“From a business perspective, I gained a greater understanding of how I operated in the organizational environment. How I was perceived by others, the impact of various approaches and projects and what I would need to do to modify/redirect to achieve different outcomes and responses.”

“Bridget’s coaching was instrumental in helping me work through the organisation’s issues and priorities. Bridget helped me establish authority through the transition as the original senior management team were replaced. I presented my ideas to Bridget in a safe environment where they could be challenged and where I could develop my thinking further. Bridget helped with my use of language with staff and the Chairman; enabling me to be clearer about how my strategy would affect the outcomes for the organisation. I believe my success to date is partially due to Bridget’s coaching, advice and role as a sounding board.”

“Without ever telling me what to do, Bridget has helped me focus on what really matters and developed my self-awareness by careful and sensitive questioning. At key decision points and in times of crisis, Bridget has gently coached me towards taking the right actions at the right time to keep the organization on track. This has required constant adaptation, as I have learnt and developed, the issues we focus on have changed. At the same time Bridget has maintained consistency in helping me work on my weaknesses throughout this period.”

“Moving from running a small team in the civil service to CEO of a £40m turnover organization has been a massive step up for me. Over the last four years I have lead a significant programme of transformational change. To be effective in this role I have had to constantly evolve my behavior so I stay ahead of a rapidly changing organization and continue to add value. Bridget’s coaching has been instrumental in my development and I’m not sure I could have survived without her help.”

“The coaching has enabled me to quickly engage into a new organization in a new industry. This has meant I have been able to quickly identify the key decision makers and resources I need to act successfully and then work out an effective way to operate with them. This coaching has enabled me to influence these people and enable me to meet my objectives significantly reducing the personal barriers which might have inhibited me from achieving this.”

“This change took me from a very structured existence into unknown territory. In fact it was so unknown that to begin with I felt I would not need any assistance at all. That was incorrect. Bridget was able gradually to design with me a path to follow, so that by the time the transition started, I felt well briefed for what was coming and how to deal with it. From the start of my sessions with Bridget, I was encouraged to consider the change a wonderful opportunity. By skillful questioning Bridget helped me to understand what a fulfilled future might look like, how it might have a mixture of long term and short term aspects and how the best parts of my previous work life might still be available but within a much more varied and flexible lifestyle, incorporating much of what I had ‘always wanted to do’. I very much appreciated Bridget’s experience of mentoring similar people, and a natural ability to listen to people and formulate a practical response.”

“Bridget never failed to strike the right balance between being appropriately challenging and objective, yet supportive of me in various situations. This was very helpful in terms of providing a framework to analyse situations and challenges, whilst simultaneously re-building self-confidence.”

“Bridget brings a rather unique set of skills to coaching, mixing business and performance coaching with a sharp sense of the individual. There is no doubt that Bridget is an excellent coach and she has helped me to successfully navigate some truly difficult professional challenges that I simply could not have done alone; I would recommend her in an instant.”