I help CEOs scale their companies without sacrificing their health and relationships. Because your business can grow without it costing you everything.
You didn’t work this hard to feel this alone
You didn’t work this hard to feel this alone
I help CEOs scale their companies without sacrificing their health and relationships. Because your business can grow without it costing you everything.
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Hi, I’m Phil Hayes-St Clair
I'm a CEO coach.
Over the last 20 years I've built 7 companies, spoken at TEDx on women's health and worked alongside military special forces, CEOs and executive teams in high-growth private and listed companies.
As a CEO, I've felt the weight of leading when everything's on the line: The loneliness, the impossible trade-offs and the pressure to stay composed when it all depends on you.
Today, I coach CEOs and upcoming CEOs to scale themselves, become great leaders and scale their business. Because your business can't grow faster than you do.
Here are three ways I can help you.
01 CEO Coaching
If you’re like most CEOs I work with, you’ve built something valuable through grit, instinct and vision. But now the stakes are higher. Complexity is rising. And what got you here won’t get you where you want to go.
02 The Partnership Lab
The Partnership Lab is a leadership operating system designed to help founders and growth teams build leverage through partnerships and scale with clarity. Explore individual and team-based access.
03 The Partnership Playbook Podcast
Helping leaders who want to grow with clarity, create leverage through partnerships, and bring real meaning to their teams. New episodes Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
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The Leadership Letters
Every Wednesday, one piece of clear, honest thinking from someone who's spent 20 years in the seat you're sitting in. Practical enough to use. Human enough to matter.
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Frequently asked questions
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Yes. My CEO Coaching program helps leaders lead with clarity, become a great CEO and grow your business without sacrificing what matters most.
It’s a bespoke, high-touch option for CEOs navigating the next significant chapter of their life and career.
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The Partnership Lab is a group coaching experience for founders and sales and marketing leaders.
Within 6 weeks leaders:
Speak a shared language and follow a clear playbook for partnerships
Turn intent into signed agreements with confidence
Close six-figure partnerships and know how to repeat the process
They achieve this by accessing:
9 powerful, self-paced curriculum modules that build clarity, confidence, and closing skills
7 AI coaching assistants that accelerate progress and embed learning
6 weeks of live coaching calls to apply insights to live deals
1:1 expert support with Phil Hayes-St Clair for negotiation, deal-closing and partnership resets
Private spaces (under Team Access) within the Lab for organisation-specific learning
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It’s not scripts or cold calls. It’s a complete operating system. You’ll use frameworks like IDEAL+, AI coaching assistants, and live coaching to build trust, land deals, and scale partnerships as a growth engine.
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The Lab includes 9 curriculum modules, 7 AI coaching assistants, weekly group calls, and expert deal support.
Pricing for individual and team access can be found here.
One 6-figure partnership returns over 17x the investment to join The Partnership Lab.
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Yes. I deliver keynotes and workshops on partnership-led growth, CEO decision-making, and leadership under uncertainty.
Always practical, always designed to leave a lasting memory for audiences.
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I’ve been a scientist, founder, soldier, and coach, building and backing 7 companies, each scaled through partnerships. I coach from lived experience so leaders get battle-tested guidance they can trust.
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My podcast helps leaders who want to grow with clarity, create leverage and bring real meaning to their teams. Each week, I share leadership insights and sit down with CEOs navigating the realities of growth in a world of permanent disruption.
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They are weekly long-form thinking delivered via email for CEOs and future CEOs serious about what comes next. Each one is designed to be thought-provoking with deeply practical insight to help you:
→ Lead with clarity
→ Create leverage
→ Bring real meaning to your team -
Email hello@philhsc.com and we will respond within 24 hours