About
Access more of your potential.
Why The Inner Mile?
The name reflects a simple idea: the path we travel within. The journey of awareness, determination, resilience and flexibility to keep moving in the direction that matters most.
Performance begins with
- how people think
- where they place attention
- how they regulate themselves
- how they interpret events
- how they respond

Profile
David Jackson
- Founder & Managing Director
- Executive Coach
- Mental Performance Coach
David has spent more than 25 years in HR, leadership, talent and people development, including senior leadership roles in international organizations.
His coaching brings together executive coaching and mental performance, grounded in evidence-informed practice and shaped by work coaching senior leaders and top performers across Europe, Asia and the United States. David coaches in both English and German.
- 25+years in people development
- Senior Leadership Experience
- 600+hours coaching top leaders and talent
- Global Expertise
Qualifications
MSc Sports & Performance Psychology · MSc Organizational Psychology · Columbia Certified Executive Coach

Profile
Anja Ecks
- Executive Coach
- Communications Professional
Anja is an Executive Coach and communications professional with a background in the arts and marketing. She helps clients navigate complexity, make difficult decisions, get unstuck and turn insight into purposeful action.
Having lived and worked across Europe and Asia, she brings a global, cross-cultural perspective and coaches in English and German.
Navigating a career change or being stuck at a crossroad in life and looking for a supportive partner to hold you accountable?
- 20+years in people development
- CTI Executive Coach
- Communications Professional
- Global Experience
Qualifications
Co-Active (CTI) Certified Coach · MSc Marketing & International Business · MA German Literature, Theatre & Education
Our Perspective
- Evidence matters.
- Context matters.
- Application matters.
- You matter most.