I am an experienced and seasoned accredited coach, who has worked with a broad range of people from various business sectors and all levels of seniority.

As a coach I am curious and creative, take time to fully understand my clients, and seek to encourage them through a balance of courage and consideration.

Based upon feedback I think others see me as akin to ‘Jiminy Cricket’ (Carlo Collodi’s fictional character in Pinocchio) being supportive and humorous in working closely with people to help them understand themselves better, overcome self-limiting beliefs and patterns of behaviour so that they can unlock their potential by seeing and responding in new ways.

In my experience the benefits of working with a coach show up in all in the roles we have in life- as a family member, partner, friend, colleague, worker, manager/leader and member of society.

My passion is to help people break free from self-imposed barriers, which whilst well intended limit our potential.

We make these ‘barriers’ to ‘protect’ ourselves because the primary purpose of the brain is survival and to avoid everything which may cause us to experience fear, shame, failure, embarrassment or rejection. If we have a powerful experience of fear, shame, failure, embarrassment or rejection our brain will instinctively log the experience as a thing to be wary of and to avoid. Many of these patterns of behaving were made when we were much younger, to keep us safe, to fit in and avoid negative situations and outcomes. These ingrained ways of behaving may have protected us well when younger, but now the older us may be trapped from opportunities and new experiences. An example of this could be, an adult with a fear of public speaking, learnt as a child from being ‘volunteered’ to take part in the school play when they forgot their lines on opening night.

As an experienced accredited coach with over 20 years operating as husband, father, HR and Development Director and member of Senior Leadership teams, I enjoy sharing my knowledge and experience so that people can be happier and fulfilled by developing or learning new skills and behaviours.