Ian Roberts
Ian Roberts
Head of Derby Business School
Telephone
01332 591342
Specialism and Expertise
Ian is a distinctive leadership development specialist, consultant, assessor and accredited executive coach, with twenty years of experience of working with leaders in the public and private sectors. His client work is underpinned by strong psychological and intellectual foundations, as well as a sharp outcome and practical focus. Ian's clients describe him as challenging and insightful, with refined people skills. He has coached over 100 senior executives.
Ian quickly builds relationships and credibility with senior leaders, demonstrating an ability to get to the heart of their personal and business challenges, and to provide trusted counsel. He draws on his experience and knowledge to place individual transformation within the context of the broader organisational system and the unique challenges of leadership. This leads to observable results: for both the individual and for the organisation.
Ian has particular expertise in and passion for working with:
- Leaders moving from functional expertise to broader, more senior leadership
- Maverick leaders
- Creatives who wish to or need to develop their leadership
- Senior female leaders
Qualifications
Ian has provided coaching supervision to independent executive coaches as well as internal pools of coaches. He has designed and delivered many training programmes for professional and in-house coaches.
Previous Clients
Recent coaching clients include:
- CFO of a large TV production company
- Director of Strategy, Director of Scientific Research and HR Director for a large UK charity
- Commercial Director of major UK retail business
- Managing Director and the Commissioning Director of UK Broadcaster
- Executive Director for Treasury and Capital Markets of a large UK media organisation
- General Counsel and the Executive Director for Technology of a large media organisation
