When I first contacted Sara my clinical career had reached a peak. I was looking for where to focus my energies next in my career (and was even thinking about changing career) and going down the route of working in consulting in a corporate environment. I needed some objectivity to that. It became clear to me early on that I wanted to harness my entrepreneurial streak and build upon the company that I had set up. It became clear I was more interested in the business side of running a service (in all its aspects). My business has changed direction and diversified client base and income streams in the time that I have been working with Sara. When I met Sara, Rise was delivering critical care into Spire Manchester (private healthcare organisation in the UK) and had moved into provision of junior doctors and middle grade doctors. There's been some changes since... - We then, as a business, moved into insourcing, providing doctors to to help bring down the waiting list times in the UK healthcare system. That part is still growing and is helping to diversify our client list. - Through delivering junior doctors, I became frustrated with an out of date "bleep" system and developed a technology solution (an app) to help streamline that process. Spire are keen to pilot that new technology. We are also now looking at development of cardiac surgery at Spire, Manchester. - And the big prize is to solve the problem of cardiac capacity in the North West of the UK (which has the longest waiting lists in the country). The private sector hasn't helped the NHS in Manchester. That joined up thinking isn't happening and we're trying to bring private and public sectors together! - I've got over my "imposter syndrome" to bring on board prominent businessmen and key figures in the medical space, to support me in my big picture vision of solving cardiac capacity! Having contracts with different organisations has been great for the business, rather than relying on one client. And I still plan to push that further. The two big intangible changes in me has been confidence and focus. I am certainly more confident in my own abilities.  Sara is able to listen to complicated scenarios, assimilate information and extract the salient points; which helps me to see a situation and look at it differently. So, I am more able to focus and see exactly what I need to do to progress. It's interesting because my wife says I'm now a lot more focused! I would highly recommend Sara as a coach! I'm extremely grateful that I found her!

The timing felt right from a personal point-of-view, but also from a company point-of-view to do coaching – I had grown in the position of President and CEO over the last 3 years, at the same time as the company saw growth and stability – I kept asking myself “how do we do better”? Sara provided a very safe place to be open, honest, and having the ability to understand the potential that exists that you might not see and how best to unlock that potential. We are all human, and sometimes you wonder if you are providing the right supports and doing your job well enough today – self-doubt creeps in. As the company grows, you also wonder if you are the right person for the role. I learned that this is healthy, and that self-reflection and understanding limitations is important as we all grow as leaders and that help is always there for those that look for help. There were numerous positive tangible outcomes to undertaking this coaching, but I believe the top three were: - Understanding the mindsets, behaviours and actions holding us back from the next level of leadership, and therefore, company success - Identifying skills gaps within the company that are preventing the  team from delegating properly/a roadmap to fill these AND understanding exactly how to identify what characteristics are needed in employees in different functions (rather than making blanket statements like "everyone needs to be a high performer") - Understanding training that needs to be implemented and at what level for employees - Simplifying the Mission Statement significantly, working on messaging and identifying new company values based on what they currently do every day The timing worked well – we had just come out of a busy year, added a new team member to the Management Team, so a non-tangible result was more a recognition of the team and recognition of the behaviors we hold (positive and negative) – it really brought together a certain mindset and one that we look forward to sharing with the wider team. I would 100 Percent recommend Sara as a coach