The programme directly contributed to finding my new role"

Kat Bryce, C-suite

“Careers are built by design, not by default.”