Executive advisory & coaching for leaders driving growth
Think. Lead. Grow.Executive coaching and leadership advisory for CEOs and founders
UPworking helps CEOs, founders and senior leaders think more clearly, lead with confidence, and grow the business - the clarity that turns potential into performance.
30 minutes · no pitch · no obligation
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- Former CRO, OUTFRONT Media
- Former Global Managing Director, LinkedIn
- Former International CEO, CBS Outdoor
- YPO member
- UK, US & Europe
The problem I solve
Most senior leaders don't have a capability problem. They have a clarity problem.
The work is getting harder, the calls are getting bigger, and the space to think honestly is getting smaller. That's the gap I close - quietly, confidentially, and with the commercial bar held high.
Too many priorities, not enough clarity.
Everything feels urgent, the real decisions keep slipping, and the team is busy without being focused.
Big calls you're carrying alone.
A new role, a transaction, a tough hire, a strategic pivot - and no neutral, senior space to think them through.
Confidence quietly eroding.
You're still delivering, but the inner certainty has dipped - and you can feel it in how you're showing up.
Growth has stalled.
The plan looks right on paper, but the business isn't moving the way it should and you can't quite name why.
Why sign up
Most leaders have no one neutral to think out loud with. UPworking is that partner - and it's led by someone who has done the job.
I'm Clive Punter. I've carried the number as Chief Revenue Officer of OUTFRONT Media, a global leader at LinkedIn, and International CEO of CBS Outdoor - building and leading commercial teams across three continents and driving growth at scale.
I'm not a coach who's only ever coached. I've sat in the seat, made the calls and lived the pressure. That's why leaders trust me with the decisions that move the business.
Sign up because you'll get:
- A confidential, senior sounding board built entirely around you.
- Honest reflection plus a clear, written plan after every session.
- Commercial judgement from someone who's driven growth at the top.
- Momentum - you leave with a game plan, not just good intentions.
No pitch, no obligation. The best way to know if this is for you is a conversation.
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What it is
Strategic advisory and executive coaching for leaders at a turning point.
A confidential, one-to-one partnership built around you and the decisions in front of you - a new role, a big call, stalled growth, or simply the need for a sharper, more honest sounding board.
I partner with CEOs through dedicated CEO coaching, with startup leaders via tailored founder coaching, and with senior leaders across the UK, US and Europe - including rising leaders ready for their next step. Three ways, often blended:
It all comes back to three things: think more clearly, lead with confidence, grow yourself to grow the business.
How I work
No frameworks for the sake of it. A real relationship, honest reflection, and a bias to action that shows up in the business.
I hold the mirror, I don't blow smoke.
Honest reflection, always with warmth, never judgement.
I ask the questions that unlock it.
You hold more answers than you think. I help you find them - then make them concrete.
I've sat in the seat.
Real commercial leadership experience - carrying the number and making the calls. Peer to peer, not guru to audience.
Reflection becomes action.
You leave every session with clear next steps, and a written follow-up - observation, insights, actions - so nothing gets lost.
I open the network.
When a warm introduction moves things faster, I make it.
Practically: regular, confidential sessions by video, wherever you are in the world - built around your schedule and the decisions in front of you.
It's underpinned by GeniusQ - my approach to helping leaders find their 'sweet spot': where they're at their strongest, most confident and most commercially effective.
The value this brings
Clarity and confidence aren't soft. They turn into better decisions, stronger leadership and commercial growth.
Leadership Awareness
See the landscape clearly
Leadership Consciousness
Direct energy with intention
Leadership Outcomes
Convert clarity into growth
Leadership Awareness
See the landscape clearly
Leadership Consciousness
Direct energy with intention
Leadership Outcomes
Convert clarity into growth
THINK
Clarity that sharpens decisions.
I cut through the noise so you see the real issue and make the big calls with conviction. Clear thinking means fewer expensive mistakes and better commercial bets.
LEAD
Confidence that compounds.
You reconnect with what you bring and lead with authority - through transitions, tough stakeholders and high-stakes moments. Confident, clear leaders build teams that deliver.
GROW
Growth you can see in the business.
Sharper strategy, stronger execution, and momentum that shows up where it counts - in performance, results and growth.
Proof of the value - one real engagement (anonymized)
A newly-appointed leader of a global media business came to me after a high-profile moment knocked her confidence - just as she faced one of the biggest calls of her tenure: a major acquisition. I rebuilt her confidence on the foundation of everything she'd already achieved, then pressure-tested the decision until the right answer was clear. Within weeks she was back to her best - leading her team with authority and focused on building the business and winning.
The outcome: a confident leader, a defining decision made with conviction, and momentum back behind growth.
What clients say
Honest reflection. Commercial momentum.
It's almost like having a game plan. Clive helps me leave every conversation knowing exactly what I'm going to do - and do next.
He doesn't tell you what you want to hear. He holds up the mirror - and you leave clearer, stronger and ready to act.
My friends are business people too, but they don't really get it. Clive gets it. That makes all the difference.
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Insights
Leadership thinking.
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