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Clarity
for Founders

You've built a great business, but know you can do so much more.

As complexity increases, so does the necessity for the right plan.

Create that winning formula and focus on what truly matters for greater success.

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Design Your
Next Chapter

You know there’s more ahead, but the path isn’t clear yet. 


Too many options create noise, not clarity. 


Turn uncertainty into a clar, focused plan for what's next. 

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Life Beyond
Exit

When business is no longer the centre, something shifts.


Without structure and identity, clarity can fade.


Rediscover your purpose & passions for the life you actually want.

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A message from Adam Ashcroft,
The Advantage Coach

Do You Have a Plan for your Life?

If you're like most, your answer is probably no. I've been there too - until I discovered that having a clear, actionable plan would transform my life in ways I never imagined.

While you likely have a solid plan for your business — a strategy for growth, a roadmap for success — clarity about your life beyond work may be lacking. What do you truly desire? What comes next? What is it all building toward? For someone accustomed to having a clear direction, this uncertainty can be challenging to navigate.

You've Achieved Success. Now What?

Most founders and leaders I work with have surpassed expectations, building businesses, leading teams, and creating wealth. However, at some point—often during a transition, an exit, or a moment of honest reflection—the question evolves.

It's no longer about "How do I grow this?" but rather "What do I truly want my life to look like?" and often "What should my next business move be, and is it the right one?"

These questions deserve the same rigor, structure, and clarity you've brought to your other pursuits.

Not Just Life Coaching. Not Just Business Coaching. Both.

What sets this work apart is that most coaches operate within a single domain — life coaching or business strategy. However, for founders and leaders at your level, these aspects are inextricably linked. Deciding whether to scale or sell isn’t just a financial decision but a personal one. How you lead your team reflects who you are as an individual, and whether your next venture invigorates or drains you depends on its alignment with your true desires.

As an exited business owner myself, I have over 25 years of experience building and scaling businesses globally, leading teams, navigating exits, and advising founders and CEOs. I can steer our conversations wherever necessary. Some sessions may resemble executive coaching, others may feel like business advisory, while many incorporate strategic thinking with no agenda other than your success.

Consider me a Swiss Army knife in your corner — able to fluidly address your business challenges, leadership, the next chapter of your life, and the broader questions about what you truly want. Whatever direction the conversation needs to go, that's where we’ll head.

The goal remains consistent: to help you achieve peak performance in both your business and your life.

A Different Kind of Plan

The Advantage Operating System which I created with the knowledge gained from running my own businesses and from the experiences of working alongside many world leading organisations and strategic consultancy practices such as McKinsey, Bain & Boston Consulting. AOS provides a structured framework designed to help high-performing founders and leaders create a clear, intentional life plan, mirroring the strategic thinking they've applied to their businesses.

It is built on three foundational pillars:

1. The 3 Ps to Succeed — Purpose, Passions, and Progress. The groundwork for everything.


2. The 7 Steps to Success — A proven process to clarify your current position, future direction, and the steps needed to get there.


3. The Advantage Playbooks — Practical tools to address the real challenges that leaders face, rooted in over 25 years of building, scaling, and advising businesses globally.

This is not just theory but a system born from my experience — having built and sold my own business and realizing that success without direction isn't the satisfying destination we envision.



Who This Is For

You are a founder, business owner, or senior leader who has built something significant. You may currently be grappling with a business challenge — whether it’s scaling, restructuring, deciding to sell, rebuilding after an exit, or contemplating your next venture. Additionally, you might be wrestling with larger questions around direction, purpose, and what your next chapter should entail. Most likely, it's a combination of both.


I believe if you don't believe something is impossible, then it is possible, however challenging the situation you find yourself in today.  If it's possible then we can achieve it by building an intentional plan for you to set the relevant milestones and goals for your future success.

The key is you don’t need someone who solely understands business strategy or someone who only focuses on the personal side. You require a partner who can integrate both domains and help you cultivate clarity across the board.

That is precisely what this work aims to accomplish.

What Changes

The founders and leaders who engage in this process emerge with a clear understanding of what they want, why it matters, and the next steps to take. 

In their business, they make sharper decisions, exhibit stronger leadership, and articulate clearer direction. 

In their life, they gain real clarity on what they desire, where they're headed, and how to achieve it with purpose.

This isn’t vague direction; it’s a genuine plan for both your business and your life.

About Adam

I am a business founder, advisor, and award winning accredited executive coach with over 25 years of experience in building and scaling businesses globally. 

I understand firsthand the experience of reaching the summit only to find the view unexpected. I also know what it’s like to face a pivotal business decision without anyone in your corner who fully comprehends the whole picture. 

This experience, combined with my work with hundreds of founders and thousands of leaders, has shaped the Advantage approach. 

My role isn’t to dictate what you should do. It’s to help you uncover what you already know and build the tangible plan to bring it to fruition across your business, your leadership, and your life.

The Most Successful People Have a Plan.

Countless companies and individuals have leveraged this approach to gain clarity, direction, and meaningful progress — in both their businesses and their lives.

The question isn’t whether you’re successful enough. 

It’s whether your life and business — right now — truly reflect what you want them to be.

If the answer isn’t a resounding yes, let’s talk.

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The Power of a The Advantage's 
Strengths Based Approach

People who have an opportunity to use their talents, passions and strengths:

3 X

as likely to report having an excellent quality of life

6 X

as likely to be engaged

in their jobs

38 %

More likely to be

highly productive

44 %

More likely to earn higher Customer satisfaction scores

Source: Gallup

Success Stories

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Lola Myshketa

Founder

LM

Adam’s success story as an entrepreneur, his outstanding achievements in the corporate world, combined with his natural talent in dealing and influencing people are a very unique combination that he brings to the coaching industry.

Adam’s techniques are effective, because he is able to coach and guide from a very deep and broad personal experience. His genuine drive and passion to empower his clients to live a life of purpose is the real deal and the true value add.

 

The strengths-centered business model that underpins Adam’s coaching practice alongside his intuitive, honest, deeply enthusiastic style are massively engaging to work with. 

 

Most importantly Adam champions diversity and inclusion, which I find inspiring and quite rewarding, so if you are an executive woman or business owner seeking to reach new heights both personally and professionally, look no further. Adam is your go-to Executive coach in Dubai!

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Conor McHugh

Founder & CEO

Alchemy

I would highly recommend using Adam's services. In particular if you are running a business by yourself and really need a good sounding board for advice.

I found Adam was a great listener and effectively told me what I "needed" to hear as opposed to what I "wanted" to hear. The biggest take away I took from everything was my accountability improved and my organizational skills.

All in all, I found Adam's professional & personable approach very refreshing and would recommend his services to anyone.

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Mark Taylor

CEO & Managing Director

PIF Projects & MACE

I have now been working with Adam for a number of years and thoroughly enjoyed our coaching sessions, the sharing of life experiences, expanding both our networks and maximising our time together.

The passions, enthusiasm, positivity and energy that Adam brings with his style of coaching has directly challenged my thinking, changed my priorities and focused me on my strengths to make sure I live and breathe them daily.


A truly enjoyable journey with Adam, where the challenges we face as business leaders are overcome and put into perspective after each and every season. If you are sceptical of coaching and or the benefits that can be realised, then just meet Adam, and you will start a process that will be rewarding to both your personal and business life.

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Umer Saleem

Vice President

HWArobotics

Adam has been transformational in both my professional & personal life accelerating my success. His discipline & methodical work style has given me the foundations to build the very best version of myself into my daily routine.

Since working directly with Adam I have experienced even higher levels of success which I can only attribute to our working relationship. I very much look forward to a long fruitful coaching relationship with Adam so I can reach even greater heights. I have no hesitation in recommending him as an extremely capable Executive Coach and Business Owner Advisor.

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Joy Spiropoulos-Lavers

Finance Director

Reel

Working with Adam has helped me leverage my strengths and truly understand myself and my professional goals. He has helped me come up with a clear and focused plan with specific goals that I can work with in the coming months.
Adam's positivity and outlook on life truly helps to keep you focused and determined. It has been a rewarding experience and I can highly recommend working with Adam if you are fortunate enough to have the opportunity.

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Nick Smith

Multi-Business Owner

Resolve, Rollo & Primus

Adam's coaching has been exceptional since we started working with him toward the end of last year. The focus, direction and ideas he has helped us unlock have all transformed the way we work for the better.

The use of strengths and how to better leverage those has been a key part in the change we have seen and I can't imagine there's anyone out there who has a better understanding than Adam does in this area.


In addition to being a great coach & business advisor, he is also an all-round good person!

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Michael Todd

Chairman & Founder

2b Limitless

Adam is a strengths based ‘High Performer’ - I first met him as a coaching client and his commitment to the process of growth and development led him to our coach training process. It soon became apparent that Adam had a real talent for coaching individuals and teams. 

His high level corporate experience and skills combined with his coaching skills create a real unique value proposition. I would highly recommend Adam as a strengths-based coach of real quality who is sure to have an impact on high-performance people, teams and organizations. I am really looking forward to collaborating with Adam and supporting his continued growth and success.

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Harry Tregoning

Managing Partner & Founder

Tregoning Group

Having founded and run my own business for several years I was looking for the best business coach to support my continued growth as a business founder &  leader, and help take Tregoning Group to the next level.

Adam is the only Dubai based Business Coach I am aware of who has successful started, led, grown and sold his own business.  He brings invaluable experience from his own journey to support me to get the very best out of my life and businesses.  Without hesitation I would recommend Adam and his coaching skills to help support you, your business and your life reach their full potential.

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James Bourke

Founder & CEO

Energy Driven Systems (EDS)

Adam and his tools and strategies have become core to our culture. He has been one of the critical influences to EDS’s success. From coaching and advising myself and our key leaders through to helping our leadership team unleash our company’s full potential. 

Adam helped us map out our vision on how to become a world class organization.

The Advantage Coaching Packages

30-Day Advantage Reset

Reset your direction, priorities, and focus so your success feels meaningful again.


Who it’s for

Founders and senior leaders (especially post‑exit) who feel stuck, uncertain, or “between chapters” and want fast clarity on what’s next.


What it helps them achieve

In 30 days, you will create clarity on where they are, what you really want next in life and business, and one specific area where we will create visible progress now.


What’s included (high level)

  • 1 x deep‑dive assessment session using the 7 Steps Advantage framework (Purpose, Passion, Routines, Connections, Scoring, Goals and 1-Page Plan).
  • 1–2 focused sessions to work on a single priority (e.g. next‑chapter vision, key decision, overcome specific challenge, short‑term goals)
  • A simple written summary of your current reality, key scores, and agreed next steps

Unlock Your Advantage Program

Create your life plan to succeed in the business of life.


Who it’s for

Successful entrepreneurs and leaders—often after an exit—who want more than just another business goal. They want an integrated life plan that aligns purpose, wealth, work, and relationships.


What it helps them achieve

Across 10+1 sessions, we design a practical life plan: clear purpose, defined passions, aligned routines, stronger connections, and a roadmap that makes your next chapter intentional, not accidental.


What’s included (high level) 

  • Structured journey through the 3P’s & 7 Steps for Success using the Advantage Operating System (AOS) and Life Playbook as a guide
  • 1:1 sessions following the “1+10” model (Induction + 10 core sessions)
  • CliftonStrengths 34 & Builder Profile 10 assessments and debrief
  • A “Life Plan” document you can keep and revisit

Advantage Legacy Platinum

An elite, high‑access mentoring experience to design your life, business, and legacy.


Who it’s for

High‑net‑worth founders and senior leaders who want a deeper, more personal partnership: more access, richer experience, and support in both life and business decisions.


What it helps them achieve

Over 6–8 months, they don’t just design their life plan—they live it. They get close support implementing key changes, navigating complex decisions, and building the legacy they actually want.


What’s included (high level)

  • Everything in the core program, plus:
  • Extended time frame (6–8 months) for flexibility and implementation
  • Higher access to Adam (e.g. WhatsApp/phone access + 24‑hour response, private dinner/golf day)
  • Curated introductions into Adam’s network where relevant
  • Premium onboarding experience (welcome pack, etc.)

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THE 7 STEPS TO
LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE

Do you wake up each day with clear purpose? Are you living the life you deserve with all its riches?

What's inside:

Discover the 7 Steps inside this eBook and give yourself the best possible chance of achieving your best, reaching your full potential, and living with fulfilment both at work and in life.

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Frequently Asked Questions

I'm not a traditional executive coach. I'm a former business owner based in Dubai who has built, scaled, and sold a company — and spent over 25 years in the rooms you're sitting in right now.


That matters. Because there's a difference between someone who has studied leadership and someone who has lived it. Between someone who understands business strategy and someone who has felt the weight of a decision that could define everything.


I've experienced the highs of success and the disorientation that can follow. I know what it feels like to achieve everything you set out to achieve — and still not have a clear answer to the question that matters most: what now?

That's the conversation I'm built for.


My role as a business coach, executive coach and advisor to business owners in Dubai is to help founders, CEOs, and senior leaders step back from the noise, think clearly, and make better decisions — about their business, their leadership, and their life. Not as three separate things, but as one interconnected whole.


Because here's what I've learned after working with hundreds of founders, family business owners and leaders across Dubai, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and internationally: success doesn't simplify life. It complicates it. The bigger you build, the more complex the decisions become. The more you achieve, the harder it gets to know what to do next.


That's where executive coaching meets life coaching blended with real business experience and life advisory — and where most coaches fall short. They operate in one lane especially if they are ICF or Association of Coaching qualified and don't look more openly or have the relevant business experience. As a business coach, executive coach, and life coach living in Dubai, I work across all three. Because for founders and business owners operating at your level, the business challenges and the personal ones are rarely separate.


Clarity doesn't come automatically. It has to be built — with the right framework, the right questions, and someone in your corner who understands the full picture.


That's what I bring.


Through the Advantage Operating System — built around the 3 Ps to Succeed, the 7 Steps for Success, and the Advantage Playbooks — I help high-performing founders, entrepreneurs, and senior executives do for their life what they've always done for their business. Build a clear, structured, intentional plan.


Whether you're navigating a business exit, scaling your company, facing a leadership transition, or simply asking what comes next — this is the work that creates real, lasting clarity.


Not motivation. Not generic life coaching advice. A real plan — shaped around who you are, what you've built, and where you actually want to go next.

Whether I am working with you one on one, as a leadership team, or speaking to 1000 senior executives I always follow the 3 main pillars of The Advantage Coach approach and cariculum. These are:


  1. The 3 P's to Succeed - do you have them and use them?
  2. The 7 Steps to Success - are you following them?
  3. The 100+ playbooks - are you using them as a resource for success?


If you use and follow these you will be successful whether it's in business or in life.

Try raising your hands above your head as high as you can. Yes, really do it! Now try and stretch them even higher. The same is in life and business. There is always room for improvement.


Whether you are in the lowest depth of dispair or you already believe life can't get even better I can assure you there is room for improvement and greater happiness and success. I myself have gone from a moment of being told that I was so ill from PTSD and CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) that I should be left in a dark room for 5 years. Within months I was out in the light again, living back on a path to success. If you are already in great shape, how much more impact can you have if you chanel yourself even better?

My priority is ensuring you as my client is operating at your best as quickly and as often as possible, and for this to happen we firstly need to ensure you as the CEO, business owner or senior executive is operating at their best both at work and in life.  When the leader is at their best, they can then make massive positive differences to their team's and organisations performance.  I therefore describe myself as a combination of a life coach, a business coach and an executive coach.


My focus is coaching in Dubai (UAE) as this is where I am based, but I also have clients across the Middle East, Europe and Internationally.

Dubai is a very high octane environment to live and do business, but the margin between success and failure is far greater than more established markets. In my view if you were a pure executive coach, you would be looking at the individual coaching client entirely from a work perspective.


From my own experiences and seeing the positive results first-hand I focus as both a life, executive and business coach as I strongly believe there is a strong carryover from your personal life into being an excellent and successful business leader, and vice versa. I believe after all it's The Business of Life.

Working with SMEs I usually start one on one coaching the founder, business owner or Managing Director first before coaching the leadership team and wider organisation. My experience of business coaching in Dubai and beyond I find the senior executives extremely talented in their chosen profession, but often don't have a partner who can share best practices of running similar businesses. When working with global organisations I find very similar challenges. I bring best practices and practical examples that can be quickly implemented into all organsaitons for greater performance and results.


As I work with multiple SMEs and larger global companies, I can bring best practices which strengthens the executive's leadership offerings. As I also ran my own business and held a number of senior leadership roles in global companies, I also bring this experience for the benefit of the client.

Everything I do focuses on leadership development.I strongly believe that everything starts with you as an individual being the best you can be, so you can be the best for others.


I was fortunate to be selected onto Cummins Global Leadership Development Program (GLDP) back in 2017 and graduated from the program in 2019, as well as attended the Wharton Executive Development Program (EDP). Whilst realising I was most productive at work when I was inspired by the leader (and less productive when I experienced poor leadership) I now harness the learning of these two world class leadership courses for the benefit of my business coaching clients.

Why I Use Gallup CliftonStrengths


There is no shortage of personality and leadership assessment tools available today. Myers-Briggs MBTI, DISC, Firo-B, Hogan Personality Test, Korn Ferry's 4 Dimensional Model — most business leaders, founders, and executives have encountered at least one of them on their journey.


They all have value. But in over 25 years of building businesses, leading teams, and working with some of the world's highest-performing founders and executives across Dubai, the UAE, and internationally, none has come close to the transformational impact of Gallup CliftonStrengths. I say that from experience, not theory.


When I first completed the CliftonStrengths assessment, something shifted. Not because it told me something I couldn't have guessed — but because it gave me the language, the structure, and the permission to understand who I actually am. My Top 5 CliftonStrengths and my full Top 34 CliftonStrengths didn't just describe my personality. They explained why I thrive in certain environments, why some decisions come naturally, and where I should be focusing my energy to perform at my absolute best.


That insight changed the way I lead. The way I work. The way I live.


And I've seen it do the same for the founders, CEOs, and senior leaders I work with across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, London, and beyond.


Here's what I believe — and what Gallup's own research consistently supports: when you spend your days working in your areas of natural strength, everything changes. Your performance improves. Your decisions sharpen. Your energy increases. And perhaps most importantly, your sense of fulfilment deepens.


Most high-performing business owners and executives spend years trying to fix their weaknesses. CliftonStrengths coaching flips that entirely — focusing you instead on what you were built to do. The result is stronger leadership, better business decisions, and a clearer sense of direction both professionally and personally.


As a Gallup Certified Global CliftonStrengths Coach based in Dubai, I integrate strengths-based coaching into every executive coaching and business coaching engagement I deliver. Whether working with individual founders and CEOs on a one-to-one basis, or coaching senior leadership teams across the UAE and wider Middle East, CliftonStrengths sits at the heart of the work.


Because knowing your strengths isn't just an interesting exercise. For ambitious founders, business owners, and senior executives, it's one of the most practical and high-leverage tools available — unlocking the next level of performance in business, in leadership, and in life.