Natalie Simms, Executive Transition Coach
Executive Success Doesn’t Automatically Transfer
Helping senior leaders rebuild the conditions for success, from evaluating the move through to landing well and going far.
- 20 years in executive leadership
- Former Group CTO, Condé Nast
- Certified Transition Coach™
Free to attend, no obligation to go further. Hear the whole argument before you decide anything.
EXECUTIVE TRANSITION.
Building the conditions for success.
The problem Natalie works on
Organisations hire senior leaders for the success they have already achieved. Almost none of the conditions that produced it come with them.
Proven capability. Sound judgement. Credibility. A track record of delivering results. What often goes underestimated is how much of that success was enabled by conditions that no longer exist in a new environment.
What no longer comes with them
- Established trust
- Stakeholder relationships
- Contextual knowledge
- Organisational familiarity
- Confidence
- Support structures built over years
Yet expectations arrive immediately
- The organisation expects momentum
- Stakeholders expect clarity
- Teams expect leadership
- Boards expect outcomes
Up to 18 months to rebuild it.
90 days to prove it.
Natalie works with leaders to rebuild those conditions deliberately, at the pace the role actually demands, rather than leaving them to chance.
Free live event
Hear the whole argument, before you decide whether to invest.
Natalie runs a regular executive briefing on why executive success does not automatically transfer, what it takes to rebuild the conditions in a new environment, and the real economics of getting a transition right or wrong.
- Live online, hosted by Natalie
- Free to attend, no obligation to go further
- A replay is sent to everyone who registers
- Practical insights you can apply the same week
THE NEXT BRIEFING
Places are limited. Reserve yours.
Save my placeDate and time on the registration page.
Before the Briefing
Find out where you actually are.
FREE ASSESSMENT
The Executive Transition Readiness Assessment
A short self-assessment that scores you against the Six Conditions and gives you an honest read on where your transition currently stands. Take it before the Briefing and you will arrive knowing which parts of the argument apply most directly to you.
Free. No call required.
THE FRAMEWORK
The Six Conditions for Executive Transition Success.
These are the conditions that determine whether a senior leader succeeds in a new role. The assessment scores you against each one, and the Executive Transition Programme rebuilds them deliberately.
Transition Context
The structural context surrounding your leadership role and the organisational conditions shaping your transition.
Mandate Clarity
How clearly expectations for your role, priorities, and measures of success are aligned across the organisation.
Stakeholder Trust
The level of trust and alignment between you and the senior stakeholders whose confidence shapes your authority.
Leadership Team Alignment
The capability and cohesion of the leadership team surrounding you and their ability to support the transition.
Early Organisational Momentum
Your ability to generate visible progress and credibility during the early phase of the role.
Sustained Effectiveness
Your ability to maintain influence, clarity, and resilience as the transition evolves over time.
Work with Natalie
Two ways in, depending on where you are.
Executive transition support does not begin on day one of a new role. It begins at the moment a leader is weighing the move. A leader can start with either.
STILL DECIDING
Evaluate & Decide
For senior leaders considering a new opportunity, choosing between opportunities, or deciding whether now is the right time to make a move.
- Evaluating the opportunity against the conditions most likely to create long-term success
- Role and organisational fit, and where you will genuinely thrive
- Clarifying the leadership mandate before you accept
- A dedicated thinking partner working to your agenda, not the organisation’s
ALREADY IN THE ROLE
Executive Transition Programme
For leaders in the first year of a new or significantly expanded role, where the expectations arrive immediately but the conditions for success still have to be rebuilt.
- Credibility and stakeholder trust established early, rather than left to chance
- A leadership team aligned behind you and committed to a shared direction
- Visible momentum that builds confidence without burning trust
- A confidential thinking partner throughout the year
Weighing the move
Evaluate & Decide gives the decision structure and dedicated thinking space, before you accept rather than after.
Stepping in
The Executive Transition Programme rebuilds the conditions for success across the first year, at the pace the role demands.
Going far
Effectiveness that holds up under pressure, well beyond the first 90 days and into year two.
Not sure which of these is right for you?The Executive Briefing sets out the whole argument first. Most leaders start there.
Join the next BriefingWhat leaders say
Feedback from leaders Natalie has worked with.
Working with Natalie helped me navigate a significant leadership transition as the organisation entered its next phase of growth and I needed to shift from being closely involved in operations to leading more strategically. Through our work, I clarified my mandate, strengthened alignment with my leadership team and built trust with key stakeholders. I moved from reacting to increasing demands and being involved in everything to leading more deliberately and creating the conditions for others to lead.
Working with Natalie as I prepared for and transitioned into a new role helped me anticipate potential headwinds and approach the challenges ahead in a much more structured way. Exploring my own personality and those of others gave me a fresh perspective on how I interact and build relationships with a new team, while Natalie helped me develop practical tools to manage the transition. Her approach is professional, flexible and focused on ensuring the coaching continually adapts to where it can add most value.
Working with Natalie as I transitioned from senior leadership into executive leadership challenged my thinking, broadened my perspective, and helped me develop the strategic thinking and self-awareness I needed for the next stage of my career. There is a real gap in preparing leaders for executive-level roles, and working with Natalie provided a form of leadership development I simply wouldn’t have gained through more traditional routes. The difference for me has been remarkable. I’m no longer just surviving, I genuinely feel like I’m thriving, and a huge part of that is down to Natalie’s support, guidance, and encouragement.
About Natalie
She has lived these transitions.
Natalie spent 20 years in executive leadership before becoming a coach. She has navigated four major executive transitions of her own, and now works with senior leaders on the decisions that surround a move: whether to take it, how to land it, and how to make it hold.
- Four executive transitions personally navigated, including one that nearly derailed her.
- Former Group CTO at Condé Nast, leading transformation across 11 international markets, and International CIO at Disney.
- Certified Transition Coach™, ICF-credentialed, with postgraduate study in Digital and AI Leadership at Imperial College Business School.
“I’ve lived these transitions, not simply observed them.”
Start with the Briefing.
Hear the whole argument in one sitting, at no cost and with no obligation to go further. It is the clearest way to work out whether any of this applies to you.
Free to attend. A replay is sent to everyone who registers.
