What people are saying.

  • “Through our coaching sessions over more than a year now, Sarah has allowed me to sharpen my focus drastically. My time management has improved a lot. A year ago, I was "surviving" a crammed diary. I am now in charge and have time to think strategically, read, reflect and develop my leadership skills. Our coaching conversations have provided me with much insight into the aspects that matter for people management and overall performance within the organisation. We often have the right intuition as leaders but lack the space for objective reflection away from our colleagues. Coaching provides this space, free of the bias and pressure that is present when interacting with colleagues. I can't thank Sarah enough for being this person who made this happen.”

    Steve Uhlig

    Head of School at Queen Mary University

  • I had a one-off coaching session with Sarah recently and she really helped me in focusing on some important things and identifying some solutions. I found Sarah to be both inciteful and caring and really appreciated her supportive approach. Thank you! I would highly recommend Sarah.

    Heather Graham, Strategic Head of Human Resources at Manchester City Council

  • “I had the absolute privilege of being coached by Sarah. I have been coached and mentored several times over my 30 year career in academia but Sarah was by far the most effective coach that I have had the pleasure to work with. Sarah astutely honed in on core challenges / opportunities for growth. And the challenges that Sarah diagnosed were VERY different to the areas that I would have prioritised and worked on without her. It’s not an overstatement to say that working with Sarah was transformative. Her excellent coaching has changed the way I approach my career completely and supported me to become a far better, more effective educational leader - and to enjoy that role more! Thank you Sarah.”

    Tony Michael

    Deputy Vice-Principle for Education at Queen Mary University

  • Sarah is an excellent coach, who enabled me to understand and apply Performance Consulting methodology in a very personalised manner. She made me feel at ease from our earliest conversations, building new understanding and nurturing improvements quickly through a careful balance of tangible exercises and demonstration of best practice. I highly recommend Sarah as a coach, not only for Performance Consulting. She is focused and constructive, yet warm, with a great knack for recalling specific details that are personally or professionally important and which motivate her clients to grow.

    Emma Mercer

    Learning Professional, Atlas Copco Group,

  • “I can't recommend Sarah highly enough! She coached me as I took up a new leadership role, encouraging me to pause and reflect on where I was, how I had got there and where I still wanted to go, helping me plot a course. She does this with thoughtful questioning, kindness and lots of laughter.”

    Arunthalhi Mahedron

    Director of the Medical School and Honorary Consultant Transplant Surgeon.

  • “Sarah coached me over as three-month period as I took up a new role in my institution. It was great to have the space away from daily activities to talk through and reflect on decisions I’d made or was about to make, and to be able to take that broader and longer view. She’s an excellent coach and i’d highly recommend your working with her if you’re taking on a new role, feeling bogged down in your current role, or feel you need to look at what you’re doing from a different perspective.”

    Kathryn Richardson

    Head of the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film

  • “I was struggling to progress in my career and had been applying for promotion positions for a couple of years without success. Sarah's coaching helped me to improve my interview skills. She was great at recommending small things I could change in my presentation and style which made a big difference. Thanks to Sarah's help, after 3 barren years I got two job offers in the same week. Thank you Sarah.”

    Elise Turner

    Events and Activities Officer

  • “Sarah worked with our School Leadership Team, developing our skills, building our team ethic and supporting our strategic direction. Sarah was proactive and supportive, taking the initiative to develop training plans, away days and developmental goals for the team. Sarah is professional and skilled in her field, and I would strongly recommend her to support other teams and individuals to get the best out of them.”

    Alice Larkin

    Professor of Climate Science and Energy Policy at The University of Manchester

  • “Sarah is an excellent coach - she helped me prioritise when work tasks were overwhelming, and she allowed me to see what I needed to focus on to achieve my ambitions. It was so rewarding being coached by Sarah.”

    Janet De Wilde

    Director of University Academy and Professor of Engineering and Education

  • "Sarah is an experienced, passionate and committed L&D professional who can operate across the learning cycle from identification to evaluation. One of her many strengths is her ability to quickly build trusted open relationships at all levels ensuring she gets to the bottom of what is needed in terms of capability development and identifying the hidden barriers to enact change aligned with the organisational goals. She has operated as a trusted part of my leadership team to reposition Learning and Development at the University into a strategically aligned, respected and valued department and her collaborative and personable nature has been a great asset to me, my team and the University."

    Jonathan Winter, Head of OD, Learning and Development at The University of Manchester