About

I am an ICF ACC Accredited Career Coach and Facilitator specialising in all aspects of career change and transition.

 

I bring a wealth of experience following a successful career at the BBC in both HR & Recruitment where I trained as a Career Coach in 2003.

 

In 2010 I took a massive leap and left the Corporate world and the BBC to establish my own Career Coaching practice.  It was terrifying and thrilling to align my passions and strengths in to a new venture.  Since then I have built a strong portfolio of both corporate and private clients, working with Global Outplacement Organisations, SME’s, groups and individuals.

 

I also regularly facilitate Career Transition Workshops to Military Service leavers around the world as part of the MOD’s Resettlement Programme. I enable and support them in identifying their transferable skills and strengths equipping them with the practical tools and resources to transition out of the UK’s Armed Forces in to Civilian employment.

I work with the individual, for the individual and will put you at the very heart of everything I do.

 

When I am at my very best, I am Coaching; supporting and enabling clients to be the architects of their careers so they can find fulfilling roles aligned to their core values and authentic selves.

 

I believe there is no greater reward than building professional and authentic relationships with my clients to enable them to reach their full potential.  I am passionate about getting the very best from people so they can get the absolute best for themselves.

Clients tell me “I get them” and I “connect with them” making them feel safe and empowered to go on a Coaching journey with me and make real change happen.

 

My passions and values are all centred around working with integrity, helping others to achieve meaning and success and working with sense of purpose.

 

Every client I meet is different and I really love getting to find out what help you need, what motivates and inspires you.  I am determined to help you ‘do the job you love’ – just as I did!

 

What makes me different? I will not tie you in to a pre-set Career Coaching programme as I strongly believe every client is different and needs a unique programme to support them.  So I build it around you!

 

You will not be expected to work at my pace; we will work at your pace through a proven and successful process.  One size does not fit all.

 

I totally appreciate how taking that initial step to engage with a Career Coach is a challenging and scary one – it’s about being brave and being able to recognise you need to ask for some professional help or support.  That’s why I offer a free telephone ‘Career Conversation‘ so you can find out if it’s right for you..

 

Finally, having that trust is critical to successful working relationships, which is why I am fully compliant with GDPR Regulations and have both Professional Indemnity and Public Liability Insurance.  For your added security and assurance, I am also fully DBS checked and, as I work with the Military, I am Security Checked to the highest levels.

Looking back on my very early career it was a complete mish-mash of jobs from working in retail, sales, finance, administration as well as floristry and even Dog Grooming!  I had no idea what I wanted to do as a career.

 

Things changed when I got a job at the BBC as a HR Administrator.  I just loved being part of the BBC brand and working with a great team of people.

 

I worked there for 20 years moving from HR Administration through various job until my last role as a Senior Recruiter working across different parts of the business in Central and West London.  I managed a strong portfolio of recruitment campaigns across the whole BBC brand both in the UK and globally.

 

Whilst working at the BBC, I was lucky to receive some Career Coaching for myself and was amazed at how empowering and effective it was.  In fact, I loved it so much I started training as a Coach in 2003.

 

Later, I was seconded to the BBC’s internal Coaching Team where I supported and coached employees through really difficult times and decisions during a major phase of compulsory redundancies, easing their exit from the BBC.  It was at this point I finally found out what I really wanted to do – Career Coaching.  I loved it. It ticked all the boxes for me, so as my confidence, experience and Coaching practice grew, I decided to look at developing this as my long term career plan.

 

Looking back on all my jobs now, I now notice how the ones that lit me up and where I thrived, were aligned to my core values of ‘integrity, helping others, purpose, relationships and equality’.

 

Career Coaching is completely aligned to my values and plays to all my strengths.

It requires real commitment to make the changes necessary to improve on the job you have or get that job or career you’ve always dreamed of!

 

However, as a Career Coach, I am not here to do it for you, so you have to be committed to the process and ‘show up’ with the determination to make it happen.

 

I will give you all the support and the tools you need to make it happen.

 

Ultimately, the answers lie within you and you have to make it happen.

It’s watching my clients become more confident and transform their career choices in to something they really love! It really is as simple as that.

 

Coaching is all about focusing on the future, so inevitably when clients leave me, it’s because they’ve completed their journey and arrived at their new destination.

 

If you’d like to hear what others say about how Coaching has helped them, take a look at some of the Success Stories and Testimonials and read what people have to say about it.