• Jim McNeish

    Head of Knowledge

    Jim McNeish has held leadership development roles in BP, Kingfisher and The Body Shop.  He was the Managing Director of Cantle, a leadership development centre on the banks of Loch Tay and is now the Head of Knowledge for the Neish Leadership Consultancy.

    His last 30 years have been spent, developing directors from some of the largest companies in the world including Lloyds, Coca Cola, Condé Nast, ADNOC and BP.  He has a reputation for high impact, quality conversations and sustained, tangible performance improvements in the executive teams he works with.

    In the future, he plans to build another retreat centre (nearer an airport this time), and collaborate more with his friends.

  • Peter Edgar

    Leadership Consultant

    Peter’s 14 - year consultancy background is predominantly in helping start-up/ venture leaders to strategise their businesses and access the resources needed for growth.

    In 2017, he was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to research innovation in the US. This lead to consulting with the World Economic Forum in its “New Concept for Europe”, encouraging international collaboration among its members. Now at Neish, he is bringing new energy to Neish clients, equipping them for the considerable challenges of leadership in today’s rapidly evolving market place. He is working with ADNOC, BP, Rebel Energy, Vallourec, Currys, Catalyst and Vitol. He loves coaching.

    At the weekends, Peter enjoys hiking in forests and wild swimming in N.Ireland while seeking the perfect sunset photo.

Why we do it.

We've seen enough businesses and we know enough executive teams to be convinced that leadership is entirely about relationship.  The magic and sparks are found in the space between us.  Leadership is not the preserve of the individual; it is the product of a collaboration based on agreements.
Partnerships, (pairs, triads and teams) cover us and develop us.  They encourage us to be equal to our challenges.  Asking one solitary soul to hold all the complexity of the  economy,  regulations, and new social contracts is like asking someone to swallow the sun.  Relationships, founded on the right conversations create a triangulated and more accurate reality. Collaborators are better equipped to spearhead the response to this new world pressing in on us.
So that’s our stand.  We want to work with leaders, who see the value in  their colleagues, and want to make their relationships more productive.  It’s our way of changing the world for the better.  
What are you contributing to a better future?   Do you want to do something with us?