Magdalene Lavery, Davies-Lavery Solicitors

‘I first embraced personal coaching with Simon when, after over 20 years of working in one  environment, I was looking for a way of changing course. I saw onlyhurdles and problems whilst at the same time felt uncomfortable with the  status quo and needed a new challenge.

Through a series of sessions with Simon, many of the problems and hurdles that made me afraid of change were tested in a supportive and challenging way with the use of highly relevant insightful questions. Within the safe, non-judgemental environment created by Simon, I explored those aspects of work that were important to me by stripping away the clutter and irrelevant detail that can get in the way of decision making. In turn this led to a level of self-realisation that was both liberating and exciting.

As a result I was able to see and evaluate opportunities  that I had not recognised were already around me. Ultimately, I took on a new role in which I have thrived. I do not believe I could have achieved this without Simon guiding me over and around the hurdles I had erected that were preventing me from seeing the new future I have now created. Simon’s gentle manner coupled with first rate coaching skills took me from where I was to where I wanted to be through coaching sessions that were positive, supportive and yes, life changing.

There are many business coaches out there but few with Simon’s experience and professionalism’.

Cliff Edwards, Manager, Publishing

‘I wanted to scale up my company and move from a small service-based to a  scaleable product-based organisation. To attract the right kind of people to the company, I felt that I needed a better sense of courage, when to challenge and stand my ground and when to let things be.

Simon allowed me to go through a personal history scoping out my background and examining the experiences that were empowering and those that were causing me to doubt my ability to deliver and to operate at a new level of business.

Together we found a place of fear that existed around my sense of personal validity driven by my years as a young man in a violent part of London . By asking me to describe my personal experience of the beliefs about violence and vulnerability I was able to create a metaphor, a story that allows me to make calm decisions quickly and confidently. As an aside it has helped me on two occasions when I have been physically threatened and to give my children confidence.

Simon  is patient, professional, intuitive with a great deal of insight into how to use coaching technology at the appropriate level for his client, sometimes pushing gently but firmly and other times leaving me to work though a thought process in peace. I highly recommend his coaching
services’.