1:1 Coaching
One to one. In private. No agenda. For some leaders, this is where everything shifts.
Group programmes change how leaders think and behave in the room together. Coaching changes how they think and behave when they’re on their own — facing a situation they haven’t faced before, navigating a relationship that isn’t working, or trying to hold their nerve in circumstances that would test anyone.
It’s a different kind of work. And for some leaders, it’s the work that changes everything.
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You don’t have to have done our programmes to work with us one to one.
Organisations commission coaching for their people for all sorts of reasons. A leader who is technically excellent but struggling with the people side. A relationship at the top of the house that has become difficult. Someone navigating a transition — a new role, a restructure, a redundancy — who needs clear thinking and honest support.
Recent clients have come to us with:
Tricky working relationships that aren’t resolving on their own
Situations requiring difficult conversations they haven’t been able to have
Executive coaching for senior leaders at significant moments in their careers
Support navigating redundancy — their own, or someone else’s
The aftermath of conflict that needs more than a group workshop
Whatever the starting point, the work is the same. Honest. Focused. Built entirely around the specific situation the leader is in.
How Jo works
We start with you — not the situation.
Before we get into whatever is happening, we take time to understand how you work. Your behavioural traits, your defaults under pressure, the patterns that show up when things get difficult. Most people arrive at coaching with a clear picture of what’s going wrong. Fewer have looked honestly at their own part in it.
That’s where we begin. Because once you can see your blind spots — the behaviours you default to without noticing, the gap between what you intend and how you’re actually landing — everything else becomes clearer. The difficult relationship. The conversation you keep avoiding. The situation that keeps repeating itself.
From there, every coaching journey is different. Some leaders need to work on a specific relationship or situation. Others are navigating something bigger — a transition, a restructure, a moment of genuine uncertainty. Some arrive knowing exactly what they want to tackle. Others arrive knowing something needs to change but not quite sure what.
All of that is fine. The starting point is a good-fit call — a straightforward conversation about where you are, how you work, and whether working together makes sense.
“The goal isn’t to give you answers. It’s to help you think more clearly about the questions you’re already carrying.”
Is coaching right for your leader?
Coaching tends to be the right choice when:
A leader is capable and committed but keeps hitting the same wall
There’s a specific relationship or situation that needs focused attention
Something significant has changed — a new role, a restructure, a difficult transition
A group programme has started something that needs continuing one to one
The leader simply needs space to think, with someone who will be honest with them
How it works
A fixed number of sessions, shaped around what the leader needs.
We start with a block of six sessions. That’s enough time to make meaningful progress on whatever you’re navigating, and to get a clear sense of whether continuing makes sense.
After that, it’s flexible. Some leaders come back for another block. Others dip in and out as situations arise. Some find six sessions is exactly what they needed and that’s the end of it. All of that is fine — the work shapes itself around what the leader actually needs, not a predetermined number of sessions.
Each session is up to an hour, usually on Zoom. There is no fixed agenda. The session is led by what you bring to it.
Coaching is commissioned by organisations on behalf of their leaders. If you’re an individual looking for coaching, get in touch and we’ll discuss what’s possible.
Also part of Human Leadership
Every Human Leadership participant gets 1:1 coaching as part of the programme.
The sessions don’t end when Human Leadership does. Every participant gets individual coaching time with Jo afterwards — not to debrief the programme, but to keep the momentum going in real life. A difficult conversation coming up. A relationship that isn’t shifting the way you hoped. The coaching gives you space to think out loud, and someone to think alongside.
Find out more about Human Leadership →Our other programmes
Coaching works alongside everything else we do.
Human Leadership
Four to six weeks, remote, with weekly actor practice. 1:1 coaching is included as part of the programme.
Learn more →Trust Repair Workshop
For leadership teams who have already fractured and need to rebuild fast. Usually in under two days.
Learn more →Difficult Conversations Lab
One or two days, in person, with a professional actor. Until the conversation stops feeling difficult.
Learn more →Ready to begin?
Ready to explore whether coaching is right for your leader?
Start with a conversation. We’ll tell you honestly whether coaching is the right next step, and what it’s likely to involve.