Here are some fine folks we work with
What clients say.
“My coaching sessions with James have been an invaluable aid to my career development; he has really helped me to make sense of my professional ecosystem and given me the space and framework to clarify my own personal career goals and short-term objectives. In an industry where pace, pressure and internal complexity go hand in hand, he enabled me to deconstruct and then reset my priorities and evaluate my approaches to different situations and stakeholders. James has challenged me throughout to reflect more, and to focus in on my achievements and strengths and importantly to project them outwards. In doing so I have found my real value, identified my weakness and been able to plot the next chapter of my career with renewed vigour”.
CEO, Media
“I know, ultimately, I have improved through my own actions, but your approach & demeanour, the framework you employ and the relationship we have established have been pivotal to my improvement. I would not be in the place I am today – professionally & personally – without your support. Thank you. I hope we can continue our engagement.”
Global Tech Director, Media
"Coaching with James far exceeded my expectations, and it had a significant impact on how I handled a stressful return from maternity leave, and a challenging leadership role. James provided the perfect combination of practical advice, calm professionalism and dry sense of humour. James instilled a framework for approaching problems, and a new way of looking at tasks that I have employed at work, and life. I felt we achieved a huge amount in a limited time together, and I'm still learning and building on it now."
General Counsel, Technology
“I really enjoyed the coaching sessions; the pace was good you were challenging but supportive. I felt I was in a space I trusted, which meant I could be really open and get to the reasons holding me back much quicker. I am sad its come to the end. Coaching with you really helped me grow as a leader and build my confidence. I really felt in a trusted space and James helped me achieve my goals I had set out and some I didn’t realise I had.”
Head of Buying and Merchandising, Retailer
“I was confident that coaching would support me to achieve my objectives, but what I hadn't anticipated was that the coaching would have such an all-round impact on my successful transition into a more senior and challenging role, delivering results far more quickly than I would have done without the coaching. James has a very approachable, calm and encouraging style. He offers relevant, insightful feedback and his questions helped me to focus on what is important. He has an innate sense of when to challenge and when to encourage.”
IT Director, Publishing
“You’ve been brilliant, thank you. I’ve really appreciated your patience your plain speaking and discussion. You’ve challenged my thinking in a kind and gentle way, with valuable experience to bring everything to life for me. I wouldn’t change anything about your coaching – just my ability to actually do my homework in a timely manner!!!”
Head of HR , Retailer
“James is endlessly patient, has good humour and has a rare kind of emotional intelligence. Going through coaching with James has helped me achieve things I could not have without his questions and challenges.”
Transformation Director, Media
“I approached coaching with a level of caution and defensiveness, in a very short time a strong relationship of trust was established and I found myself developing a greater understanding of who I am and more importantly who I aim to be. James cleverly and considerately helped me navigate towards a path further developing my leadership skills and self-confidence. Through improved self-awareness and adaptive leadership styles I feel equipped with the leadership skills to further my career opportunities and to deliver positive change. An enlightening experience for which I am truly grateful.”
Director, Travel
“It’s been a very enjoyable and rewarding journey, and you’ve helped considerably with my development. You are good at getting to the heart of an issue, and distilling a lot of words into simple, clear and easy to understand (and remember) points. Then leading me to come up with a plan to deal with it. I’ve felt supported but such that I was empowered rather than leaning on you.
I have built new skills and unearth ones that needed coaxing out. It’s helped me build a new perspective on how I lead my team through change and recognise that change as it happens, sometimes imperceptibly, over time. I use the skills I’ve built during coaching daily, and the organisation has seen real benefit from them. “
Editor, Media
‘You didn’t give me the coaching I expected. Rather, you provided the coaching I needed’.
Global Director, Entertainment
“After my first session with James he had completely reframed how I was thinking. In a very patient but relentless way James encouraged me to think about what I needed to do and how I would do it.
James has a fantastic ability to help me structure and logically work through my thoughts, he always knows the right question to ask. I left all my coaching sessions exhausted but happy knowing that I had confronted an issue, or created a plan of attack. What I love about James is the manner with which he does all this - observant, funny, calm - I trust him implicitly!”
Director, Data & Insights
“James is an exceptionally good coach, he used a number of techniques to enable me to reflect on my management style to help me develop and introduced me to a number of strategies to deal with situations that were frustrating me. James has helped me to refocus on my career and personal goals and for this, I am very grateful”.
Director, Transport
“It was a pleasure to work with James. He has the ability to analyse the situation, identify what’s working and what’s not in a fair and objective way. During the coaching sessions I found James to be very insightful, perceptive and sensitive all at once. He demonstrates an in-depth knowledge of the coaching process and helped me to find practical solutions. James gave me encouragement, helped me to recognise my strengths and challenges, and remained focused and optimistic at all times. I benefited enormously from the work we did together and can highly recommend James as a coach.”
HR Director, Public sector
“James is excellent at making you think about what is important and getting to the nub of what the issues are. His calm, insightful coaching sessions have helped me hugely over the last year”.
Director of Strategic Projects, Media