Coachsulting
When the next move is unclear.
For directors and senior execs who want to drive change, get on with it, and make things happen. Sharpen leadership, ask smarter questions, avoid classic mistakes.
Talk it throughNobody taught you how to be a director. That's what this is for.
Board governance, leadership and director level practice. For more profit, more time for yourself and family, and more clarity on where you are going. Taught by a Chartered Director with forty years on boards and senior management teams. Direct, practical, no fluff. Most importantly, profit driven.
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The Problem
"Every day is a school day,"
so say many directors.
Most people who get appointed to a board have never been taught how to do the job. They learn it the hard way, in the room, on the day a decision goes badly, by following everyone else's mistakes as fact.
That's the long way. It's also expensive for you, for your fellow directors, and for the businesses you're meant to be running.
Director School is the short way. Direct teaching from a working Chartered Director who's been at every kind of board table for forty years and has seen what the textbooks miss. Someone who can show you how to make profit, build teams, encourage people to work for the business, and make your life easier.
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Why it matters
No management tosh, no textbook malarkey, no nonsense.
Just the tough questions, drawn from years of running and building businesses, and the hindsight, earned the hard way, that holds you to task.
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Too many directors have no idea their personal wealth is at risk. Protect yourself.
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Sharpen how you lead and make better decisions when it counts.
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Forget growth. Concentrate on profit. Profit is what lets you decide how your life pans out.
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You can try to kid everyone you know everything. Or you can wise up and learn how to use knowledge gaps to your advantage.
No jargon or untested theory. Just what Peter has seen, used, done and learned, often the hard way. Let him stop you making the mistakes that quietly sink businesses.
Three ways to learn the job properly.
Adaptive Challenge
When the future needs a roadmap.
For boards unsure of where to go next. Peter will change your perspective, clarify your thinking, shift your barriers, and challenge your certainty.
Talk it throughDirector School Sessions
Learn the role before you have to.
Group and one to one teaching on legal duties, board behaviour and the practical realities of director work. In person or online.
Discuss a sessionOverwhelmed, overworked, disorganised, or simply unsure? Tell Peter what's on your mind.
Talk it through
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Who's behind it
Peter Buglass.
Founder · Director School
Chartered Director
Chartered Surveyor
40 years on real boards
17 directorships
Wirral · Merseyside
Peter holds two of the most regarded professional designations in British business. Chartered Director (IoD) and Chartered Surveyor (RICS). Across forty years he has sat on, advised, and helped boards through difficulty in financial services, sport, hospitality, manufacturing, training, research sciences, engineering, digital services, education, charities, and property.
He started Director School because too many people are appointed to boards without ever being taught how to do the job. Most learn it the hard way, in the room. Peter's view: there's no need to.
You can spend your director years following everyone else's mistakes as fact, or you can learn what to look for, what to avoid, and what it means to actually be a director.
Peter Buglass · Chartered Director · Chartered Surveyor
Archery GB
National Governing Body
"A six month engagement to secure the long term future of the national governing body for archery in Great Britain."
What boards say after working with Peter.
Peter did just the job he was asked to do, to fantastic effect. He had a deep knowledge of the subject, excellent experience, and a manner that won the confidence of even the most sceptical members of the Board. The Board is now much improved as a direct result.
Peter has proven to be an inspirational help to us with a wealth of experience. His thought provoking questions are designed in such a way that YOU discover your own solutions. Also the best dressed adviser I know!
Peter's years of experience across many sectors and positions let him give excellent insight into businesses of all types and sizes. He can not only challenge existing practices, but be genuinely creative in recommending alternatives. Very valuable to busy business owners.
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Make Contact
Worth a conversation?
A short message about what's on your mind. Peter replies personally, usually within two working days. No funnels, no auto responders.
Thank you.
Peter will reply personally within two working days.