Over seven years experience of coaching. Working on line nationally and face to face in Hertfordshire.
Person centred - based on your needs
Strength based - working towards your goals
Creating good habits - maintaining your wellbeing
It takes courage to recognise that change may be needed in your life.
'Stuart gave me simple, decisive actions to take each week and with every session I really had the sense of things shifting and moving in the right direction.'
As a qualified and accredited Relational Dynamics Life Coach and a member of the Association for Coaching with an ADHD Coaching Diploma, I coach individuals, groups and teams in the workplace, my approach always being to:
Build on your strengths
Create practical solutions
Find your purpose and motivation
Ongoing work:
Fellas, a place for men to meet and maintain their sense of wellbeing
Working on a 1:1 basis with leaders in education and chief executives of small to medium scale business
Adults that are neurodiverse
My experience and training
By being person centred my approach allows me to support people in their personal lives, in work, through education and training. But making change can be hard, but I will be with you every step of the way.
'I both thoroughly enjoyed, and benefited from my coaching sessions with Stuart, and warmly recommend him to others. He is an excellent, attentive, intelligent, and deeply respectful listener.'
Currently, I work with leaders in education; chief executives and entrepreneurs of small to middle scale business; artists and practitioners in the creative industries; neurodiverse adults. This includes 1:1 coaching in person or online, or group and team coaching.
Coaching practice
Accredited by Culture at Work and Relational Dynamics 1st. My training comes from a rich history of psychology, emotional intelligence, Neuro Linguistic Programming and contemporary research into leadership. I receive regular supervision, training and continuing professional development.
To this I bring my own lived experience of leading organisations; working in local government; working in the community as a producer and drama practitioner; most importantly, as a loving father.
An example of my work with groups is a recent Career Guidance Workshop, funded by the Ware Town Council as part of its Wellbeing Programme.
Key Achievements
Secured funding: Partnered with Ware Town Council Wellbeing Programme.
Group facilitation: Successfully delivered a structured Career Guidance Workshop.
Tangible outcomes: Empowered every participant to draft a personal statement.
Purpose-driven: Focused on future goals and individual core purpose
See the Ware Wellness Programme for furture workshoips with me: https://www.waretowncouncil.gov.uk/whats-on/wellness-programme/
Accredited by Culture at Work and Relational Dynamics 1st. My training comes from a rich history of psychology, emotional intelligence, Neuro Linguistic Programming and contemporary research into leadership. I receive regular supervision, training and continuing professional development.
To this I bring my own lived experience of leading organisations; working in local government; working in the community as a producer and drama practitioner; most importantly, as a loving father.
An example of my work with groups is a recent Career Guidance Workshop, funded by the Ware Town Council as part of its Wellbeing Programme.
Key Achievements
Secured funding: Partnered with Ware Town Council Wellbeing Programme.
Group facilitation: Successfully delivered a structured Career Guidance Workshop.
Tangible outcomes: Empowered every participant to draft a personal statement.
Purpose-driven: Focused on future goals and individual core purpose
See the Ware Wellness Programme for furture workshoips with me: https://www.waretowncouncil.gov.uk/whats-on/wellness-programme/
What is the change you want to make? Here are some examples of the support you might be seeking; are you:
dealing with a diagnosis for ADHD
looking to change careers or find a new job
going for promotion and about to have an interview
leading a team for the first time
planning the next chapter of your life, perhaps retirement beckons
looking to join a men’s talking group join fellas
Clients
In the creative industries, I’ve been working with Cloud Artisan for over three years, coaching young apprentices as well as key members of staff.
‘Stuart has been coaching me for the last couple of years. Now two years on, with his support and coaching the business has grown in capacity [and] tripled our turnover.’ CEO Cloud Artisans
Coaching young adults who are struggling with to find their purpose:
‘Stuart’s ability to build positive relationships with our young people has been fantastic.’ Herts Young Homeless
Career Guidnace workshop as part of the Ware Wellbeing Programme:
‘I left the workshop feeling more motivated and inspired’
‘[The workshop] opened my eyes to the skills I already have and can transfer into a new career.’
In education, coaching leaders who are dealing with multiple challenges whilst holding the future of our children in their hands.
‘Every day at school, I have a plan but by mid morning that plan is usurped by an emergency, a crises, be it pupils, parents or staff. It feels like a lot, but by working with Stuart, I have learnt to step back, not react and get a wider perspective on the problem. And now I delegate, not step in and rescue.’
Currently coaching teams, leaders and managers in:
• Education
• Health Care
• Digital Technologies
• Performing Arts
• Film Production
• Voluntary Sector
• Post graduates working in the creative industries
What people say about my coaching?
Stuart’s ability to build positive relationships with our young people has been fantastic. Herts Young Homeless works with young people who are either homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, and Stuart demonstrates a deep understanding of the challenges they have faced. His work has empowered our service users, giving them the confidence to use their voice for positive change for themselves and the wider community.
Leonie Maddin - Herts Young Homeless
Stuart is an exceptional coach. Having trained as a coach myself and worked with other coaches in the past I can honestly say that Stuart has been stand out in his approach. Stuart really held the space for us to work and always asked insightful, challenging questions that really pushed me to think beyond my own limiting perceptions of which there were many!
Stuart enabled me to take simple, decisive actions that gave me a sense of things shifting and moving in the right direction. He is a consummate professional and an all round lovely person who listens and cares deeply about what he does.
Alex - Filmmaker
Stuart has been coaching me for the last couple of years. Now two years on, with his support and coaching the business has grown in capacity, tripled our turnover, and all this has happened whilst I attained an Executive MBA and we have come out of Covid. His approach, which often leads me to challenging my own assumptions, is to really listen to what is being said and enable absolute clarity over decisions and goals when minutes earlier I couldn't have articulated them at all, is transformative. Myself, my business, and my team have really benefited from Stuart's expertise and would highly recommend him as a coach
Emrys - CEO of a digital consultancy
I both thoroughly enjoyed, and benefited from my coaching sessions with Stuart, and warmly recommend him to others. He is an excellent, attentive, intelligent, and deeply respectful listener. With these skills to the fore, Stuart delivered our sessions expertly, to help me come to a greater understanding of issues that affect me professionally, and to develop ways to navigate them
Richard Sved, Director of 3rd Sector Mission Control
Really helpful…We all work independently so having the chance to come together and think together was really useful. We liked how Stuart created a safe space as he guided and supported us. Stuart was very clear throughout the sessions, repeating aims and expectations as he went. We got a lot from it...
Team Coaching
‘Time for a Career Reset?’, was a dynamic, 2-hour workshop which packed in 4 energising mind and heart-opening activities designed to set the wheels in motion for potential career change. Under Stuart’s guidance we were offered space to consider what individual change might look like and to identify steps to achieving it, whether paid or voluntary; even whether it was work that we wished to change because in life we take on so many other roles.
Group Career Coaching
If you would like to discover more about your future coaching please do book a 20 minute free session.
Frequently Asked Questions About Coaching
What is coaching?
There are many approaches to coaching. Four years ago I trained in Relational Dynamics, an approach to work and life which draws on theories and tools from a wide range of sources including person-centred coaching, psychology, emotional intelligence, NLP and contemporary research into leadership and modern day communications.
I coach on a 1:2:1 basis, in person or over Zoom.
I also work with groups and teams.
I also facilitate Action Learning sets.
Why coaching?
Coaching is about being asked incisive questions that could unlock future goals and ambitions. It could also support you to find solutions. The model used is referred to as GROW:
Goal - what do you want?
Reality - what is happening now?
Options - What could you do?
Will - What will you do?
My experience is that you have all the answers within you, its my job to support you to find them. Sessions are always in confidence and you will never be judged.
The practicalities
To start with I'd normally advise a free 20 minute call to ascertain what you need from coaching and whether you feel I'm the right coach for you.
If you'd like to go ahead I'd advise that you book an initial three sessions.
My rates are negotiable, depending on the sector you work in or your personal situation starting from £60 per hour to £120 per hour. The frequency of the sessions are really dependent on your needs. It can be daily, weekly or monthly.
Contact
Please feel free to book a call to find out more about coaching and the service I provide.
