Hear first-hand what my clients have to say about our time together
INDIVIDUALS
“If you like tough love and tacos Sam Pearce is your guy. Sam has the ability to make you say all the stuff you really don't want to but know you should to move teams, business, and talent forward.
He will challenge you in ways you won't expect but you'll walk away clearer and bit lighter about what needs to be tackled to be successful.”
Caroline Winterton, CEO of DDB North America
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"Sam is spectacular at helping me confront solutions that I often know to be right, but am afraid to face head on. I always leave feeling more confident in my decisions in a way I never expected.
He has helped build my confidence as a leader – highlighting what elements of myself I should celebrate, while confronting those characteristics I need to evolve.
I always look forward to our conversations and the self-assurance I leave them with."
Tom Ghiden, MD of adam&eve/TBWA
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"Sam's experience in the advertising industry meant he had a deep understanding of my working environment, including its challenges and opportunities. This provided useful "shortcuts," allowing us to quickly discuss big and important topics that helped me unlock my growth potential—benefiting both me and my company.
Sam is an expert in what he does and strikes the perfect balance between being knowledgeable and empathetic—I really enjoyed working with him.
He helped me develop a growth mindset as I was returning to work from maternity leave. Working with Sam gave me the tools and confidence to pursue a big promotion, which I achieved within six months of working with him."
Sam Brown, MD of Wonderhood
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“I am shining a massive spotlight on Sam Pearce who led a brilliant session last year for me and my team. We covered the 5 dysfunctions of a team, how we want to show up and what good looks like for us.
This feedback really says it all: “The whole day was amazing and Sam was incredibly motivating and inspiring. I didn’t zone out once. I rate him 100”
Thank you Sam.”
Carol Feeley, Head of Creative at Ocado
He will challenge you in ways you won't expect but you'll walk away clearer and bit lighter about what needs to be tackled to be successful.”
Caroline Winterton, CEO of DDB North America
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"Sam is spectacular at helping me confront solutions that I often know to be right, but am afraid to face head on. I always leave feeling more confident in my decisions in a way I never expected.
He has helped build my confidence as a leader – highlighting what elements of myself I should celebrate, while confronting those characteristics I need to evolve.
I always look forward to our conversations and the self-assurance I leave them with."
Tom Ghiden, MD of adam&eve/TBWA
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"Sam's experience in the advertising industry meant he had a deep understanding of my working environment, including its challenges and opportunities. This provided useful "shortcuts," allowing us to quickly discuss big and important topics that helped me unlock my growth potential—benefiting both me and my company.
Sam is an expert in what he does and strikes the perfect balance between being knowledgeable and empathetic—I really enjoyed working with him.
He helped me develop a growth mindset as I was returning to work from maternity leave. Working with Sam gave me the tools and confidence to pursue a big promotion, which I achieved within six months of working with him."
Sam Brown, MD of Wonderhood
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“I am shining a massive spotlight on Sam Pearce who led a brilliant session last year for me and my team. We covered the 5 dysfunctions of a team, how we want to show up and what good looks like for us.
This feedback really says it all: “The whole day was amazing and Sam was incredibly motivating and inspiring. I didn’t zone out once. I rate him 100”
Thank you Sam.”
Carol Feeley, Head of Creative at Ocado
"Sam has made a real impact at Wonderhood. The courses he’s delivered have been outstanding; the team came away energised and full of practical tools they could use straight away.
He also recently supported our senior leadership team and facilitated the day superbly, keeping everyone focused while creating the right space for honest, productive discussion."
Alex Best, CEO at Wonderhood Studios
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“I’ve spent the majority of my career as an in-house ECD. You’re a black sheep in a sea of suits and rationally minded people. Sam kept my creativity alive in these spaces and gave me the language to stand for creativity and stand true to my own values of what great work looks like.
As I’ve transitioned into my first agency-side ECD role, Sam has been a rock as I embarked on a journey to transform an agency. When it wasn’t working, Sam gave me the confidence and conviction to walk into the CEO’s office and say it.
My case to CEO has sparked a full-blown transformation to build the creative department for the future. Sam brings clarity of thought to a chaotic creative mind – asking probing questions that get to the heart of the problem and importantly shortcut to a solution with meaning.
It’s my job to be chaotic, to represent creativity and culture at all levels – and behind any good ECD, there’s Sam, keeping me balanced, consistent and sane. This is the nicest thing I’ve said about anybody.”
Paul Hewitt, Executive Creative Director at That Lot
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“You’ve helped us work through more in six hours than we had in the last three years”
Jo Lumb, Co-Founder at Wonderhood Makers
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"It was a really great session so thank you for making it productive and not weird.”
Katie Hunter, Co-Founder at Wonderhood Makers
He also recently supported our senior leadership team and facilitated the day superbly, keeping everyone focused while creating the right space for honest, productive discussion."
Alex Best, CEO at Wonderhood Studios
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“I’ve spent the majority of my career as an in-house ECD. You’re a black sheep in a sea of suits and rationally minded people. Sam kept my creativity alive in these spaces and gave me the language to stand for creativity and stand true to my own values of what great work looks like.
As I’ve transitioned into my first agency-side ECD role, Sam has been a rock as I embarked on a journey to transform an agency. When it wasn’t working, Sam gave me the confidence and conviction to walk into the CEO’s office and say it.
My case to CEO has sparked a full-blown transformation to build the creative department for the future. Sam brings clarity of thought to a chaotic creative mind – asking probing questions that get to the heart of the problem and importantly shortcut to a solution with meaning.
It’s my job to be chaotic, to represent creativity and culture at all levels – and behind any good ECD, there’s Sam, keeping me balanced, consistent and sane. This is the nicest thing I’ve said about anybody.”
Paul Hewitt, Executive Creative Director at That Lot
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“You’ve helped us work through more in six hours than we had in the last three years”
Jo Lumb, Co-Founder at Wonderhood Makers
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"It was a really great session so thank you for making it productive and not weird.”
Katie Hunter, Co-Founder at Wonderhood Makers
“We had the privilege of working with Sam this week on a leadership workshop using Lencioni’s ‘Five Dysfunctions’ model and it was one of the most powerful group sessions I’ve been part of.
He held the space with that rare mix of calm authority and real warmth - the kind that makes people drop their guard and speak honestly. What could’ve felt heavy or confrontational actually felt constructive and cathartic.
The tough stuff got talked about, the air got cleared, and we walked out feeling lighter, closer, and more aligned than we walked in.
Highly recommend to any leadership team ready to do the real work and come out stronger for it.”
Laura Tannenbaum, CEO of Fabric Social
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"From the moment I met Sam, he made me feel like he got it. He's incredible at listening, understanding the challenges and most importantly challenging me when I need it most. As someone who has worked in the creative industries, it's so easy to talk to Sam as he fully gets the creative world.
I started working with Sam during a period of very intense change for me at work, stepping unexpectedly into a new leadership role. He has been invaluable in helping me to navigate through that change, so I now am confident in the creative leader that I am.
When I started working with Sam, I felt like I was out of control, just trying to figure out how to get from day to day and questioning my ability to do that. Now I might be busy, but I know where I'm heading, what kind of leader I am and want to be, and there's a lot more calm in amongst the chaos."
Imogen Almond, Head of Creative at innocent
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“This has been the total catalyst for change in pretty much every single pillar of my life. I moved countries, my work has transformed, relationships have changed.
I guarantee after somebody has had a conversation with you that they are going to know that it is something that they need.”
Chloe Garland, Founder of Quarter Life
He held the space with that rare mix of calm authority and real warmth - the kind that makes people drop their guard and speak honestly. What could’ve felt heavy or confrontational actually felt constructive and cathartic.
The tough stuff got talked about, the air got cleared, and we walked out feeling lighter, closer, and more aligned than we walked in.
Highly recommend to any leadership team ready to do the real work and come out stronger for it.”
Laura Tannenbaum, CEO of Fabric Social
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"From the moment I met Sam, he made me feel like he got it. He's incredible at listening, understanding the challenges and most importantly challenging me when I need it most. As someone who has worked in the creative industries, it's so easy to talk to Sam as he fully gets the creative world.
I started working with Sam during a period of very intense change for me at work, stepping unexpectedly into a new leadership role. He has been invaluable in helping me to navigate through that change, so I now am confident in the creative leader that I am.
When I started working with Sam, I felt like I was out of control, just trying to figure out how to get from day to day and questioning my ability to do that. Now I might be busy, but I know where I'm heading, what kind of leader I am and want to be, and there's a lot more calm in amongst the chaos."
Imogen Almond, Head of Creative at innocent
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“This has been the total catalyst for change in pretty much every single pillar of my life. I moved countries, my work has transformed, relationships have changed.
I guarantee after somebody has had a conversation with you that they are going to know that it is something that they need.”
Chloe Garland, Founder of Quarter Life
“Thanks so much for another tremendous session. You managed to cover everything that I hoped, and did so in a way that felt natural, effortless, and discursive.
I came away feeling like everyone had bought into what we want the agency to be, and who we want to be as a management team.”
James Rowe, President of OBB BOLDED
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“Every time we chat, I just come out with ‘wow’, my mind is open to so many things. What I love about your work is that it gets to the root of the issue, which is the person.
I feel like a very different person running a very different person and a lot of that stems back to our work. I couldn’t recommend it more highly”
Hector Hughes, Founder of Unplugged
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"What's remarkable about working with you? Your vulnerability. You've got an amazing way of 'going first' which makes me feel comfortable sharing things which I find difficult.
You ask DIFFICULT QUESTIONS. You always get to the heart of the problem. I do the hard graft. I stay accountable. I'm more confident. I'm more focused."
Carol Feeley, Head of Creative at Ocado
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Sam became my coach as part of Leadership Training while I was Lead Designer of Big Pixel Studios.
At the time, I was new to the position and was looking for both guidance and confirmation that I was leading my team correctly (turns out there might not be a single "correct" way).
To be honest, I started the experience with some cynicism and caution. However, though our 1 to 1 coaching sessions, we began to break down this cynicism and how this could hold me back from living my best life. Sam lead 1 to 1 session ready to guide and gently nudge me as I would unravel my current thoughts and concerns.
I would always end these conversations with a much healthier and more in-depth understanding of what might have been on my mind and what I must do to improve.
With Sam's help, I have become a much more thoughtful, considerate and efficient leader but more than that he has helped (especially in this challenging year) me live a better life.”
James Older, Lead Games Designer, Big Pixel Studios
I came away feeling like everyone had bought into what we want the agency to be, and who we want to be as a management team.”
James Rowe, President of OBB BOLDED
—
“Every time we chat, I just come out with ‘wow’, my mind is open to so many things. What I love about your work is that it gets to the root of the issue, which is the person.
I feel like a very different person running a very different person and a lot of that stems back to our work. I couldn’t recommend it more highly”
Hector Hughes, Founder of Unplugged
—
"What's remarkable about working with you? Your vulnerability. You've got an amazing way of 'going first' which makes me feel comfortable sharing things which I find difficult.
You ask DIFFICULT QUESTIONS. You always get to the heart of the problem. I do the hard graft. I stay accountable. I'm more confident. I'm more focused."
Carol Feeley, Head of Creative at Ocado
—
Sam became my coach as part of Leadership Training while I was Lead Designer of Big Pixel Studios.
At the time, I was new to the position and was looking for both guidance and confirmation that I was leading my team correctly (turns out there might not be a single "correct" way).
To be honest, I started the experience with some cynicism and caution. However, though our 1 to 1 coaching sessions, we began to break down this cynicism and how this could hold me back from living my best life. Sam lead 1 to 1 session ready to guide and gently nudge me as I would unravel my current thoughts and concerns.
I would always end these conversations with a much healthier and more in-depth understanding of what might have been on my mind and what I must do to improve.
With Sam's help, I have become a much more thoughtful, considerate and efficient leader but more than that he has helped (especially in this challenging year) me live a better life.”
James Older, Lead Games Designer, Big Pixel Studios