About
Dominic Monkhouse - Scaling Up Coach | Business Coach for Founder-CEOs.

As a certified Scaling Up coach and business coach specializing in growth companies, I help Founder-CEOs approaching the critical 100-employee mark transition from overwhelmed operators to strategic leaders. Using our proven Founder Freedom Framework, we've helped 100+ founders scale up their businesses by building leadership teams that actually run the company, allowing them to escape the day-to-day grind and reconnect with their original vision. Are you a founder feeling trapped in endless admin while your leadership team isn't fully delivering? Many founder-CEOs I coach describe feeling "burnt out," "stretched too thin," or that their growing business has become "just a job." They're drowning in operational details instead of driving the strategic scaling up process. My business coaching approach helps you navigate the critical phase shift that happens around 100 employees - transitioning from being the star basketball player (where scaling up depends on you) to a football coach (where talent is evenly distributed with clear roles) - a critical shift for successfully scaling up your company. As your scaling up coach, I implement a proven 36-month business coaching journey that transforms your scaling business through quarterly themes, comprehensive assessments, and practical scaling up tools including:

One Page Strategic Plan (OPSP) for scaling up
Functional Accountability Chart (FACe)
Core Customer Analysis for business growth
Target Operating Model
Talent Assessment Framework for scaling teams

Our unique Management Lab in the New Forest provides an escape for your leadership team to develop scaling up strategies away from daily operations. This purpose-built space fosters creativity and alignment, helping teams accomplish in two days what might otherwise take months of business coaching sessions.

Working with me as your scaling up coach, you'll achieve:
A strong, clearly defined company culture for sustainable scaling
A leadership team that runs the company without your constant involvement Predictable business outcomes through systematic execution
More time focused on strategy and scaling up growth
The ability to scale without sacrificing your well-being

My ideal business coaching clients are:
Founder-CEOs approaching or navigating the 100-employee threshold Experiencing 30%+ compound annual growth (or the potential for it)
Possible exit within 3-5 years
Feeling trapped by administrative tasks and people problems
Ready to build a leadership team that can scale up the company

My clients tell me they chose me as their scaling up coach for three reasons: process, experience, and expertise. I have first-hand knowledge of the impact of applying Scaling Up coaching methodologies in business, delivering rapid, sustainable growth. I've been where you are, scaling two companies from zero to £30m in 5 years each.

Professional Highlights
I founded and Scaled Up two service firms in the UK. As managing director, I took Rackspace and then Peer 1 Hosting to £30m, both in 5 years. Scaling Up the firms from zero to 150 and 120 employees, respectively. At Peer 1, we grew global revenue from $90m to $200m and exited for $635m.

The scaling up tools and business coaching techniques I used in these endeavours now form the basis of my business coaching practice; helping founders scale up sustainably and without drama as they approach the crucial 100-employee mark.

Before becoming a scaling up coach, I had early flirtations with hospitality, retail, pharma, and luxury goods. This diverse background gives me a unique perspective on scaling businesses across sectors.

Personal Highlights
When not providing scaling up coaching to growth-focused companies, you will find me on our Wiltshire farm with my wife Geri and our two little girls, Allegra and Araminta. We keep some rare breed cattle and pigs along with the curious chickens and noisy geese.

Ready to escape the founder's trap and scale up your business? Book a 30-minute Strategy Session where we'll discuss your specific scaling challenges and determine if our Founder Freedom Framework business coaching approach is right for you.

Coaching Regions
Europe

Industry of Expertise
Computer/IT/Software Development
Customer Support