Meet the team

Ian Harford

• Senior partner
• Master coach
• Mentor
• Keynote speaker
• All-round nice guy!

Ian’s history:

A California boy who landed here in the U.K in 1979 at the ripe old age of 5, Ian is proud of his American roots and cherishes his family heritage of music, film, blonde hair, and blue eyes! However, Ian’s feet are firmly planted here in the U.K. and that is where he gained his extensive knowledge and experience in business.

Throughout Ian’s career he has experienced times of failure, massive growth, and continued success. Ian’s varied and cross-industry experience has seen him fixing businesses, creating businesses, growing businesses, and nurturing businesses. Ian’s journey taken him from the automotive industry to hospitality and large-scale events, marketing & PR, e-commerce, film production and now business coaching. You could say Ian loves variety and all shapes and sizes of business; and believes the essential methodology of creating success is the same no matter what the industry.

From Ian as your coach:

“I know from first-hand experience how lonely it can be running a company, and how difficult it is to build a business and a team that can succeed. This empathy helps me to help you get through the dark days and cast off whatever is holding you back. I’ve gone through severe cash flow challenges; I’ve experienced the problems of market downturns as well as the problems of rapid growth. In short, I know what you are going through and how to help you.

This is your journey. I’m there to help you, push you, guide you and teach you to become the successful business leader that you aspire to be. Your knowledge of your business combined with my experience and the wealth of knowledge in the ActionCOACH system of sales and marketing, team building, customer service, systems and business development make the perfect team to achieve your success.

As a world-class business coach within the ActionCOACH network, I have found my true vocation. I thrive on seeing your business grow and you achieving your dreams. Your journey is unique, but your business environment is not. Together we will harness my extensive experience of working with businesses of all sizes from ‘solopreneurs’ through to multi-national organisations; educating and coaching these businesses on how to succeed in areas such as profitability, sales, marketing, finance, team building, cash flow, recruitment and so much more, to build the commercial profitable enterprise you’ve always dreamed of.

I’ll work with you to provide clarity on what your business looks like in the near and long term, and plan exactly how we deliver your goals. We will work closely on your business plan, sales and marketing strategies and build a reliable, high-performing, and highly engaged team. You will be able to move away from essentially having a job working in your business, to working on your business, which is precisely what is required to take your business to the next level.”