We don’t just coach leaders.
We engineer the elite.
Elite leadership lies in the pursuit of mastery of performance and presence.
In the west, leadership is driven by precision, performance and progress. In the east, it’s grounded in balance, intuition and intentionality.
One builds speed.
The other builds stillness.
Both are essential.
This is where my work lives and so do I. Splitting my time between London and Bangkok I live in the beauty of this duality.
Elite leaders embrace both; insight and intuition,
And the underlying principle is that of the pursuit of mastery. Mastery of self and mastery of craft.
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Beyond coaching. Welcome to the rise of leadership architecture.
The death of coaching and the rise of leadership architecture.
I’ve spent the last few years in the coaching space, but the longer I stayed there, the more I realised something wasn’t right. Coaching had become noisy.
Everyone was “empowering”, “transforming”, “unlocking potential.” It sounded beautiful, but the results didn’t match the words. I’d meet incredible people who’d been coached for months, sometimes years but still felt stuck.
Still leading reactively. Still unsure who they are. Still lacking something.
Coaching helps you understand yourself. But understanding alone doesn’t build empires.
That's when I realised we need to go beyond coaching and start engineering.
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The Leadership Architecture Diagnostic
to understand your current leadership and what it will take for you to become an elite leader. This isn’t a quiz. It’s a mirror, revealing the gaps and opportunities behind your performance, presence and potential in line with our philosophy of engineered mastery.
"Elite leadership isn’t taught. It’s intentionally designed."
Tessa Grint, Founder - Leadership By Design
We don’t just coach leaders. We engineer the elite.
Coaching helps people understand themselves. Consulting solves problems.
Both are short-term solutions to long-term issues.
Leadership Architecture designs the system leaders operate within.
The next era of leadership isn’t built on personality, tenure or luck, it’s built on systems, precision and presence.
We don’t rise to our willpower. We fall to our systems.
This is Leadership By Design.
We don’t just
coach leaders.
We engineer
the elite.
Leadership Architecture isn’t about theory. It’s about building leaders who are both calm and commanding. Who understand that mastery is art.
That beyond confidence isn’t arrogance but a quiet certainty that whispers. That the best leaders operate with insight and intuition, balance and grace - no matter the chaos around them.
This isn’t another leadership model.
It’s a new era.
Because the world doesn’t need more coaches.
It needs architects of excellence.
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Tessa Grint
Global Leadership Architect
BKK | LDN
Tessa fuses ancient Eastern wisdom with modern Western excellence to design the next generation of elite leaders; those who operate with mastery, intuition and quiet certainty.
Through her philosophy, Leadership by Design, she’s redefining how leadership is built, transforming ambitious managers into elite leaders through deliberate design and handcrafted precision.
Because leadership isn’t coached, it’s engineered.
Private clients include managers and senior leadership team members from:
Trusted by leaders across real estate, finance and technology sectors, including: Private Wealth Funds, Private Equity, Anthropic, NatWest, Mettle, Brand Atlas, Savills.
Become an elite leader by design.
Become an elite leader by design. Discover the systems, stillness and structures that define mastery.
82% of people become managers without any formal training (CMI 2024 report). We exist to change that.
Not sure where to start, book a conversation with Tessa.
Foundations
of Mastery
Where elite leadership begins.
Build what others overlook; structure, systems and self-awareness that turns management into art.
If the foundations were never laid, this is where we begin to build.
The art of leadership starts here with structure, precision and design.
The Elite Leadership Experience
For those ready to move from management to mastery.
This is not a coaching programme. It’s an architectural process. One that blends psychology, precision and intuition to engineer truly elite leaders.
Every engagement is bespoke. Every system intentionally designed.
For those ready to refine their craft.
Coaching focuses on the person. Consulting, on the problem. Architecture focuses on the system the person operates in. The best leaders don’t chase success, they embody it without having to think about it. That’s what I build: blueprints for leadership that are as deliberate as they are dynamic.
Tessa Grint, Leadership By Design is part of Light Me Up Consultancy Group.