An experienced, accredited coach, helping leaders become more resourceful
I establish collaborative working relationships, based on trust, openness and honesty. I help my clients to become more aware of their strengths whilst also exploring the assumptions they make about themselves that can be blocks to success.
My approach
I’m a qualified executive coach (my qualification is accredited by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC), the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and the Association for Coaching (AC)) and my approach is founded on more than 20 years’ experience of coaching and mentoring, and being coached and mentored.
I receive regular supervision (of my practice, by an experienced coach mentor) in order to ensure that I’m delivering the best possible support for my clients.
I help leaders (and not just in sales and marketing) to make complex challenges simpler; to identify what is and isn’t working, and why, and make better decisions about how to do things differently.
I can also support them to make the most of new opportunities where the challenge is more about how best to deal with ambiguity and change.
Most of my assignments are focused on helping people to achieve short-term, specific goals and, therefore, are completed in a few sessions. But I am sometimes engaged over longer periods, to encourage individuals and teams to keep developing.
Focuses of recent assignments include:
Resilience: Coaching a sales director to find and apply new techniques for managing their response to pressure during a period of substantial change and challenge.
Influencing: Coaching a VP of operations as they moved into a new role, supporting them to build their reputation, form new strategic relationships and deliver results to affect change in their area of the business.
Leadership: Mentoring a new-to-role (and new-to-industry) business development director to support them hitting commercial targets whilst leading and scaling a high-performing team.
How I help
“Stefan has been a huge help in enabling me to learn more about myself. You can fall into the trap of thinking you know yourself, when the reality is there is always more to learn. Stefan is an astute listener and is fantastic at asking open and thought-provoking questions in a positive and safe way. Stefan’s style is relaxed, open, whilst being challenging – a great balance. I look forward to having further sessions in the future.” Sales Operation Director
“Stefan has challenged me to re-examine the way I think about myself. He’s encouraged me to navigate through difficult situations, break repetitive and cyclical thinking and helped me embrace challenges in both my professional and personal life. As someone who finds it hard to talk about themselves, Stefan has been incredibly supportive, listened without judgement, and given me straightforward, affirmative advice that has really resonated. I didn’t think it was possible for our sessions to have such a big impact in such a short time, but his coaching has been invaluable.” Marketing Director
“As soon as I start my session with Stefan, I immediately feel I am in a safe and calm environment, where I will be heard and challenged in a positive way. Stefan is constantly motivating me to go out there and achieve my goals. His way of asking the right questions helps me to better understand myself, my priorities and thus increase my overall confidence.” Sales Director