Press and interviews
- Bauer AcademyIn Conversation With: Tess Cope on Your Team Is Not The IssueInterview
- The Dan Assor ShowLeadership Lessons with Tess CopeVideo, January 2022
- The Coaching and Mentoring PodcastSystemic Coaching, with Tess CopePodcast, March 2022
- Business MondaysLeadership coach Tess Cope explains how to Harness a new systemic approach to coachingArticle, December 2021
- Malthouse FilmsHello and Welcome: meet TessFilm, four minutes
Available for keynotes
Culture, healthy systems and the first 60 days
Tess speaks to leadership audiences on culture as a strategic asset, on what keeps an organisation healthy while it grows, and on the first 60 days of a senior appointment.
- The Big FestoonThe 30% Club: why most change failsKeynote, AO Arena Manchester, March 2026
- Retail GazetteGame Changers: Aces of IndustryPanel host, London, June 2025
- Expert EmpiresThe rollercoaster of entrepreneurshipKeynote, 2025
- Courageous LeadersFull keynote2024
About
What does this system need from you?
Tess Cope is a bestselling author, award-winning leader, accredited leadership coach, systemic facilitator, and founder of The Transformation Agency. With over 25 years of experience in leadership development and cultural transformation, she has supported leaders and executive teams across the UK, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the US, navigating the moments that define careers and shape organisational futures.
The systemic approach involves zooming out to get to the root cause of any limiting patterns so that the organisation (and people within it) can be freed up to align with the emergent future and realise its highest potential.
- FoundedThe Transformation Agency, 2010. Director, Accredited Leadership Coach, Trainer and Facilitator.
- BeforeHR Director, Coloplast. Thought Partner, Cecara Consulting, coaching Senior Leaders and facilitating Leadership Team Offsites across the UK, Europe, Middle East and US.
- StudiedCambridge Judge Business School. Systemic training with Judith Hemming, Caroline Ward, Jan Jacob, Stephan Hausner, Sarah Peyton and the Bert Hellinger Institute.
“We cannot give a wholehearted hello, until we’ve said a full goodbye.”Your First 60 Days, chapter 2
Books
Three books, one systemic lens
Your First 60 Days
The Missing Piece of your Onboarding. A Systemic Approach for Senior Leaders. Every copy comes with the Companion, a private, week by week workspace for your own first 60 days.
Your Team Is Not The Issue
Unearth the Systemic Roots of Team Dynamics. Amazon No 1 best seller.
Writing
Weekly, on Substack
Short pieces for newly appointed senior leaders, one a week. Provocations from the book, and what she sees in the room.
Before you start that new job - identify the unspoken truths
Otherwise - you risk being hijacked by it !!
Before you start to change anything, you need to have a robust understanding of the full context and the dynamics you are inheriting, especially as th...
Read on SubstackWhen there’s a lot of noise in the system....
Be clear about what belongs to you!
A new Global President of a large private equity-backed organisation was touring the business as part of their mission to get around as many sites as...
Read on SubstackHow many systems are you navigating?
Introducing your strategic toolkit before fully understanding the dynamics is like trying to put on a ‘bandaid’ without cleaning the wound !
Alfred was delighted to secure the CEO role in a global business within a sector he was deeply passionate about and had extensive experience in an adj...
Read on SubstackCan the system move?
A systemic approach - for a sustainable shift.
Michael inherited the CEO role of a privately owned business in the music industry. His explicit brief had been to reclaim and improve market share an...
Read on SubstackWhat trauma have you inherited?
As the newly appointed leader - What does the system need from YOU?
Mei Lin was an established and highly experienced leader, everyone acknowledged she had a big and complex job on her hands as she stepped into her rol...
Read on SubstackFinding your optimum place as the Leader
Make a conscious choice - your place influences everything!
Angelo was a senior leader with deep functional expertise. He had been in the organisation for two years when the business decided to restructure. He...
Read on SubstackWorking with Tess
Coaching, team facilitation and systemic training
Executive coaching, leadership team facilitation, virtual training to build systemic intelligence inside the system, bespoke development programmes and leadership retreats, all through The Transformation Agency.
Contact
Enquiries through The Transformation Agency.