First Class Coach

The greatest gift I can bring my clients
is the space to think clearly and to
honour the best in their emotional
and rational selves

Having worked in publishing and advertising, latterly at board level, I started coaching in 1992.

I’m entrepreneurial, having launched my own consultancy in 1990, created the very first national exhibition devoted to babies and
their parents, and founded First Class Coach in 2003. In between
I was Director of Training & Development for the IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising) and group HR Director for a FTSE 100 company. My business background is a real help in supporting and challenging my clients and I am well able to understand the pressures my clients face.

I particularly enjoy working with businesses with a creative output and facilitating company change. My best client relationships have been with free spirits who want to stretch themselves beyond the status quo and who value my support on their journey.

SPECIAL AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Career coaching: Working with people at a crossroads in their working lives to find the path that will bring them the greatest personal reward.

Team effectiveness: Making the most
of the talents of a senior team to ensure they achieve more collectively than they can on their own.

Vision to reality: Identifying the motivating truth about the organisation at its best and translating this into daily behaviours at all levels.


	Qualifications: MA Honours (Edinburgh), British Psychological Society Psychometric Testing levels 1&2, MBTI & Firo-B, Emotional Competence Inventory