Arable is a Leadership House passionate about helping organizations grow well. We are committed to developing leaders equipped to foster healthy cultures in which teams and businesses thrive.

After twenty-five years of building organizations and teams to their potential, Karl Martin founded Arable in 2020 from his home surrounded by Scottish countryside and farmland. Taking inspiration from its surroundings, Arable creates and cultivates bespoke and winning ecosystems for leaders and organizations to grow and flourish. Our expert team is built for continued growth and is ready to partner with change-makers and leaders across the globe.

Arable is inherently relational and personal, and that will never change. It makes us different, and we’re proud to be a genuinely values-driven organization. If you are looking for coaching, please reach out. Karl and our team of coaches will be in touch shortly.

arable

early 15c.

noun

land that can be or is cultivated

adjective

capable of growing crops

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"Arable played a critical role in helping change the direction of our organisation. I work with a lot of consultants but Karl’s ability to gain meaningful insight into complex situations fast is something that makes him stand out. He is a skilled facilitator and gifted communicator with challenging, provocative thinking to bring real clarity in a safe environment."

Paula Stringer, Head of Business & Production at BBC News
"Arable has the best coaches, counselors, and trainers I have ever had the honor of working with. Their ability to coach and train me into a "next level" leader and strategic thinker was critical in my promotion to COO."

Jack Hollis, COO at Toyota Motors NA
“Arable has provided brilliant advisors, coaches, and speakers for our organization. Karl stepped in to help us during a difficult transition and crisis, supporting our field leaders in defining their strategy and direction as they navigated change. Needing our teams to continue progressing despite significant challenges, Karl guided our field leaders to shift their thinking, reduce leadership doubt, increase confidence, and lead their teams to peak performance.”

Kimberly Inskeep, Founder and CEO at Cabi
"Karl can hold a room. Whether it is dozens or hundreds of delegates, he is able to speak to them in a way which is both challenging, memorable and entertaining. He is an exceptional leader and communicator and an inspiring coach of these skills as well. He has a way of putting things which will shake established ways and encourage changed behaviour. He would be a great ally for any management team wishing to encourage fresh thinking and new ways of doing things."

Alex Pease, former Partner at Allen & Overy
"Karl has been an invaluable source of leadership, inspiration, guidance and wise counsel as I have built Paradigm Norton over the last decade. Karl offers a fresh perspective on what modern enlightened leadership looks like."

Barry Horner, CEO AT Paradigm Norton
"Karl is a coach with a special skill. Instead of just giving you his opinion, he allows you to elicit the answer to your problem from within yourself; he then plays it back to you in his own eloquent style and bingo, you’ve solved your own problem."

Lord Malcolm Offord, Chairman at Badenoch & Co.