About Slight Advantage
From serious expertise to visible impact – in how you perform as a leader and in the books you publish.
About Ben
I’m an executive coach, publishing consultant and martial arts instructor. My work sits at the point where performance, purpose and publishing meet.
Over the last couple of decades I’ve:
Led sales, marketing and project-delivery teams at Performance Consultants, Sir John Whitmore’s pioneering company, supporting coaching and leadership programmes for thousands of leaders in organisations including Johnson & Johnson, Siemens, Medtronic, Collins Aerospace, Louis Vuitton and Allianz.
Trained extensively in GROW coaching with first-generation students of Sir John Whitmore, and in The Inner Game directly with Timothy Gallwey’s team.
Worked in publishing on some of the best-known titles in business, psychology and personal development – including Coaching for Performance – and helped authors think about how their books can sit at the centre of their business, not as an afterthought.
Today, my work centres on two groups:
Founders and senior leaders who want to lead with more clarity, ease and presence, especially when there’s a lot on their plate.
Consultants, coaches and business leaders who are ready to write their first serious business book with a major publisher, through The Business Author Advantage.
I’m a member of the International Coaching Federation and continue to partner with Performance Consultants as an associate and ambassador.
Alongside this, I hold a black belt in Jeet Kune Do, Bruce Lee’s martial art, and assist with instruction in a private class in central London. It’s one of the ways I keep testing my philosophy of resilience, awareness and relaxed concentration under real pressure.
At heart, my work is about helping serious experts operate from their deeper wisdom – finding a more natural flow in how they lead, and a clearer expression of their ideas in the books they bring into the world..
Our Philosophy
We draw on decades of insight applying The Inner Game, GROW coaching and the psychology of flow to the real challenges of modern work.
At its heart, the work is about the art of aligning effort with reality – what ancient strategists called Shi: the momentum that makes progress feel more effortless.
At Slight Advantage, we apply that principle to the inner field:
Helping leaders notice the interference that gets in the way of their natural capability
Aligning awareness, intention and action so their best performance emerges more consistently
Supporting authors to shape and position ideas so their books have the best chance of gaining real traction
Our purpose is simple: to help you cut through noise and interference, reconnect with your own intelligence and act from clear purpose – whether you’re leading a team or writing for a global audience.
What We Stand For
We’re guided by five values that define how we work and how we live:
Wisdom – seeing reality as it is, not as we wish it to be.
Courage – choosing authenticity over comfort.
Compassion – meeting growth with empathy, not judgement.
Personal growth – learning to learn; evolving the learner within.
Connection – building trust, community and shared purpose.
These aren’t slogans; they’re practices. They shape how we coach, how we partner with organisations and how we work with authors who want their ideas to carry weight in the world.
If you’re curious about working together – as a leader, as an author, or both – the best next step is a conversation.
You can learn more about Coaching for Leaders or The Business Author Advantage, or simply get in touch.
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