Tim Wilkes · Pathos Services

Clearer messages. Better stories. More influence.

I help leaders, experts, and commercial teams communicate with more clarity, confidence, and persuasion. Through strategic storytelling, behavioural science, and practical coaching, I help important messages land with the people who matter.

Tim Wilkes, Founder of Pathos Services

Trusted to sharpen stories, strengthen pitches, and lift the quality of important communication

"The best presentation of the Intelligent Enterprise I have seen."

Peter Maier

Global General Manager, Energy and Natural Resources Industries, SAP

"Absolutely brilliant! With Tim's help we were able to tell the compelling end-to-end story in 20 minutes with all the executives present and attentive."

Ash Haran

Global Client Director, ServiceNow

"It was the best demo I have ever seen. Fantastic job Tim, you just nailed it!"

Susie Kishore

ANZ Senior Account Manager, AWS

"Tim Wilkes, you are a wizard when it comes to story-telling."

Chris Peck

Managing Director and Co-Founder, Southern RNA

How Tim helps

Three ways to work together

Practical, commercially grounded support for leaders, presenters, and teams who need important messages to land.

Common challenges

What clients usually want help with

Making a complex message simple without dumbing it down

Improving an important pitch, presentation, or keynote

Strengthening value messaging and customer stories

Helping senior people sound clearer, stronger, and more persuasive

Building communication capability across teams

Turning dense content into something people actually remember

Why Tim

A rare mix of strategy, persuasion, and real-world business experience

Tim blends behavioural science, strategic storytelling, commercial experience, and practical coaching to help people think more clearly, speak more persuasively, and make their message easier to understand and harder to ignore.

Evidence-based

Grounded in behavioural science, rhetoric, and the psychology of decision-making.

Commercially tested

20+ years working with leaders across financial services, technology, government, and professional services.

Practical, not theoretical

Every session leaves you with something you can use the same afternoon.

Tailored, not templated

Tim works with your context, your stakeholders, your real challenges.

Latest thinking

Featured insights

Curated reading

Tim's Bookshelf

A curated reading list of books Tim regularly recommends to clients, leaders, and course attendees on persuasion, behavioural science, storytelling, leadership, communication, and influence.

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Ready to communicate with more impact?

Whether you need a keynote speaker, a workshop facilitator, or a trusted advisor on all things communication, let's start a conversation.

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