Find your path
Coaching you and your organisation through complexity, crisis and change
Do you need to find clarity within complexity?
Modern leadership is demanding. It demands that you pilot your organisation through ambiguity, complexity, volatility, and sometimes, crisis - all while maintaining communication, teamwork, empathy and authenticity. It can feel like driving a moving train while frantically laying the track in front of you.
I've been there, and I can help.
Individual Executive Coaching helps senior leaders under pressure make better decisions for themselves and their organisations. Specialisms at Rippon Coaching include the support of first-time CEOs, and C-Suite Executives leading through crisis or turnaround.
Team Coaching and Facilitation helps you find clarity and direction together as a leadership team. Rippon Coaching can particularly help you define and describe your organisation purpose, and translate that purpose into strategy, plans and culture.
With a non-linear career and a wide range of interests and experience, I can help you view your leadership challenges from the broadest perspectives - and plot the right path, for you.
Dr Helen Rippon
An unusual blend of scientist and CEO, the thread throughout my career is one of curiosity: from roots in the lab as a pioneering stem cell researcher, to non-profit CEO and the successful turnaround of a failing global cancer research funder. Outside work, I like to test the edges of my own performance as an ultramarathon runner and amateur artist. This same spirit of exploration influences my coaching.
- Meyler Campbell-trained, EMCC accredited Business Coach
- PhD in molecular biology with early career as a Research Fellow at Imperial College London. Several original research publications across the fields of stem cells, tissue engineering and cancer research.
- Former CEO of Worldwide Cancer Research, a global £multi-million seed-funder of scientific innovation.
- NED and Trustee positions include the Chartered Association of Sports & Exercise Sciences and the National Cancer Research Institute.
Testimonials
CEO, International Youth Education and Travel Company
"Helen has had a huge impact on my journey as a CEO. When I first started coaching, I wasn't sure how long I would do it for, but now I genuinely look forward to our sessions. They give me the space to reflect, challenge my thinking, and focus on the bigger picture rather than getting lost in the day-to-day noise. Looking back at where I was and where I am now, the difference is significant. I still have a lot to learn, but I feel far more focused, strategic, and confident in the decisions I make. Our discussions have been an important part of that growth."
Chief Marketing Officer, Environmental Sustainability Consultancy
"Working with Helen was consistently valuable. She created a supportive environment to explore both immediate challenges and the wider patterns connecting them. Her coaching helped me think more clearly about situations and identify practical next steps, while still encouraging me to reach my own conclusions. Helen’s calm approach, thoughtful questions, and ability to listen deeply made each session meaningful and productive."
Chief of Staff, Philanthropic Giving Consultancy
"My conversations with Helen were so helpful. They were transformative for me."