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When I first started working with Nicole I would often feel quite ‘flat’ at work and not particularly excited about it. Or when I was excited I sometimes lacked the confidence to get stuck into my projects properly.

I was struggling to find meaning in what I was doing. I had good technical knowledge and skill set but found it difficult to feel motivated and valued. This was impacting the confidence in my own abilities and leading to worries about how others were perceiving me.

I’d tried a few of the free online coaching webinars/ blogs on a variety of personal development related topics which were always interesting. They all had great ideas of how to improve things, but looking at the topics as a whole they felt a bit disjointed and it was hard to know where to start.

I’d been following Nicole on LinkedIn for a few months and liked the variety of topics that she covered as a lot of them resonated with me. After I’d committed to the coaching package I was really excited but then felt a bit guilty/ nervous and thought that coaching was a really over-indulgent luxury that I didn’t deserve! But as we got closer to our first session and I did my pre-course assessment I realised how much I probably needed it!

I liked the idea of a commitment to a number of sessions. I’ve done various personal development sessions in the past through work and whilst they are always really interesting at the time, because they are one-offs, I never followed through with any of the learnings in the mid/long-term.  By making a commitment to a number of sessions, I felt like there would be more accountability to actually action the changes and also have someone to check in with in case it wasn’t going quite right.

Working with Nicole was great! By starting with a deep dive at the very beginning to really explore some of the underlying issues, you get a good baseline for how things are. Deciding what to focus on in each session was also good because it made it really specific to my needs and situation, which meant that any tool or solution we worked on was designed specifically for me. The accountability check-ins were also really useful too as they positively encouraged me to continue using the learnings from our sessions in my daily job.

The fact that I had 3 separate pieces of feedback from managers around the business saying how impressed they were with how much my authority and knowledge in my area has grown, and the commitment I show to getting the job done, right when we were near the very end of our sessions was almost poetic!  To me, I feel it sums up the journey - I feel much more confident to express my views to senior management, I feel more organised and in control of my schedule, and I can see how what I do benefits my colleagues much more clearly.

I now feel much happier in my day to day role, but also really excited for the future challenges that will come my way - whether that’s in my existing company or somewhere else.

I recommend working with Nicole because she has such passion for her coaching and this really shines through in the sessions - she has such a great range of knowledge and clearly enjoys helping others succeed.