Extraordinary Leadership

Helen Battersby

Helen's impressive corporate European experience at board level within multi‐national global market leading organisations spans the challenges faced by small and large businesses with multi‐ cultural perspectives as well as the human resources challenge of absorbing new companies into an established culture. This rich and diverse corporate background puts Helen in an excellent position to enhance other' performance at senior levels in the business environment.

In her own career, Helen has demonstrated that powerful coaching leads to more effective and inspirational leadership, renewed personal and corporate energy levels, enhanced commitment and personal fulfilment.

Helen’s personal vision is to deliver coaching, which dignifies each individual whilst enhancing the performance of their organisation.

Jefferson Cann

Jefferson’s primary aim as an international coach, facilitator and speaker is the development of high-performance leadership behaviours  that enable the liberation of human potential and the fulfilment of the individual, their teams and their companies.

Following a successful, 25-year, international, career in pharmaceuticals, he has been delivering Leadership Performance Coaching at board level and below across all sectors across the world, and has developed high-level expertise in personal, team and cultural leadership development.

Jefferson believes that all leadership begins with how we lead ourselves – only when we can do that can we truly lead others and organisations.  This  requires the integration of the individual’s mental, emotional, spiritual and physical dimensions. With Nigel Linacre he is the co-founder of Extraordinary Leadership, and LeadDirect, and with Nigel and Todd Eden of LeadNow!.  Jefferson has written numerous articles and blogs and is co-author of “An Introduction to 3-Dimensional Leadership” with Nigel.

Todd Eden

Todd is the country's leading expert in Generation-Y leadership development. A corporate high flyer with experience of the high potential schemes at two major British companies, he has a proven ability at building and leading teams across Procurement, Supply Chain, Marketing, and Innovation. 

He is co-founder with Jefferson Cann and Nigel Linacre, of LeadNow, which empowers tomorrow's leaders to lead themselves and others effectively. His second book 'Prevolution', makes a case for a rethink of leadership development for Gen-Y.

His first book ("12 countries, 1 camper") charts the highs and lows of a family adventure across Europe in their classic VW campervan.

Wilson Kitavi

Wilson Kitavi is a certified meta-coach, a member of LeadNow’s Advisory Board and a member of African 2.0. He has completed training in Neuro Linguistic Programming, and has trained as a Life Coach.

He has run training for all Kenyan Rotoract Presidents in 2015 on Values-Based Leadership, and is a former member of Global Shapers WEF.

He is focused on making a positive difference in society and set up an environmental restoration and rehabilitation project.

He enjoys working with young people on mindset change enabling them to reach their more of their potential. His core values are respect, love and integrity.

Nigel Linacre

As a facilitator, speaker and writer, Nigel creates spaces that prompt discovery. His purpose is to enable people to lead their lives with more grace and flow. 

Nigel co-founded Extraordinary Leadership with Jefferson Cann, co-developing 3-Dimensional Leadership across time, space and action. His titles include The Successful Executive, Recipes for Happiness, Why You Are Here – Briefly, and is co-author of An Introduction to 3-Dimensional Leadership. Some of his reflections appear in the International Leadership Association’s 2012 publication, Leading in Complex Worlds.  

Nigel has worked on development projects in a dozen countries in four continents on World Bank and UK Government funded projects, he has set up and run businesses, and co-founded pressure groups and charities including WellBoring. He has run for Parliament and had a first career in marketing communications.

Kim Stevens

Kim has over 20 years of PA and office management experience at executive level, including more than ten years supporting CEOs and board members throughout a variety of organisations.  

Kim brings a wealth of administration experience to the team, and a highly personable, welcoming face to Extraordinary Leadership as the Client Services Manager.

Skilled in all aspects of office systems and website administration, and an accredited bookkeeper.

Jennifer Wilson

Jennifer inspires people to see practical, useful, profound possibilities about themselves and how they relate to the world. She facilitates processes for people to learn to live more inspired, connected, creative, purpose-led lives. 

Her experience, work and enthusiasm are in the areas of Psychology, Consciousness, Education & Creativity. Jennifer works as a coach and facilitator with Extraordinary Leadership, LeadNow and The Global Centre for Conscious Leadership, as well as the RSA and other collaborators in the field. 

Jennifer is from South Africa, where she completed her Psychology degree and postgraduate in Marketing at The University of Cape Town. She then trained as a Consciousness Coach in Johannesburg with Creative Consciousness, an International Coach Federation accredited training program. Jennifer is a keen traveler, fascinated by different ‘normals’, and has lived and worked across cultures including USA, Thailand & Italy and now the UK.