First Class Coach

I create an opportunity for my clients to
look with focused interest at themselves
and their work thereby achieving an
objectivity that offers new possibilities

I have worked as an Executive Coach, Consultant, Educator
and Coaching Supervisor since 1997. I’m an ‘all rounder’ with experience that stems from 15 years in business, including time
as a Board Director, followed by 10 years as a consultant. This diverse experience and knowledge has underpinned my success
as a Business Coach.

My clients come from various professional backgrounds, often experiencing a transition in their personal development. My aim is to have impactful, thought provoking conversations, where there
is a fine balance in the coaching relationship between the ‘human’ and the ‘business’, honesty and compassion, humour and authority. I have been at the forefront of coach training in this country, originally as a faculty member of the School of Coaching, where I continue to be part of the team leading the University-accredited programmes.

My career as a coach has led to interesting projects that include: presenting at a national conference entitled ‘Having the courage to coach’; working with Russian psychologists and a team from Central and Eastern Europe to develop a ‘coaching culture’ in their fast moving industries.

I am also one of the first qualified coaching supervisors in the country, qualifying in 2006 with Bath Consultancy Group.

SPECIAL AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Change: Coaching at a time of change in someone’s career, to work through the many options and elicit well informed choices to make the best-fit decisions.

On-boarding: A 360 degree approach, to support leadership challenges of a new role, involving the stakeholders and identifying early hurdles that need to be overcome.

Against all odds: When problems seem insurmountable: whether a glass ceiling; working in an extroverted climate; surviving in a twenty-four-seven culture and finding a way through.

	Qualifications: Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Trained Counsellor for Centre for Professional Employment Counselling. Master Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming, MBTI and FIRO B. Accredited coach, Strathclyde University, and the Association of Professional Executive Coaches and Supervisors.