Overview
Over the past fifteen years, I've coached more than 350 leaders, including C-suite leaders, founders, entrepreneurs, emerging leaders, and middle leaders. I’ve also coached over 200 groups and teams.
When I work with coaching clients, I love helping them to figure out their challenges, lean into opportunities, and to develop the skills that they need to excel. I regularly coach leaders who need help to develop the confidence and skills that they need to operate at their level. Perhaps they’ve recently received a promotion, or their organisation is going through a tough time and they need to work in a way that they haven’t had to before. Being a leader can feel very lonely, and I provide the support that leaders need.
Achievements
Some recent coaching work that I’m proud of:
Providing team coaching for a senior leadership team in a high-profile charity who were arguing a lot and performing weakly as a result, to help them work together and improve their results.
Assisting the COO of a group of Further Education Colleges to gain a CEO role at a more prestigious college. (Helping leaders to achieve the promotions they want is a very satisfying part of my work!)
Helping a exec who was burnt out and feeling jaded with their company to transform their relationship with work, regaining work-life balance and creating a renewed sense of purpose.
Providing ream coaching for a newly-formed senior leadership team in a large US law firm to help them learn to work together.
Approach
If I were to describe my coaching style, I’d say I’m a well-informed, supportive thought partner. I make use of my extensive knowledge of leadership theory, as well as what works in practice, to help my coachees to work out what they need to do to overcome their challenges. I ask powerful questions which prompt reflection, and help clients to ascertain what’s going to work for them in practice. I’m available to them on WhatsApp and email between sessions in case they come up against any obstacles they weren’t expecting.
The best way to get a sense of what I do as a coach, and whether it’s right for you, is to contact me to fix up a conversation. Drop me a message at Katie at katie@katiebest.com and we can arrange to talk.
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