How do you want to lead from here?
Perhaps you've stepped into greater responsibility, you're navigating change or a difficult period, or the way you've been leading simply no longer feels quite right.
You want to find a way forward that works - for the people you lead, the work you're there to do, and for you.
A way of leading that is effective, meaningful and sustainable.
Leadership can feel like a lonely road.
You guide and inspire your team, you collaborate with colleagues, you handle things to support your boss. But where do you get to share what's really going on for you?
The more senior you become, the fewer places there can be to talk with complete freedom about your own leadership — the things you're finding difficult, the questions you're asking yourself, and the things you're not yet sure about.
Sometimes you need somewhere that's entirely yours to think it through.
That’s where I help.
I’m an ICF PCC coach with substantial senior leadership experience in international development and the UK public sector. Alongside leading international teams and complex programmes, I led a Cabinet Office team working across the Civil Service to build leadership capability.
I understand the particular pressures and complexities of leading in the aid and public sectors - but I also know that there isn't one right way to lead. My role isn't to tell you how I would do it. It's to help you work out how you want to lead.
Coaching gives you a confidential, independent space to think out loud, question yourself, explore what's difficult and see things differently — without needing to have the answers or manage the impact of what you're saying on anyone else.
My coaching credential: I am a professional coach, certified at the advanced PCC level with the International Coaching Federation. That means I have the training, experience and proven expert skills to support you.
What might we work on together?
There isn’t a set leadership curriculum. We’ll start with what’s happening for you and what you want to be different.
You might want to make sense of a difficult leadership situation, strengthen a relationship, navigate conflict or have a conversation you’ve been avoiding. You may be thinking about how to influence people you don’t directly control, bring others with you, delegate more effectively or create the conditions for your team to perform well.
We might also explore how you lead — your strengths, values, habits and assumptions; how you communicate; what happens when you’re under pressure; and where you may want to expand your range rather than become someone you’re not.
And we can look at what will make your leadership more effective, meaningful and sustainable — including where to focus your time and energy, what to let go of, what boundaries you need, and how to keep moving when you don’t control the whole system.
Leadership coaching isn’t about turning you into someone else or handing you a formula for the “right” way to lead. It’s about helping you see more clearly what’s happening, recognise what you already bring, open up different choices — and act more deliberately on what matters.
Ready to explore your leadership?
If you'd like to explore working with me, let's have a conversation.
I offer a free connection call where we can talk about what's happening for you, what you'd like to be different and whether coaching with me could be useful.
I work with people who fund their own coaching, as well as organisations investing in coaching for their leaders.