Nigel Tunnicliffe co-founded a driving school as a social enterprise to eradicate car crashes and scaled it into a nationwide business in 500-plus cities. This episode explores leadership philosophies, personalized service, and scaling challenges, with insights and inspiration for aspiring leaders.

This is To Lead Is Human — listen to learn how you can uplevel your leadership and shape cultures of accountability, respect, and candor.

“I support folks to do what they need to do without being super directive. And I think that’s how we can get a lot of potential out of our people.”

— Nigel Tunnacliffe

Nigel Tunnacliffe is the Co-Founder and CEO of Coastline Academy, the largest driving school in the country and the sixth fastest-growing education company in America according to Inc.com. Nigel founded Coastline with the mission of eradicating car crashes, and has provided top-quality education to more than 100,000 driving students across 500+ cities, receiving 55,000 5-star reviews. A proponent of combining modern technology with rigorous standards for instructors, Nigel has used his passionate commitment to driver safety to architect the company and change the way we think about driving education.

For more than 30 years, Sharon Richmond has partnered with C-level executives from mid-size and small, fast-growing companies who want to up-level their leadership and build companies they are proud of. Clients accelerate their leadership by embracing mindset and behavior changes, building self-awareness and self-management skills, and focusing on the three things all leaders must ensure: focus, energy and delivery.

Sharon’s purpose as an executive coach is to help leaders 10X their impact by leveraging the power afforded by their roles to build organizations that are forces for good, both economically and socially. She also advises CEOs on shaping organization culture and leading change.

Sharon has taught leadership at Stanford GSB, where she now helps leaders increase influence, manage conflict, and prepare to build high-performing teams.

To see a list of Sharon’s clients, please visit LeadingLarge.com.

Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:
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Sharon’s website: LeadingLarge.com
Nigel’s website: Coastline Academy

Credits:
Host: Sharon Richmond
Producer: Andrew Chapman
Audio Editor: Marvin del Rosario
Executive Producer: Danny Iny
Music Soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely
Making our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio

Music credits:
Track Title: Escaping Light
Artist: Aaron Sprinkle
Writer: Aaron Sprinkle
Publisher: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Track Title: Bright Future
Artist: Be Still The Earth
Writer: Marshall Usinger
Publisher: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Special effects credits:
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