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Certified for team coaching and executive coaching and more

Team coaching certification from the European Mentoring and coaching council
Design Thinking Facilitation Certificate from Luma
Future Foresight Certificate
Individual European Mentoring and Coaching Council coaching certificate
International Coaching Federation Coaching certificate ACC

Jerry McLean L-A-B Lead Partner

Supporting Leaders Operating Globally

Jerry focuses on management resilience and flexibility in a rapidly changing turbulent world. Through executive coaching, leadership training for business leaders and teams of today and tomorrow, as well as future foresight strategy and human centred design thinking strategy sessions.

30 Years Deep Management and Senior Executive Experience

His deep management, P&L and team leadership experience means he can call upon hundreds of c-level examples. Enabling a reality-based approach that is all about creating human centred, thought-provoking, business-relevant sessions. Focusing on middle and senior executives, who are dealing with decision making, leading and coaching high performing teams in local or international contexts.

Leaning on extensive hands-on management experience

He has run large and small teams across borders, in highly demanding scenarios. Jerry focuses on executive coaching and consulting of leaders to drive from a solid foundation of values and strengths which ensure that the decisions they take are solid and practical.

The coaching can be individualised or in groups and uses transformational techniques that enable the coachee to increase self awareness, understand how to shift performance obstacles, navigate change and supportive management of others. Ultimately creating high performing teams.

Future Foresight...Agility and Resilience in Your Strategy of Today

His future foresight work helps organisations scope out potential futures and backcast the scenarios into their current 5-year strategic plans, creating a more resilient, flexible and "future-tough" business that is ready to adapt on the fly.

Led Teams and Lived Across 3 Continents

Asia, Africa and Europe - and has run both large and small organisations during that time. He believes leading is about getting out of the way of your teams, while creating a supportive, always learning and psychologically safe space where staff can thrive and innovate in the knowledge of a leadership culture that has their backs.

Before All This....

Jerry was a former Director for Greater China at The Economist Group advising the C-suite on geopolitics and economics and also held Head of Strategy, CEO and COO roles at various companies. Most recently he invested in and built boutique hotel on Gotland, Sweden, aimed at the luxury end of the sector.


THE QUALIFICATIONS

He is a graduate of Damelin Business School, South Africa & The Economist High Potential Leaders Programme.


Advanced Coaching

ACTP LEVEL 2 Certified Master for Coaches and Leaders,

Coach Companion of Scandinavia.

ACC Certified by International Coaching Federation (ICF)


Team Coaching

EMCC Global Certified and EIA 

ITCA Certified Individual Team Coach EMCC (Foundation & Practitioner)


Trained by Professor David Clutterbuck of Henley Management School and Clutterbuck Coaching and Mentoring International.


Facilitation

Luma Design Thinking Certified and online facilitation.


Future Foresight

Certified in Future Foresight by the Copenhagen Institute of Future Studies.


He is a member of ICF Sweden and is currently working toward a qualification for EMCC team coaching advanced practitioner.



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