Training

Having decided to become a Life Coach, I looked for the best coaching company for my training. After much research, I chose The Coaching Academy - the oldest and most established coach training company in the UK and Europe's leading coaching organisation. The Coaching Academy is the leading, and most respected name in executive and life coaching and has trained 9 out of every 10 coaches in the UK, as well as helping to develop staff for many companies around the world.

My desire to help people led me to coaching and as a practicing life coach, I specialise in four main areas. Although I have experience of coaching a wide variety of issues.

   Specialist Areas

• Life Issues
• Self-confidence
• Internet Marketing & Small Business Development
• Careers

   Brief Career History

After graduating at Warwick University, I joined the teaching profession, teaching Maths and PE in a secondary school in Kent, where I was promoted to Acting Head of Lower School Maths after two years.

I then moved into computing, becoming a computer programmer with The Wellcome Foundation, before joining ITnet (part of the Cadbury Schweppes Group) as an Analyst Programmer.

My next move was to set up my own limited company to become an IT Consultant, working on assignments for major blue-chip companies such as, British Gas, Unipart, Transco and TNT.

Prior to becoming a Life Coach, I set up a Web Design and Internet Marketing Business, with a friend, which we sold as a going concern after being in operation for approximately 5 years.

   Experience

My varied career path has given me an invaluable insight into careers and businesses, (especially Internet related) and people. I've worked with people of all ages and from many different backgrounds and I've learned a great deal about what motivates people.

Teaching and computing are worlds apart in many ways, and the experience of changing careers has helped me to understand many of the issues faced by people in a world where most people will now embark on several career moves during their working life.

As an IT Consultant I worked in companies very different in their outlook, and gained a real insight into the workings of major companies, since my assignments often involved discussing and solving issues with senior management.

Through running my own business and again working closely with other business owners, I have gained an invaluable insight into the potential pitfalls within the business world, and into the methods for achieving success.

Within each of my chosen careers, I've worked with many different people, from young people at school (11yrs to 16yrs of age), to senior managers and directors of companies. Since I consider people and relationships to be the most important aspects of life, I feel blessed to have worked with so many people and my passion is to help people move forward positively with their lives and to help them achieve incredible success in all they do.

   Practicalities

Coaching sessions take place in one of two ways:

Telephone - this is by far the most popular method, since it removes travelling time, saving time and money. At the end of a coaching session, a convenient time is arranged for the next session, for the client to call the coach.

Face to face - this option is preferred by some individuals but is mostly used for business coaching, where three or four people may be individually coached in individual sessions throughout the day.

Payment and fees - payment is made by cheque or credit card (using PayPal) in advance. Sessions are normally booked in blocks of six or more, with discounts offered for larger bookings. Since each client has different needs, fees will be discussed during your initial meeting or telephone call.