Executive coaching provides senior leaders with dedicated space to think, reflect and develop. It can support greater clarity, strengthen leadership effectiveness and help leaders approach opportunities, decisions and challenges with confidence.
As a Chartered Coaching Psychologist and Chartered Occupational Psychologist with over 30 years’ professional experience, I provide psychologically grounded, evidence-informed executive coaching tailored to the individual, their goals and the organisational context in which they lead.
Coaching can be commissioned directly by individuals or by organisations investing in the development of their senior leaders.
Executive coaching creates the opportunity for senior leaders to focus on their leadership, development and future direction with greater depth than is often possible within the day-to-day demands of working life. It provides space to explore what matters most, gain new perspectives and translate insight into purposeful action.
People come to coaching for many different reasons and at different stages of their careers. Coaching may support a leader to strengthen their leadership, gain greater clarity or confidence, navigate change or important decisions, or create space to think more deeply about their development and future direction.
Each coaching relationship is individually tailored. Together, we identify what the individual wants to achieve through coaching and create a confidential, psychologically informed space in which they can reflect, explore different perspectives and develop approaches that work for them and the context in which they operate.
Coaching psychology brings the science and practice of psychology to coaching, providing a psychologically grounded and evidence-informed approach to development. As both a Chartered Coaching Psychologist and Chartered Occupational Psychologist, I bring an understanding of individual behaviour alongside an appreciation of the wider organisational systems, relationships and cultures in which people work and lead.
This means coaching can go beyond addressing an immediate goal or challenge to explore the patterns, perspectives and wider context that may be influencing how a leader thinks, responds and leads. My practice is underpinned by professional ethics, clear contracting and boundaries, reflective practice, ongoing supervision and a commitment to evaluating the effectiveness of the work.
I take a collaborative and responsive approach to coaching, recognising that every person brings a different combination of experience, strengths, priorities and context. Rather than applying a standard model or formula, I draw on psychological theory, evidence and a range of coaching approaches to focus on what will be most useful for each individual.
At the heart of my approach is building a trusting coaching relationship that provides space to think openly, step back from the immediate demands of the role and explore what matters. I listen carefully and seek to understand each person’s perspective, balancing support and encouragement with thoughtful questions, observations and appropriate challenge to help them gain new perspectives and consider different possibilities.
Reflection is important, but coaching also needs to translate into practice. We work together to turn insight into purposeful action, explore different approaches and identify changes that are meaningful, realistic and sustainable in practice.
Every coaching relationship is different. I tailor the work to each individual’s goals, priorities and context, with areas of focus including:
My Executive Coaching Programme typically comprises six one-hour coaching sessions, usually held four to six weeks apart. The focus and pace are shaped around each person’s goals and development priorities.
Executive coaching is confidential. Where coaching is commissioned by an organisation, the boundaries of confidentiality, organisational involvement and any agreed reporting arrangements are established clearly at the outset.
Executive coaching is supported by an established and growing evidence base, with research demonstrating benefits for leadership effectiveness, self-awareness, wellbeing, goal attainment and workplace performance. My own approach combines this evidence with psychological expertise and a coaching relationship focused on each person’s goals and context.
Working with Amanda on this coaching programme changed my life for the better.
Amanda has a warm personality, is totally professional, and challenged me in a way that was both supportive and constructive.
The coaching has been a truly revelatory journey – one I will carry forward for myself and those I lead.
Explore the Executive Coaching Programme, the research evidence for coaching and feedback from recent clients.
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Book a conversationWhere relevant to an individual’s goals, executive coaching can draw on my specialist expertise and evidence-based work in self-compassion and compassionate leadership. These areas can be particularly valuable in supporting greater self-awareness and emotional regulation, maintaining perspective, strengthening relationships and developing ways of leading that combine compassion with clarity, courage and accountability.
Coaching can also incorporate selected learning and resources from my Self-Compassion at Work Programme and Compassionate Leadership Coaching Programme, tailored to the individual’s development rather than delivered as a separate programme.
Executive coaching can be commissioned for individual senior leaders or for a number of leaders across your organisation, providing personalised development aligned with each leader’s role, goals and organisational context.
Each coaching relationship remains confidential, with clear contracting at the outset to establish objectives, boundaries and the appropriate relationship between the individual, the organisation and the coaching process.
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Book a conversationFor clients who value the opportunity to think and reflect away from their usual working environment, I also offer Outdoor Executive Coaching. This can take place while walking in natural settings across Greater Manchester or be combined with online sessions to create a flexible programme.
Time in natural environments can support reflection, clarity, creativity and wellbeing, offering a different setting in which to explore leadership, development and future direction.
View Outdoor Executive Coaching OverviewAlongside my executive coaching practice, I provide psychologically informed supervision for experienced coaches, coaching psychologists, occupational psychologists and other professionals whose work involves coaching and people development. As a BPS Registered Applied Psychology Practice Supervisor (RAPPS), my approach provides a confidential, reflective space to consider professional practice, development and the challenges that can arise in working with clients and organisations.
I provide individual supervision for experienced coaches, coaching psychologists, occupational psychologists and other established practitioners seeking an independent space to reflect on their work, develop their practice and maintain high professional and ethical standards.
I also provide independent external coaching supervision for organisations with in-house coaching provision. Supervision can be provided individually or in small groups, supporting reflective practice, professional development, ethical decision-making and the quality and consistency of coaching practice across the organisation.
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