Bring us the challenge others have not solved.

Ten years of executive coaching, team work and leadership experiences, led by two former Managing Directors from Rothschild and Nomura.

Leadership changes when the conversation changes.

It is rarely a lack of intelligence, ambition or another leadership model.

It is the conversation being avoided. The behaviour nobody names. The system holding performance back.

We find the real constraint quickly, work with it honestly, and turn insight into movement you can see.

Alina Addison and Tatiana Poliakova in London

Why two is stronger than one.

Most coaches give you one lens. Adaptaa gives you two. Alina and Tatiana design the work together and lead teams and experiences side by side.

Alina opens the door. She challenges the status quo and sees the bolder move and the possibility. Tatiana drives it forward. She brings Healthy Intensity and depth, so the bolder move and possibility become real without burning you or your team out.

Audacity and intensity, side by side. After twenty-two years and two careers at Managing Director level, they challenge each other openly in front of you, so nothing important goes unsaid.

Coached by people who have sat in your chair.

Both led at Managing Director level in global finance. They understand the commercial pressure, organisational dynamics and personal responsibility of senior leadership.

Alina Addison

Alina Addison

Founder · Audacious leadership

Former Managing Director and Head of Trading at Rothschild. Executive coach, speaker and author of The Audacity Spectrum.

Alina sees the door others have stopped looking for, and gives leaders the courage to walk through it.

Alina’s work
Tatiana Poliakova

Tatiana Poliakova

Partner · Healthy Intensity

Former Managing Director and Head of Loan Sales at Nomura. Columbia MBA, executive coach and creator of the Intensity Quadrants.

Tatiana shows high achievers how to keep their intensity and lose what it was costing them.

Tatiana’s work

The work shows up in what happens next.

Not a report, or a burst of motivation gone by Monday. The value is in the decisions made, the conversations no longer avoided and the movement that follows.

In the leader

More range under pressure, and the confidence to use it.

In the boardroom

Leadership teams that decide faster, and stand behind the decision together.

Across the organisation

Leaders who take the change to their own teams, rather than waiting for permission.

Our collaborators.Chosen with intention.

When the work calls for it, we bring in trusted specialists in leadership, culture, mindset, communication and psychological safety, adding only the expertise the challenge genuinely needs.

Daria Ibrulj

Daria Ibrulj

Leadership

Daria Ibrulj

Finance · Clarity · Alignment

A former private equity Principal who backed founders and leaders, and now coaches them. Daria finds where the role, environment and person behind the title are in tension, and brings them into alignment.

Jen Johnston

Jen Johnston

Culture

Jen Johnston

Culture · Authority · Executive Coaching

A former bank COO turned executive coach. Jen works with C-suite leaders in complex, political organisations, helping them hold authority, navigate transitions and shape healthier cultures.

Zena Everett

Zena Everett

Organisational Productivity

Zena Everett

Organisational Productivity · Focus · Leadership

An executive coach, author and speaker. Zena helps leaders cut through distraction, make sharper choices and use their time and attention where it matters.

Dr Tara Pennington

Dr Tara Pennington

Psychological Safety

Dr Tara Pennington

Psychological Safety · Depth · Lasting Change

A consultant clinical psychologist and thought partner to senior leaders. Tara brings 25 years of clinical depth to high performance, reaching the patterns behind behaviour for change that lasts.

Dr David Yudis

Dr David Yudis

Leadership

Dr David Yudis

Leadership · Simulations · Decisions

A leadership specialist whose immersive simulations place executives inside high-stakes scenarios. David makes strategy visceral and creates insight through consequential decisions.

R. Michael Anderson

R. Michael Anderson

Leadership

R. Michael Anderson

Leadership · Behaviour · Growth

A founder who built, scaled and exited three companies before applying psychology to leadership. Michael combines peer-level commercial experience with evidence-based behavioural insight.

Edward Watson

Edward Watson

Mindset

Edward Watson

Mindset · Performance · Pressure

A former Army commander, strategist and founder of InnerDrive. Edward helps people perform under pressure through practical work shaped by leadership, business and elite performance.

Tony Martignetti

Tony Martignetti

Leadership

Tony Martignetti

Leadership · Teams · Presence

An accredited leadership coach and former finance and strategy executive in life sciences. Tony helps leaders build high-performing teams, develop leadership presence and lead through change.

Roy Barden

Roy Barden

Leadership

Roy Barden

Transformation · Change · Leadership

An executive coach, mentor and transformation specialist with 25 years of consulting across complex global organisations. Roy helps senior leaders and teams sharpen their thinking, strengthen their leadership and deliver meaningful, lasting change.

Kyran O’Neill

Kyran O’Neill

Mental Performance

Kyran O’Neill

Productivity · Focus · Resilience

An international former boxer and mental performance consultant, Kyran helps leaders and teams achieve more in less time, make better decisions and become more emotionally efficient.

Evelyne Brink

Evelyne Brink

Communication

Evelyne Brink

Executive Presence · Voice · Leadership Communication

Executive presence specialist, author and TEDx speaker, Evelyne brings over 25 years in coaching and performance to helping senior leaders and founders command attention without leaving their personality at the door. Working with voice, message and delivery, she helps clients be as powerful out loud as they are in their heads.

Stacia Keogh

Stacia Keogh

Communication

Stacia Keogh

Communication · Speaking · Storytelling

A somatic speaking coach and trained actor with more than 20 years developing confident, authoritative communicators. Stacia helps senior leaders and founders deliver keynotes, panels, podcasts and high-stakes presentations.

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Alina Addison and Tatiana Poliakova in London

Two perspectives. One conversation.

One leader, a whole team or an offsite. Tell us what’s happening and we’ll tell you honestly where to start.