"Chris spends her time solving hugely complex, often highly emotive problems that are rooted in everything from corporations to communities"
Giles Edwards
CEO and founder of …Gasp!
Hi, I’m Chris Paouros. I’m a consultant, leadership coach, advisor, charity trustee and Non-Exec Director. I work with organisations across the private, public and third sectors to build inclusive, high-performing cultures and to drive growth, reinvigoration and lasting change.
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I bring more than 25 years of experience leading organisations, with a focus on operational excellence, inclusive leadership and organisational health. My work spans strategic transformation, financial and governance oversight, culture change, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (EDIB), and programme delivery. I specialise in supporting leaders and leadership teams to navigate complexity, whether that’s through realigning purpose, addressing conflict, or strengthening how they work together.
Services
Organisational transformation
​Design, definition, and co-implementation of change programmes for organisations, departments, and teams. Focusing on culture, underpinned by operational excellence.
Culture
Working alongside leaders to build, develop and refresh organisational cultures with a focus on values, inclusion and belonging—all underpinned by operational excellence.
Operations
Building functions and advising on finance (budgets, forecasting, P&L) HR, governance, processes, marketing and communications.
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Equity Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
(EDIB)
​Strategy and strategic direction; implementation and operationalisation; training, policies, planning advice.
Facilitation
Working with Boards/ Senior teams to help them tackle knotty topics/ answers questions and/ or take them through specific meetings, agenda items, away days.
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Leadership coaching
High-performance coaching for senior leaders and executives, focused on adaptability, resilience and impact. Accredited Spotlight practitioner, drawing on insights from elite sport to support clarity and leadership under pressure.
Interim services
CEO/ COO interim.
Strategy
​Strategic planning, definition and design of organisational strategy or indeed function—i.e fundraising strategy, comms strategy, HR strategy, finance strategy etc..
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Please contact me to find out more
You know your people, your work, and your organisation so the most important way to start any relationship, project or piece of work is by listening. Anything we do together will be driven by what you want to achieve, the problem you must solve or the questions you want to answer. My 25+ years of business experience will stand us in good stead to design a process, project, programme or training course that is bespoke to your work, team or organisation.
I can work alongside you, or with you. Some clients have knotty problems they want to unpick or specific projects they need help with so we’ll meet and I’ll plot out how I think we can deliver the project or solve the problem. Others need additional capacity or expertise in a particular area and I can provide that too.