Chris Nichols is a coach, facilitator and workshop leader with 25 years experience in global business development in both the commercial and non-profit sectors. He specialises in developing creative strategic leadership and assisting senior and mid-career leaders in making life choices and transitions. He works with both commercial and social entrepreneurs. Chris has started and run many businesses, large and small ranging from consulting firms to poetry collectives. He is a Business Director of Ashridge Consulting, which is the consulting arm of Ashridge, the UK’s leading executive education provider. Chris lives on Dartmoor in Devon and has a lifelong connection to reverential and holistic approaches to ecology. He is currently developing his awareness of shamanic perspectives and practices.