Leader Coaching

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Leader Coaching helps you answer the question: "What is it that the world of tomorrow needs that I can uniquely offer?"

Since our most important leadership resource is our Self, this work starts with tuning this resource (Self Leadership) before working to make a positive difference to the wider system (System Leadership).

Phase I - Self Leadership

The initial phase of leadership coaching focuses on the individual leader and their self-leadership, helping them increase their individual performance and management effectiveness. It includes developing self- and other-awareness, and developing Intent, the capacity to express who we are and what is important to us through our actions. This phase has similarities to Executive Coaching but with a stronger emphasis on the use of Self.

Phase II - System Leadership

As the leader develops the core capacities for leadership of self, their interest increasingly turns to a broader notion of leadership, leadership of the system. The boundary between Internal and External shifts from the individual to the organisation to reflect the expanded sense of identity that system leadership requires. There is a corresponding broadening and deepening of the scope and range of activities in each of the four quadrants.

Coaching can help executives discover the unique contribution that their particular blend of character, personal history, skills, personality and spirit enables them to make to their current and future organisations, their community, and the wider society.

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What My Clients Say About Working With Me

Mike was a very effective coach with me. I chose Mike because of his experience with a broad and diverse range of coaching methods and tools. Mike routinely picked up on things I said and used these to frame really effective questions that helped me explore better the areas I was working on. Mike also judged well when to offer his thoughts as triggers to help crystallise my own. It was very powerful having someone who mirrored and distilled so effectively what I was saying, and his words were often far more eloquent than mine and have made their way into mantras I now use routinely. Mike helped to create a very safe, open and honest space that really enabled me to explore the areas I wanted to work on. The result for me was enjoyable and rewarding sessions that routinely left me feeling exhausted, like a good gym work-out! Looking back over my time with Mike, I realise just how much we have covered and how much I’ve gained from it, and with renewed curiosity to explore more. Thank you!

Chris Larminie - Senior Scientific Director, GSK

If you are considering coaching and wondering whether to work with Mike I urge you to go ahead and do it.

I have recently exited the business I founded, building it up was very much a consuming effort and so leaving it behind left a big hole which lead to some existential questions around what is next – what is all this for – pretty big and complex questions around identity and raison d’etre.

Mikes style is very calm and considered and the blend of this and walking around the beautiful Malvern hills lead us quickly into a very deep conversation about the above – Mike pulled on years of experience and extensive reading to help make some really good breakthroughs.

We agreed some actions all of which I undertook over the following months and I am left calmer and more centred.

Mike is a master of his art, calm, considered and kind – a top combo.

Jon C – Entrepreneur - Gloucestershire

"I found this coaching invaluable in developing my role and organisational effectiveness. The coaching was a very relaxed affair that put me at ease and got me to discuss issues that needed addressing in a non-judgmental and supportive way. I brought some issues to discuss and resolve but also found along the way there were issues I needed to sort out that I had not thought about. It has certainly changed the way I see and carry out my role and I know I am more effective now than I was prior to this."

Dr Dan De Rosa, Chair of the Governing Body, Wolverhampton City Clinical Commissioning Group

"I've been impressed with the depth of Mike's coaching expertise, which is extensive and cuts across different industry sectors. If you want an alchemical "change experience" which stretches you, I'd strongly recommend him."

Neil Savage, Director of Workforce & OD, Birmingham Women's Hospital

"Mike has helped me to be much more effective in my work. He encouraged me to see my actions and thoughts more clearly and as a result I'm bolder and more self-sufficient, and I have more control and focus. I feel completely myself, which makes speeches and media work easier and which means I'm more determined, robust and clear as a communicator."

Jenny Jones, Assembly Member, Greater London Authority

"I think it was a very fortunate choice to bring Mike Munro Turner and myself together because we had the right chemistry from the very first moment and in fact Mike immediately identified the topics that needed my attention to develop. The coaching resulted in a strong improvement of my leadership skills and my awareness of my level of development as a leader, including the guidance to a higher level of leadership. Coming from a specialist background (lawyer) the coaching was a real break through in adding leadership skills in a situation of pressure (building up a global team of experts). I want to highlight Mike's ability to help people develop from one leadership mindset to an expanded set of mindsets based on an broadened set of leadership styles. The work with Mike proved to be a very reliable, encouraging and empowering source of support in challenging times of transformation in my own leadership. I can recommend Mike without any reservation."

Frederik Pajunk, Director, Deutsche Bank

"What I got from Mike's coaching was a clear understanding of my career direction, where I wanted to go and how in a time of significant change. This included realisation of my unique selling points and the strengths I bring to a leadership role and the confidence and certainty to help me realise my next professional goal. Mike has a wide experience of coaching senior people from a range of backgrounds - this means that he provides a greater range of expertise and knows how best to use it. This is supported by a large knowledge and expertise around leadership and management models which he offers at appropriate times. Plus the coaching sessions are positive, often fun, experiences. I would use him again as my coach and would recommend him to others."

Rachel Flowers, Director of Public Health, London Borough of Newham

"As a result of Mike's coaching, I have a much clearer understanding of impact of my style on others (both colleagues and those I lead) and also recognition that I can chose to respond/behave differently (particularly in stressful situations). His style is measured and reflective he provides a calm space to enable me to reflect and analyse. He is also very knowledgeable in areas that are of use to me, such as behavioural and organisational psychology, and interpersonal dynamics. I have also changed career direction in the last year and Mike supported me through what was a significant period of change. I have now moved into a more senior leadership role which involves me both leading and building a new organisation, and Mike is working with me as I start on this journey of developing the new organisation and my new colleagues. Mike has extensive experience with working with senior leaders and he is highly professional and authentic."

Sarah Watson-Fisher, Managing Director, South West Local Education & Training Board

"Mike was my Executive Coach during a critical transition period in my career. His in depth knowledge of personal & professional development combined with a natural ability to grasp complex situations very quickly make him an ideal 'trusted advisor'."

Sean Fitzpatrick, Vice President Services Strategy and Innovation, Oracle

"Mike provided me with a great sounding board and someone to share ideas and issues with. He helped me with improving the work environment and productiveness at both board level and all around me. He provided some really effective, though really simple, ideas that worked incredibly well. Sometimes you need help from someone 'outside' and Mike was great at providing this with a fresh perspective. I would recommend him if you are looking for some help turning things around and gaining a better and more positive perspective."

Christine Haslam, Director of Compliance and Operational Risk, M&S Money

"The most important thing that Mike did for me was to provide me with a mirror to show me exactly how unfocused I was in my work. After the first session I had some very important rethinking to do about what my role in the green movement was and how I could better fulfil it. This led to me doing less, but doing it much better, and so achieving more. Seeing Mike regularly has encouraged me to take myself more seriously, because he takes me seriously, and to valuing my work more, which has led to others valuing my work more too. Friends and colleagues have noticed the difference and frequently tell me how envious they are!"

Molly Scott Cato, MEP, Green Economist, Professor of Strategy and Sustainability at Roehampton University

"Many thanks for your fantastic help over the last three years. It is often difficult when we reach a senior leadership position to find someone that you can confide in. You have been a true mentor to me, you have helped me process my thoughts, given me enormous inspiration, opened avenues both professionally and intellectually to me. I would really say that you have substantially changed my view of the world and assisted me with my life's journey. This has clearly helped me be a better leader of a large organization and enabled me to make much better decisions. Everyone should find a Mike in their life."

Tony Sedgwick, Pharma Development Director, Roche

"Thanks for the support/wise counsel in the last couple of months and for catching me when I fell."

Mabli Jones Director of Operations and Organisational Development, The Hurley Group

"I can thoroughly recommend Mike as a mentor for anyone interested in advancing their career in a senior position. Of particular benefit to me was the 'feed-forward' exercise that Mike conducted, which gave me unexpected insights into my situation and performance in the organisation. Mike provided great support in helping me identify appropriate strategies to improve my performance. "

Professor Mike Wilson, Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physical Science, The University of Leeds

"I have seen Mike for five sessions now. Firstly as part of the NHS Institutes programme for new directors, now as part of the Top Leader Programme. He provides a reassuring, calming and therapeutic space in which you can work through some of the paradoxes and tensions of a senior role. I have found his oversight and support very, very helpful."

Lee Outhwaite, Director of Finance & Information, Derby Hospitals

"Mike's support in finding me a new career direction has been invaluable. He has opened my eyes to opportunities for me to explore, which I would never have considered and has energised me in looking at new career pathways."

Marion Andrews-Evans, Head of Service Modernisation, Welsh Assembly Government

"When you think you are performing well, and genuinely believe you are keeping pace with the best of your peers, it is not an obvious time to elect for personal coaching. Working with Dr Mike Munro Turner really helped me gain deeper insight into achieving higher quality results, especially in those too-frequent times of peak workload. Definitely time well spent!"

Bill Stubbins, CIO Akzo Nobel

The job titles and organisations are those at the time of the coaching.