Leadership in Uncertain Times.
Make it matter.
About you
You’re a senior leader navigating high-stakes decisions in an uncertain, complex landscape. You need a coaching partner who brings clarity and perspective, sharpens your thinking, and elevates your performance – because what you do matters.
At HOUZAN, we specialise in helping leaders like you achieve more than they thought possible. Led by Philip Houghton, a Fellow of the Institute of Coaching at McLean / Harvard Medical School, we bring 30 years of elite coaching experience to achieve transformational outcomes that drive impact where it’s needed most.
About us
When we created HOUZAN, we wanted a name that reflects not only who we are but also what we stand for: helping you make it matter.
HOUZAN inspired by it’s Founders – Phil Houghton & Oksana Kozyrod – embodies four powerful values that guide everything we do:
- Focusing on what truly matters – Helping you cut through the noise to deliver results that count.
- Elevating your perspective – Giving you the clarity and insight to see further and act decisively.
- Sharpening your judgment and skill – Strengthening the leadership instincts that set you apart.
- Supporting and stretching you – Ensuring you are challenged, but never alone.
Outcomes
1. Delivering What Matters Most
Your leadership shapes the outcomes that count.
We partner with you during pivotal moments, helping you navigate complexity, accelerate performance, and confidently deliver what matters most.
2. Elevating your perspective
The best leaders see what others can’t.
Working with HOUZAN gives you a fresh perspective and sharper clarity, enabling better decisions and opening up new possibilities.
3. Being the Best Version of Yourself
Leadership is demanding – mentally, physically, emotionally.
We help you show up as your best self: more focused, more consistent, and more authentic, so your leadership always makes a difference.
4. Being Stretched Yet Supported
True growth happens when you’re challenged and supported in equal measure.
We push your thinking, introduce fresh perspectives, and ensure you feel fully supported – helping you stay ahead and deliver results that matter.
Services
1. Executive Coaching
In a world of constant change, senior leaders are facing some of the most significant challenges their organisations have seen in decades. Our own research points to four key shifts that are testing leaders as never before.
At HOUZAN, we focus on what matters most in today’s leadership landscape. We help you sharpen your purpose, refine your voice, and embrace the conscious leadership needed to thrive in uncertainty. Together, we cut through complexity, enabling bold, confident decisions that drive lasting impact.
2. Leadership Team Acceleration
High-performing teams don’t just happen – they are built with intention. Whether responding to a new vision, strategy, or operating model, some teams are expected to make a disproportionate impact on organisational success.
At HOUZAN, we help these critical teams strengthen their ability to connect, collaborate, and focus on what matters most. With decades of experience across industries – including at the global executive level – we shape teamwork that drives change, delivers strategy, and transforms organisations.
3. Making Strategic Collaborations Work
Winning organisations thrive on collaborations that drive impact. Whether it’s the Chair and CEO, the Executive team and key external partners, or internal teams that need to work more powerfully together, strategic collaboration is often the difference between commercial success and stagnation.
At HOUZAN, we’ve developed unique approaches to enable the collaborations that matter most. We help you build deeper relationships, create purpose-driven alignment, and inspire committed action – often unlocking results beyond what you thought possible.
Clients
CORPORATES
AIG
Alice + Olivia
Aviva
Bain Capital
DB Cargo
DHL Global Logistics
First Group
GSK
Heathrow Airport
High Speed 1
Home Office
HSBC
JDE Coffee
KPMG
Lloyds Banking Group
CORPORATES
London St. Pancras High Speed
Mars Group
McKinsey & Company
Mercedes Benz
MetLife
Michael Kors
Mondelēz
MTR Crossrail
National Portrait Gallery
Network Rail
Odeon / AMC Theatres
Royal London
SCOR Reinsurance
Unilever
NOT FOR PROFIT
Charities Aid Foundation
Leonard Cheshire
New Homes Quality Board
NSAR
Railway Children
Tommy’s The Pregnancy and Baby Charity
Testimonials
“Delivered big value”
President & CEO, Healthcare
“Really accelerated the team”
CEO, Private Equity
“Unambiguously excellent”
HR Director, Infrastructure
“Impactful and meaningful”
Senior Vice President, R&D
“Fantastically supportive”
Senior Vice President, Petcare
“Exceeded expectations”
CFO, Financial Services
“Great Counsel”
Managing Director, Capital Projects
“Amazing clarity of thinking”
Senior Vice President, Fashion
“Transformed our team”
Senior Director, Research Institute
“Always delivers”
Senior Vice President, Global FMCG
“Outstanding impact”
President, Hedge Fund
“Got me to the C-Suite”
General Counsel, Consulting
“Super insightful”
CEO, Not For Profi t
“Really accelerated the team”
CEO, Private Equity
Publications
Phil Houghton
For a coaching partner to help you navigate uncertainty, sharpen your thinking, and accelerate your performance, contact Phil at HOUZAN and make it matter.
+44 7790 001 360 phil@houzan.co.uk