Alex Webb | Leadership Coach
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About
Coaching for the human side of leadership.
Leadership is not only about performance or decision-making. It is also about navigating complexity, responsibility, relationships and the situations that are difficult to think through alone.
My work is informed by psychology, social work, coaching and more than 14 years supporting people in high-pressure environments.
Qualifications & experience
- BSc Psychology
- MA Social Work
- ILM Level 5 Coaching
- SDI-trained facilitator
Leadership contexts
I have coached senior leaders across:
- Medicine & Healthcare
- Higher education & research
- Learning & development
- Public sector & charities
- Sport & performance
- Police
- Corporate
- Strategic leadership
Meet Alex
What happens beneath the surface.
I’ve always been curious about complexity; how systems work, how people interact within them, and why situations unfold as they do. That curiosity now informs my work with leaders and professionals making sense of difficult work situations—strained relationships, decisions without easy answers, or a sense that something isn’t adding up.
I began my career in social work, across mental health, child protection and developmental trauma. For more than a decade, I’ve worked with people and organisations facing competing needs and difficult conversations, with few simple answers. My work later took me into higher education and leadership coaching, supporting people through workplace challenges and change.
My interest is personal too. I know what it’s like to keep functioning while caught in your own thinking. I wish I’d had more space to understand what I was carrying, rather than simply pushing through.
The space I create
People describe it as expansive; somewhere to think without being hurried towards an answer. Together, we can explore the assumptions, patterns, emotions and relationships shaping a situation, so you can see it more clearly and choose how you want to respond.
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
Alex is professional, empathetic and an excellent listener. She asks thoughtful questions that helped me understand my thinking differently. We had breakthrough moments, and I left with a completely different perspective on self-criticism and what it means to be ‘enough’.
Learning & Development Manager
FAQ
A few questions you might have.
What coaching is for, how it works and what you can expect.
Why coaching?
The first time I watched someone being coached, it blew my mind. Their situation hadn’t changed, but the way they related to it had. They were able to step back, think more clearly and see options that had been difficult to see before. That is what draws me to coaching. It creates space to understand what is really happening, trust your own judgement and decide how you want to respond.
How is this different from therapy?
Coaching and therapy can complement each other. My background in mental health means I’m comfortable working with the emotional side of difficult situations. Coaching focuses on what’s happening now and what you want to do next. Therapy is more appropriate when you’re dealing with a mental health condition that needs therapeutic support.
My approach
My goal is to listen closely and help you make sense of what’s happening at work, so you can decide what to do next. Rather than jump straight to advice, we look at the patterns shaping your response and what you want to do differently. That clarity can help with the situation now and when similar patterns arise again.
Do I need more advice?
Not necessarily. Sometimes the challenge isn’t knowing what to do; it’s having the space to think clearly enough to work out what you want to do.