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For Leaders who Aspire to Exceptional
The most successful people and businesses recognise the need to continuously adapt and grow to stay relevant in the long term. The modern leader must consistently learn and evolve. Not just in technical ability but in leadership abilities.
You need precise intuition to make quick and profitable decisions, strong vision and purpose to get you and your team where you need to be, and you must be flexible and agile to get there – radically agile to keep up with the pace of change.
This is for Leaders Who
Are navigating a challenging phase and want crystal clear clarity on the Vision, Purpose and Strategy that will bring a new phase of success in their life that makes them feel alive again.
Have hit a road block and feel that there is an invisible ceiling holding them back from their full potential. They’re ready to smash through it and keep climbing.
Aspire to be exceptional and want to consistently know how to intuitively lead high performing teams and companies. They’re done with average and they’re ready to innovate, create and inspire for extraordinary results.
Need to develop, uplevel and integrate into their day to day work life specific leadership skills that are essential to them realising their full leadership potential.
Outcomes
Lead with energy, intuition, vision and strategy, allowing you to effortlessly influence your team towards excellence, where everyone rises up to the mission together. And exceptional results flow as a natural consequence.
Smart and fast risk assessment and decision making, combining intuition and rationale flawlessly, so that you know what to and when to do it for maximum business impact.
Learn how to maximise productivity and create space, by identifying and focusing on the RIGHT things that create maximum impact.
Develop all aspects of your mind mastery and emotional self-regulation, as a leader. Emotional intelligence is a key ingredient in star team leadership performance and success.
Develop complete clarity and vision about what you want to achieve as a leader, and your bigger career purpose.
How it works
I work with you over a 6 or 12 month period, dependent on individual situation and the desired objective(s) that you want to achieve from the coaching engagement
Sessions are delivered over videoconference every 2 weeks (in person available on request, for London based clients)
After every coaching session, you will have simple, bite sized action steps to follow, that are designed to accelerate your growth necessary for the attainment of your objectives.
You will have access to a learning portal with resources and workbooks to support you.
To ensure quality of delivery for my one to one clients, spaces are limited.
Avent Bezuidenhoudt
CEO, Earth Capital; Now NED
The opportunity to do the coaching came at a time when there was already change happening within the organisation, as well as for me personally as I stepped up to a more senior position. It was a real chance to talk through my concerns and issues around the leadership challenges and it helped me to reflect on what my personal strengths and weaknesses were – as well as learning how to play to the strengths and mitigate the weaknesses. And to truly understand where I fitted into the leadership team and what I had to offer.
I felt that you really saw me – you took the time to see the person underneath and to draw out the good parts. You took the time to understand my personal motivators and what made me who I am.
I learned that I truly am a leader and I do have a lot to offer. I am not perfect but nobody is. I can be impatient with people “not like me” and I need to learn what motivates others and how to play to their strengths. I also learned that sometimes it is never going to work and people need to go their separate ways – and sometimes that is ok. I do not need to do everything. I need to learn to delegate and I need to learn patience if I am going to be an even better leader.
Some tangible results for me were having the courage to step forward and lead the company when a void opened up at the most senior level (CEO). Having the confidence and the belief in myself to put a whole new strategy and vision together for the company, to build a team around me and to get their support and buy in.
To deliver the pitch…. And to win support and significant funding for it!
I found I had a real shift in mindset and a growing self-belief in myself and my leadership abilities, that surprised even me. I guess it was always there but Sara brought it to the surface and magnified it. I was able to understand my motivations and my frustrations better – to know what caused them and how to deal with them. To look at myself and see where I could improve to become an even better leader.
I would 100% recommend Sara! I am now finished the initial coaching period but we will be coming back to continue once the new leadership team has had the opportunity to settle in and gel. I would like to extend the coaching to others in the team and find opportunities for us to be coached together as a team.
Julian Barker
CEO, WeAreRise
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!
Max Hayden
Former CEO, now Board Director of Limitless Finance
We were a young but quickly growing business. Having grown organically, we had naturally developed a strong culture and sense of purpose, but had never framed it, put it into words a developed a Vision, Purpose and Mission Statement. Having worked in business transformation for years I knew the importance of clearly defining your vision - particularly as you’re navigating your team though big changes and growth. I needed someone external to bounce off. Someone who I hadn’t worked with before, with a fresh pair of eyes and not from our industry.
Sara really helped me focus on and get the important stuff done! Having a time in the diary every other week where we’d go through my actions forced me to spend time working on the business instead of in the business. She’d hold me to account - and being the type of person I am (a starter, but certainly not a finisher), I needed that most.
In my previous roles, working for larger companies and reliving large scale change, I was optimistic, confident and bullish. I learnt this wasn’t necessarily the case as a business owner. I was behaving much more cautiously than I thought I was. This cautious behaviour was limiting our potential. The feelings haven’t gone away, but I now recognise them and have a process to snap out of it.
Working with Sara has definitely contributed to our growth. In figures - since we started our engagement, our run-rate revenue has doubled, our adviser headcount has doubled, and we’ve moved into a new office onsite with IBM. Over a 6 month period, we developed a clear vision, purpose and mission statement, found the confidence to grow faster (hiring more staff and investing in growth) - this was all happening, throughout the uncertainty caused by COVID. We can now see where we’re going, and we’re all working hard to get there. I’m now finding myself daring to dream more.
I can’t stress enough how important it is as a small business leader to have an ‘outsider' who will challenge your thinking and push you. Of course I know best practice, but you’d be amazed how much of that critical thinking goes out the window when you’re in the thick of it, working frantically in the business - you lose sight of the bigger picture and quickly become a busy fool. I would definitely recommend Sara!
Avent Bezuidenhoudt
CEO, Earth Capital; Now NED
The opportunity to do the coaching came at a time when there was already change happening within the organisation, as well as for me personally as I stepped up to a more senior position. It was a real chance to talk through my concerns and issues around the leadership challenges and it helped me to reflect on what my personal strengths and weaknesses were – as well as learning how to play to the strengths and mitigate the weaknesses. And to truly understand where I fitted into the leadership team and what I had to offer.
I felt that you really saw me – you took the time to see the person underneath and to draw out the good parts. You took the time to understand my personal motivators and what made me who I am.
I learned that I truly am a leader and I do have a lot to offer. I am not perfect but nobody is. I can be impatient with people “not like me” and I need to learn what motivates others and how to play to their strengths. I also learned that sometimes it is never going to work and people need to go their separate ways – and sometimes that is ok. I do not need to do everything. I need to learn to delegate and I need to learn patience if I am going to be an even better leader.
Some tangible results for me were having the courage to step forward and lead the company when a void opened up at the most senior level (CEO). Having the confidence and the belief in myself to put a whole new strategy and vision together for the company, to build a team around me and to get their support and buy in.
To deliver the pitch…. And to win support and significant funding for it!
I found I had a real shift in mindset and a growing self-belief in myself and my leadership abilities, that surprised even me. I guess it was always there but Sara brought it to the surface and magnified it. I was able to understand my motivations and my frustrations better – to know what caused them and how to deal with them. To look at myself and see where I could improve to become an even better leader.
I would 100% recommend Sara! I am now finished the initial coaching period but we will be coming back to continue once the new leadership team has had the opportunity to settle in and gel. I would like to extend the coaching to others in the team and find opportunities for us to be coached together as a team.
Julian Barker
CEO, WeAreRise
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!
Max Hayden
Former CEO, now Board Director of Limitless Finance
We were a young but quickly growing business. Having grown organically, we had naturally developed a strong culture and sense of purpose, but had never framed it, put it into words a developed a Vision, Purpose and Mission Statement. Having worked in business transformation for years I knew the importance of clearly defining your vision - particularly as you’re navigating your team though big changes and growth. I needed someone external to bounce off. Someone who I hadn’t worked with before, with a fresh pair of eyes and not from our industry.
Sara really helped me focus on and get the important stuff done! Having a time in the diary every other week where we’d go through my actions forced me to spend time working on the business instead of in the business. She’d hold me to account - and being the type of person I am (a starter, but certainly not a finisher), I needed that most.
In my previous roles, working for larger companies and reliving large scale change, I was optimistic, confident and bullish. I learnt this wasn’t necessarily the case as a business owner. I was behaving much more cautiously than I thought I was. This cautious behaviour was limiting our potential. The feelings haven’t gone away, but I now recognise them and have a process to snap out of it.
Working with Sara has definitely contributed to our growth. In figures - since we started our engagement, our run-rate revenue has doubled, our adviser headcount has doubled, and we’ve moved into a new office onsite with IBM. Over a 6 month period, we developed a clear vision, purpose and mission statement, found the confidence to grow faster (hiring more staff and investing in growth) - this was all happening, throughout the uncertainty caused by COVID. We can now see where we’re going, and we’re all working hard to get there. I’m now finding myself daring to dream more.
I can’t stress enough how important it is as a small business leader to have an ‘outsider' who will challenge your thinking and push you. Of course I know best practice, but you’d be amazed how much of that critical thinking goes out the window when you’re in the thick of it, working frantically in the business - you lose sight of the bigger picture and quickly become a busy fool. I would definitely recommend Sara!
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