Coaching

I am an experienced manager, trainer, educator and coach. I began my career working as a PA in an international publishing company in Athens. On my return to England I joined the sales promotion industry as a purchasing manager. I was a key member of the senior management team that grew a small business to a £4 million turnover.

I also have 10 years experience as a management trainer and educator gained as a university lecturer in organisational behaviour and marketing teaching up to postgraduate level and on professional courses. I have also worked within HR Consultancy and have developed management training programmes for blue chip companies in the car manufacturing, food production, air travel and retail industries.

As an educator and trainer my particular expertise and skill lies in developing and coaching individuals with a focus on achieving specific goals to maximise the individual’s effectiveness and contribution to the organisation. These goals focus on achievements and the changes the individual can target, both for him/herself and for the organisation. I bring to the coaching relationship my knowledge, experience and expertise in: business management; interpersonal communication; organisational behaviour; adult learning; and applied psychological models including transactional analysis and NLP principles.

I am skilled at creating a safe environment in which the individual can feel comfortable taking the risks necessary to learn and develop. I employ a range of learning tools and activities, including, but not limited to, purposeful conversation, attentive and emphatic listening, rehearsal and role-plays, supportive confrontation and enquiry, suggested reading and task setting.

I have an MBA and qualifications in counselling, marketing, training and facilitating change in individuals. I am currently in advanced clinical psychotherapy (MSc) training at the Metanoia Institute in West London.