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Testimonials - Coaching & Mentoring

What people are saying about our Coaching and Mentoring Programmes . . .

 

 Ian Curryer, Director of Children and Families, Nottingham City Council
My sessions with my xué coach have been really great and, whilst the tools have been useful, the Coach's style has been the best tool. I have really enjoyed the work and it has so improved my ability to do my job. Thank you!

 

 Caroline Vernon, Headteacher, Victoria Junior School, Cumbria
The xué coach is warm and supportive yet remains totally focused, guiding staff to a deep level of self reflection enabling them to identify strengths and areas for professional development.

 

 Joanne Waterhouse, Teaching and Research Associate, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
My xué consultant’s energy, ethos, experience and commitment make her stand out from others. She gave excellent advice but never preached, never took the upper hand. She believed me, understood my needs and enabled me to move forward.

 

 Director of Transformation and Commissioning, Public Sector
Every time I've had a session with my xué coach I have felt transformed and completely re-energised afterwards. The process is challenging and made me really think; it is emotionally intelligent and flexible in approach; it gave me strength to unblock the things that hinder me. I have come away feeling that nothing is impossible if I just focus on the right things and take control of situations I find challenging.

 

 Individual Private Client
I feel very safe knowing that everything discussed in my 1:1 coaching session is confidential. The xué coach's flexibility in terms of listening, helping me to explore, the pace and environment was brilliant. The support before, during and after has been and is gently challenging in a kind, empowering and supportive way.

 

Individual Private Client
This assessment tool helped me learn a lot about why I am motivated by certain situations and not others. I have helped me to confirm what I already know about myself and which environments I work best in.

 

 Managing Director of SME
The xué coach's calm and knowledgeable explanation of the background and validity of the assessment we had used set the scene perfectly. She helped me draw out a range of issues to ponder and discuss and, as the afternoon progressed, I knew I was coming closer to understanding the way forward. I left feeling reflective, reassured, re-energised, unique and focused.

 

 Andy Downing, Director of Schools, Nottingham City Council
Inspirational . . . I wish I had been given this opportunity previously in my career.

 

 Michael Gorman, Education Consultant
Empathetic, professional, well informed, open, completely diligent. Very highly personalised, very flexible, carefully adapted to my particular needs, friendly, supportive.

 

 Executive Officer, Nottingham City Council
It was good to have someone to challenge my perceptions of myself and limitations. xué’s well-formed goals methodology was challenging but I can see the benefits.

 

 Individual Client
It was brilliant, it’s a real eye opener, it came out that I need to control my world to probably feel safe but I'd love to have had more time to maybe figure out why? I'd recommend it to anyone. The two coaches who worked with me were very calm and considerate, it’s just been ‘brill’ all over!

 

 Private Coaching Client
I felt that my xué coach quickly understood my needs, and that I was really listened to. Both consultants provided me with a framework for moving forward, and I felt positive and reassured following our discussions. They clearly had a wealth of knowledge and expertise which was used to support my development. It’s provided me with the framework to think about who I am, where I am, what I want to do with the rest of my life and how to go about starting on that journey.

 

 Liz Loftus, Together Trust (Inscape House, Cheadle)
Thought provoking! I left my xué session with a sense of what I can achieve. Hugely positive experience. I feel it is just the beginning of enabling me to think about myself and how I can improve my interactions with others, using this developing self awareness.

 

 Satinder Gautam, Director of Safeguarding, Nottingham City Council
My session with xué has given me a clear understanding of what I need to do to develop my management techniques further.

 

 Senior Manager in a Local Authority
This (Intrinsic psychometric assessment) is a very informative tool and I learned a lot about why I am motivated by certain situations and not others. I have helped me to confirm what I already know about myself and which environments I work best in. xué’s process was very professional and I really welcomed the chance to have some external validation about my leadership styles.

 

 Senior Officer, Bristol City Council
Good rapport and understanding of client needs, including explicit awareness of when my needs were tipping into the theraputic zone and bringing it back to a place that met the contract. This reflects xué’s high level of expertise and respect for people.

 

 John Yarham, Director of Young People’s Learning, Nottingham City Council
xué is an organisation that is very much rooted in professional standards and ethics. My coaching session has enabled me to have the space to reflect and learn new techniques for managing situations.

 

 Farida Esat, Primary School Teacher, Cedars Infant School
xué have been very understanding and my personal information was shared with a trusted consultant. Communication methods are excellent and their approach has helped me to be firm with decisions made and stand by them strongly.

 

 Operations Manager, Local Authority
My recent xué coaching session was very ‘person centred’, I felt listened to and the session was very much geared around what I needed. The coach was friendly, professional and responsive to need and the session has provided a focus at a potentially difficult time in my career development.

 

 Successful Interviewee
Thank you . . . I know that it was the xué programme that made me confident enough to go there and ‘sock it to them’!

 

 Karen Watkinson, Head of Corporate Assurance, NHS Nottingham City
Supportive one to one environment with personalised feedback resulting in maximum output from the session.