Product Leadership Coaching

Empower your team to excel and manage upwards effectively by unlocking your leadership potential

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Enhance your product leadership skills with expert support

Improve Your Product Leadership

Supercharge your product team with tailored product leadership coaching. Refine processes, inspire excellence, and deliver standout user research and design. Your journey to superior product leadership starts here.

Resolve Conflict, Unite Vision

Turn team turbulence into productive, trusting relationships. Equip yourself with the tools to defuse conflict, unite the team under a shared vision, and foster personal growth. Make team unity your strength.

Navigate Product Management

Navigate the product journey with confidence. From ideation to deployment, let’s shape a compelling UX strategy tailored to your goals. Enhance your leadership and take your product from strength to strength.

Embed Evidence-Based Decisions

We'll help you integrate evidence-based decision-making into your processes. With our expertise, we can guide you in developing research strategies that validate your product decisions, ensuring they are aligned with user needs.

Cultivate a Human-Centric Culture

Establish a culture that places users at its core. We’ll work with you to instil empathy, curiosity, and a deep understanding of your customer’s journey. Elevate your product by making human-centricity not just a buzzword, but a principle that guides every decision you make.

Foster Inclusive Design

Step beyond user-centric to incorporate inclusivity. We guide you in making products that are not just user-friendly but accessible to all, regardless of age, ability, or background. Empower your team to create experiences that resonate with a diverse audience.

"I got so much value from my conversations with Damian. I’m so much more confident with the direction our product research is heading."
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Rory Newton

Head of Product Operations, Papaya Global

Work with Damian our Leadership Coach

With over 20 years of experience in UX leadership roles across startups and global companies, I've learnt what it takes to lead a successful product team. As a leadership coach, I'm here to help you navigate the challenges that come with being a product leader and come up with creative solutions. Let's work together to manage your time and energy effectively and take your career to new heights.

Damian Rees, Expert UX Leadership Coach

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Overcome Imposter Syndrome

Our UX Leadership Coaching Service is designed to help you conquer imposter syndrome. We offer customised guidance and strategies that foster confident leadership and promote team success.

Communicating effectively with senior stakeholders

We'll empower you to communicate your team's value effectively, ensuring your achievements get the recognition they deserve and driving support for continued organisational success.

Demonstrate the strategic impact of your work

Boost your team's strategic impact with our coaching. We equip leaders to effectively showcase their team's contributions, driving organisational growth and reinforcing their value to the business.

"My experience with Damian was fantastic! Incredibly valuable to get an objective view of some of the challenges I was facing and indeed some clear take-away actions to immediately put into place."
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Ari Freedman

Head of Digital Experience, Super Retail Group

Let's Work Together

Ready to take your business to the next level? Our experts can help! Fill out the form to boost conversions, streamline messaging, and improve user experience.

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