Good teams require good people and at Propel Business Consultancy we’re led by Katie Ayland and Terry Neild.
Two Leaders. One Mission: To Help Organisations Prosper With Purpose.
At PROPEL Business Consultancy, we bring together two complementary yet deeply aligned strengths — purpose‑driven leadership and precision‑led operational clarity.
Together, Terry Neild and Katie Ayland form a coaching partnership that blends human insight with structured delivery, enabling organisations to ignite cultural transformation, elevate performance and grow with intention.
Their combined experience creates a rare balance of vision and discipline, inspiration and execution, leadership and operational strength. This is coaching designed not just to create change — but to sustain it, amplify it, and ensure it becomes part of how your business lives and leads every day.
Terry Neild
Purpose‑Driven Leadership | Strategic Clarity | People‑First Transformation
For more than a decade, Terry has helped organisations across the South West turn ambition into action and intention into meaningful impact. With 26 years of service in the Royal Air Force — including three years as a Senior Leadership Instructor at RAF Cranwell — he brings a depth of discipline, clarity and belief in people that underpins his approach today. Terry built the foundations of PROPEL on one guiding principle: great businesses flourish when purpose, people and performance align.
Specialising in leadership development, relationship strengthening, culture shaping and strategic direction, Terry helps leaders gain clarity, build confidence, elevate decision‑making and unlock the potential of their people. His work centres on creating organisations where teams feel connected, culture thrives and performance accelerates — all with one mission in mind: to help leaders build purposeful, people‑centred businesses that prosper sustainably.
Katie Ayland
Operational Excellence | Calm Clarity | Precision in Action
Katie brings a unique blend of rigour, structure and operational strength to PROPEL, shaped by her background as a respected solicitor and former law‑firm director. She has an exceptional ability to simplify complexity, create operational confidence and build systems that enable people to excel. Katie’s expertise spans operational management, business development, strategic planning and organisational performance — ensuring businesses don’t just set a strong vision, but have the capability, consistency and clarity to deliver it.
She believes success happens when the right people, skills and processes work together with intention. Katie’s approach brings stability, accuracy and momentum to the PROPEL framework, empowering organisations to embed cultural change through disciplined execution. Her work helps teams operate with confidence, leaders make clearer decisions and businesses grow with purpose and precision
A Coaching Partnership Designed to Transform Culture and Capability
Individually, Terry and Katie bring deep, specialist expertise. Together, they create something far greater:
- Vision + Execution
- Purpose + Precision
- Leadership + Operational Strength
- Culture + Capability
This partnership is the driving force behind the PROPEL framework — a blend of transformational leadership coaching and grounded operational delivery that enables organisations to grow with clarity, capability and cultural strength.
If you want to lead with confidence, operate with clarity and build a culture where people and performance thrive together, you’re in the right place.