We’re a leadership development practice with a difference.

We support leaders to develop capacity and presence outdoors; to bring more of who they are to their organisation.

 

We work with and in Nature.
Yours, and that around you.

 

Fi Macmillan, founder

Fi Macmillan is an entrepreneur, leadership coach, speaker and facilitator.

She has worked at a senior level within Aberdeen Investments, Standard Life, KPMG, Camelot, University of London, AKQA, Investis and the British Heart Foundation.

She has an MSc in Executive Coaching, a PgC in Coaching & Development, is an Ashridge accredited coach, EMCC Senior Practitioner and Coaching Supervision Academy accredited coaching supervisor.

An innate adventurer her favourite place is anywhere wild and, apart from every day life, her most powerful development experience was a vision quest in 2017.

 

Delve deeper…

  • We work primarily through coaching & development programmes.

    We have found that working in Nature gives clients greater intuition and sense of Self.

    That enables them to shift how they engage and the work that they do.

  • It can be tough leading today. Faster, better, more. This way of working gives clients renewed energy, vision and resilience. Knowing what’s important to you, and what you are good at, connects you with greater confidence and drive.

    Clients develop resilience fit for the turmoil of the 21st century.

  • We are development specialists and adventurers.

    Our strongest development has come through listening to the system we are in – Scharmer’s ‘whole’ – and from our intuition.

    We have explored that in our work.  But also through adventure in Nature.

    We believe that working with Nature is the most powerful context for development.

  • We partner organisations who are serious about developing their people.

    We work with leaders who are good at what they do, and want to bring more of who they are to work, to plug into their strengths and purpose.

    They are from a range of sectors, from FMCG and financial services, to digital marketing and education.

 
 

“Leadership is about being better able to listen to the whole, than anyone else can.”

C. Otto Scharmer
Theory U: Learning from the Future as It Emerges

 

Our associates

We work with experienced coaches and facilitators who combine a senior-level development track record, with postgraduate training and experience of working with Nature to provide exceptional leadership development.

  • We’re experienced at partnering senior leaders in their development over decades.

  • Our shared interest is working with Nature as co-facilitator in creating exceptional leadership development.

  • We share and value a professional practice – regular supervision, postgraduate coaching qualifications and professional affiliation.

 
 
 

Listen to inspiring people

In our podcast we’re in conversation with inspiring people who’ve changed through time outdoors.

 
 
 

Read, learn, digest, enjoy…

Our Nature Switch blog provides our latest news, articles, event information and more.

 

“I had executive with Fi during a course at the Ashridge Business School. I was amazed by her empathy, her ability to question my taken-for-granted assumptions and her creative, thought-provoking feedback. I really had an experience of being taken well care of while I was helped to develop professionally.

You are such a brilliant coach. I got so much out of that.”

Lotte Stausbøll Lüscher
Occupational Psychologist