About Me

Hello!

I am a Management & Leadership Coach with a background in Human Resources across a range of industries. My career has always centred on people—how they grow, how they lead, and how they navigate the challenges that come with being responsible for others in the workplace.

I support managers and leaders who want to strengthen their self-awareness, build confidence, and lead with clarity and compassion. Drawing on my HR experience, I understand the realities of organisational life and the pressures that come with balancing performance and people with professional and personal expectations.

My coaching style is grounded, practical, collaborative and non-judgemental. I create a space where individuals can think openly, explore their leadership identity, and develop in ways that feel real and sustainable.

In every coaching session, I believe in conversations that genuinely matter. Each session is designed to have a clear purpose—centered around a growth mindset, goals, and the challenges that are real and important.

REAL CHALLENGES.
REAL CONVERSATIONS.
REAL RESULTS.

Some of the areas where I can help are below:

Clarify your career purpose and motivation at work:
Making Decisions in your career;
Having Difficult Conversations at work;
Enhance your confidence, self-awareness, impact and influence at work;
Identify your professional goals and a clear path to achieving them;
Effectively adapt to and/or lead change;
Giving feedback in the workplace;
Transition into a new management or leadership role;
Deal successfully with challenging conversations/work relationships;
Enhance your ability to Manage and Lead Teams;
Make the Change you want to achieve what you want;
Find your Work/Life Balance
Developing Resilience

Whether you're aiming to grow professionally, need to make a professional change or want to address a specific work-based challenge, I will support you in achieving your goals.

A few comments from some of my clients:

'Colette has a very calming presence and she put me at ease from the beginning. She focussed on me and what I wanted to achieve, never on what she thought I should achieve. For such a long time I hadn’t been thinking for myself but I realised that the answers I needed I always had’

'I always came away from our sessions with clearer thinking and a plan’

'Colette has been extremely supportive in helping me better understand my personal goals and ambitions, as well as encouraging me to visualise and achieve a better sense of work-life balance'.

‘Rather than telling me what to do, Colette helped me find my own solutions’

'My coaching sessions with Colette were fantastic - really got me to reflect on challenges at the time and worked with me to develop effective and achievable strategies. I was in a particularly bad space, both due to internal and external factors, and the coaching sessions allowed me to create my own ladder out of it, and take steps that I'd previously been holding myself back from. A year on, and the pay-off is self-evident!'

If you’re committed to your own growth—or to creating environments where others can thrive— why not contact me.

Specialism

Topics I can help you with include:
Work-based Challenges, New Manager/Leadership role; Career Transition, Making Work Decisions, Work and Life Balance, Relationship Alignment at Work, Self-Awareness, Improving Confidence and Motivation, Gaining Clarity and Focus, Professional development, Workplace Challenges, Change

Keywords

Self-Awareness, Leadership & Management skills, Work/Life Balance, Change, Relationships at work, Professional Development, Self-Awareness, Career Change/Transition, Confidence, Clarity, Motivation, Workplace challenges