Coaching Style

Personal development and deeper growth have always been at the heart of Gillian’s work and approach. Gillian walks alongside clients, creating a respectful, professional partnership, working together in an exploration of self-awareness, self-discovery and self-belief. Seeing clients as experts of their own life, Gillian invites clients to pause, breathe, reflect, think, gain clarity, take back their power, choose, and to be comfortable with being vulnerable, brave and daring.

She works with a simple beginning, middle and end framework which enables clients’ thinking to ebb and flow. She sees clients as experts in their own life and therefore empowers them to decide the agenda and choose what happens. Gillian works with others, rather than doing it for them. She believes clients are perfectly capable and more creative than they often think at coming up with solutions.

Gillian balances support and challenge, encouraging clients into their stretch zone. She is very comfortable with silence, believes in the power of reflection, and naturally creates a thinking environment so clients can gain clarity for themselves. She invites clients to face challenges and barriers, and supports them to question their own beliefs and assumptions. She notices what clients say, and what they don’t, and follows the breadcrumbs clients lay out with curiosity, asking what the clues are telling them always in service of learning, forward movement and progress.

“I tune into what I am sensing in my gut, feeling in my heart, and wondering about in my head, and combine that with what’s going on for you to see what we can learn together. I am empathic, and treat what’s discussed with care, respect and in a non-judgemental way. I am very comfortable with others’ emotions, and will encourage you to be comfortable being yourself with me.”

The words clients most commonly use to describe Gillian’s approach are: supportive & challenging, structured & flexible, empowering & adult:adult, deep & calm, warm & non-judgemental.

Special Interests

• Building self-confidence, self-esteem, and self-belief
• Gaining clarity around identity, purpose, and values
• Climbing out of the conditioning and expectations placed on us
• Improving mental wellbeing and resilience
• Thriving in life and work uncertainty, disruption, change and transitions
• Improving personal and working relationships
  
  

Training & Qualifications

• Diploma in Coaching accredited by the ICF (International Coaching Federation)
• Diploma in Coaching Supervision accredited by the AC (Association for Coaching)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management
• Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Psychology
• Certificates in TA (Transactional Analysis) 101 and TA 102
• Certificate in Training Practice, CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development)
• ICF credentialed ACC (Associate Certified Coach)
• Chartered Member of the CIPD (Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development)
  
  

Current Clients

In addition to a wealth of experience as an Internal Coach and Coaching Supervisor within the retail sector, Gillian has gone on to work with clients, at all role levels, from across a number of sectors including the private, public and charity sectors. She has worked closely with employees spanning:

• Charity e.g. MIND, British Paralympic Association, SeeAbility
• Comms e.g. Google, British Telecommunications
• Education e.g. The Open University, various schools
• Energy e.g. Eon-Next, Wartsila
• Engineering e.g. EPAM Systems, Hall & Kay Fire Engineering
• Financial Services e.g. Lloyds Banking Group, ING
• Healthcare e.g. The NHS
• Professional Services e.g. Accenture, OLX Group
• Tech e.g. Ocado, Salesforce
• Tourism e.g. Visit Scotland
• Transportation & Logistics e.g. Maersk