Testimonials

Business, Executive and Team Coaching

James Ingles, Barenbrug UK June 2008

My coaching sessions over the last few months have enabled me to become totally effective as the sales manager, in project managing and a leader within the company management team. Jennifer has teased out prejudices and gremlins and enabled me to see them for what they are. Supreme confidence in own judgement procedures. Just having the ability to do it! Whole work/life balance is key.

H Jeanes, Director PurpleLine Consulting

Jennifer coached me for several months whilst I was launching my business.  Through working with her I have reconnected with my values - essential for enjoying and getting the most from the work that I do.  At each session she homed in on the key issues and worked with me to identify and gain commitment to a course of action.  I found her extremely supportive and in particular greatly appreciated the enthusiasm and belief that she demonstrated in my business and in me.

Director, Health Care

I have worked with Jennifer both individually and with my team. Her very practical coaching, helping people to really develop their own stills and solutions, improved our effectiveness as a team - agreeing shared problems and developing departmental solutions - which helped us shape a set of shared departmental objectives.

In personal coaching, Jennifer challenges me to consider my strengths and weaknesses and to develop strategies to develop my skills and effectiveness. Her encouragement and challenging approach really make me feel that I am the one developing the solutions and taking them forward, whether on a very specific issue or developing myself as an individual as well as a senior manager.

Jennifer has also run a course for my staff on time management skills. Again, the course was followed up by personal target setting and support - and all the staff that I have spoken to who attended have really felt that this has benefitted them and made them more productive. 

Corporate Relations Executive

Having just a few coaching sessions with Jennifer was a really worthwhile experience to help me improve my self esteem and help me build my relationships personally and professionally. 

Business Owner, IT

I would strongly recommend Jennifer's one to one coaching to other business owners. She was always very supportive and the coaching sessions were both fun and inspirational. Her ability to get straight to the core issues to unlock potential is a rare talent.

Senior Manager

My six sessions of one to coaching have made a tangible, positive difference to the way I approach challenges both at work and in my personal life. Coaching has been a very valuable experience which has helped me to grow and develop essential life skills and I plan to carry the lessons I have learnt with me as I progress. 

Head of Team, Corporate Fund Raiser

Coaching has helped me to retain the techniques versus training, applying techniques into everyday work. Follow up ensures the actions have been done!

Self Motivation:

• Using leadership skills to gain motivation and establish direction. Unless I had a clear vision and purpose and one which creates energy, the time pressure and problems will easily prevent me reaching the set goal. Coaching facilitated the building of that vision, e.g. income = fuel in the tank. Since shared with the team.
• Coaching looked at setting priorities, knowing what needs to be done.

Better communications makes for stronger relationships:

• Coaching in a team has the benefit of each team member learning different elements and sharing with each other (the synergic effect). Each member then uses a common language (inclusive communication)
• Being aware that new staff bring along different cultures which may promote change in the team. Identifying techniques which may need to deal with more direct styles.

Director

I feel that I personally and the team as a whole have been very effective in terms of our goals. We have clarified those over the coaching programme and, having identified them, have come up with concrete plans to take them forward - all of which we have achieved.

We are much stronger as a team - and it is great to see different [members] interacting outside our meetings with each other, working together. There was a challenge for me, to some degree, in motivating my team to work on this - but that was soon relieved as we started to see the outputs of the coaching.

We are working as a more effective team - and we are seen to be a more effective team. Our efforts haven't gone unnoticed. Our first project - a staff directory - has got the attention of other directors and it isn't really up and running yet. Our planning process has been seen as very successful - and, on a personal note, other Directors have been asking me how I have been doing what I've been doing.

I had been reluctant to use a coach, as I wasn't really sure what they would be able to do for me personally or for a team that were slightly cynical and felt too busy to give time to this sort of work. Having worked with Jennifer, I wish that I had taken on that challenge sooner as the results have been so dramatic. Jennifer has worked at a pace and a level of challenge that has motivated and encouraged myself and the team - but has helped us get real tangible successes from day one. This has kept the motivation going.

She has always been there when needed, and kept us involved and working, but without it becoming too dominant or in the way of the day to day work we all have to do.

I have totally changed the way I manage my work - and, as a result, have more time to develop my vision for the team. I am becoming the leader I want to be as a result of this -and I can see working with Jennifer to recharge the batteries every so often, to ensure I don't become complacent but keep looking for the next challenge.

My biggest compliment to Jennifer must be that two of my team, who were very cynical about coaching, are now working with her on a one-to-one basis because they have seen the benefits coaching can bring. Not to mention that my colleagues, at all levels, keep asking me how I have made such a difference. 

Senior Manager, Policy Implementation

The support and coaching provided by Jennifer has enabled me to develop as a manager. She has helped me to work through difficult management issues and to and develop the confidence to know now that I can deal appropriately with conflict, underperformance as well as the visionary elements of developing and supporting a new team.

Jennifer is very calm, non judgemental and does not give the answers - but forced me to find them myself, drawing on the skills and knowledge that I already possessed. She is fantastic at developing a person's belief in them and identifying options that can be taken to move forward.

Over the last few months I have been given the opportunity, through coaching, to step back from the day to day and think through my work - life balance generally. It has forced me to tackle those challenging decisions that I have been putting off, or ignoring for many years. Although I have not found the time to act on these decisions - I have at least made them.

If anyone needs time to think, to be given an impetus to think and plan for the longer term, I recommend the support and coaching skills of Jennifer. She is easy going, friendly and possesses a wealth of knowledge and experience about dealing with those day to day problems that face all managers.

Corporate Relations Executive

Having just a few coaching sessions with Jennifer was a really worthwhile experience to help me improve my self esteem and help me build my relationships personally and professionally.

The sessions themselves (as well as the preparation and reflection outside of the sessions) gave me the opportunity to really think deeply about my core values and beliefs and to commit to them in meaningful ways.

Coaching was also key in helping me see that I deserve to take some time out now and again to treat myself and celebrate my achievements which I did not ever do before - so that's also a great thing that I have taken from the experience. I think coaching has also helped me to learn and practise ongoing tools to think, behave and live my life the way I want to live it!

Senior Manager

Coaching has unlocked my true strengths, brought out the best in me and has enabled me to achieve goals I previously only hoped to make a reality. Coaching has provided me with simple and effective techniques for managing all aspects of my life with excellence and reduced stress.

Manager

Jennifer helped the team take action to win more recognition from our colleagues in the organisation and also to get clearer about our aims and procedures.

The coaching helped the team to believe they have the power to overcome some of the challenge we're facing and stick their neck out to get results. The sessions were upbeat and non-judgemental!