COACHING
I am a fully qualified coach and mentor accredited with the International Institute of Coaching and a Member of the Association for Coaching. Over the last 25 years my background has been in business where I've held an interesting variety of management roles in some of the UK’s most well-known organisations such as the NHS, Marks & Spencer, British Aerospace, The Royal National Theatre and The Royal Bank of Scotland.
I've been coaching for a number of years with both private clients and individuals within the workplace not only helping them to establish career and personal goals and facilitating creative thinking to improve how they do their current job but to also increase their confidence and self-esteem. I have a successful track record of working with clients to achieve university degrees; secure job promotions or changing career altogether .
My other credentials include a degree with distinction in Business Management from Edinburgh's Napier University; a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and awarded the designation of Chartered Manager by the Chartered Management Institute for my work in leadership development, coaching and mentoring of both individuals and teams.
In my capacity as a Chartered Manager, I mentor and coach managers at all levels who are working towards gaining the award and have a good track record of getting my mentees through to Chartered status. In addition to being a mentor/coach, I am also a Chartered Manager Assessor and independent advisor for the CMI.
I work internationally as a student support coach, helping and supporting them to overcome the challenges that they face during their education; I also work as a coach and adviser with the Cranfield Trust and am also a volunteer coach for the unemployed.
In what spare time I have (!) I sit on the management committee of Women in Management Scotland helping to organise events and for relaxation, I play the piano (Chopin's is my favourite composer) accompanied by my cat Tikka who sings along; travel (doesn't matter where) and I'm a fiend for crosswords and sudokus (the harder the better!)