Leadership and Professional Coaching
What is coaching?
My job is to partner with you to help you unlock your potential and maximise your performance, focused on the future. It is guiding rather than teaching, often through the use of open and incisive questions, reflection, challenge and tools.
The core belief is that ‘the mind that holds the problem, holds the solution, [and] probably the best one.’
It differs from mentoring, in that a mentor has usually ‘walked the walk’ and is sharing some of that experience directly with you. It differs from therapy, in that a therapist is usually someone who supports you to heal your past.
What I do
I am a business and life coach, trained by the UK’s leading coaching training company, Barefoot Coaching and accredited by the International Coaching Federation.
I provide a range of services to help the people I work with to move forwards in their lives, specialising in:
- Leadership development
- Career transitions
- Confidence building
- Personal growth
- Avoiding burnout
- Improving performance
- LGBTQIA+ coaching
How I work
My approach is authentic, relaxed, informal and caring, focused 100% on the needs of my clients. I’ll hold the process and help the client to understand and develop their goals.
I’ll create a bespoke programme of work (usually starting with 6 – 8 sessions), tailored to helping my client make progress towards those goals.
My aim is to help people grow and blossom and become the best version of themselves. I’ll bring energy and fun to the sessions and help clients to explore their thoughts, create ideas, unblock situations and move forwards.
Change can often seem more scary than it is in reality and having support can be invaluable.
Testimonials
Philippa Buckley, CEO bibic
'Chris has been working with one of my senior leaders for several months and wow, what a transformation.
The main goal was around developing skills while talking to corporate individuals and coming from the charity sector this is something that was really required to develop our business training arm to ensure future income.
He has supported in so many ways, including increasing confidence, developing focus, learning to ask the right questions and being more strategically minded.
I have seen a real change in this person in a very short space of time and I am grateful to Chris for bringing out the skills that we knew she already had.
Chris has worked in a way that has been truly impactful and has adapted to meet the needs of my colleague. Alongside the incredible learning she also reported how much fun she had. Every single session brought her joy and I could hear that in her voice every time she updated me on her progress.
Having the ability to learn new strategies and then practice them in a networking environment has been invaluable and we are so pleased with the progress seen.
I would absolutely recommend Chris as a coach and will be looking to utilise his incredible skills to develop the future of my small team.'
Managing Director, Major Media Organisation
"My time with Chris has been instrumental in bringing clarity and understanding to a developmental fog. Through insightful discussion and preceptive observation Chris empowered me to articulate a clear and actionable development plan for both personal and career growth.
Despite a successful, corporate career in media, I was aware of a growing restlessness, as my overactive mind itched for more. Chris' calm, reassuring coaching and insightful frameworks unlocked a deluge of (sometimes surprising!) ideas we were able to order, sort, and analyse, creating a tangible action plan 'bridge' between the here and now, and the potential tomorrows.
I now feel confident and assured in both my short and midterm next steps, and am excited by the future. Thanks Chris."
Senior Digital Content Leader, Major Media Organisation
"I worked with Chris during a huge period of transition in my career (which I found quite high-stress) but led to some monumental developments in a relatively short period of time.
Chris helped me unlock and explore my unique strengths as a leader, build a manifesto that represented my core values and worked with me to understand and reframe a variety of limiting beliefs that had been with me for a long time.
I still refer to the work I did with Chris on a daily basis, it has been hugely valuable to myself and the business I work in myself and the business I work in."
Serial Creative Entrepreneur
"My sessions with Chris Kerwin have been invaluable. Of course it helps that he has extensive experience in my professional field, so I felt supported on the more specific questions I had, but even without that he is a dedicated and patient coach.
Chris is laser focused on finding the best way to support individuals. His enthusiasm for coaching and mentoring creates a wonderful atmosphere; where clearly he has found joy in his profession and that in turn, helped me feel I had the permission to seek the same.
The sessions felt like he had both tried and tested tools, but also an enviable curiosity for finding additional supportive words or exercises for me as an individual. Would - and have - recommended working with him and would sign up to work with him again.."