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DIRECTORS
Deborah Simmons
Deborah is an experienced and successful coach, whose primary focus is helping her clients get excellent, inspiring results.
Deborah works with clients who are serious about and committed to being successful in the workplace – either personally or through the development of their employees. These clients wish to develop and improve their success in their existing work situation by taking control of where they want their career or company to go and identifying positive steps to make those goals a reality – whether through skill development, goal setting, improving confidence or work-life balance.
Working with corporate clients, Deborah assists employees in developing their skills in areas such as communication, practice building and networking. She is also engaged by companies to work with senior executives in developing their role and improving their performance, whether in leadership, team building or simply gaining focus and clarity.
Prior to working as a Coach, Deborah spent 7 years working as a solicitor in the City. When not coaching, Deborah loves to ski, sail and in particular, travel – she has lived in both Italy and Germany – and now speaks Italian and German. She also spent time travelling through Africa, Europe and the United States.
Kathleen coaches individuals to have greater clarity, confidence and commitment to realise personal and professional aspirations. She is the founder of London's Walkie-Talkie Coaching, offering ‘professional coaching on-the-trot' in Central London parks. Her On-Call Coaching phone service gives priority booking for busy professionals for challenges that can't wait.
Before setting up her own practice, Kathleen worked at Imperial College School of Medicine as International Project Manager on the HIV/AIDS Knowledge for Action Programme. She has made over 40 trips to the former Soviet Union, training multi-disciplinary teams in Russia, Central Asia and Ukraine.
Her ThinKSpace Programme, modelled on the work of Nancy Kline (authoro of "Time to Think") offers an innovative approach to team building. She has implemented ThinKSpace with a team of healthcare professionals at one of London's Primary Care Trusts; as part of a sales training programme with a Central London publisher; and for skills development training for an international Non-Governmental Organisation.
Her dream is to be a crew member on a yacht sailing across the Atlantic from England to Barbados. Kathleen lives with her partner, Don, in Central London.
ASSOCIATES
Phil Bolton
Phil Bolton was born and raised in Bradford, West Yorkshire. He received an MA(Hons) Cantab from Cambridge University. He worked for 10 years at Deloitte & Touche as a forensic accountant in their London and San Francisco offices. During this time he managed teams undertaking fraud investigations on behalf of multinational clients. He qualified as a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Subsequently, Phil was an in-house coach for Deloitte, specialising in helping professionals step into leadership. He delivered one-on-one and group coaching to hundreds of professionals. Phil also developed and facilitated development programs designed to teach sustainable skills. Phil received coaching certification through iPEC, the Institute for Professional Empowerment Coaching.
He has taken advanced coach training through New Ventures West. Phil is also certified in Mediation and Conflict Resolution by UC Berkeley. He is qualified to facilitate the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTi) and the Lominger Leadership Architect. Phil is a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and the American Management Association.
Outside of work, Phil’s other passions include being an avid runner. He is proud to have completed two marathons. He is also a hack golfer.
Monica works one-to-one coaching professionals to help them achieve targets in their corporate work and their personal life.
Monica specialises in coaching clients to manage career progression and career change. She also focuses on work-life balance issues for employees in the corporate sector and in the non-profit sector.
The most valuable resource a company can have is motivated employees. Monica recognises this and her coaching helps to motivate staff to attain peak performance in the best role at the right level. Ethical behaviour is sometimes a challenging area for personnel employed in the City. Monica places importance on this. Her coaching assists clients to clarify values and priorities and to resolve issues of ethical concern.
Her past experience includes administrative roles in banking and education. She has lived and worked in many overseas locations and is sympathetic to cultural and ethnic diversity.Among her peers Monica is regarded as a coach with integrity and maturity who gives valuable support and encouragement to others.
Lindsay West is a highly qualified and experienced coach, consultant, trainer and mentor.
Lindsay specialises in executive coaching, management skills training and mentoring for professionals and business owners.
Before setting up her own coaching and training practice in 2004, Lindsay spent several years within the Financial Services industry. During this time, she acquired extensive management and leadership experience, working in both Retail and Corporate Banking Divisions. She has had leadership roles in numerous complex change management programmes for two major UK Banks. Additionally, she has management experience in marketing, operations and strategic planning.
Her management background means she understands the challenges of business and corporate life experienced by her clients. Lindsay is passionate about people development and continuous improvement, which inspires her coaching approach.
Her qualifications include an MBA (Masters in Business) ACIB, (Banking qualification), a Diploma in Coaching Practice and she is a Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP Change techniques). Lindsay combines her knowledge, experience and skills to coach clients to achieve success.
Kathleen Sullivan
