Originally I trained as a project manager for a large telecommunications company. In the late 1990s people starting coming to me to find out more about how they could become project managers, among other things, and this awaken my interest in how coaching can help support individuals to make career choices. I started to find out more about what coaching training was available and to coach people whenever they wished it.

My coaching training has primiarily been gained by attending courses with two organisations - The Coaches Training Institute and Corporate CoachU. I have included their web addresses in the resources section of this website.

I am now a freelance coach, training course designer and facilitator and offer both coaching and training design. I am curious about people and employ an effective questioning style to help people identify their goals. A particular speciality is career coaching. I enjoy working with clients on both a one to one and group basis. I give my clients the space and support they need to achieve thier goals and overcome their concerns and issues.

Here are what some of my clients say about me:

Geoff - "With this new knowledge about what I really wanted I was able to turn down several job assignments which in the past I might have taken up, simply because someone said they were an important job and needed to be resourced quickly. I took on a couple of temporary, but still worthwhile, assignments while I waited for the job that seemed right. This eventually appeared and I found a job that I was not only able to use my project management skills, but also to contribute other creative ideas. My enthusiasm was quite visible and I contributed widely across the programme, not just in my own area. Other people in the team sought me out for advice and I was happy to help them. I was, and still am, gratefully for Joan's coaching."

Ranjit - "As a client I have complete trust in the coaching relationship and can rely on Joan to hold my agenda as well as work with me to push forward through my limitations to achieve what I felt was only a dream. She works with me in a way that is right for me. Joan's ability to relate to me and understand how to motivate me is astounding. With such insight she quickly taps into her wealth of resources, questioning skills and techniques that open avenues that I would not allow myself to see."

Katie - "Joan's coaching has led me to take positive action and change long held attitudes and I attribute my greater confidence, happiness and sense of fulfilment to the changes that Joan helped me achieve. More significantly, Joan's coaching was not a one shot fix but taught me how to be more analytical about what I wanted and understand how I could get these things."

Roy - "Joan provided the structure and consultancy during our coaching sessions that helped me understand myself. This has had a real effect and I have been able to move my career and personal life in a manner that I can better control and has reduced the possiblity of me making a wrong choice."