Clarity, confidence, and composure in public leadership
Public sector leadership carries a unique weight — visibility, accountability, and the responsibility to serve. I coach NHS Leaders, Headteachers, Senior Civil Servants and Council Leaders who want to stay purposeful and effective in systems that are often complex, political and emotionally demanding.
My work creates the space to step back, reflect and recenter on what truly matters. Together we explore your leadership identity, communication style, and the pressures that shape your decisions. The goal is to strengthen both personal resilience and professional impact — helping you lead with authenticity, and avoid burnout.
With extensive experience supporting senior NHS teams, education leaders and local authorities, my coaching blends organisational insight with empathy and pragmatism. Clients say it helps them find clarity amid complexity — reconnecting to the values that brought them into public service in the first place.
Clients feel able to make real progress through a system that can feel restrictive, complex and misaligned with your leadership vision:
“I just wanted to say how brilliant it has been working with you over the past few months. Meeting back yesterday morning after half term, we felt really balanced, positive, empowered and motivated as a team and we are raring to go again for the half-term ahead. I don’t think this would have been possible without the guidance, support and care you’ve given us, and we are incredibly grateful for it.”
Contact: contact@richardastrudwick.com
I’m a Cardiff-based Leadership Facilitator and Coach specialising in bespoke personal and career development. My aim is to shift the way we work, by creating choices for people so they can be happy, engaged and productive doing something they love.
So, my question to you is this: what’s THE challenge that would shift you, your team or your business onto a different trajectory if we could tackle it together?
If you have an answer you’d like to share, are keen to discuss a potential project or would simply like to find out more about the way I work, please get in touch. I’d love to hear from you!