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I’ve been a coach for over ten years and feel very fortunate to be able to say I love my work so much. I was recently asked by another coach what I felt that the best thing about being a coach is. After a little thought, I summed it up as the opportunity to facilitate profound thinking in others that provides clarity to drive decision making and direction.
I get a real kick from helping individuals improve and from supporting organisations to be great places to work through superb leadership. I love learning and have even gone back to school recently to add a Postgraduate Certificate in Business and Personal Coaching to my Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies. I am ACC accredited with the International Coaching Federation and am also a licensed practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
A role working for Leicestershire Education Business Company (LEBC) some time ago gave me an opportunity to prepare young people for work in a way I remember I wasn’t, and, as importantly, to help employers understand how to help the transition into work for new, young employees. Taking business people into schools and working with large groups of students was a challenging but incredibly rewarding time and i still volunteer with LEBC when I can.
It was one of these business people who gave me the opportunity to move into management consulting, and it was here that I discovered my love of coaching. Over the years, I have been fortunate to coach many clients at all levels of organisations. Most were looking to work through some sort of change, whether that was in themselves, the way they lead or handling an organisational change, from small to transformational.
When I’m not working, I love spending time with friends, especially trying out new gins and sometimes playing poker. I enjoy being outdoors with my dog and am a regular at the gym. I love autumn, with all its beauty of changing colours. I also enjoy winter when I always try to spend some time in the mountains to ski. Having had many French lessons, I continue to valiantly try learning the language and am determined that one day I’ll be able to confidently hold a conversation.
If you'd like some support with a change, let's have a chat and see if you think I might be the right person to work alongside you through it.