The art of work
Coaching / One to One
My ability to guide, support, and advise is based on years of experience working in the sector. As an independent contractor I've also had the experience of running my own small business since 1984.
I know how easy it is to become work-weary, isolated or just plain bereft of ideas.
I can listen carefully and objectively, and help you towards an uncluttered analysis of your situation. We can then work together to make the plans to take you forwards.
I am committed to ongoing professional development. Arts Council England have supported me with post-graduate level training in Business and Personal Coaching
One-to-one support can be tailored to your requirements - usually delivered via a series of short sessions (1 or 2 hours depending on the focus of the meeting) - scheduled so as to allow time for ideas and plans to develop between our meetings.
The first meeting is usually a diagnostic session - working much in the same way that a GP might take a history - looking at your current situation, the context within which you work , your aspirations, and the needs of your clients or customers.
People describe me as a 'safe pair of hands' - someone who can be trusted to act as a mirror for your ideas and concerns - thinking analytically and asking incisive questions which reveal the most fruitful way forward.
I work with an amazing variety of people - senior managers, owners of small businesses, staff from charities and arts organisations, individual entrepreneurs and creatives - all of whom share the same desire to look both creatively and analytically at the way they work.
We work together to create goals and monitor them between sessions - whether that is the creation of a business plan or strategy, developing ideas for marketing and sustainability, or
developing the way you work with clients, customers or stakeholders.
Ongoing support is provided by email or phone between sessions - so help is at hand if inspiration deserts you!
Please feel free to phone 0141 416 0555 or email for an information pack
