What is Coaching?

Coaching is a private confidential space, tailored to help you evolve your leadership style and approach.

We often have the answers to the challenges we are facing, yet something gets in the way.

I will help you identify what is stopping you and by both supporting and challenging you, help you find ways to implement solutions.

We will do this over a programme of coaching sessions, each time reflecting on the challenge, assessing possible options and then subsequently reviewing what worked and what didn't.

By testing out different solutions, stepping back and examining situations and results from different perspectives, I will help you find ways to evolve your leadership capacity and capability and deepen your confidence.

At the heart of my coaching, I seek to create space for my coachees to explore what is on their mind, make connections in their unsaid thoughts that helps them discover clarity through their reflections, and gain what they are looking for through coaching. Underpinning my approach is my belief that my coachees are resourceful and will find ways forward that work for them.

I look to coach the whole person as they show up in that moment we are working together. I take this approach because I believe that supporting a someone to work through what’s foremost on their mind will indirectly yet essentially help them work towards their overall coaching objectives. My experience has helped to reinforce my view that working with someone on the things that are present right at that moment, provides valuable insight and clarity and can then help them make progress towards their overall coaching objectives.

In coaching in this way, my intention is to help people be their whole selves in their work and as a leader, creating a positive workplace culture and role-modelling positive leadership that has benefits for themselves, the people they work with and their organisation.

Challenge and Support

I provide both support, helping you reflect on your stengths, and challenge, raising the conflicting ideals and paradoxes you unconsciously hold.

Trust and Openness

I build relationships through trust, warmth and openness. I will demonstrate my trust in you, providing a non-judgemental space and holidng you with positive regard.

Insight and Perspective

I listen attentively, asking you questions with a calm and open manner, helping you get a fresh perspective and insight on the challenges you face and what you might do.

How I Coach

I use a wide range of frameworks and techniques to adapt and tailor my approach for each person I work with. Underpinning my coaching are some key principles:

I want to work in partnership with you
I take a holistic, person-centred approach
I will help you understand yourself better and help you become more self-aware
I will support you in developing and enhancing your professional relationships
I will bring both a restorative focus and an action orientation to our coaching work
And I will pull in a system wide view to ensure greater context is present in the solutions and ways forward you choose

Challenges I have helped people with

Being non-judgmental, offering observational feedback and allowing people to choose to act upon it or not

Focused on individual needs and goals in the context of the wider organisation and system environment

Understanding challenges leaders face, and working in partnership with individuals and organisations

Being supportive and calm with an appropriate level of challenge

Demonstrating belief in people’s potential and capability

Being professional and treating people with respect

Acting with integrity, openly and honestly

Working with each person is unique. Everyone has their own personal experience and recognising this is key to how I coach.

Yet there are some common challenges I have helped people manage and work through.

Transitioning into a new role and what might have to be left behind
Grappling with greater responsibility and accountability, and delegating effectively
Getting more comfortable with increased visibility and distancing connections with people
Leading major change and the impact on people, processes and organsiational culture
Keeping afloat when overwhelmed with pressure and constant priorities that never end
Increasing confidence in tackling sensitive conversations and situations, whilst making hard decisions

Contact Me

If you would like to chat through your challenges and how I might be able to help you. Please do get in touch.

I offer a free, confidential 45 minute chat where we can discuss how coaching could be the way forward for you, and how we can work together to help you achieve what you are looking for.

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