Bill Best, MPhil, CPsychol.

Bill Best is an Executive Coach with ECC and is in his twentieth year providing consultancy services as a business coach. Throughout this time he has focused on helping organisations achieve significant change through the effective leadership and development of their people.

Bill has worked in most industry sectors including Banking, Insurance, Pharmaceuticals, High-Tech Products and Services, Communications, Retail, Entertainment, Manufacturing and Consumer Goods. Within each of these sectors he has partnered with the full range of functions from Operations to Finance to R&D to Human Resources. Typically his clients have been Fortune 100 and FTSE 100 companies, but he also has experience working with publicly funded bodies. He has carried out assignments throughout Europe on behalf of numerous multi-nationals.

Bill’s work in accelerating the enhancement of organisational effectiveness has focused primarily on the development of leadership talent. This has been achieved through accurate, predictive assessment, as well as challenging and supportive individual coaching and team development. Although a chartered psychologist, Bill is practical and pragmatic; whilst concerned to deliver technical excellence, he measures his effectiveness by the impact his input has on the client organisation’s goals.

Previously in his career, Bill held senior roles in two major consulting firms - Advanced Personnel Technology Limited, and Personnel Decisions International. In both roles he was responsible for client and project management, management and development of consultants, business development, and the design and refinement of products and services.

Bill speaks and writes frequently on the topics of coaching and leadership. He is co-author of the book “Executive Coaching: Exploding the Myths”.

Bill holds a Bachelor’s degree in psychology from Bolton Institute of Technology, as well as an MSc and MPhil from Cranfield University