Business Coaching

Helping individuals achieve their full potential.

About Rick

I believe there is nothing more energising than great quality of thought, coupled with solid intent to act. My role is to support individuals in achieving both.

I have enjoyed 25 years in development and leadership roles both in the UK and Europe, helping people to achieve more for themselves has been the most rewarding element of them all.

Qualifications:

Coaching

Coaching people at a range of leadership and management levels to help them deliver their goals, improve performance and overcome obstacles.

Good coaching works to:

Empower

Empowering the individual to determine for themselves, their priorities, their options and their chosen way forward based on their needs and their knowledge of the situation and individuals involved.

Focus

Focus on identifying the goal and reaching a solid conclusion as to what to do next toward achieving it.

Challenge

Constructive challenge promoting deeper and more objective levels of thinking.

Achieve

Delivering results by identifying solutions and diligent planning for delivery.

Who we coach

Typically we work with individuals who have one of four key needs:

Preparing for their next role as part of a Personal Development Plan
Transitioning to a new role with greater responsibility
Executive and Managers who are responsible for delivering high levels of performance and results
Performance Improvement where specific needs have been identified

This list is not exhaustive and we can help with a variety of needs.

Individuals and organisations observe results through:

Increased confidence

Improved performance

Enhanced relationships

Greater staff retention

Faster progress toward goals and strategy

Approach

Our initial conversation will be based around exploring your motivation for coaching, checking that coaching is the right choice for you, understanding our chemistry together which will be essential for a strong coaching relationship.

Following that conversation our programme typically follows a 3‑stage pattern:

Trust

Confidentiality and operating with strong ethics is critical to good coaching, ensuring the individual knows they are operating in a totally safe space and protecting every stake holder involved.

As such Clay Alliance subscribes to the Ashridge Code of Conduct for Coaches.

"Rick helped me achieve greater clarity of thought which enabled me to plan and execute better, as well as improve my engagement with colleagues."

Judy Yarwood

"Rick has a great ability to listen, understand and ask insightful questions, he made me think more critically. Our meetings helped me identify priorities, enabling me to action change that led to real and positive improvements for my business and team."

David Copeland

"I found Rick to be genuine, supportive and driven to see my organisation succeed."

Lola Owolabi

"Rick has a passion for developing people, and a manner that delivers the best from each individual."

Andy Lamb