About the Author

Hi, I’m Paul – a leadership coach, L&D practitioner, and the author behind the Read2Rise newsletter.

I’ve spent over two decades helping people grow through work not just by gaining new skills, but by better understanding themselves. My career has taken me from frontline teams to senior leaders, designing leadership programmes, coaching individuals, and shaping learning strategies that actually make a difference.

By day, I lead the Learning & Development team at the Devonshire Group, home to Chatsworth House and a family of businesses across the UK. We support over a thousand colleagues with everything from skills training to career development and leadership growth.

But this newsletter and the community forming around it is something different

Read2Rise is where I get to step outside my day job and speak a bit more freely. It’s a space to share honest reflections, helpful tools, and the kind of leadership thinking that doesn’t always make it into PowerPoint slides. It’s also where I test ideas for the courses I create under The Human Co. my independent project to make leadership learning more accessible, more human, and more real.

Outside of work, I live in Sheffield with my fiancée and our two cats. I’m also into photography, home projects, and getting out into the countryside whenever I can.

Thanks for being here. I hope Read2Rise gives you something useful to take into your day whether it’s a new idea, a shift in perspective, or just a moment to breathe and reflect.

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