The Xquadrant Insider

What do you do when you find yourself stuck in your current success, playing too small, or moving too slow on your vision?

The Xquadrant Insider distils daily insights from my work with elite entrepreneurs and executives, so you can:

  • escape operations and reclaim strategic focus
  • mobilise a team that actually drives the mission
  • make the bold moves that define your legacy
  • and stay energised doing it

Unlike other email newsletters, it’s raw, real, provokes your thinking and gets you into action. – Richard Medcalf.

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Every successful leader hits a wall.

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STUCK
I’m trapped in ops, with no time to focus on the big moves

SLOW
My team isn’t moving fast enough to match the vision

SAFE
It looks good on the outside, but I’m holding back

SCALE
It’s time to expand my impact, message and legacy

Practical tools and useful insights

The content of the Xquadrant insider is very applicable and inspirational if you want to create impact in your team and organization. This newsletter offers a lot of practical tools and insights that are very useful to apply.

Berry Selhorst

An unbelievable gathering

Thanks to the methodology and Richard's creativity, I've gone deep on myself and my business, and our team has really come together. Recommended for any CEO who wants to become a better leader.

Armand Arton

Founder & CEO

Produces exponential impact

I've a much clearer picture on my strategy, my goals, and my own inner game. I'd recommend Xquadrant to senior execs who want to make 10X impact.

David Engel

CEO, Drake & Farrell

Strategic challenge

I don't think I'd get anything like the same level of pushback or challenge elsewhere. I'd recommend Richard to anyone who wants to focus on the bigger issues.

Robert Bailkoski

Group CEO, Logicalis

The newsletters always trigger new ways of thinking

Richard’s newsletters always trigger new ways of thinking and or behaving. Moreover, the management guidance provided is crisp and clear and above all ready for use or to share!

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A fantastic experience... incredibly valuable

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CEO, Telestream

Richard Medcalf
Founder

Richard Medcalf describes himself as "what you’d get if you put a McKinsey consultant, a slightly unorthodox pastor, and Freddie Mercury into a blender."

As the founder of Xquadrant, Richard is the trusted advisor to elite CEOs and entrepreneurs facing The 10X Reckoning—the moment they realise they’re stuck in their current success, playing too small, or moving too slow on their vision.

His 1:1 clients include billion-dollar CEOs, tech unicorn founders, an Entrepreneur of the Year, and an Olympic medallist—leaders determined to break out of incremental progress and create their life’s greatest work.

Richard has spent 25 years advising the C-Suite. He was the youngest-ever Partner at a top strategy consultancy, before spending 11 years at Cisco in an elite team reporting to the CEO. He holds a Masters from Oxford University, where he graduated top of his year.

He is the author of Making TIME for Strategy and The 10X Reckoning, and the creator of The Crucible, a private ecosystem where visionary entrepreneurs and execs redefine their leadership, multiply their impact, and transform their industries.

Bi-national English/French, he lives near Paris with his wife and two children. He’s a licensed lay minister, a lover of spicy food, and a die-hard electric guitar enthusiast.

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