Unlock your inner brilliance
COACHING & CONSULTANCY FOR LEADERS AND TEAMS
We support and empower leaders and their teams to step back, take a breath and create space to plan, reconnect with their purpose, prioritise and innovate.
Moon jellyfish
Moon jellyfish are brilliant through the natural phenomenon of bioluminescence. They are critical to a healthy ecosystem, influencing nutrient cycling and contributing to the overall health and stability of ocean food webs.
They thrive by staying fluid, sensing their environment and shaping their ecosystem. This is the brilliance we coach leaders towards – adaptive, intuitive and luminous under pressure.
Unlock your inner brilliance
Purple Brilliance provides coaching and consultation to inspire leaders and their teams to thrive in a complex, ambiguous world with high-performance expectations.
Who we support
Purple Brilliance supports
Rising leaders
Leaders and future leaders preparing for bigger roles, broader remits and new reporting structures.
Reconnecting teams
Leaders and teams resetting priorities to reconnect with purpose, performance and impact.
Leaders finding their place
Leaders who struggle to find their place and sense of belonging at the top table.
Culture-driven organisations
Organisations building a culture that drives trust, collaboration, growth and belonging.
Our sectors
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Transport & Logistics
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Engineering & Infrastructure
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Utilities & Sustainability
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Management Consultancy
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Arts & Culture
Our services
How we help you lead
Four ways to work with Purple Brilliance – select a card to explore further.
Leadership & Executive Coaching
We draw on lived experience of leading in fast-paced operational environments, where every day is different and it's hard to find time to think, prioritise and strategise.
Explore this serviceTeam Coaching & Facilitation
Teams that work coherently together deliver far more than the sum of their parts. We bring your team together, reset direction and priorities, and lift performance.
Explore this serviceCulture & Belonging
When colleagues genuinely feel they belong and are valued, businesses are significantly more likely to succeed — we help you build that culture.
Explore this serviceSpeaking & Event Facilitation
With a unique perspective on leadership, team development, career transitions and high performance, we deliver inspirational, practical techniques for your business challenges.
Explore this service“Kathy’s approach is thoughtful, engaging and highly effective. She combines strong commercial awareness with excellent coaching and facilitation skills, ensuring discussions result in meaningful actions rather than simply good conversations. Any team would benefit from the clarity, cohesion and focus she helps create.”
Nadir Daudi – Head of Customer Experience
“Kathy brings a patient and creative approach to coaching that invites you to challenge your perceptions and see things from a new perspective. Several times she has stopped me in my tracks and invited me to think differently, helping me to overcome my internal barriers. I can’t recommend Kathy enough and hope to be able to work with her again in the future.”
Dave Shaw – Senior Leader, Infrastructure Delivery
“Kathy has been brilliant throughout the experience, creating a space where I’ve felt comfortable opening up, while also challenging me to reflect, think differently and push myself. Kathy has helped me build confidence and develop both personally and professionally. I’m really grateful to Kathy for her support, encouragement and the positive impact she has had on my development. I’d highly recommend her to anyone looking to grow as a leader, even if like me, you’re initially unsure about coaching!”
Chris Ford – Head of Operations
“For anyone seeking an unbiased perspective, genuine coaching on effective leadership, or inspiration to lead with purpose and principle, I wholeheartedly recommend Kathy as an exceptional mentor and coach. Working with Kathy has been transformative, and anyone fortunate enough to have her guidance will emerge stronger, more self-aware, and better equipped to make a positive impact.”
Usman Khalid – Senior Leader, Operations, Performance & Planning
“I was fortunate to be coached by Kathy, an experience that brought an invaluable transformation to both my life and career. Kathy helped me identify and break down the obstacles that were holding me back professionally, while also challenging me to overcome them. Through her guidance, I regained clarity, rebuilt my confidence, reconnected with my goals and developed a clear sense of direction for the path I wanted to pursue.”
Elsa Arnold – Events Manager
“Kathy has a clear vision and a deep understanding of navigating a super complex operation, without this there was no way of succeeding in this project. Kathy's support and listening was core to ensure projects delivered on time and to the new high standards Kathy set.”
Andy Letting – Data & Insights Specialist
What makes Purple Brilliance different?
Our coaching and facilitation are focused on bringing out the inherent brilliance in all our clients.
Most leaders already have the answers. They just need someone who truly gets it to help them find them.
Purple Brilliance brings lived experience of fast-paced, high-stakes environments to every coaching and facilitation engagement. We've led through change, navigated crisis, and sat with the kind of complexity and pressure that keeps leaders up at night — so we know it's tougher than it looks from the outside.
Our job is giving you and your people those lightbulb moments that signal real change.
Burning questions
Which of these is yours right now?
Here are six things we hear from almost every new Director or Head of Department. Select the one that resonates – that's where we'd start.
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Where we'd start
The first weeks set the tone more than most people expect. We'd map where you can earn early trust – and where holding back buys you more than acting – so you arrive with intent rather than reacting to whatever lands first.
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Where we'd start
A bigger remit doesn't come with more hours. We'd get sharp on the handful of things only you can do at this level, and find the right home for everything else so the scope feels workable instead of relentless.
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Where we'd start
We'd trace what keeps pulling you back into the weeds – often it's trust, clarity, or an old habit that served you in your last role – and put the boundaries and rhythms in place that protect your time to think.
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Where we'd start
When everything feels important, nothing gets your best. We'd put a simple, shared lens over the work so the genuinely critical rises to the top – and the rest can wait, move to someone else, or drop.
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Where we'd start
We'd get underneath the disagreement to what each of you actually needs – interests, not positions – and shape a route to a yes you can both live with, without spending goodwill you'll want later.
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Where we'd start
Hiring into today's shape can quietly lock in the wrong structure. We'd weigh the cost of waiting against the cost of committing early, so you move when you've got enough signal – not before.
Not sure which is yours? That's usually the best place to begin.
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