So why did I become a Coach?
My interest in coaching started back in 1998 when I was working in NatWest – my boss brought in an Executive Coach, Suzy Wales to work with his management team on creating and managing rapid growth.
I loved the 1-2-1 experience and having an hour or so totally dedicated to me and how I could get more out of the team – it was revolutionary at the time and massively successful.
A few years later I was working with Bank of Scotland when I had the opportunity to work with another coach nic jarvis – he was brilliant and worked with us a senior team on teamwork and with me individually to gain clarity in delivering a demanding role to a new sector – it worked like a dream and again I massively enjoyed the experience which almost felt indulgent!
Roll on to the final stage of my corporate career where despite 5 successful years I was struggling to balance managing a busy role and living away 5 days a week away from home and a young family.
Drawing on my previous experience I felt that the external perspective of a coach would be really helpful – notwithstanding the full support of my line manager, the request got a bit stuck in corporate bureaucracy and in the end I decided it was time to leave – to quit corporate life and become a coach myself!
