It’s not easy to know which coach to work with. So we thought, how about we start with a collective? A group of different people, with different backgrounds to choose from. A ready-made shortlist.

And what is a collective, after all? It’s a team of people that already understand the importance of working together in partnership, of mutual support that helps us all to keep moving forward. Exactly what coaching is about.

We’re here to demystify coaching, to keep it simple, and to make it accessible to more people. So what’s our story?

We first met in 2021, when we joined a coaching training course together, ‘Transforming Conversations’.

Since then we’ve worked and learnt together, coached and been coached by each other, have challenged and encouraged one another, grown as professionals and become good friends.

Over that time we’ve realised that we share much in common but also each have our own areas of interest and work as coaches.

We’re united in our belief that you are the expert in you! But working with a coach who listens deeply and asks questions can help you make sense of what your next steps might be in any given situation.

We come with a ‘coaching mindset’ - of being open and non-judgemental in all our interactions. We’ll work with you in a professional way and be kind, compassionate and respectful as we do so. We’ll be collaborative working with you to determine the pace and level of challenge in any session.

All our work is guided by the ICF Core values .

Although we’re united by our values and approach, we each bring different backgrounds to our coaching. We have different styles and personalities, as well as different areas of interest and professional backgrounds which means that you may want to work with one of us in particular.

We think that working as a collective offers you the choice of who to work with. We all have confidence in the skill of each other in the collective (we’ve all been coached by each other!), and will happily recommend each other if we think that someone else would be a better fit for you. 

Whilst we’re based across different parts of the UK (with face-to-face or walk and talk coaching across a wide range of locations) a lot of our work together is done online, including coaching internationally.

Something we’ve shared along the way is the importance of humanity and humour. Life has its ups and downs. And we’ve supported each other through the highs and lows - with compassion, and lots of laughs too. We believe that individuals have their own unique needs, but that humans are made to work together - and with the right focus, we can make that work a little better, every day.

We look forward to meeting you very soon.

Lis, Ros, Debs, Matt and Rich