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Coaching and OD for Healthcare Leaders and Managers

I offer the very best services in coaching Healthcare professionals. I never settle for second best, and always have your satisfaction as my top priority. It’s what our brand stands for, and I am proud of it.

Coaching clinical leaders and healthcare teams - John is here to help you soar

1:1 & Team Coaching

As a Coach I start with your goals, and develop an in-depth understanding of you, as you come to your role - what do you need to achieve your goals? I've been consulting for 10+ years and I love what I do - I'm passionate about supporting clients on their road to success, and watching them soar.

Networks

I sometimes work within complex organisations and environments. Our sphere of influence isn't always clear to us. I reveal hidden potential through examining how you relate to your role and your wider network - what potential are you not seeing?

Toolkit

I hold a Master's Degree in leadership in organisational systems; I work to understand complexity, and resistances to change and leadership. To illuminate your unique talents, we assess at your personality type, and leadership style. My toolkit helps shine a light on your future direction, and I support you as we pursue your goals.

Soar with Psychology-Driven Exeperience and Capabilities

I have worked in clinical settings in private and public settings, such as The London Clinic, and East Kent Hospitals, and I an approved supplier of Coaching and OD to Guys and St. Thomas. I have worked in the NHS as a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist, and I have an MA from the Tavistock Clinic in Leading and Consulting.

I am an accredited Tavistock Advanced Coach; I work to Association for Coaching standards of CPD and supervision.

I am certified as a Myers-Briggs Consultant for steps i and ii. I am an accredited Action Learning Facilitator, and Hidden Leadership Assessor, and bring a wealth of skill and experience to everything I do, whether in 1:1 or group settings.

I'm at my happiest when I see clients and their organisations soar, and the same is true of my team. Together, we bring a wide and deep approach to our work - get in touch and let's get you soaring high.

My coaching style is exploratory, yet goal focused; empathic, yet challenging. I use my knowledge of Psychology whilst always positioning it in a business context, to help my clients to find solutions to their challenges.

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2023's Leadership Signposts

For many leaders, what work looks like and what we expect from leadership post pandemic - what the future is starting to look like - is very pertinent.

What we now expect from work now is a whole conversation that is developing, and there are conversations that need to be had, which can be supported and facilitated by coaching and consultancy.

The pandemic hasn't quite 'been and gone'; it is a challenge to know how to really deal with what we're dealing with. Most organisations have undertaken their version of hybrid 1.0 but how do we take stock of how it's gone, and really make it work? There are many ongoing issues and conversations needed, and I am here to help you find the way forward.

Coaching has focused on areas such as, preparing for promotion opportunities, and then excelling in the new role, developing leadership skills and getting the best from the team, improving confidence, managing stress, enhancing impact and personal effectiveness and dealing with specific interpersonal challenges.

I have also coached many teams to clarify their vision and purpose, enhance their effectiveness and to develop more effective working relationships with each other and with their key stakeholders.

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A little bit more about me...

My foundations

I was born into a home where farming and hunting merged into some record-breaking achievements. My dad had the eye of the tiger - he was an award-winning marksman. He also had a deep spirituality, something that connected him to my Mum. Mum worked as a clinician, and had a passion for art and crafts. That sense of foundation/grounding being anchored in precision, and spurred on though creativity and transformation, gave me a sense of achieving my capability from an early age.

I was a keen linguist but I couldn't master the Irish phrase "an bhfuil cead agam dul amach go dtí an leithreas" to ask my teacher if I could go to the loo! I had a stammer as a child, and it took me a lot of time to learn to breathe and take my time, a practice which I still value very much today.

I loved to draw and also I was drawn to maths and languages. I was crazy about cars and motorbikes... My trophies came from art and physics, and I look back fondly to key teachers who nurtured my talents - and who created safe spaces for me to explore my abilities; they inspire my approach to coaching and organisational development.