Who challenges your thinking?
You can be capable, experienced and working hard, yet still find yourself stuck.
Perhaps the decision isn’t obvious, your progress isn’t matching your effort, or there’s something in your professional or personal life you want to change. You don’t need a senior job title to work with me. You need something that matters to you and a willingness to look at it properly.
What would you like to change?
Some clients lead organisations. Others are professionals who want to improve their performance, or people looking for clarity in their personal lives. You can come to me independently or through your employer. The starting point isn’t your title; it’s what you want to work on.
Executive & leadership coaching
For senior leaders, managers and anyone accountable for others. Whether it’s a difficult decision, a team that isn’t performing or the demands of leadership, we’ll examine what’s happening, test your thinking and work out what needs your attention.
Performance coaching
For professionals and individuals who want to achieve more, work towards a particular goal or understand what’s getting in their way. We’ll explore what helps you perform well, where you’re holding yourself back and what could make a real difference.
Personal coaching
For people navigating change, facing a personal decision or feeling that something isn’t quite right. You may know you want things to be different without knowing exactly how. We’ll work out what matters to you and what you want to do about it.
My role isn’t to tell you what to think.
But I will ask the questions you may not have asked yourself.
My coaching isn’t about giving you a formula or telling you what I would do in your position. I’ll listen carefully, question your reasoning and help you examine the decisions, habits, relationships and assumptions that may be influencing what happens next.
I’ll be candid and prepared to challenge your thinking, but only when I believe it will serve a useful purpose. You can expect fairness, kindness and a conversation grounded in respect for your experience and circumstances.
You may hear something you hadn’t considered, recognise a pattern you’ve been repeating, or realise that the decision you thought you needed to make isn’t the real issue at all. I won’t make the decision for you, but I will give you tools to help you decide for yourself.
Jodie’s empathy and years of professional experience combined in my coaching sessions to produce real change in a short period. Issues I have been working on for months, accelerated thanks to Jodie’s expertise and approach.Chief Operating Officer
Start with what you need. Nothing more complicated than that.
Some situations need a single focused conversation. Others benefit from time to explore the bigger picture. Whether you’re seeking executive, performance or personal coaching, we’ll agree an approach that fits you rather than squeeze you into a standard programme.
The 80/20 Session
A focused 60 to 90-minute session for when you’re stuck on a decision, pulled in too many directions or unsure where to start. Together we look for the small number of decisions, actions or relationships most likely to make a meaningful difference.
Find what matters. Decide what comes next.
Enquire about an 80/20 SessionOngoing coaching
Confidential coaching for leaders, professionals and individuals who want to work on a longer-term goal, improve performance, navigate change or explore a challenge that won’t be resolved in one conversation. We can begin with three sessions, review what’s useful and decide together whether to continue.
Space to think. Confidence to act.
Discuss ongoing coaching
I’ve been the person expected to have the answer.
And I’ve been the person who needed their thinking challenged.
I’ve spent much of my career working out what’s really happening, rather than simply accepting what appears to be happening. I’ve challenged established thinking, dealt with difficult people and situations, and made decisions where the consequences mattered. I’ve also had to recognise when my own thinking needed challenging.
That experience has taught me a great deal about people, behaviour, performance and what can get in the way of making progress. It means I’m comfortable dealing with complexity, asking difficult questions and exploring things that might be uncomfortable, without losing sight of the person in front of me. Combined with my degree in Psychology, Cambridge master’s and professional coaching qualifications, I bring both practical experience and an understanding of how people think and behave. I also coach on the University of Cambridge Better Futures programme. More about my backgroundNo script. No performance. Just useful thinking.
We get to the real issue.
You tell me what’s happening. I’ll help you identify the decision, concern or pattern that actually needs your attention.
We question the picture.
We examine what you know, what you may have assumed, what else could be happening and which consequences matter most.
You decide your next move.
You’ll have room to consider what you’ve discovered and identify the action you want to take. The decision remains yours.
What if there’s something you’re missing?
Whether you’re facing a difficult decision, trying to improve your performance or wanting to change something in your professional or personal life, tell me what you’re dealing with. I’ll tell you whether I think I can help.
Space to think. Confidence to act.
Start with a complimentary 15-minute conversation, or choose the coaching support that suits you below. No lengthy brief and no pressure to commit.
Introductory conversation
A conversation with no cost and no obligation. It’s a chance to see whether you want to work with me, and for me to tell you honestly if I’m not the right person for what you need.
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Single session
A specific problem, worked through in one go. This suits you if there’s a particular decision or situation in front of you and you want to think it through properly.
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- In person*
- Walk and talk*
Block of 3 sessions
This is where many people start because it gives enough continuity to make real progress in one area, with time to put things into practice between sessions.
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- In person*
- Walk and talk*
Block of 6 sessions
This suits a longer piece of work, such as sustained change in how you perform, lead or feel, with time to put things into practice between sessions.
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- In person*
- Walk and talk*
* In-person and walk-and-talk sessions are available by arrangement and will cost more depending on your location. I am willing to travel to you. If you’re interested in the longer, focused 80/20 Session, you can also contact me to discuss it.