How Chris Lonsdale Can Help — Advisory & Coaching

For thirty years, Chris Lonsdale has applied psychology and learning science to the people side of business — advising senior executives and leadership teams across Asia through Chris Lonsdale & Associates Ltd. The same understanding of how people learn and change that underpins his language method drives his work with organisations, leaders, and individuals.

This is where the psychologist and educator works directly with you: accelerated learning, communication, conflict resolution, and strategic alignment — within teams and across cultures.

Ways to work together

Advisory & consulting — Strategic alignment, organisational effectiveness, and change across cultural and linguistic boundaries. Specialised experience in financial services, consumer goods, and professional services across Greater China and Southeast Asia.

Executive education & facilitation — Designing and leading learning experiences and off-sites for senior teams, grounded in how adults actually learn and retain.

Executive coaching — One-to-one work applying psychological principles to performance, leadership, and personal transition.

Cross-cultural communication — Helping Western executives communicate with effectiveness and empathy in Chinese and across Asian business cultures — bridging gaps that language skills alone cannot address.

Areas of expertise

Psychology of performance — Unlocking individual and team performance through an understanding of motivation, perception, and human potential.

Learning design — Building programmes and systems that produce real capability, not just completion — the same brain-based principles, applied to professional skills.

Strategic & cross-cultural alignment — Decades of practice resolving conflict and aligning people across cultures, languages, and organisational boundaries.

Selected client testimonials

“Your ability to communicate with effectiveness and empathy in Chinese has been crucial in this change process — so much so that you are often mentioned as a key contributor by my staff themselves.” — David G. Brooks, VP & Region Manager, Global Beverage Company

“The off-sites and the work you have done with the team has had an enormous impact in building the leading Financial Institutions team in Asia.” — James von Moltke, Managing Director, Global Investment Bank

“Chris played an integral role in helping grow the firm’s investment banking business in the region.”

Enquiries

For consulting and advisory enquiries, please contact Chris directly →.

Other work

Chris is also known for his research in language acquisition and brain-based learning. His TEDx talk has been viewed over 37 million times.

• About Chris Lonsdale →
• The brain-based language learning method →
• Speech Genie — language learning platform →