Licensed Firework coaches

Sarah Hardman

Based in Oxted, Surrey. Work with London based, UK-wide and overseas clients

Personal Leadership & Career Coach; Strengths & Resilience; Outdoor Coaching options

Connect with your strengths, build your confidence & reboot the bits of your life that are flagging or simply just stuck! A blend of outdoor and indoor coaching - coaching packages designed to help you revive, resource and reboot your life or career.

What people have said about working with me:

"Without Sarah I honestly don’t think I would have had the confidence to secure a new role; her support, tools and guidance in how to deal with my anxiety and doubts about joining a new employer in a more senior role have been fantastic". HR Lead

Clients also tell me that...

I’m approachable and upbeat, work creatively and intuitively, balancing a sense of fun with positive challenge whilst creating a supportive and encouraging environment which brings out the best in people.

Alice Stapleton

London, UK

Alice specialises in coaching individuals in their 20s and 30s who wish to identify a new career that offers them meaning, purpose, and fulfilment. Her 12-session Career Coaching package is perfect for those to want to change career but have little, or no idea, what they want to do instead.

Alice works specifically with graduates who want help finding work they’ll love after university, as well as early career changers and parents returning to work who want to do something different but don’t know where to start in making a shift into a more meaningful career.

Alice is a friendly coach in her 30s, who brings openness and professionalism to her coaching. She offers a safe, non-judgemental space for you to really explore what you want next from your career. Sessions are designed to challenge and stretch you so that you get the most from your investment. She’s a great listener with a positive and supportive approach when it comes to her belief in clients to achieve their career goals.

Obi James

London, UK

I coach mid- and senior-level professionals in the corporate sector (predominantly financial services), helping them to position their personal brand, successfully navigate their networks and expand career possibilities.

My coaching approach draws from:

a) Latest findings in the field of neuroscience to create an understanding of how coaching impacts neuroplasticity and helps build the psychological skills needed to support lasting change.

b) Systemic Thinking to help senior professionals, executives and business leaders to look beyond individual development to find solutions which also benefit the wider systems they're part of.

c) My strong corporate experience in senior leadership and organisational development roles within large multinational organisations. This means my coaching approach is tailored to factor in pressures and constraints that come with leadership responsibility in these organisations.

Maria Smart

London, Surrey, Sussex

I work with people who find themselves at transition points in their careers. This includes exploring career direction and supporting managers and leaders to develop their management, leadership and business skills so they can progress in their chosen career.  While the backgrounds and career paths may vary the golden thread is they all want to be fulfilled in their work and are committed to making a change.
I work with:
• People seeking to explore a change in career direction
• First time managers
• People who have stepped from management into a leadership position
• People wanting to develop key skills
I am passionate about helping others realise their potential, develop and succeed in their chosen career, afterall we spend too much time at work not to be happy.

Melissa Whiting

Australia

I support people to feel good about themselves and to create lives that they actually like.

I help them learn to feel comfortable and confident in their own skin, to expand their self-awareness, self-acceptance, self-belief and self-trust in order to live more bravely and create more joy and satisfaction in their lives, both at work and at home.

I work with individuals who are experiencing self-doubts, over-thinking, over-working, second guessing, worrying about what everyone else thinks, feeling held back, frustrated, stuck and generally dissatisfied in their careers and lives.

My clients have mostly been early and mid-career professionals but have also included students, musicians, sole business owners and returners after a career break.

Lindsay Wittenberg

London

I coach for development and transformation. I take psychological and systemic approaches, and aim to enable lasting change by going beyond what presents on the surface so that my clients achieve the results they want with confidence. My coaching approach is characterised by: a belief in the client’s potential; building on strengths; the importance of the coach-client relationship and the trust inherent in that; focus on the here and now through awareness and mindfulness (moment-to-moment awareness of one’s experience, with no judgment); a holistic perspective; and a creative, experimental attitude. My clients speak of me as challenging and supportive, caring and tough, dynamic and deep, positive, warm and insightful.

Lisa Russell

Berkshire

Coaching for mid-career women feeling unfulfilled at work.

I'm a warm and friendly coach who loves to bring a sense of playful curiosity to all my coaching sessions.

I specialise in working with people who are unhappy at work. I can help you get unstuck, freed up and moving towards work you can't wait to get out of bed for. I use tools from the Firework programme as part of an action-based programme to help you get clear on what lights you up, what work you want to do, and how you're going to get there. And I can help you bring a sense of play to the journey, so that you can get there faster, and lighter.

Ilse Noppen

Belgium

As a Leadership and Career coach and facilitator, I have built up an experience in working with:
- Executives and professionals to strengthen their personal brand and assist them in challenges they encounter.
- Individuals to define the career path they want to develop and co-create a plan of action.

I am passionate about talents and strengths and help people (re)discover their talents and integrate them towards achieving a more fulfilling personal and professional life.

I also give workshops, webinars and organise retreats on different topics.

Stephanie Smith

Thames Valley & London

I work with intelligent, experienced professionals from IT, Finance, Utilities, Telecoms, Engineering, Law and Higher Education who feel stuck and want to change how they feel about work and its place in their lives.

My clients describe me as intuitive, insightful and warm as well as gently challenging and thought-provoking. My focus is to offer an environment where clients can develop their understanding and appreciation of themselves and have the confidence to make decisions either in or outside work.

Roz Jackson

East Sussex, UK

I specialise in coaching professionals in their 20s and 30s who are unhappy or unfulfilled in their current career and want to do more meaningful, rewarding and impactful work that fits them better.

You may be working in a job that looks great on paper, yet you feel deeply disappointed with how your career has turned out. You're optimistic that there must be a brighter alternative.

If you're feeling completely stuck for ideas, unsure what new career would be right for you, or you don't know where to start in the process of changing career, I'm here to help. Through my 12-session Career Change Programme, you'll discover a new career to pursue with confidence and excitement, an action plan to get you there, and a deep understanding of yourself to inform future career decisions.

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