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🎯 Helping high-performing professionals lead with clarity, confidence & purpose. Purpose.

Hi, I’m Laurence Loxam — Executive Coach, Business Consultant, and Strategic Advisor to high-achieving professionals who want more than just success. They want clarity. Performance that lasts. If you’re a doctor, lawyer, senior exec, or business owner, you know how demanding leadership can be. You’re smart and driven — but success brings complexity. And sometimes, it’s hard to see the way forward. That’s where I come in. With over 30 years of experience across retail, construction, and agriculture, I’ve led at senior levels and understand the realities of pressure and performance. My work spans strategic planning, marketing, negotiation, business growth, and general management — and I bring deep insight into the worlds of law and healthcare too. Now, I work with leaders like you to think clearer, lead better, and live more fully. Through bespoke coaching and strategic consultancy, I help you get unstuck, sharpen your thinking, and move powerfully toward what’s next.

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19/09/2026

I was trained in the 1990s to never let my team see weakness.
At 50, I think “I got that wrong” can be one of a leader’s strongest sentences.

Leadership has changed.
You don’t need to have every answer.
You do need enough confidence to listen, change your mind when the evidence changes, and let people see you learning.

That doesn’t mean oversharing or giving away authority.
It means dropping the pretence of certainty.
Coaching helped me reframe one of the biggest barriers: fear of failure.

Today, I see failure differently.
For me, it’s simply another word for learning.

Save this if you’re leading through change.
Send it to someone who needs to hear it.

Can you say, “I got that wrong”?

I spent nearly 30 years being paid to make decisions.Some of my biggest breakthroughs came when somebody challenged the ...
19/09/2026

I spent nearly 30 years being paid to make decisions.
Some of my biggest breakthroughs came when somebody challenged the one I thought was right.

High achievers rarely lack intelligence, experience or knowledge.
What they can lack is someone prepared to question the thinking behind all three.
Because when you’re moving at 100 miles an hour, blind spots grow.
And high achievers can often run on three cylinders and still outperform most people around them.

That can hide a problem for years.

Good challenge isn’t confrontation. It’s someone you trust enough to ask the question nobody else is asking, test an assumption you’ve carried for years, or sometimes simply stay quiet long enough for you to hear your own answer.

That’s what this week’s article explores.

Save this if it resonates. Repost it for someone who needs the challenge.

Who challenges you?

I’m Laurence Loxam – I’ve pushed limits in business, on mountains, and at the finish line. Now I help elite professionals do the same, pushing past the point most people stop. I coach CEOs, doctors, lawyers, and founders who’ve hit success, but still feel there’s more. Together, we unlock clarity, sharpen confidence, and lead with conviction. Ready for your next leadership breakthrough? Let’s connect.
Read the full blog here:

I’ve led teams of 120 and carried responsibility for $400 million businesses.The higher I went, the more important it be...
18/09/2026

I’ve led teams of 120 and carried responsibility for $400 million businesses.
The higher I went, the more important it became to hear, “You’re wrong.”

Modern leadership cannot rely on certainty alone.

If nobody challenges you, people stop offering different perspectives,
or every poor result gets blamed on the team, something needs examining.
Learning in public means having enough confidence to adapt when the evidence changes.

It means asking better questions, listening without becoming defensive and being willing to admit when your thinking needs to move.
That takes self-awareness.
It also takes courage.

Executive coaching creates the space to develop both.

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Do people challenge you?

I was trained in the 1990s to stick to my guns.After nearly 30 years in leadership, I’ve learned that sometimes the stro...
17/09/2026

I was trained in the 1990s to stick to my guns.
After nearly 30 years in leadership, I’ve learned
that sometimes the stronger decision is to change course.

New evidence appears.
Circumstances shift.
Someone around you sees something you missed....

That is not weakness.

The real risk is defending yesterday’s decision because your ego is now attached to it.
Good leadership means knowing when to hold your ground and when to accept that the better answer has changed.

I’ve made decisions I later reconsidered.
What mattered was not protecting the original decision; It was getting to the right outcome.

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Can you change your mind?

I was taught in the 1990s that strong leaders stood by their decisions.After leading teams of 120 and $400 million busin...
16/09/2026

I was taught in the 1990s that strong leaders stood by their decisions.
After leading teams of 120 and $400 million businesses, I think the stronger leader is sometimes the one who changes their mind.

Leadership has moved on.

Today, people can see more. They challenge more. They expect more transparency.
That does not mean oversharing or losing authority.
It means being confident enough to say:
“I got that wrong.”
“What am I missing?”
“Someone else has the better answer.”
The danger for senior leaders is not disagreement.

It is silence.

If nobody challenges you, if people stop speaking up,
or if every decision goes unquestioned, that should concern you.
Modern leadership still needs strength. But strength now includes adaptability.

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If you're a leader; do people challenge you?

I spent years in leadership being taught that changing your mind weakened your authority.After leading teams of 120 and ...
15/09/2026

I spent years in leadership being taught that changing your mind weakened your authority.
After leading teams of 120 and $400 million businesses, I think the opposite.

Nobody gets every decision right.

The danger starts when seniority makes us feel
we have to defend a decision simply because it was ours.

Some of the strongest leaders I have worked with can say:
“I got that wrong.”

Then they listen, learn and change course.
That doesn’t diminish authority.

Handled well, it can build trust because people see confidence without pretence and accountability without ego.Experience should make us better at judging when to hold our ground, and when not to.

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Can you admit when you’re wrong?

I was taught in the 1990s that seniority meant certainty.At 50, after leading large teams and substantial businesses, I ...
14/09/2026

I was taught in the 1990s that seniority meant certainty.
At 50, after leading large teams and substantial businesses, I believe almost the opposite.

Experience should improve your judgement.
But it should also make you more willing to stop, listen, and question yourself and accept that someone else may have the better answer.

The danger comes when seniority turns into insulation.
Fewer people challenge you. More people agree with you.
And eventually silence can start to feel like confirmation to a leader.

Some of the strongest leaders I know are not the ones who always have the answer.
They are the ones confident enough to keep learning.

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Do you welcome challenge?

I was taught in the 1990s that strong leaders stuck to their guns.At 50, I think some of the strongest words a senior le...
13/09/2026

I was taught in the 1990s that strong leaders stuck to their guns.

At 50, I think some of the strongest words a senior leader can say are: “I got that wrong.”

Leadership has changed enormously.

We’re more visible. Different generations expect different things from us. And nobody can realistically have all the answers anymore.

But learning in public isn’t about oversharing or surrendering authority.
It’s having enough confidence to change your mind when the evidence changes.
Enough humility to listen when somebody else has the better answer.
And enough courage to let people see that happen.

I’ve led large teams and substantial businesses. I’m still learning now, including how to build my own coaching business and turning up on camera every week when I would rather not.

For me, failure is simply another word for learning.

Save this for later and repost if someone in your network needs to read it.

Are you comfortable saying, “I got that wrong”?

I’m Laurence Loxam – I’ve pushed limits in business, on mountains, and at the finish line.
Now I help elite professionals do the same, pushing past the point most people stop.
I coach CEOs, doctors, lawyers, and founders who’ve hit success, but still feel there’s more.
Together, we unlock clarity, sharpen confidence, and lead with conviction.
Ready for your next leadership breakthrough? Let’s connect.

Read the full blog here: - https://lnkd.in/e5GCq3Kc

12/09/2026

I spent years in commercial leadership being taught to win the sale.
Executive coaching taught me that sometimes the right answer is to walk away.

Not everyone wants to work with me, and that’s fine.

Coaching only works when there is trust, chemistry and a genuine willingness to be challenged.

I deliberately work with around 20 clients a year. I can stretch to 30, but I have no interest in building a high-volume coaching practice.

I want to know the people I coach properly, challenge them properly and be there when it matters.

If the fit isn’t right, choose someone else.
If it is right, go all in.

Would you consider executive coaching?

I was taught in the 1990s that strong leaders stuck to their guns.At 50, I think some of the strongest words a senior le...
12/09/2026

I was taught in the 1990s that strong leaders stuck to their guns.

At 50, I think some of the strongest words a senior leader can say are: “I got that wrong.”

Leadership has changed enormously.

We’re more visible. Different generations expect different things from us. And nobody can realistically have all the answers anymore.

But learning in public isn’t about oversharing or surrendering authority.
It’s having enough confidence to change your mind when the evidence changes.
Enough humility to listen when somebody else has the better answer.
And enough courage to let people see that happen.

I’ve led large teams and substantial businesses. I’m still learning now, including how to build my own coaching business and turning up on camera every week when I would rather not.

For me, failure is simply another word for learning.

Save this for later and repost if someone in your network needs to read it.

Are you comfortable saying, “I got that wrong”?

I’m Laurence Loxam – I’ve pushed limits in business, on mountains, and at the finish line.
Now I help elite professionals do the same, pushing past the point most people stop.
I coach CEOs, doctors, lawyers, and founders who’ve hit success, but still feel there’s more.
Together, we unlock clarity, sharpen confidence, and lead with conviction.
Ready for your next leadership breakthrough? Let’s connect.
Read the full blog here:

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