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Helping CEOs and leadership teams navigate growth,
complexity and change with
clarity and commercial confidence.
Trusted advisor to ambitious leaders at key moments of growth, transition and complexity.
The balance between deep thinking on strategy and a pragmatic approach is something you rarely see. I highly recommend you talk to Miriam if you are focused on results.
- Alan Gormley, ShopBox
Work with Miriam
Every business reaches points where the answer is not more activity. It is more clarity.
I work with ambitious CEOs, founders, boards and leadership teams who are navigating growth, change, complexity or the next stage of the business. My role is to help you see the bigger picture, simplify what feels complicated and decide what matters most now.
The work is practical, commercial and grounded in real business life. It is for leaders who want clear thinking, honest challenge and a way forward they can actually use.
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Ways to Work With Miriam
Strategic Clarity
For leaders navigating growth, complexity, change and high-stakes decision-making.
I work alongside CEOs, founders, owners and leadership teams as a trusted strategic advisor and thinking partner. The work is practical, commercially grounded and focused on helping businesses step back, see clearly and make confident decisions about what comes next.
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Clearer decision-making
Leadership and board-level alignment
Navigating growth, change and complexity
Creating practical direction and momentum
Choose the support that fits where you are now and where the business needs to go next.
Retail-Specific Support
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"Deep strategic thinking with a pragmatic approach. If you are focused on results, talk to Miriam."
- Alan Gormley, ShopBox
"The strategic advice was spot-on, well delivered & simple to execute - immediate results."
- Head of Revenue, DairyGold
Strategic Clarity
For CEOs, founders and leadership teams who need to step back, make sense of the noise and decide what matters next.
When the business is busy, growing or changing, it can be hard to see clearly.
You may have opportunities on the table, pressure in the team, too many priorities or a sense that the business has become more complicated than it needs to be.
Often, the issue is not a lack of ideas. It is knowing which ideas deserve attention, which decisions need to be made and what should happen next.
Strategic Clarity creates the space, structure and challenge to step back, look properly at the business and create stronger direction and momentum.
What this can include:
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The Strategic Anchor
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A strategic review or growth intensive
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A future-fit business review
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A focused session around a specific commercial challenge
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A practical plan for the next stage of growth
Typical outcomes:
Clearer direction
Sharper priorities
Better decisions
A practical plan for the next stage
More confidence in where the business is going
What this can include:
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The Strategic Anchor
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A strategic review or growth intensive
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A future-fit business review
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A focused session around a specific commercial challenge
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A practical plan for the next stage of growth
Typical outcomes:
Clearer direction
Sharper priorities
Better decisions
A practical plan for the next stage
More confidence in where the business is going
CEO & Board Advisory
CEO & BOARD
ADVISORY
BY MIRIAM SIMON
For CEOs, founders, owners and boards who need experienced, independent challenge and support.
Leadership can be lonely, particularly when the decisions are complex, sensitive or high-stakes.
As a strategic advisor, I work alongside CEOs, founders, owners and boards as a trusted thinking partner. My role is to bring clarity, challenge and calm judgement to the issues that matter most.
This is not theory and it is not generic coaching. It is practical, commercially grounded support for leaders who are carrying responsibility and want to make better decisions without adding more noise.
We work on the real issues: growth, people, structure, leadership, succession, board dynamics, commercial performance and the future role of the CEO or founder.
"Practical, focused and exactly what we needed."
- Managing Partner, Diamond Designs Uniforms
"Miriam's honest, open style and her ability to get straight to the point as to what is needed, was fantastic"
- Commercial Director, Kerry Agri
What this can include:
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CEO confidant or trusted advisor support
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Non-executive advisory
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Board-level strategic challenge
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Founder or succession transition support
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Regular decision-making and leadership support
Typical outcomes:
Stronger decision-making
Clearer thinking at CEO or board level
More confidence around sensitive or complex issues
Better alignment between leadership and strategy
A calmer, more focused way to lead through change
Leadership &
Future Readiness
LEADERSHIP
& FUTURE
READINESS
BY MIRIAM SIMON
For leadership teams preparing for growth, change, AI adoption or the next stage of the business.
The next stage of growth usually asks more of the leadership team.
The business may need clearer roles, better decisions, stronger accountability or a more practical approach to change and technology. Sometimes the CEO or founder is still too central. Sometimes the team is capable, but not yet operating as one leadership unit.
I help leadership teams understand what needs to shift, where the pressure points are and how to move forward without overwhelming the business.
This work is especially useful for businesses that are growing, modernising, adopting AI or trying to reduce their dependence on one key person.
“Miriam greatly enhances our leadership discussions with sound, practical advice.”
- Chief Financial Officer, Aqua Comms
“Her strategic insights and guidance have empowered our leadership team, making this a truly wonderful experience. Highly recommended!”
- Founder, Turnua
What this can include:
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Leadership team alignment
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Role, responsibility and decision clarity
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Future-fit business readiness
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Practical AI strategy and adoption
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Change support for leadership teams
Typical outcomes:
A more aligned leadership team
Clearer roles and responsibilities
Practical adoption of change or AI
Less dependence on the CEO or founder
Better rhythm, accountability and momentum
Speaking
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BY MIRIAM SIMON
SPEAKING
"Excellent content. Superb delivery. Informative, empowering and motivating."
- Owner and Founder of OMD Consultancy
For events, conferences and leadership audiences that need sharp thinking, practical insight and a future-focused perspective.
I speak to business audiences about strategy, leadership, AI adoption, retail, change and the future of work.
My keynotes and sessions are practical, commercially grounded and designed to help leaders think more clearly about what is changing, what matters and what they need to do next.
With board-level retail experience and cross-industry advisory work, I bring a grounded perspective on business growth, leadership, customer behaviour, technology and the decisions leaders need to make now to stay relevant.
Speaking topics can include
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Strategic clarity in uncertain times
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The future-ready CEO
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AI adoption without the overwhelm
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Retail lessons every business can learn from
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Leadership alignment for growth
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Kindness as a commercial strength
Typical outcomes for audiences
Fresh thinking
Practical takeaways
Clearer understanding of what is changing
Greater confidence about what to focus on next
A more grounded way to think about growth, leadership and the future