Sarah is a successful coach and trainer, with experience in both the public and private sectors. She believes in continuous improvement and is committed to empowering others to achieve their full potential.

As a personal coach, Sarah focuses on the development of human potential. Through a process of discovery, reflection and goal focus, Sarah guides organisations and individuals to fight fears, find courage, reduce conflict and manage effective change, without compromising what’s true to them.

With over 15 years of practice in the field of self-development, Sarah has gained extensive experience in developing and inspiring individuals. Working as a coach, trainer, manager, therapist and master practitioner of NLP she has come to recognise the value of a holistic approach to developing others.

Whilst coaching for organisations, Sarah supports leaders to make a difference, not only in their world of work, but also, in all aspects of their personal lives. Using quality coaching techniques, Sarah will challenge and stretch her clients thinking, help them to increase their personal performance and emotional intelligence. She will work alongside them as a partner in their development, questioning their behaviours and always offering a fresh perspective.

Sarah knows that coaching is the catalyst for personal potential and believes in the value of a coaching culture within organisations, to improve performance, maintain good working relationships, unite teams, achieve goals and reduce staff turnover. This belief has led her to design and deliver coaching programmes accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management, which enable organisations to identify potential coaches within their own staff teams and train those people to coach others. Thus creating an environment for positive personal and professional growth.

Areas of Expertise

Coaching

• Experience of executive coaching in a wide range of business areas, working with all levels of staff from CEO level to front line staff.
• Provision of coaching to delegates attending Leadership and Management programmes.
• Successfully designed and delivered in-depth, post-graduate coaching programmes, endorsed by the Institute of Leadership and Management, into large public sector organisations.
• Designed and delivered coaching workshops for a variety of industry sectors with significant impact on working practice.
• Supporting and empowering a range of managers and staff to successfully navigate organisational change.
• Design and delivery of leadership development interventions in senior management teams.
• Enabling individuals to improve their performance both personally and professionally.
• Using NLP to assist individuals to achieve lasting change.
• Supervision of independent coaches and managers using coaching skills.
• Provision of CPD forum for professional coaches.

Training and Development

• Experience of training and development as a manager and external consultant.
• Designed and delivered a wide range of training based on the foundation of developing excellent communication skills and increasing behavioural awareness.
• Delivery of training to explore personality types (MBTI) and preferred approaches to learning.
• Delivery across a range of industry sectors with varied approach to learning styles.
• Pragmatic and interactive approach to skills training enabling participants to maximise their learning.
• Design and delivery of training endorsed by the Institute of Leadership and Management.

Facilitation

• Provision of coaching supervision to individuals and small groups.
• Design and facilitation of team away days in both the public and private sector.
• Assessment and Development Centre design, delivery and feedback.
• Consultancy to identify dynamics within teams and organisations and facilitation of interventions to address limiting areas.
• Facilitation and feedback of 360 degree reports.
• Facilitation of Action Learning and peer support.

Professional Practice

• Maintaining professional standards through ongoing professional development with a number of accrediting bodies. Including the British Psychological Society- Special Group in Coaching Psychology, the International Coaching Federation, the Coaching Academy and the British Board of NLP.
• Endorsed by the Institute of Leadership and Management to deliver ILM material.
• A positive and non-judgemental approach with the ability to maintain clear personal and professional boundaries.
• Application of confidentiality and equal opportunities procedures, and a high degree of professional commitment.

Clients include:

• Carnegie Leaders in Learning
• NHS Trusts
• Pharma Roche
• Leeds Metropolitan University
• Primary Care Trusts
• Strategic Health Authority
• Australian Securities and Investments Commission
• Local authorities
• Thames Water
• Voluntary Sector

As a director of her own coaching practice Blue Sky and You Ltd, Sarah provides coaching, training and development to organisations within both the public and private sectors.