You've built a successful career. You're experienced. Trusted. Delivering.
But somewhere along the way, something may have changed.
Your priorities. Your ambition. Your relationship with work. Or simply you.
I help successful leaders create the space to understand what's changed, work out what they want next, and build a next chapter that fits who they've become.
Does the life you’ve built still fit the person you’ve become.
“Alan created a space where I could be completely honest about what was really going on. The result wasn’t just greater clarity - it was better decisions and renewed confidence in my leadership.”
What if you don’t have a career problem?
What if nothing is wrong - you've just changed?
For many leaders, the assumption is that something is wrong with them.
That they've lost motivation.
Lost confidence.
Lost resilience.
Lost their edge.
But often, the reality is much simpler.
The life you've built may no longer fit who you've become.
The goals that once drove you may no longer matter in the same way.
The success that once motivated you may no longer feel fulfilling.
The way you've been working may no longer fit the person you are now.
That doesn't mean you've failed.
It might simply mean it's time to stop and ask what's changed - and what you want next.
You don’t need to become someone different.
You need to understand who you are now - and what comes next.
You might recognise some of this.
“I’ve achieved a lot, but I’m not sure this is what I want anymore.”
“I know how to keep going. I’m just not sure where i’m going.”
“Part of me feels ready for something different, but I can’t quite see what.”
“The role still works on paper, but something feels off.”
“I want what comes next to feel more like me.”
“I’d become very good at carrying pressure without realising the impact it was having. Alan helped me step back, regain perspective and understand what I needed to lead in a way that felt sustainable.”
Maybe you’re not stuck.
Maybe you’ve simply outgrown the path you’re on.
TThe people I work with are rarely lacking capability.
They’re experienced. Trusted. Successful.
From the outside, their careers often look exactly as they hoped they would.
But something no longer feels quite right.
Not because they’re failing.
Because they’re changing.
The goals that once motivated them may no longer matter in the same way.
The version of success they spent years pursuing may no longer feel right.
And the path that got them here may no longer fit the person they’ve become.
Maybe the problem isn’t your career.
Maybe it’s that what used to fit no longer does.
When that happens, the answer isn’t necessarily to work harder, push through or make another career move.
It’s to step back. Create some clarity. Understand what’s changed. And work out what you actually want next.
Because the goal isn’t to start again. It’s to build a version of success that fits who you are now.
“What stood out most was Alan’s ability to challenge my thinking without judgement. I left with a clearer sense of direction and a much healthier relationship with the demands of leadership.”
The True Reboot isn’t about fixing people.
It’s about helping successful people understand what’s changed.
Create clarity.
Reconnect with what matters now.
And build a version of success that actually fits who they are.
Not a new version of you.
A clearer version of you.
What starts to change.
Less of this…
• Feeling successful but unsure what’s next
• Constantly second-guessing yourself
• Carrying the weight of every decision alone
• Staying on a path that no longer feels right
• Feeling like something needs to change, but not knowing what
More of this…
• Clarity about what you want now
• Confidence in the decisions you’re making
• A stronger connection to who you are
• A way of leading that feels more like you
• Success that feels sustainable for what comes next
Why this works.
You probably don't need more advice.
You need enough space to hear what you already know - and work out what it means now.
Coaching creates that space.
A chance to step back from the noise, question what's no longer fitting, reconnect with what matters to you now, and make clearer decisions about what comes next.
“The biggest shift wasn’t in my performance. It was in how sustainable that performance felt. I felt more in control, more focused and far more effective as a leader.”
Alan Derbyshire-Trice.
I spent more than twenty years in senior marketing leadership roles across global brands including Puma, Diesel, IMG, Kingsfisher Group and Clarks.
From the outside, the career looked successful.
Progressive. Visible. High-performing.
But I also experienced what happens when the way you’ve built success no longer feels quite right.
When the goals that once motivated you change.
When the role still works on paper, but something feels off.
When you know you can keep going - but you’re no longer sure you want to keep going in the same way.
That experience led me to retrain through the Co-Active Training Institute (CTI) and build The True Reboot Coaching.
Today, I work with successful leaders who are questioning what comes next - helping them create the space to step back, understand what’s changed, reconnect with what matters now, and make clearer decisions about the next chapter.
Not a new version of you.
A clearer version of you.
The next chapter starts with clarity.
If something no longer feels quite right, let’s talk about it.
No hard sell. No performance. No expectation.
Just space to step back, understand what’s changed, and explore what you want next.