Seahorse Coaching

“Never under-estimate the merits of coaching, and never under-estimate the insight and challenge that a strong coach can bring. Leslie brings this insight and challenge in buckets. She made me look at myself and my business strategy in ways that I would never have contemplated in the past. She has an incredibly calming persona and a very inquisitive and well-informed mind, which were perfect for provoking our discussion, building confidence and instilling belief, and shaping my thoughts and approach to specific personal and professional matters. Leslie is a first-class coach and I would recommend here to anyone who is perhaps contemplating the next stage in their career, or for those who simply require independent challenge and guidance in respect of their leadership style and/or strategic thinking.”

“Working with Leslie has been invaluable. Throughout our sessions together, she has offered a supportive space for honest reflection and learning, helping me to better understand my leadership approach, to identify strengths as much as weaknesses, and to challenge myself to develop. I leave our sessions with a real sense of clarity about the difficult questions, feeling that I not only have understood the nature of a challenge, but also how to begin to tackle it. Leslie encouraged me to set myself a clear leadership goal at the beginning of our work together, and I reached the end of our sessions feeling that not only had I made significant progress towards achieving it, but that I had gained a new depth of understanding along the way!”

“Leslie’s coaching was a gift sent at a critical time for me, both in my personal and professional capacity. Leslie helped me understand that development does not happen overnight but it is a process of establishing how I see myself and how much better I could be by unlocking my potential. The coaching sessions with Leslie enabled me reveal strengths of which I was previously unaware. Leslie provided me that safe harbour, which I often left with bags full of wisdom, enthusiasm and resilience. I am more confident about who I am, the journey I have taken and the direction of travel as a result of coaching sessions with Leslie. I found Leslie as a person with immense integrity and high degree of professionalism. She is full of insights and has an incredible journey in leadership. Her pursuit in becoming a coach is a gift to leadership as she has so much to offer to help leaders through these turbulent times. I would highly recommend Leslie.”

“I have been very grateful to receive high quality coaching advice and support from Leslie. She has been able to challenge me honestly, ask for and enable practical changes around my leadership practice and support me to understand the connection between my personal and work resilience when discharging a role at the highest level of leadership. I have in using her advice and support genuinely changed my leadership outlook even with more than 30 years of leadership practice and it has been refreshing to be able to adapt and become more effective. Leslie was able to demonstrate a complete understanding about my environment and adapt the coaching sessions into the areas that were most important to me. I felt confident and secure in all our conversations and felt well supported by the agreement made and the tracking of progress across the coaching sessions. There is a real strength in the way she discharges her coaching support, enhanced in my view by her personal experience of delivering leadership in complex environments. She is able to challenge and put in the package of actions that need to follow in between sessions. She has my highest recommendation for anyone wishing to receive insightful and personal coaching support.”

“The coaching relationship has proven to be both illuminating and dynamic in exploring key aspects of the role of Chief Executive for a large complex public sector organisation. What I particularly welcomed, and was able to build on, was the application of tools/methods in exploring issues creating the potential to consider different perspectives and achieve greater objectivity. The methodology supported deeper insight which delivered well defined and clear sets of actions. Overall, the coaching relationship and context it created provided a safe but challenging space through which I was able to learn and grow as a senior leader, as well as a Chief Executive.”

“I have really loved working with Leslie. Her approach to coaching is clearly founded not just on a wealth of professional experience but also on great emotional intelligence and a true sense of perspective. She has really engaged with me as a whole person not just a professional, and has helped me to really valuable insights on my values and aspirations as well as identifying practical ways to become a better leader.”

“The Leadership Coaching experience with Leslie was highly effective and challenging. It improved my self-awareness, identified professional blind spots and provided a fresh new perspective which has enhanced my ability to lead in the workplace.”

Without doubt, Leslie is a great coach. Her open personality suits a coaching style, she is interested and engaged in what I had to say and encouraged further thought and analysis. Leslie draws on life experiences at a senior level which can only work to her client’s benefit. She has a great perceptive ability to know when to probe and to encourage clients to think about the implications of actions and the strategic approach to take. I would strongly encourage senior leaders to consider engaging Leslie.