Coaching Testimonials

“Thanks very much for helping me with my interview technique. I found all the advice very helpful, and I appreciated the work you had put in to understand my requirements. It was very good value, and I shall certainly recommend your services to friends and colleagues.

I have been offered the job you coached me for - I am sure the guidance you gave helped me to land this, particularly as I have had several interviews this year without success.

Thanks again!”

Aidan Steer, Writer/Editor

"I have had 6 coaching sessions with Marcia so far. The initial session was to talk through an issue in my personal life and I found it very constructive. Marcia enabled me to really think about why the issue was causing me difficulty and what approach I might take to improve the situation. We practiced having a difficult conversation and the practical focus of the session was very supportive. It was important for me to know that the session was confidential and Marcia's approach reassured me that this would be the case."

"Subsequent sessions have focussed on my professional life. At each session Marcia has put me at ease so that I have felt able to discuss issues openly and honestly. We have particularly focussed on building my confidence in preparation for a promotion at the end of each session we have agreed action points/goals. I have found this to be a very useful way for me to address professional challenges and have changed some of my behaviour as a result. Action points/goals have been reviewed at the start of each session and I have found that this increased my commitment to make changes."

"Marcia has a very professional approach to coaching but she also has the ability to quickly put you at your ease. This has meant that I have felt relaxed during our sessions and able to discuss issues which are sensitive and confidential. I have appreciated Marcia's willingness to challenge me and set goals for the future."

DH, HR & Development Manager

I was new to the life coaching idea and have to say really amazed. We spend so much time and money on our physical appearance (joining health clubs, clothes and shoes etc) I was amazed at the areas which we don't focus on in our busy day to day lives. Life coaching really helped me to focus on what was important to me and how to get the most out of life. Marcia was patient, understanding and professional in her approach.

Denise, Head of Sales & Marketing

I have been coached by Marcia for the last 9 months. During this time she has helped me work through many issues, personally and professionally, most recently helping me conclude that I needed to work towards finding a job that was more fulfilling and allowed me to find time for a work life balance something that I constantly struggle with.

Marcia has enabled me to come to my own conclusions by questioning and making me discuss issues that I normally brush over. I am, incredibly impressed and touched by her support and I would certainly recommend Marcia to anyone who was looking for coaching both professionally or personally. I hope that once I leave the BBC that I will be able to continue this relationship in the future.

JT, Managing Editor

Lack of confidence and self-belief kept me in a job with no prospects for in excess of 16 years. My sessions with Marcia have not only given me confidence but have armed with the valuable skills and information for making myself more marketable and also for dealing with and being successful at job interviews.

As a direct result of the coaching sessions I’ve received I’ve finally made a decision to move on and am currently looking for alternative employment - something I would not have contemplated before. I wish I’d found her 10 years earlier!

CH, HR Adviser

My confidence in applying for a Promotion was very low. I was a new mum who had recently returned to work on a part time basis.

I was slightly sceptical about how coaching could help me. I had two sessions with Marcia at my colleague’s recommendation. Marcia gave me advice in terms of identifying and outlining what my personal goals were. She made me question why I felt I could not achieve them. She made me think about what was important to me, (not just professionally).

After the two meetings and a couple of conversations, my confidence was boosted and I was totally confident in my interview, which had I not met up with Marcia would not have come across. Whilst that promotion did not come through (due to other reasons) I have been able to secure a three month secondment to work from my Company's USA office, which is not something that has happened before.

SK, Senior HR Adviser

I had 2 coaching sessions with Marcia and found them both extremely enlightening and useful.

The process that Marcia went through in the 'values elicitation' session seemed to 'flush out' what really mattered to me and, through a process of gently probing, Marcia helped me to describe clearly what I meant by each value. She then encouraged me to put my values in order of priority which I found both revealing and a helpful clarification.

The 'careers elicitation' went through a similar process of identifying, describing and then ranking what is most important to me in a work context. The process Marcia went through with me was similarly challenging and rigorous and was particularly helpful to me at a point in my life where I will be seeking to work for a new employer. It has definitely helped me identify what are key factors in seeking a new job and will help inform my choice of next employer.

I found Marcia throughout highly professional and caring. It also felt like an unaccustomed luxury to have someone focus on me in such a practical way for a whole hour and I would wholeheartedly recommend Marcia's practical and careful approach.

JN, HR Manager

I want to thank you for the life coaching lessons you gave me. I found the hour flew by so quickly and you were so spot on in the directions you gave without solving my problems for me. I liked the fact that you gave me the power to look at things and question myself rather than telling me what was wrong with my life. I was amazed at how well you listened to what I was saying. You have a way of making things that seem so complicated, so simple. That's your gift. You showed me how to get to the real problem, not what it 'appeared' to be.

Thank you for putting me in a focussed direction. The few lessons I had are helpful to me everyday. You will have no problem succeeding in this business because you were made for it.

PM, Senior HR Adviser

I found the life session to be of great value and benefit: Marcia was very good at sowing and encouraging ideas, but she never pushed me further than I thought I could handle.

Through Marcia, I was able to see areas of my life which I had pushed to one side but which actually needed developing in order to have a more positive attitude to life. Together, we set realistic goals, and I was able to/and am achieving each one - with lots of praise from Marcia!

All in all, my future has become a positive rather than a negative, and I am now able to set my own achievable goals using the techniques set up by Marcia.

I would highly recommend Marcia, whether it is just one area or several areas of your life that you would like to develop or change.

Michelle, Legal Secretary

"I found life coaching to be a positive and empowering experience. I was stuck in a rut for a long time feeling unable to move on with my home life and work life due to various events. Life coaching empowered me to make positive steps towards the life I desired. Having now taken the first steps and survived the experience of changing location and job I know that the next move will be easier as I have gained in confidence".

LB, Recruitment Project Manager

"I found that the coaching outstanding. Marcia's commitment and enthusiasm really encouraged me to take an introspective approach to my personal development, enabling me to look at my life from a more fresh and inspirational perspective. I did the coaching during a period where I was seriously doubting my capabilities and was frightened to acknowledge that I was capable of making positive changes in my life. We all need support at some stage or another in unleashing our hidden potential and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Marcia’s coaching to anyone."

CD, HR Business Partner

My Coaching sessions were around relationships and preparing myself for one.

I found the sessions helped a great deal in establishing some of my needs and how to express these and have them met, or not as the case may be. I learned about taking small steps towards my goal and to realise my achievements and successes, however small. I felt empowered after my Coaching sessions, as I explored my feelings and thoughts and the end result came from me, with Marcia's help as a guide and a tool steering me in the direction I needed to go.

The experiences I had during our Coaching sessions together are:

A breakthrough in understanding that when I express myself it is important that I express what I need and not what I feel another person needs/wants.

However I might choose to express my feelings and thoughts is ok if the end result is going to fulfil my needs.

I also learned that in my pursuit and desire to learn to trust myself and my feelings/judgement, it is important to listen to other people, but to still make up my own mind and not be swayed by their agenda/needs.

Coaching can be enlightening, challenging and inviting. It's hard to look at things so closely sometimes, but very worthwhile when you can see and feel your life moving forwards.

Thank you Marcia, for all your help.