JOHN LETHAM

Coach / Mentor / Facilitator /
Trainer / Coach Supervisor

John Letham is founder of Considered Thinking and distinctively combines comprehensive senior leadership experience in the film and television industry, together with being a qualified executive coach, trainer, coach supervisor, and action learning facilitator.

Through this work, John seeks to enable individuals realise their vision by encouraging different thinking and enthusiasm, using a structured and personalised approach. With over a decade of professional coaching experience, he has worked with hundreds of individual clients and successfully supported industry programmes for organisations such as BAFTA, BBC, BFI, Channel 4, Creative England, Cultural Enterprise Office, Ffilm Cymru Wales, Film Distributors Association, Film Hub, Help Musicians, Inside Pictures, International Screen Institute, ITV, Mindful Talent, National Film & TV School, PACT, Screen Scotland, ScreenSkills, and TRC.

John co-founded Park Circus Limited in 2003 and was instrumental in successfully building the company from part-time start-up to the leading worldwide distributor of classic and back catalogue films, with offices in Glasgow, London, Los Angeles, and Paris. The company was successfully sold to Arts Alliance in 2014, when he played a key, enabling role in the pre-sale negotiations. Before entering the film industry, John worked for over a decade for the US electronics giant, Motorola, where he held several senior international management positions.

Coaching Style

My coaching style is forward-thinking and solution-based. Together, we will explore your current professional situation and the challenges you foresee to which I will apply proven coaching approaches combined with my brainpower and capability. In addition to over twenty years’ screen sector experience, I bring understanding from other industries, senior leadership and entrepreneurial involvement, and a logical and methodical approach to problem solving. I like to work with focus and pace, while giving you appropriate space to explore, reflect, and discover. My approach is deep, supportive, and ultimately thought-provoking. Through this process, we will create an inspirational and detailed action plan for you to take forward and be accountable for.

Qualifications & Credentials

• Advanced Certificate in Coaching Practice, achieving all levels of Association for Coaching Competency Framework.

• Certificate in Principle Led Coach Supervision from the Coaching Supervision Collective: Institute of Leadership and Management accredited/approved.

• Action Learning Facilitation: Institute of Leadership & Management accredited.

• Bachelor of Engineering, Electronic Systems, University of Glasgow.

• Member of the Association for Coaching and BAFTA.