Dr Matt Hancocks - Team Missions that Matter

Dr Matt Hancocks

Founder

I founded Missions that Matter to help leaders and organisations craft missions worth believing in — and to practise them with care, courage, and authenticity.

I began my career on the ground in logistics — first as a driver, then as a transport manager, marketing manager, and business planner. Those experiences taught me what it really takes to make organisations work day to day. Alongside them, I have pursued world-class scholarship, bringing moral philosophy and futures thinking into dialogue with real leadership practice.

As an Ashridge-certified coach, I now work with CEOs, leadership teams, and change agents to navigate the moral and strategic challenges of our time. My approach is grounded in practice: everything I write and teach, including my book Leadership as Masterpiece Creation and my doctoral research, comes from action research alongside leaders in the field.

Through my Thinking page, long-form reflections on LinkedIn, and my collaboration with William Watkin on Infinite Existence, I continue to explore what it means to lead and practise authentically in a changing world.

At the heart of it all is a simple conviction: business can — and should — be morally admirable.

Questions for you

Are you asking yourself...?

  • Why does success still leave me feeling out of sync?
  • What is my discomfort trying to tell me?
  • What kind of leader is this moment calling me to become?
  • How do I reinvent my leadership without losing momentum or impact?
  • Am I ready to lead with boldness and depth?

What you should ask your coach

Are they field-tested or just certified?

  • Have you faced this kind of turning point yourself—do you truly know what it feels like from the inside?
  • How do you guide someone through change that’s not just about playing better, but about rewriting the game entirely?
  • What sets you apart from traditional executive coaching or leadership programs?
  • Can you help me work across the personal, the cultural, and the strategic—without losing the thread?
  • Will you stay in the work with me, even when things get messy or uncertain?

Clients

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