Everything I do springs from one simple idea:
If you’re a leader or manager of people, you are already their coach whether you like it or not.
Every day, through your conversations, questions, decisions and behaviours, you shape how your people think, grow and perform. The problem is that most leaders have never been taught how to do this deliberately. That’s where I come in.
For more than 30 years I’ve helped leaders and organisations improve performance through better leadership, stronger conversations and practical coaching skills.
My experience spans independent consulting, executive coaching, leadership development and senior in-house roles within business improvement organisations. Along the way I’ve worked with leaders at organisations including AXA, HSBC and Toyota and spent several years delivering leadership development work across the Middle East.
My style is practical, commercially grounded and straightforward. Helping leaders have better conversations and achieve better results.
It was refreshing to have a programme delivered in such a way that not only made it interesting, relevant and useful and which made you truly think and reflect on what you have done and how you’re going to do it differently in the future.
This Coaching Skills course was great – one of the best I’ve been on. Even several years later, I realise that I’m still using the competencies I learned on the course and they continue to work. I recommend Matt and his courses thoroughly and suggest that we need his approaches more widely taken up across Higher Education.
Its fair to say I didn’t particularly know what coaching was last year. Now, it’s something I would recommend to any leader looking to develop themselves or individuals in their team – and that’s credit to Matt. It’s been an absolute privilege to be able to work with him over the last 9 months – he’s helped me to realise that the answers come from within me. It’s not a ready-made package and it’s not prescribed – coaching is flexible and focused. There are so many things I will take away from this opportunity – a great deal of learning that will resonate for the rest of my career.
If you are looking for a development professional who will not only stretch and challenge your thinking but also has an easy, approachable style then Matt is the coach for you. He takes time to listen, develop rapport and build trust and I enjoy his calmness which, for me, instills confidence.
I work in Retail but what I find so refreshing about Matt’s approach is that he works in a sector-agnostic way which helps me apply bold, external influences to my day job. We have been working together for over a year now and Matt has introduced me to a number of tools and techniques which have helped me unlock specific challenges and scenarios, as well as bringing a fresh perspective to my day to day working life. I look forward to our conversations as I know I will come away from them thinking and acting in a more strategic way.
Our Sales Director has been working with Matt for the last couple of years and the resulting performance of the whole team has been outstanding. I have the highest praise for him and the way in which he can help good managers to become great. He is a role model Coach himself and his skill at bringing out the best in people, in turn enabling them to bring out the best in their teams, is superb. I cannot recommend him too highly
I have learnt so much from this course which I can use in both work place and personal life. I believe coaching is applicable to everyone regardless on level and responsibilities. The course kept me interested at all times. Lots to go away and think about.
Thanks for that last course. I’m now running a branch again. I have been using the ARROW model and it has turned Peterborough into one of the best branches in the UK.
