Hi, I’m Alex
I work at the intersection of self-mastery and meaningful ambition — helping leaders align peak performance with purpose.
My journey
I stepped into my first leadership role at 21 and built a reputation for turning underperforming teams into award-winners and helping high performers step into leadership. My fascination was always the people themselves — how to unlock their potential, bring out the best in each person, and develop leaders that thrive.
That curiosity led me to study human behaviour, high performance and transformational coaching. Since 2017, I have been coaching leaders around the world full-time.
How I work
My approach blends psychology, transformational coaching, performance science, and practical philosophy. I’m fascinated by the edge where peak performance meets human flourishing, and how we create meaning and show up authentically while succeeding in high-stakes environments.
I value truth over comfort, depth over superficiality, and integration over fragmentation. These are not abstract ideals; they’re how I live and how I coach.
My expertise
I specialise in working with high achievers (who, underneath, are often under-confident overachievers). They’re intelligent, principled leaders who are successful and yet often wrestle with self-doubt, perfectionism, overcommitment and values conflicts within their environment. Outwardly winning, but inwardly unsettled.
What holds them back is not capability or knowledge, it’s deeper psychological patterns, including inherited scripts that drive achievement at the cost of wellbeing. My work helps these leaders transform these patterns at the roots, helping them integrate ambition with fulfilment and develop sustainable performance.
My Work Today
I partner with leaders across seven countries — from Fortune 500 executives and Big 4 consultants to founder-CEOs of global startups.
The work is transformational: addressing the beliefs, patterns, and conditioning that shape how you lead and live. My particular gift is shifting perception — helping you see what you couldn’t before, challenge accepted limitations, and find choice where you once felt constrained.
What to Expect
Our work will stretch you. At times it will be uncomfortable. But you’ll also experience rare support, sharp insight, and genuine care.
Clients describe me as direct but loving, rigorous yet warm. I ask uncomfortable questions with care, offer observations that may sting but create freedom, and create a space where hard truths feel safe to explore.
Connect with me
Keen to explore working together? I’d love to hear from you.
Let me know what you're looking for – where you are now and where you want to be. I’ll be in touch soon.
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Email: alexstaceyjames@gmail.com