Coaching & Training for Leaders and Managers in SMEs
Helping first time senior leaders and newly promoted managers to dodge the d*ckhead trap and lead with confidence
Hi, I'm Jacqui, and I’m a specialist in Management & Leadership development for SMEs
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If you need to build the confidence and capability of leaders and managers within your business then I’m here to support
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I partner with CEOs, MDs and HR Leaders to deliver cost effective development built for SMEs rather than big corporates
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I work with leaders at all levels, from CEOs and founders who need a sounding board through to team leaders facing the challenge of managing people for the first time
I can help with
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Executive coaching for SME leaders (CEOs, MDs Directors, Heads of department)
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Workshops & facilitated leadership development programmes for SME leaders
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Training for new managers
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Consulting on SME people strategy (talent attraction, retention and development. Maintaining / developing culture and Employee Engagement)
The name of The Practical Leadership Coach came about because clients consistently commented on my down to earth, practical approach in all that I do. No airs and graces, intellectual snobbery or corporate buzzwords
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I’ve worked in, and partnered with, fast growing scale ups where the challenge of coping with the pace of change is huge. And with consolidating businesses where leaders need to adapt to doing more with less resource
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I particularly love supporting founder led and family businesses where the sanity of the owner and their ability to achieve their goals hinges on making sure their leaders can lead!
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Leadership Development Services
1:1 Executive / Leadership Coaching for senior leaders ("Head of" or Director level)
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Tailored packages built to suit the coachee and the outcomes needed
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From £400 per month per coachee
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Need support for your emerging & aspiring leaders?
Are you responsible for developing leaders within a founder led SME?
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Have you got newly promoted leaders who need to hit the ground running and make the grade sooner rather than later with their new responsibilities? They have loads of technical knowledge but they don’t yet have the leadership experience. And there’s no opportunity for hand holding in this role
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You know they’ve got the potential, but their confidence might be wobbly. You might be seeing it in the way they hold back from being firm or having difficult conversations, hesitate over decisions when you want them to be decisive, or lack the bigger commercial picture when they *do* make decisions
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Do you want them to be able to motivate and enthuse their teams? To act quickly? To handle tricky conversations in a productive way?
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Whether you're looking for support for one person or a whole leadership team, I can help. Book a virtual cuppa to find out what could work best for your business
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Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence
Sheryl Sandberg
What clients say
Jacqui asks thought provoking questions that help leaders step out of the ‘here and now’ and into the ‘what will get me where I want to be’ headspace
She’s strategic, empathetic and very down to earth
She has also supported me with designing and delivering leadership and management development for all levels of our UK team and for the senior leadership team in our Middle East office.
If you’re thinking about coaching support for your senior leaders, I would highly recommend getting in touch with her
I was promoted to a senior management position to lead a design engineering team. Whilst this was excellent career progression for me, I felt pressured to present the same level of competence and achievement that I had previously
I was losing my way and starting to consider moving on, but I was lucky enough to have the opportunity for coaching with Jacqui.
By the end of our sessions, I’d developed a mindset for my new role that enabled me to confidently achieve my potential and deliver on some of the challenging objectives I’d been set; without Jacqui’s support and tenacity I don’t think I’d ever have got there
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Jacqui in recent months, and have been blown away with the work she does, and her ability to bring things out of yourself that you didn't know were even there
Jacqui has been a calming presence to help me tame my 'Mind Monkeys' and to keep me on track
She is the perfect mix of cheerleading and supporting, along with a no-nonsense nudge for accountability when required.
Jacqui has the most incredible talent for having the right question up her sleeve to ask you at just the right time to get your thoughts flowing and your mindset back on track.
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