Developing Leaders/Executive Coaching

Taking your performance to the next level

Would you like to take your own performance, or that of your team or organization, to the next level? Do you want to be at your best more of the time? As a Partner in The Alliance coaching business, I work with individuals and teams to set free their thinking, raise their self-awareness and boost their effectiveness. I tailor my work to suit each client’s needs, using a combination of tools, techniques and frameworks from coaching and positive psychology.

A bedrock of all my engagements is to use both support and challenge, with a sprinkling of business knowledge and humour as appropriate. I emphasise the recognition and application of strengths, and work with clients in a variety of different ways to enable them to achieve their goals and to develop and flourish. Particular areas of interest and expertise include helping clients:

  • To clarify, articulate and communicate their message/strategy
  • To build confidence, presence and impact
  • To harness the power of change – using it as a means to flourish and thrive, not just survive

I have a natural affinity for the creative industries in the broadest sense (publishing, media, advertising, fashion, food, travel) but I also work with clients in a range of completely different areas (finance, professional services, third sector, health care), who say they find my different perspective refreshing, valuable and broadening. My approach is client-focused, flexible and responsive so it’s more about the client attitude and our ‘fit’ rather than the boundaries of the sector. My clients are forward-looking individuals and teams who genuinely want to make changes and are prepared to commit to their growth and development. They are curious, open and prepared to take responsibility and put in the work to achieve the results they want.

I trained as a coach on the Meyler Campbell Business Coach Programme, accredited by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC), the World Association of Business Coaches (WABC) and the Association for Coaching. I am an affiliate member of the Institute of Coaching Professional Association of Coaching (ICPA), at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate and am fully certified in Myers Briggs MBTI® and CAPP Realise2.

Typical assignments include:

  • Working alongside individual leaders on a one-to-one basis, enabling them to achieve their best results and to be the leader they want to be
  • Supporting executives and professionals through a key transition such as a promotion or change of role
  • Boosting the effectiveness of senior management teams and boards as a group through offering a tailored combination of leadership and coaching techniques
  • Providing Coaching Days, which offer a wider group of people within an organisation the opportunity to experience the benefits of one-to-one coaching in a single day
  • Collaborating with companies to design and deliver a wider programme of support to meet their unique needs, either at a specific point in time or on an ongoing basis, through coaching, feedback, and training

The work we did on planning where I would like to be in the future and what was important to me has really helped to focus my mind, but also the strengths profile and the tips around working my strengths into the interview answers were great.

Laura Veart,
Project Manager (Urban M), Birmingham City University

Liz really helped me to look properly at my strengths and weaknesses, encouraging me to make small changes that had a big impact, not only at work but also at home, and helped me to focus in on ways to improve my communication with other members of the team. She was always warm, humorous, practical and patient and I really appreciated her input. I would certainly recommend her to others as a work coach.

Senior children’s book publisher,
Global publishing firm

Thank you for your superlative work yesterday. All of the Board were very complimentary of your process, style and management. These characters have seen lots and they were very impressed.

Fiona Colegrave,
Chair of the Canada-UK Foundation

I wanted to send my sincerest thanks to you for facilitating such a productive and insightful Executive Leadership Team away day yesterday. I felt that the day was a huge success and that your expertise really helped us to think about how we work successfully as a team.

Delyth Morgan,
Chief Executive, Breast Cancer Now

I sought Liz's help with ironing out some managerial and strategic issues. For every business challenge that I brought to Liz's coaching sessions, I found that her timely and subtle input guided my problem-solving towards solutions that were workable and that I felt I wholly owned. I would therefore highly recommend business coaching with Liz.

Property investor,

It was striking how much Liz was able to help me to develop a sensible and balanced approach for my company and my leadership role. And it was not just what happened at the session but also the immediate benefit of having a changed perspective at work from the next day. The focus was always on meaningful and fun actions which made the coaching experience very different to other personal development approaches. Well worth every penny.

Director,
Planning and management consultancy

I worked with Liz on a year-long coaching programme. Liz is a natural coach and I absolutely always looked forward to our sessions. She asked the right and sufficient amount of questions to help guide me throughout the year. In addition she often recommended valuable tips / books / exercises that really helped me. My third session with her was my absolute best - it really provided me with so much clarity and I felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. I would definitely work with Liz again. Thank you!

Director,
Big 4 Consulting firm

I chose Liz as my business coach; she came warmly recommended already, and I was not disappointed. Instrumental to the success of this engagement were: Liz's commitment to setting specific goals, both for the programme as a whole and for every session; her ability to challenge my thinking with simple, ‘light bulb moment' questions and exercises; last but not least, her confidence in adapting her approach to my own style, always keeping the end in sight but never submitting us to a rigid, pre-set agenda.

Karen Topp,
Enterprise Performance Management Consultant, Karen Topp Consulting Ltd

“I found Liz to be a great coach. She allowed me to explain the areas I wanted to focus on and challenged me to break down the issues I was facing. She then suggested practical steps that I could take to address each issue in turn. Liz encouraged me to enjoy the aspects of my new role, seeing challenges in a positive light. I trusted Liz to get me honest and helpful feedback, which I believe she did.”

Christine Young,
Herbert Smith Freehills

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