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Creating Clarity.

 Robert Rowland Smith 

Family Business Advisory

Robert's speciality is family businesses. He combines the practical experience of having advised corporates over many years, with an ability to handle family dynamics sensitively. He offers tailored support.

Coaching

Robert offers executive and personal coaching online. Off-the-shelf coaching packages as well as bespoke programmes are available.

Leadership & Boards

Robert designs and delivers leadership and board programmes. These are always aimed at benefitting both the individual and the business.

Constellations

Constellations underpins all Robert does. Be the focus on personal or organisational issues, he works systemically to remove hidden blockages.

Client services

Events coming up...

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​Monday 3rd February, London 
Constellations at the Art Workers' Guild 

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​Friday 7th February, London

The Board Game:

Immersive boardroom training

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Friday 21st February, London​

Philosophy Slam! at the Union Club
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​​​​What’s Philosophy Slam!?

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What’s Constellations?

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What’s The Board Game?​​

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New Year Self-Assessment based on systemic philosophy (PDF file)

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About Robert

An award-winning author and Prize Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, Robert Rowland Smith went on to become a partner in a London advisory firm. He has worked with the executive teams and boards of numerous organisations from global blue chips to start ups.

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It is this combination of the philosophical and the practical that makes him unique.

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Robert has subsequently built a reputation as a leading practitioner of systemic constellations.

 

Robert is the author of seven books, including bestsellers ‘Breakfast with Socrates’ and ‘The Reality Test’. He has been a columnist for the Sunday Times Magazine, writing on moral dilemmas. He is a regular speaker at public and private events.

Contact: robert@robertrowlandsmith.com

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A digital card deck for rethinking your relationships

Online course
Systemic Sentences

Learn how to use systemic sentences and the theory behind them. These can be incorporated directly into your practice as a constellator, coach, communications expert or consultant. They will be particularly helpful for guiding difficult conversations. 
 

  • 300 sentences for use in Constellations, coaching, and consulting 
     

  • 23 videos explaining how to use them
     

  • A workbook based around scenarios to practise using the sentences
     

  • A optional private session with Robert to discuss any questions you might have

Talks, panels, corporate events

THE PHILOSOPHY OF MONEY

 

Most recently, Robert was invited by a London investment bank to give a talk on the philosophy of money.

 

Key points:
 

  • Money has no value in itself. It is purely ‘fungible’.

  • Therefore we can invest any meaning in money that we want.

  • For some, money equals safety. For some, freedom. For others, success. And so on.

  • So money is a means to an end. Can you achieve the same end with a different means?

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Robert is a popular speaker at public and private events, addressing a wide range of topics that include philosophy, psychology, politics, and business strategy. 
 

"I have had the pleasure of hearing Robert speak at many corporate events on a wide range of topics. He offers fresh perspectives on important issues, and always does so with great clarity and good humour. He is a first call for new insights on complex issues. I would recommend him without reservation."
 

David Blanc

Trade Adviser for the French Republic

Cofounder of Vestra

Online 1:1
Constellations

Robert has developed one to one, online Constellations especially for clients who can't be seen in person. 

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Robert convenes an extraordinary depth and richness of worlds: philosophy, psychology, business, government and even spirituality have their place; I see this reflected in the fascinating variety of clients drawn to his work, from business leaders and consultants to artists and therapists - each of them magnetised by Robert's synthesis and integration of the rational and the emotional, the everyday and the miraculous. 

- Laurence S

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