FAQs

Many companies allocate funds specifically for employee development, and coaching is increasingly recognised as a high-value tool in leadership and professional growth. Reviewing your company’s training and development policy can uncover opportunities for support, even if they’re not widely advertised.

Coaching is an investment that enhances both your personal and professional growth, which in turn, benefits your organisation. Here’s why it’s worth asking your employer to fund coaching:

• Enhance High-Impact Skills: Executive coaching refines critical leadership skills such as strategic thinking, emotional intelligence, and resilience. These qualities elevate your performance, enabling you to make more effective decisions and drive positive outcomes at the highest level.

• Transform Team Dynamics: Coaching fosters stronger communication, conflict resolution, and leadership agility, key attributes for improving team cohesion and achieving broader organisational success.

• Support Career Advancement: Coaching can help you navigate complex career transitions, positioning you for senior leadership roles. It demonstrates your commitment to growth and makes you a valuable asset for the company's long-term succession planning.

To maximise your chances of securing funding for coaching, follow these steps:

1. Research Internal Development Budgets: Start by familiarising yourself with your company’s training and development policies. Many organisations allocate budgets specifically for coaching, make sure to thoroughly explore these opportunities.

2. Articulate Your Needs Clearly: When making your request, present a tailored case. Explain how coaching will enhance your leadership effectiveness, how it aligns with your professional goals, and how it will support the company's broader strategic objectives.

3. Link Coaching to Measurable Business Outcomes: Connect coaching to tangible business benefits. Demonstrate how it will positively impact key areas such as leadership capabilities, team dynamics, employee engagement, and even succession planning. Show your employer the return on investment (ROI) by quantifying the benefits coaching can deliver.

4. Emphasise Long-Term Commitment: Position coaching as a long-term investment in both your leadership development and the company’s success. By proactively seeking coaching, you signal your dedication to continuous improvement, ensuring you're equipped to contribute at a higher level and stay aligned with the organisation’s goals.

The cost of coaching depends entirely on what we co-create together. For example, we could embark on a year-long coaching programme with monthly 90-minute sessions to ensure deep, sustained transformation. Alternatively, if you’re looking for more frequent, dedicated time and support to stay on track, a focused 6–9 month programme with bi-weekly sessions may be the ideal choice for you. Each programme is carefully tailored to align with your unique goals, ensuring a coaching experience that supports your vision for the future.

What’s it going to cost you to stay stuck, uncertain, or overwhelmed?

The true cost isn’t just daily frustration or confusion—it’s the opportunities you forfeit to lead with clarity, confidence, and purpose. Staying in a state of uncertainty or overwhelm can limit your ability to make high-impact decisions, diminish your presence, and prevent you from realising your full potential. The longer you stay where you are, the more you risk missing the opportunities that could redefine your future.

Coaching is an investment in your clarity, direction, and the purposeful future you’re capable of creating. It’s about stepping into the best version of yourself and embracing the possibilities ahead.

I invite you to a complimentary consultation to explore how we can tailor a coaching experience that aligns with your highest aspirations.

As an ICF-accredited coach, I adhere to the International Coach Federation's (ICF) definition and ethical guidelines, which clearly delineate the roles and objectives of both coaching and therapy.

Coaching:

Coaching is a collaborative partnership designed to help you achieve specific personal or professional goals. Here's how it works:

• Goal-Oriented Focus: Together, we'll clarify your objectives and create a plan with actionable steps to make them a reality.

• Present and Future Orientation: We'll focus on where you are right now and where you want to be in the future, without delving into past issues.

• Client-Centered Approach: My role is to empower you to discover your own solutions and strategies, fostering your self-awareness and growth.

The ICF defines coaching as "partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential."

Therapy:

Therapy, or psychotherapy, is typically conducted by licensed mental health professionals, focusing on:

• Mental Health Treatment: Addressing emotional challenges, past traumas, or psychological disorders.

• Past and Present Exploration: Delving into past experiences to help understand and heal current emotional states and behaviours.

• Healing and Recovery: Providing support for those managing mental health issues, with a focus on restoring emotional well-being.

While coaching and therapy are distinct, they can complement each other. In some cases, you might find value in both approaches, depending on your circumstances and goals.

If you're unsure which path is best for you, I'm happy to discuss your needs and help you decide which approach will serve you most effectively.

Coaching is the key to unlocking your potential and navigating the challenges standing in the way of your success. It helps you:

• Gain Clarity: Cut through the noise and gain a clear vision of your goals, so you can move forward with purpose.

• Overcome Obstacles: Break free from limiting beliefs, self-doubt, and career roadblocks that are holding you back.

• Take Intentional Action: Build the confidence to take bold steps towards your future, with unwavering focus and determination.

Together, We Will:

• Clarify Your Values & Goals: Align your actions with what truly matters to you, ensuring everything you do is purposeful.

• Build Your Confidence: Strengthen your belief in yourself, so you can navigate life’s challenges with assurance.

• Create Actionable Strategies: Develop practical, tailored strategies to overcome both career and personal hurdles with confidence and clarity.

Every step we take will be meticulously designed to align with your deepest aspirations, empowering you to step boldly into the next chapter of your life, knowing you are on the right path.

Career mentoring with me is a tailored relationship where I:

• Offer personalised guidance, expert insights, and unwavering support, drawn from my extensive experience in:

  • Executive search

  • Recruitment

  • Career transitions

Together, we will:

• Define and refine your professional goals, ensuring they align with your highest aspirations

• Craft tailored strategies for career progression and success

• Provide actionable advice and insights to help you thrive in every stage of your career

Whether you’re seeking guidance through job changes, executive promotions, or significant career shifts, I will be your trusted partner, providing the clarity, direction, and support you need at every step of the journey.

• ICF-PCC Accredited: I am a Professional Certified Coach, awarded by the International Coach Federation, the global standard for professional coaching. This ensures you receive coaching that meets the highest industry standards of excellence and ethical practice.

• Expertise You Can Trust: As a coach held to the highest professional and ethical standards, I offer you the security of working with someone who is genuinely qualified and committed to your success.

• Extensive Industry Experience: With a decade of experience in:

  • Executive search & Recruitment

  • Career transitions

• Tailored Support for Your Journey: My unique blend of coaching expertise and industry knowledge allows me to guide you in confidently navigating your career path and personal growth. Together, we’ll ensure your actions are aligned with your values and aspirations, leading to meaningful and sustained success.

Yes. My coaching is neuro-affirming, which means we work with your brain rather than against it. I regularly support clients who are ADHD, autistic, AuDHD, dyslexic, highly sensitive, burnt out, masking, or still exploring what neurodivergence means for them.

You do not need a diagnosis to work with me. What matters is that the coaching feels safe, respectful and useful for you.

Neuro-affirming coaching means there is no expectation for you to think, communicate or process in a “standard” way. We can adapt the pace, structure and format of sessions so they work for you.

That might include more space to think, clearer session summaries, visual prompts, practical next steps, gentle challenge, or permission to go in a non-linear direction before we bring things back into focus.

That is very common. Some clients arrive feeling as though they have spent years masking, over-functioning or trying to make themselves fit systems that do not work for them.

My approach is structured enough to help you make progress, but spacious enough for you to think out loud, make connections and explore what is really going on beneath the surface.

Coaching in nature is a walking coaching session that takes place outdoors rather than online or in a room. We walk side by side in a natural setting, such as a park, woodland, beach or riverside route, while exploring what you want to think through.

Being outside can create more space, movement and perspective, especially if you feel stuck, overwhelmed or tired of sitting at a screen. The session is still focused, confidential and tailored to you, but nature becomes part of the thinking environment.

What is your coaching philosophy?

Here's what you can expect from my coaching approach: I believe that clarity is the key to taking meaningful action.

Here’s how we’ll do it:

• CLARITY IT
  We’ll explore your purpose, values, and what truly matters to you. Together, we’ll uncover what’s holding you back, challenge limiting narratives, and get clear on what drives you. This process will help you gain clarity on what’s truly important, so you can align your actions with your authentic self.

• CREATE IT
  Once you’ve gained clarity, we’ll shift focus to taking values-aligned, intentional action. We’ll design a clear path forward, building consistency and momentum to empower you to step confidently into your future. With clarity, you’ll be equipped to make decisions and take actions that reflect your core values.

Absolutely. Confidentiality is a fundamental principle of the coaching relationship. As an ICF-accredited coach, I adhere to the ICF Code of Ethics, which mandates that all information shared during coaching sessions remains confidential unless the client provides explicit consent to disclose it. This ensures that you can express yourself freely and openly, knowing that your privacy and trust are fully respected. I am committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards to foster a safe and supportive coaching environment.

However, there are specific circumstances where confidentiality may need to be broken:

• Legal Requirements: If I am required by law, court order, or subpoena to disclose information.

• Risk of Harm: If I believe there is an imminent or likely risk of danger or harm to you or others.

• Illegal Activities: If you disclose information about illegal activities.

Yes, I offer coaching that fits your lifestyle and location.

• Virtual Coaching: Many of my clients prefer the comfort and convenience of being in their own home. Enjoy the flexibility of coaching from anywhere, allowing you to engage in seamless sessions that fit into your lifestyle while still making meaningful progress.

  • Whether you're in London, Paris, Montreal, or anywhere else, we can work together.

• In-Person Coaching in Norwich: Experience a dedicated, tranquil space for deep, impactful collaboration. Alternatively, you can choose

  • Walking Coaching for a dynamic and flexible approach, allowing us to connect while exploring different locations.

Coaching designed to meet you where you are (no matter your location or lifestyle).

• Tailored Plan: Once we’ve confirmed we’re the right fit, I’ll design a bespoke coaching programme that aligns with your goals and vision.

• Clear Direction: We’ll outline a clear path forward, ensuring every step is purposefully crafted to accelerate your progress.

• Tailored Plan: Once we’ve confirmed we’re the right fit, I’ll design a bespoke coaching programme that aligns with your goals and vision.

• Clear Direction: We’ll outline a clear path forward, ensuring every step is purposefully crafted to accelerate your progress.

• Ongoing Support: I’ll be with you every step of the way, providing guidance and accountability to empower you in achieving your goals with clarity and confidence.

• Coaching is a personalised journey tailored to your unique goals and pace, often spanning between 6 and 12 months. This timeframe typically provides a supportive balance of momentum, accountability, and space to create meaningful, lasting change.

  That said, every client’s situation is different. Some may prefer shorter, intensive sessions focused on a specific challenge to gain immediate clarity and direction. I also offer half-day and full-day intensives designed to provide concentrated support and practical breakthroughs.

  Ultimately, the right coaching approach depends on where you are now and what you want to achieve. We’ll work together to design a plan that fits your needs and helps you move forward with confidence.