Compassionate Executive Coaching
A leader’s role has changed significantly in recent times, requiring them to navigate complex challenges in rapidly changing landscapes. They need to innovate and inspire their people more than ever, creating the safe environments in which individuals can perform to their best ability. Coaching to become a more compassionate leader is a little known but extremely powerful solution to coping with today’s pressure and to boost performance.
Dr Amanda Super leads our coaching practice having founded her occupational psychology consultancy, Amanda Super Consulting Ltd in 2009. During her 25-plus year career, Amanda has coached and developed hundreds of leaders across a variety of sectors and in specialist and generalist roles. Her aim is to help every client reach their full potential, improve motivation and perform to the best of their ability.
Amanda is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and qualified coaching practitioner who brings her wealth of experience to many different aspects of leadership development and personal growth. Her coaching is based upon sound theoretical and scientific research including the latest coaching models. Amanda is also a recognised expert in the field of self-compassion and compassionate leadership development.
In addition to leadership development, individuals also use our coaching services for support when facing redundancy or retirement or when considering a role or career change.
Our coaching programme typically includes six hourly online coaching sessions using our confidential meeting service scheduled four to six weeks apart. There is also the possibility of including some ‘Walk and Talk’ outdoor coaching if this is something the client would like.
In between the coaching sessions, clients access online training webinars and complete ‘homework’ to embed the practices learnt.
Our coaching is completely confidential. Amanda is a practicing member of the British Psychological Society and is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
On completion of this programme you will walk away with:
- Improved self-awareness, understanding your personal style, values and motivators and those areas which are strengths and development needs.
- Tools and techniques for leading with a compassionate approach and using compassion for difficult conversations and situations.
- The self-compassion skills to be more resilient and effective in challenging home and work environments.
- Recognition of dysfunctional behaviours and approaches to counter these
- Your personal development plan with focused action plans and clarity on long term goals and objectives.
- The personal growth to maintain strong work performance and long-term happiness in life.
Our Approach to Compassionate Executive Coaching
Amanda’s approach is holistic, in that it accounts for the whole person and focuses on building the client’s confidence and resilience, so they benefit from the experience for their entire lives.
Time is spent upfront with a no obligation chemistry call which gives the opportunity to assess the coaching relationship and discuss specific needs. Clients also complete a questionnaire to highlight any significant issues to inform the coaching.
When required, valid psychometric tests are used to facilitate coaching insights. We also draw upon reliable self-compassion scales and measures to understand where the individual is at with their own self kindness and self care.
On completion of the coaching sessions, we evaluate with the client the impact of our coaching which can include re-evaluating any progress made on their self-compassion measure and compassionate leadership behaviours. Dr Amanda Super has delivered this programme with many senior leaders across a number of organisations who have benefitted. This is what one participant had to say:
“This coaching programme has been so positive and calming. I have maintained this approach between the coaching sessions. Thinking back to how I felt prior to the programme and now, I can view so many concerns I had in a totally different light, which is hugely liberating. I cannot recommend working with Amanda enough.”
Walk and Talk Coaching in Nature
For clients based in the Northwest of England, we offer the additional benefit of our unique ‘Walk and Talk Outdoor Coaching Sessions’. Taking place in North Manchester, these provide clients with an opportunity to reflect in a natural environment. Research clearly suggests that being able to disconnect and immerse ourselves in the natural world around us improves psychological and physical health and wellbeing and enables ‘our best thinking’.
Contact us below to schedule a no obligation discussion about how coaching can help you become an impactful and compassionate leader.
Testimonials
The Compassionate Leadership Coaching programme taught me so much that I thought I knew, but actually didn’t! Using the practices that Amanda taught me, I am certainly a more compassionate leader and will never again fail to consider others and my emotions when dealing with difficult workplace scenarios.
Ian Wright (Associate Director, Estates and Facilities Management)
Having attended the Self-Compassion at Work Programme I found the webinars very accessible and a good method to deliver this programme. I have found the tools and techniques have made a really big difference to me both at work and at home in terms of how I relate to myself and those around me.
Stephen Jenkins (Senior Engineer)
The Self-Compassion at Work Programme was very inspiring and gave guided practices and practical tips about how to implement self-compassion into your everyday life - even with a busy schedule! It also opened my eyes to how critical and negative I was towards myself and started me on the journey towards a more content and happier self, which will make me a better professional too.
Lucy Rowe (Organisational Development Practitioner)
In the current climate we work in these days, it is very important to think of having compassion for yourself as well, since so much is asked of us in relation to colleagues and our patients, it’s very easy to forget about our own wellbeing. The Self-Compassion at Work Programme has taught me to be kinder to myself.
Rosemary Okeke (Matron)
The Compassionate Leadership Coaching Programme has given me the confidence and permission to be a compassionate leader when working with my direct reports and peers. It has been one of the best courses I have been on and has really changed me.
Rachel Bold (Department Manager)
Creating Compassion has delivered a number of Compassionate Leadership Coaching Programmes within our organisation. The feedback from attendees has been extremely positive, with those completing the programme inspired to engage in a community of practice. We are very much looking forward to continue working with Creating Compassion to further support our workforce in leading with compassion.
Ruth Heggie (Head of Organisational Development, Learning and Culture)
In terms of the Compassionate Leadership Coaching Programme, the feedback has been so positive. Not only the evidenced increase in the participants’ Self-Compassion and Mental Wellbeing, but their personal feedback relating to the difference it has made for them is inspiring.
Ruth Barker (Head of HR)
The Compassionate Leadership Coaching Programme gave me a range of self-compassion techniques to use both in work and my personal life, that I continue to use to this day. I would highly recommend this programme if you are seeking personal development and practical tools that you can use in a range of situations.
Safia Barber (Head of Research, Development and Innovation)
All the material on the Self-Compassion at Work Programme was very useful, and I was able to apply the knowledge straight away into my work and practice.
Mark James (Doctor)
The Compassionate Leadership Coaching Programme enabled me to take time out and focus on my own resilience; developed my coping mechanisms in challenging situations; and, as a consequence, be able to do the same for others.
Helen Curtis (Deputy Accountable Officer and Director of Quality and Performance)
Having completed the Self-Compassion at Work Programme, I found the four modules easy to access and concise and the content is user friendly, both personally and in terms of sharing the ideas presented with clients. I think this programme is necessary as part of a whole organisation approach to embedding compassion for self and others.
D. Joyce (CBT and EMDR Therapist -Accredited)
I would highly recommend the Self-Compassion at Work Programme. It has been valuable and has provided some useful tools. The format of this course was very flexible and worked well with having a young family.
Mohammed Khan (Project Manager)
Working with Amanda on the Compassionate Leadership Coaching Programme was one of the most personally developmental programmes I have engaged with in a very long time.
Lisa Gresty (Assistant Director of Organisational Development)
The benefit I gained from the coaching sessions and exercises on the Compassionate Leadership Coaching Programme made a huge difference to my life and work. Eight months on from starting, I am able to manage my stress levels to ensure I am balanced and happy at work and home.
Lee Bushell (Head of Capital Projects)
I would definitely recommend the Self-Compassion at Work Programme. I think this should be offered to everyone as part of an organisation’s responsibility for employee welfare and wellbeing. I think it could be used within team supervision to create a more caring atmosphere in my place of work and should form part of appraisals.
Charlie Jones-Taylor (Department Manager)
Amanda’s Compassionate Leadership Coaching Programme combined a wealth of Compassion Focused Therapy and Self-compassion research into simple theory webinars and practical, easy to follow exercises. Amanda embodies self-compassion; coaching and inspiring participants to develop their own personalised regular practice. The impact for me has been an enduring practice that has helped me to thrive and maintain my mental wellbeing through very turbulent times.
Jean Ellis (Programme Manager)