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ListenBusiness Psychologist · London
Business is people.
The success of a business comes down to the people in it, how they lead, how they work together and how well they perform.
I work with leaders and organisations to help people thrive, teams perform and businesses succeed.
Coaching · Advisory · Speaking
15+Years in practice
4,000+Hours of coaching delivered
50+Organisations worked with
Who I work with
I work with senior leaders, executive teams and organisations going through growth, change or periods of intense pressure.
That might mean helping a business scale without losing what made it successful, supporting a leadership team through a difficult period, or working one-to-one with a leader who needs space to think clearly and make better decisions.
The work is practical, evidence-based and tailored to what is actually going on, not a standard programme or a one-size-fits-all approach.
Three ways to work together
Signature programmes
Selected clients
- Meta
- Amazon
- JP Morgan
- GIC
- EQT
- Oracle
- Morgan Stanley
- Barclays
- Houlihan Lokey
- KPMG
- WPP
- Intuit
- HP
- Primark
- Lego
- John Lewis
- Waitrose
- 3i
- Colliers
- Giant Group
- Noteus
- PRS for Music
In the room
Stages, panels and boardrooms across London and beyond.
Meet Dannielle
The rest is psychology...
I love business.
I love seeing a good team work well together. I love watching people grow into their potential. I love ambitious businesses that are doing well and the people behind them who make that happen.
And I think good leadership is at the heart of all of it.
That's why I work with leaders and the organisations around them.
In their words
Danni is fantastic!! She has had a huge impact on AVA and our Emerging Leaders initiative, she developed the Hi-Po programme which has significantly increased the speed in which we can move people into leadership roles.
CEO, AVA Energy
As featured in
- BBC
- Financial Times
- The Times
- The Guardian
- The Independent
- Fortune
- Vogue
- Vanity Fair
- HuffPost
- Cosmopolitan
- Esquire
- Express
- Metro
- Glamour
- People Management
- Yahoo Finance
- The Stylist
- SheerLuxe
- Soho House
- WorkLife
- Techround
- Raconteur
- Personnel Today
- PsychCentral
- HRreview
- Executive Support Magazine
- The CEO Magazine
A regular expert source for People Management, the UK's leading HR title, sixteen pieces and counting since 2023.
Selected commentary
All media & writingListen
Conversations on leadership, culture and the darker corners of workplace psychology.
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ListenInsights
Writing & thinking
How engagements begin
A short call, an honest diagnosis, then a plan.
Most work starts with a 30-minute conversation about what's actually happening, not a pitch. If I'm the right person for it, I'll tell you how I'd approach it. If I'm not, I'll tell you that too.
What happens next
- Send a short note about what's going on and what you need help with.
- Dannielle replies personally, usually within 48 hours, to arrange a call.
London, working internationally