About James Scouller

James Scouller is a former CEO, executive coach, executive mentor, thought leader and author. His fascination with leadership has dominated his working life over the last 48 years. It’s been the golden thread connecting his four books, his former CEO roles and his work today with leaders and teams.

What sets his work apart? First, his focus on the previously ignored psychological challenges facing leaders and their teams. Second, his first-hand experience of leadership as a CEO: he knows what it feels like to lead companies and build teams in tough conditions.

After living and working in different countries he led three international companies as CEO for 11 years before founding his executive coaching practice, The Scouller Partnership, in 2004. Today, when he’s not writing, he coaches CEOs, senior leaders and their teams. He also mentors selected up-and-coming leaders, drawing on his years of experience as a CEO.

He lives near London with his wife, Tricia.

About His Books

His first book was The Three Levels of Leadership (1st ed. 2011, 2nd ed. 2016). You could call it a psychological self-help manual for leaders. The payoff for readers? It offers them groundbreaking models and tools for growing their presence, knowhow and skill. Launched into a crowded leadership book space with little promotional backing, it has received five-star reviews around the world largely through word-of-mouth. It’s inspired hundreds of CEOs and business founders to seek James’s help.

His trilogy, How To Build Winning Teams Again And Again, came out in January 2024. Because it offers both new models and acts as a practical field manual, James sees this as a companion series to “Three Levels”. It took him 15 years to research, test and write. Book one in the trilogy won the 2025 Independent Press Award (Business: General).