All coaching is delivered in English only. Enquiries, contracts, and the sessions themselves are in English, on every language version of this site.
The work
A menu of bookings, not a claim of results
Insights
Notes on the seat, not case studies
4 November 2026 · Linus Murphy
What executive coaching is — and is not
A plain description of one-to-one executive coaching: confidential, contracted work with one leader. Not mentoring, consulting, therapy, or a case study.
26 October 2026 · Linus Murphy
A brief you can actually keep
A coaching brief is three answers written down. If you cannot keep them, you do not yet have a brief — you have a mood.
7 October 2026 · Adeola Khan
Alignment usually means someone has gone quiet
When an executive team says it is aligned, I look for the person who stopped arguing. Silence is not a strategy.
The agency
Chief Executives is a booking agency for C-suite coaching. You enquire here to book a coach for a confidential series of sessions. You do not hire a firm to run a transformation programme, and you do not collect a case study.
The public office is in ICD Brookfield Place, DIFC, Dubai. Linus Murphy is the coach this agency books when a senior leader is in a stretch of major leadership change. Three other coaches sit on the same roster. Fees, fit, and cadence are agreed in writing after a first conversation. They are not published as packages.
Who this agency books for
Sitting chief executives, incoming C-suite operators, and senior leaders who want a coach rather than a consultant with a slide deck. The test is simple: can you name the seat and the stretch of work in two sentences. If you can, read what we book and who is available to book. If you cannot, write those sentences before you enquire.
This is the wrong door if you need a vendor to run a transformation programme, a search brief, or outplacement. A team offsite sold as coaching is refused; book it as training instead.
What a first enquiry should contain
A name, an email address, the seat you hold or are about to hold, a preferred coach if you have one, and the kind of conversation you want: one-to-one coaching, a role transition, or a sounding board before a board or a difficult internal hour. Do not send confidential company material in a first note. Use the form on the contact page.
A useful enquiry names the constraint, not the mood. “The week does not match the job I accepted” is a brief. “I want presence” is not. Fit is a written agreement, not a feeling after a chemistry call.
What Chief Executives books Linus for is on the about page: Elite Executive Leadership Transformation and Executive Key Focus Areas.
What you can book
Coaches you can enquire to book, the work they take on, and notes from those coaches. Fees and fit stay in writing. The notes are not case studies.
The work itself is on Services. Scope stays in writing.
| You might enquire | This is the wrong door |
|---|---|
| You hold or are entering a C-suite seat and want a confidential series | You want a vendor to run a transformation programme |
| You can name the stretch of work in two sentences | You want a search brief or outplacement |
| You want a sounding board before a board hour | You want an offsite sold as coaching — book training |
| You will agree fees and fit in writing | You want a published package with a price |
Enquire when the seat and the stretch are clear enough to say out loud. Until then, keep the note short and keep company papers off the form.
Next step
A confidential first conversation
Say who you are, the seat you hold, and the kind of work you want. Fees and fit are agreed in writing — they are not published here.