Testimonials
"I have worked with the Executive Coaching Consultancy for over ten years in three different companies. During this time they have helped many of my managers maximise their potential through sound commercial input and a challenging but pragmatic approach. They are both extremely popular and highly regarded by the people they coached. On a personal level I have found Geraldine's advice and counsel invaluable during the time I have been involved with her."
Julie France - Managing Director, J.C. Decaux Airports
"Both from my personal experience of Executive Coaching's approach, and from seeing the impact on our company I can particularly recommend their pragmatic approach and their insight into our collective and individual needs."
Adam Dakin - COO Telereal/Trillium
"I began working with the Executive Coaching Consultancy in 2004 when I first joined White Stuff. Over the past 5 years the team at ECC have helped me to develop a management team that has taken the business from £13million to over £50 million turnover and put us on the Times Top 100 companies to work for. Their training and coaching is amongst the best I've come across in the business."
Sally Bailey, CEO, White Stuff
"Geraldine's coaching, support and advice over the last two years has helped me make significant step changes in my approach to a range of management challenges. She has given me great insight into complex issues around influencing my direct reports, peers and managers and how best to play to my strengths. Her holistic and human approach, taking time to understand me as an individual as well as a professional has benefited me both inside and outside work. Finally our sessions were always very open and candid and felt like talking through issues with a wise friend who has known me all my life."
Caroline Hoare, Head of M&A, Corporate Finance for Anglo American
"In a short period of time circumstance required that I rebuild my entire board. I was happy I had chosen the best 'individuals' in their respective fields but it was only after we took advantage of the services of the Executive Coaching Consultancy that I knew I had a 'team' which would far exceed anybody's expectations. The light shone on each of our characters not only enhanced our own personal self awareness but when exposed to one another, with 'tools' to help bind us together, we accelerated the power of our combined strength immeasurably. In thirty years of being introduced to a variety of executive coaching and development in many different industries I have not experienced such an immediate, effective and inspiring approach as at the Executive Coaching Consultancy."
Erney Battey, Chairman, Morgan Sindall Investments Ltd
"The ECC invest much time in ensuring a good personal match for each individual – taking this time to get good chemistry creates effective coaching partnerships. It was an additional advantage that they had worked with senior and middle management within my previous organisations – their understanding of the different tiers within an organisation makes a big difference: enabling ECC coaches to quickly make an impact upon at all levels of management. Their coaching is highly commercial, whilst it incorporates varying personal styles, everything comes back to making an impact on business results. In particular I would commend my personal experience of being coached around maternity leave - it was invaluable, as most organisations really do not think about supporting this transition. Working with an experienced coach who is also a working mother provides an additional source of very useful advice."
Catie Callender, Managing Director, Crabtree & Evelyn
"Executive Coaching Consultancy carried out an exceptional coaching program that yielded really positive results and was hugely instrumental in developing the management and leadership skills of our top team. The coaching sessions were really positively received and many otherwise sceptical participants were won over and effusive in the support of it. "I personally found the coaching sessions with Sue insightful, inspirational and immediately beneficial in helping me lead the company and motivate my team. Her observations and questions were spot on and I would heartily recommend her."
Aamir Ahmad, Managing Director, Dwell Retail Limited
"Sue has worked with me personally for some years as a coach and as a top team facilitator for some of the Brands and Senior Executives within Arcadia. She works with me in a way that has enabled me to achieve speedy, increased and sustainable effectiveness in my career through focused learning. I would recommend the coaches at Executive Coaching to anyone who wants to understand their personal strengths and work in a focused way with an expert coach to achieve their business goals. The coaches at Executive Coaching are commercial, pragmatic and highly focused. The coaching they provide on an individual basis has given valuable insight and helped our senior executives to gain greater perspective in terms of managing relationships, prioritising, strategic thinking, influencing and confidence."
Siobhan Forey, Group HR Director, Arcadia Group
"ECC has just completed a highly challenging coaching intervention with our board. Geraldine's high level coaching input was immediately noticeable even after just a few initial sessions with the board. This very significant impact and accompanying improvement continues."
Richard Sims, Chairman, A/wear
""ECC worked with us recently to provide career coaching for individuals in transition. Feedback from our participants included:
• The career development sessions achieved everything I’d hoped
• Very worthwhile – put a positive slant on future.
• Very useful in getting me to think.
• Has focused my thinking positively about future job searches."
We have worked with the team at ECC for the last three years on a number of projects. The speed at which they understand what is required and the quality of the work produced means that they are at the top of the list when we need external support."
David Ashley, Head of Learning and Development, Waterstone’s
"I have worked with Debbie and the team at ECC both in this and my last organisation. They have provided executive coaching at both Director and Head of Departments levels and individuals value their support in helping them shape their vision and identify their personal strengths to enhance their own performance and effectiveness to drive personal and company performance. In addition, Debbie has worked with me to deliver an excellent Leadership Programme for our executive and management population where we have experienced a measurable change in leadership capability, helping our managers to develop strong and supportive personal leadership styles, and equipping them with the influencing and coaching skills to help their own teams to develop and deliver more.
The ECC team has worked with us to deliver an excellent Leadership Programme for our executive and management population where we have experienced a measurable change in leadership capability, helping our managers to develop strong and supportive personal leadership styles and equipping them with the influencing and coaching skills to help their own teams to develop and deliver more.
Managers who have attended the Leadership Programme have said the following:
- The course opened my eyes to areas I was not aware of. I thought it was first class!
- Debbie’s great – she has a great command of the material, and kept things moving along.
- Debbie was helpful and patient and made the programme really enjoyable. She gave useful advice and picked us up on our weaker areas. There was a lot of learning involved but Debbie achieved a good balance between a learning environment and a casual atmosphere"
Andrea Anderson, Head of Human Resources and Training, ASOS online.com
"The Executive Coaching Consultancy provides us with a maternity coaching programme for women from all areas of the firm. The coaches help individuals to manage the pressures and responsibilities that can arise during an important period of change which not only affects their career but also their personal life. This is an invaluable service which helps us to retain talent in an increasingly competitive market and to support women working in a high pressure environment."
Caroline Harding - Director of Learning and Development, Herbert Smith LLP
"I first worked with Geraldine shortly after she established The Executive Coaching Company 15 years ago and I have regularly worked with her and various members of her team ever since. Geraldine is an excellent coach and is one of the very best that I know. She understands business and brings that knowledge to the coaching relationship, ensuring that her clients do not lose sight of the need to develop their skills in a way which will improve their contribution to their respective companies. She has a pleasing, direct style and she has never failed to quickly build a strong relationship with every executive that I have sent to her from Sodexo."
Andrew Patrick, HR Director, Sodexo Europe
"I worked with Geraldine for a period of 2 years, my growth as an individual was immense. I grew a true understanding of what made me what I am and was able to apply my strengths to achieve increased business success. My understanding of relationships with others was heightened to the degree that I achieved many stretching personal goals in my organisation. Geraldine’s calm, but firm style of challenge left me in no doubt that I was accountable for my destiny and indeed gave me a greater focus of the control I had both on myself and in relation to the development of my team. Her open and frank questioning style quickly enabled us to build a relationship of trust that in turn led to me being totally honest with her and myself to a deeper degree than I had previously experienced. I regularly use skills and techniques that I gained during this period - and others have also adopted many of the practices I have shared."
Carol Muldoon, HR Director, Convenience Stores, Sainsbury's
"The supervision group has been extremely valuable to me - I think it is very important that, as a coach, I have a forum where I can share the best and the worst of my coaching experiences. I always leave the sessions feeling I have learned something about myself and my coaching style, so I feel more confident and stimulated in my work. Kate is very calm and reassuring in her style, but also pushes us to explore broader and deeper issues relating to coaching."
Jane Storer , Managing Director, Storer Taylor
"The coaching supervision group I attend gives me the opportunity to gain valuable input and constructive feed back, from like-minded professionals, in a supportive environment. I very much value the time I spend with my coaching supervision group and have no hesitation in recommending the group's format, particularly to coaches operating on an individual basis."
Gillian Toal, Managing Consultant
"The 360 feedback was great to do and Emma’s challenging style suits me. The coaching helped me to focus on my development and enabled me to reflect on my actions. I found the coaching challenging, but also supportive, Emma challenged my thinking by asking some difficult questions. She was very focused and kept the sessions moving forward and on track."
Jessica Taylor, Head of HR, White Stuff
"Life changing best describes the results of working with Emma. The coaching was incredible fun and the apparent ease with which I became a confident, goal setting and action oriented business person continues to amaze me. And the results followed."
Kirsty Hutton, Buying Director, Total Media Limited