"A coach is part advisor, part sounding board, part cheerleader, part manager and part strategist. They're for people who value unambiguous feedback"
The Business Journal, April 10, 2000

Talk to an expert who understands business and can support you
• Do you need to make a quick impact in a new role?
• Would an external perspective provide a useful sounding board?
• Are you technically brilliant, but need support in developing your interpersonal skills?
• Do you need to review the balance between work and family?

As an outsider with no investment with your organisation, Denise is free to address challenging and sensitive issues in a constructive and supportive manner.

Denise can be your confidante, your personal sounding board. She knows that as a senior manager it can be hard to admit you need help and who can you talk with? Often you don't want to burden your family and it's hard to be honest about concerns with colleagues and bosses.

Coaching sessions are focused on what’s important to you. It could be around self understanding to help in relationships with colleagues, staff and clients. You may want to discuss a business decision (Don't forget Denise was an Assistant Director and also has a MBA). You may want to discuss how best to manage your career and how to raise your profile, manage your career while you manage your division, become effective at job search - both planned and unplanned.

Coaching sessions can also focus on what’s important to you at work, and perhaps in getting some balance into your life.

Take some time out - even if it is just half a day to review objectively what is going well, discuss your challenges, focus on your goals and create some new ones and celebrate your successes.

Let's talk. Whilst I offer various assessments and programmes, let's take some time to discuss your objectives so we can work out what will be the best way for us to work together, so it really helps make a significant impact for yourself and your business.

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Fliss had taken over as sales director for the Midlands region and whilst successful to date, wanted to make sure that she would make an immediate impact in this new role. Talking with Denise on a fortnightly basis gave her an external perspective, to keep her focussed on business and personal goals.

“Your professional experience and qualifications made a big difference in my search for a coach, but from the sessions I was pleased to learn that you had made a major career change and had real experience of the challenges faced in doing so – I felt that I was working with someone who had not simply changed career to become an “instant” coach, as was the case for many coaches that I researched”. Alan, London

Barry was noted as a success, but his macho style wasn't getting the results in this new role. He chose to work with Denise for some honest feedback on how others see him, to develop effective team working, and to ensure that the strategy was accepted by all so the staff worked with him rather than against him.