Yellow Chair provides bespoke strategic consultancy for Higher Education and Charity leaders. We help mission-driven organisations navigate complexity with empathy and professional rigour.

Build Resilience.
Shape Culture.
Deliver Real Change.

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Growth & Ambition

Leadership & Culture

Developing the individual and collective capacity to lead with purpose , safety, and sustainable iumpact.

Explore Leadership

Resolution & Crisis

Dispute & Friction

Restoring professional harmony and focus through expert mediation and neutral interventions.

Mediation Services

Impact Areas

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Resilient People

Resilient People

Executive coaching and resilience programmes designed for the specific pressures of daily work and leadership in healthcare, higher education and charities.

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Thriving Cultures

Thriving Cultures

Culture diagnostics and psychological safety frameworks that empower teams to speak up and innovate safely.

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Sustainable Performance

Sustainable Performance

Aligning organisational strategy with the People Plan to ensure long-term stability and excellence.

Welcome to Yellow Chair

“Great organisations aren’t built by leaders who stand above the challenge, but by those who stand with their people - restoring resilience, living their values, and creating cultures where everyone feels safe, seen, and able to shine.”

With another two decades of experience in the UK public, higher education and charity sectors, Jonathan leads the Yellow Chair team, bringing a unique blend of strategic foresight and empathetic intervention to complex board-level challenges.

Our Services
Methodology The Yellow Chair Framework

The Yellow Chair Framework

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Diagnostics

Diagnostics

Deep dive assessment using evidence-based tools to identify root causes, cultural blockages and systemic issues.

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Intervention

Intervention

Tailored workshops, coaching, leadership development or mediation designed to shift dynamics and build capability and resilience.

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Impact

Long-term evaluation and sustainability planning to ensure changes are embedded and success is measured.

Impact

Long-term evaluation and sustainability planning to ensure changes are embedded and success is measured.

Insight for leaders

Thought leadership on governance, culture and conflict.
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