Hello
I’m Russell Cunningham, founder and principal consultant of TheOpsCoach.
I help businesses find structure in the noise so their people can think clearly, work confidently, and grow.
If you’re wrestling with operational chaos or simply curious about how to work smarter, let’s talk. No pitch. No pressure. Just a genuine conversation about where you are and what might make things flow a little better.
Because that’s why I built TheOpsCoach - to help people rediscover calm, clarity, and the freedom to grow and do their best work.
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My Story
I spent most of my 20's serving as an officer in the Navy. When I left, I knew I wanted to work with people - to coach, develop, and help them thrive in their roles. What I didn’t expect was how often I’d hear the same story: “I’d love to work on my growth, but I just don’t have the time.”
Too many meetings. Too many tools. Too little time to think.
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It became clear that personal development wasn’t necessarily failing because people didn’t care - it was failing because inefficient ways of doing work were stretching their bandwidth. So my focus generally shifted and over time became my mission: to remove the operational friction that keeps people from performing - and enjoying - their work, allowing space for real growth. In whatever shape that takes.
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With a Master’s in Organisational Psychology and years of operational leadership behind me, I built TheOpsCoach to unite human insight with operational design. I personally lead every engagement, bringing in trusted specialists only when a project calls for additional technical or creative expertise.
Through this approach, I help businesses align their People, Processes, and Platforms so that structure gives back what chaos takes away: time, focus, and freedom.
Some clients work with me end-to-end; others engage for a single outcome - an executive dashboard, a system rebuild, or leadership coaching. Whatever the entry point, the goal is the same: to create clarity that lets people thrive and businesses grow.​
I believe that when structure replaces chaos, people rediscover their energy, their confidence, and their capacity to perform at their best. In keeping with the mountaineering metaphor that I love to lean on, my favourite quote:
“It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.”
- Sir Edmund Hillary​
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