GREEN PEAK
Green Peak is me.
I'm Tim Rawlinson
A little about me
I've spent much of my working life around leadership, people and situations where there wasn't always an obvious answer.
I spent 20 years as a British Army officer, leading people in demanding environments and learning (occasionally the hard way) that people rarely behave exactly as the leadership textbook suggests.
Since leaving the military, I have worked with leaders across Olympic and Paralympic sport, The FA and the Premier League.
Alongside that I've spent years coaching and mentoring leaders, managers, coaches and people navigating periods of change.
I'm a qualified executive coach, with a Postgraduate Certificate in Executive Coaching & Mentoring, and I'm a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership.
All of that gives me experience and perspective.
Will Tim understand my world?
Dan Bolas, who I mentored while he was working as an Academy Manager, put this particularly well. He said our backgrounds and experiences differed greatly, but that my ability to:
“relate and empathise”
with the situations he was facing was beneficial and had a positive influence on him as both a person and a leader.
I've worked across the military, sport, leadership development, business, coaching and mentoring.
Different environments.
Different pressures.
Different people.
If all of that has taught me one thing, it's that there isn't one correct way to lead. So I won't try to turn your workplace into the Army or tell you what elite sport would do.
I'll work with your world.
Callum Repper, who I've worked with and supported, described the environments I create as:
“engaging, challenging, whilst allowing space for open discussion & expression.”
That's exactly the balance I'm after.
What is it actually like to work with Tim?
People describe it rather better than I can.
Rhys Ingram described my approach simply as:
Luke Sweet said my style is:
Benjamin Young said I created an environment that:
“person centred”
and said the environment encourages learning that actually sticks.
“Mature, flexible, pragmatic, engaging.”
He also described the atmosphere as relaxed while still encouraging development.
“felt safe but equally created appropriate challenge.”
Those three things - person-centred, pragmatic and appropriately challenging - are probably a better description of my style than a paragraph of coaching jargon.
Does your experience change how you coach?
Of course.
But experience should create perspective, not certainty.
I've led people.
I've got things right.
I've got things wrong.
I've seen leadership when the stakes were genuinely high.
I've spent years helping other people develop.
And I've worked with enough leadership theories to know that no model survives every human being it encounters.
That means I'm comfortable with messy situations.
I'm comfortable when there isn't an obvious answer.
And I'm comfortable giving you time to think rather than rushing in to prove that I have one.
Courtney Pitt described me as:
“candid, thoughtful”
and committed to helping people develop in ways that genuinely improve performance. That feels about right.
What won't I get?
A guru.
A lecture about how I used to do things.
A giant folder of leadership models.
Someone agreeing with everything you say.
Or a promise to unlock your limitless potential.
Some leadership situations are just difficult.
We can call them difficult.
Then work out what you're going to do about them.
