1-to-1 Personal Development Coaching

Free yourself from blocks and discover what really serves you.

Why coaching?

Coaching provides a chance to reflect and develop in a supported way, helping you to grow personally and professionally.

People often come to the coaching process to look at a particular area, such as confidence, impact, leadership style or managing pressure. This may have been identified by the person themselves, their manager or through a company feedback process.

Times of transition, increased responsibility or career advancement can also catalyse a period of coaching. I often support new leaders or prospective leaders to develop their approach, work through any arising issues, and be more confident and impactful in their role.

For leaders and managers in particular, your influence spreads far and wide in an organisation, so it’s important to be highly resourced, to build on your strengths and to address anything that might be holding you back.

It’s an investment in you. It complements your vocational skills and your years of experience.

What is the coaching like?

A Tall Spaghetti coaching programme will usually take the shape of six sessions over six months. Each session lasts for two hours. It is a supportive, reflective and developmental process, uniquely tailored to you.

I provide a non-judgmental space where you can connect with yourself and express yourself openly and where you are listened to with care and attention. This in itself is valuable. It can be freeing and lead to greater self-awareness.

The coaching is exploratory. It gives you the chance to step out of the day-to-day and disentangle from automatic patterns. You’ll identify what you want. You’ll get to test things out and discover what serves you and what does not.

Over the coaching period, as well as making progress towards your coaching goals, you’ll have space to work with whatever naturally arises.

You’ll gain new perspectives and develop practical tools that become embedded over time. These new approaches will feel true to you and serve you professionally and personally.

“I have developed a great toolkit which has become an increasingly natural way of being rather than a series of tools I have to consciously draw upon.”client testimonial

What can you gain?

Enjoy a confidential space where you can express yourself honestly
Feel seen, heard, supported and encouraged
Get clear on what you want and what matters
Gain self-awareness and insight
Identify what may be getting in your way
Discover more choice and new possibilities
Set intentions and be held accountable
Cultivate and embed helpful new habits, tools, approaches and perspectives
Tap into your unique strengths
Develop greater personal and professional impact
Work in a healthier, happier and more sustainable way
Support your ongoing career progression

My clients regularly comment that the coaching surpassed their original expectations and that they really enjoyed the process. They often describe feeling lighter and better able to move forward.

“My engagement with Rachael could not have been more personally and professionally beneficial.”client testimonial

What themes could you explore through coaching?

Increasing confidence, presence and impact – particularly for new leaders
Developing a leadership or working style that is both effective and authentic
Working in a healthy and sustainable way
Preparing yourself for promotion opportunities
Approaching periods of challenge, change and uncertainty
Learning to loosen the reins when managing others
Navigating the pressures and responsibilities of leadership
Reducing stress, anxiety and overwhelm
Relating more effectively to others
Cultivating a healthier outlook

A few practicalities

6 × 2-hour sessions over approximately 6 months
Sessions usually take place around every 4 weeks
Online, in person or a blend of the two

Coaching results

You can read case profiles here and testimonials from clients below:

We are now seeing real bottom line benefits to the profit of the business and customer satisfaction.

Quality Executive, Rolls-Royce – bottom line benefits – coaching

The impact of the coaching has been immediate and significant. Thank you.

Director of Services, Civil Aerospace – immediate – coaching

I’m SO GLAD that we were able to work together prior to my promotion. You helped me lay the groundwork for success.

prior to promotion

I reflect on our coaching together all the time and still use many of the strategies we came up with together on a daily basis.

daily basis

I can’t find the words to get across what an amazing impact the coaching has had on me. It has facilitated some of the greatest steps in terms of personal development in my entire career. I can’t thank you enough.

can’t find the words

Rachael is a phenomenal development coach.

phenomenal development coach

Rachael has a completely natural and powerful style. Hardly a day goes by where I am not putting into practice what I’ve learnt.

anon – natural and powerful – coaching

Rachael is clearly coming from a well-rounded background in personal and professional development. Her knowledge and ideas for working through mental blockers seems endless.

well-rounded background

I feel like I’m in a video game and I’ve gone up a level, that I didn’t know was there before!

video game

At no time did I feel that I was simply going through a standard approach. It was clear throughout that she was adapting to the inputs received from me.

anon -adapting to inputs – coaching

I just wanted to say that your coaching work with me (over a decade ago now!) has stayed with me and benefited me significantly over that time.

over a decade ago

It is great to get the positive feedback from both my peers and leaders that illustrate the benefit this experience had for me.

Quality Manager – illustrate the benefit – coaching

By using the techniques, wisdom and knowledge I have gained in coaching with Rachael, I feel much more resilient as a leader, including in the midst of significant corporate change.

in midst of significant change

After one session I felt the best I have in a good many years, I have renewed energy & feel increasingly positive & productive

Engineering Team Leader – after one session – coaching

I feel the coaching has liberated me. It has benefitted my effectiveness as a manager beyond anything I’d have thought I was capable of.

Supplier Manager, Legal Firm – liberated – coaching

Thanks for all the work you did with me. I am living it more and more and it’s fantastic.

Supply Chain Exec – living it more – coaching

I have developed a great toolkit which has become an increasingly natural way of being rather than series of tools I have to consciously draw upon. My ways of thinking have transformed over the period I have been working with Rachael.

transformed

I don’t feel that I could have been more satisfied. I have noticed a very significant impact on my personal effectiveness.

anon -more satisfied coaching

Rachael helped guide me to finding solutions to challenges I was facing & reacquainted me with with some fundamental life skills which I’d lost contact with during the cut and thrust of daily life.

reacquainted me with life skills

Rachael is an extremely skilled and extremely wise coach.

extremely skilled, extremely wise

Rachael’s contagious spirit made me feel upbeat and optimistic about making changes.

Alex Loach, Serif – contagious – coaching

Rachael is fantastic! She’s a great listener.

great listener

On leaving the session I was always filled with a can-do feeling and many ideas to move forward with.

Retail Manager – on leaving the session – coaching

My engagement with Rachael could not have been more personally and professionally beneficial.

My engagement with -Executive, Rolls-Royce – coaching

I had overwhelming confidence in Rachael’s coaching ability. Rachael is a highly adaptive and intelligent leadership coach.

Head of HSE – overwhelming confidence – coaching

Want to find out more?

Get in touch. I’d love to hear from you. You can also arrange a free 30-minute discovery call with me. During the call, we can talk more about your context and needs, and explore how coaching could support you.

You can use the form below or call 07876 495 968.