Tom Battye

Tom Battye is an executive coach and organisational development consultant with 20 years’ international experience working in the field of leadership development. His work focuses on helping individuals and teams strengthen leadership effectiveness through behaviour and mindset change, enabling them to navigate significant personal and organisational challenges with greater clarity, resilience, and impact.

Through his coaching practice, Tom works with senior executives, leadership teams, and organizations undergoing complex change, supporting them in areas such as authentic leadership, role transition, challenging relationships, personal presence, and performance under pressure. His approach combines deep listening, thoughtful challenge, and a strong emphasis on helping leaders build the self-awareness and mindset shifts that lead to sustained behavioural change.

Tom also brings strong expertise in leadership team coaching, a specialist discipline focused on helping senior teams function with greater trust, stronger communication, and improved overall performance. His work reflects a belief that leadership effectiveness is shaped not only by individual capability but also by the quality of relationships, alignment, and team dynamics at the top of the organization.

In addition to coaching leaders and teams, Tom is active in the wider coaching profession through coach supervision, coach development, and accredited coaching programs. Public profiles indicate he is accredited at Master Practitioner level with APECS and holds certifications and experience with psychometric and diagnostic tools including Hogan, MBTI, SDI, and the Emotional and Social Competence Inventory, which further strengthen his ability to support leaders with depth and rigor.

At Exceed, Tom Battye serves as Head Coach for Leadership Coaching, strengthening our leadership capability offering through executive coaching, team coaching, and behavioural development support. His contribution helps organizations ensure that leadership development is not limited to insight alone, but translates into meaningful and lasting growth in how leaders think, relate, and perform.