TOP CREATIVE, SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL CHOPS GOT YOU HERE. NEXT STOP…

At the top of your career, what got you here – won’t get you there.

At the helm of a team of high achieving experts, tasked to get the most out of them.

Finding yourself under increasing pressure that you want to handle more effectively.

I’m eager to find engaging high performance (again).

I feel restricted, stuck, bored, patronised or misunderstood.

I want to improve my leadership of others, but I’m not sure where and how to go about it.

I could write a whole essay on how I work with creative, scientific and technical professionals. But in short, the best way to describe it is: I support people at the top of their game who embrace that art, science and design are intrinsically linked and require flow. Getting out of your own way is a constant dance. I support high performing professionals on that dance below the surface.

I love this description of Dr Maryam Mirzakhani’s process:

Mirzakhani described herself as a “slow” mathematician, saying that “you have to spend some energy and effort to see the beauty of math.” To solve problems, Mirzakhani would draw doodles on sheets of paper and write mathematical formulas around the drawings. Her daughter described her mother’s work as “painting”.

“Maeve Rutten is an exceptional executive coach. Her unusual combination of empathy, challenge and respect has been transformative in my leadership journey. After each session I came away with clearly applicable, and powerful, methods and tools for how to improve my performance and dramatically increase my impact. I couldn’t recommend her more highly.”

Dr Gabrielle Walker is a leading voice on climate change and carbon removals globally. A founder of Rethinking Removals and CUR8, she works with the most impactful global actors to accelerate the development of the carbon removals industry. She is a TED Speaker and a Global Ambassador for Client Earth. She has decades of experience working at C-suite and Board level to challenge conventional thinking and turn innovative ideas into action. Watch her TED talk here:

“The one-to-one coaching has been a game-changer for our founders. They describe it as a deeply personalized and supportive journey that has helped them gain clarity, overcome obstacles, and feel more empowered as leaders. Since working with Maeve, our founders have demonstrated increased confidence, better strategic planning, and improved communication within their teams. We at Google for Startups are equally impressed with the level of insight and actionable performance coaching offered.”

Mariama is the Google for Startups UK lead managing the programs and portfolios of 300+ startups from the UK and across EMEA. Since 2020 Mariama also manages the Black Founders Fund, having deployed $38m into over 400+ Black Founders across Europe, Africa, US and Brazil with founders securing over $400m in follow up funding – she believes if we want technology to work for everyone, it needs to be built by everyone. Mariama celebrated her 9th Google anniversary recently and is passionate about how technology can tackle issues at scale, from the everyday to the epic