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The Coaching Academy - 14 Feb 2025

From engineering in the chilly UK to coaching in sunny Spain

In this week's blog we're catching up with Coaching Academy graduate Lars Gerull. Once a mechanical engineer, Lars now specialises in guiding engineers and tech professionals through major career transitions - helping them land roles that aren’t just jobs but true passions. Read on to discover Lar's journey and insights on making bold career moves with confidence!

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The Coaching Academy - 07 Feb 2025

Coaching for Impact: Transforming HR and Leadership

In this week's blog, recent Coaching Academy graduate Gracia​ Horwitz shares her coaching journey and how it has deepened her impact as an HR leader. Believing that HR professionals directly shape business outcomes and company culture, she set out to explore how coaching can drive meaningful change. Now, as a certified coach, she’s empowering managers to lead with confidence, foster growth, and create measurable success within their teams. Read on to discover how coaching is transforming her approach to HR and business performance.

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The Coaching Academy - 31 Jan 2025

Orchestrating Change: A Journey from Musician to Coach

This week we are celebrating the success of our recent graduate Marek Tomaszewski whose inspiring journey from a 20-year musical career to a thriving role as a Life and Business Coach showcases the power of reinvention and resilience.  Now he is channelling his natural curiosity about people into empowering others - helping them to build confidence, master communication, and develop leadership strategies to excel in career transitions. Read on to discover how Marek's coaching journey is inspiring others to reach their full potential.

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The Coaching Academy - 24 Jan 2025

Winning in Your Head First: Merging Basketball & Mindset Performance Coaching

In this week's blog we are catching up with one of our amazing graduates Jack Williams.  Jack has taken his love for basketball and combined it with his passion for mindset performance and has evolved his life coaching business into an exciting multi-faceted mindset & performance coaching business.  From empowering young players on the court to transforming lives off it, his unique approach is inspiring individuals to reach their full potential in every area of life.  Let’s ‘jump’ into his journey, his mission and the impact he’s creating!

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The Coaching Academy - 17 Jan 2025

From Teacher to Coach: A Path of Self-Discovery

This week we are celebrating Coaching Academy graduate Phil Harper a teacher who has recently graduated with us.   Phil trained to become a coach alongside his role as a teacher, he is now embarking on setting up his own coaching business, Compassion Capital. Read on to find out more about his coaching journey and plans for the future.

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The Coaching Academy - 10 Jan 2025

Coaching Through Life's Crossroads & Transitions

For 2025, we’re excited to launch a new way of celebrating your remarkable accomplishments! Every Friday, we’ll feature one of two inspiring coaching journeys: a ‘Student Story,’ showcasing the journey of a recent graduate, or a ‘Graduate Catch-Up,’ where we catch up with alumni later in their coaching career.  First up is a ‘Student Story’ from Jessica Wewer who is a Life Transition Coach. In her coaching practice, she works with individuals navigating periods of transition and transformation. Through thoughtful coaching conversation and structured reflection, she helps her clients uncover their aspirations, reconnect with their passions, and design a clear path forward.

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The Coaching Academy - 13 Dec 2024

Transforming Lives Through Faith-based Coaching

This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Coecilia Valcent who brings her faith and compassion to the forefront of her coaching practice. Through coaching she creates a loving, non-judgmental space where women can discover and fulfil their God-given purpose. With a background as a nurse and mentor, she combines years of care and guidance with a deep understanding of God’s love to help her clients grow, learn, and transform.

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The Coaching Academy - 06 Dec 2024

The power of coaching: Never underestimate your ability

This week's Coach in the Spotlight is Dima Al-Ghamdi, someone who embodies resilience, passion and a true desire to make a difference.  Overcoming personal challenges and learning difficulties, Dima has dedicated her journey to empowering others through coaching, along with mentoring aspiring coaches, writing inspirational book for children with learning difficulties and much more too. From a chance discovery of our free Introduction to Life Coaching event to becoming a coaching powerhouse in the Middle East, read on to hear Dima's inspiring coaching journey.

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The Coaching Academy - 29 Nov 2024

Coaching Women to Thrive in Tech Careers

This week's coach in the spotlight is Caroline Clark, a Coaching Academy graduate who now runs her own business specialising in supporting women through pivotal career moments within the tech and product management space. Caroline is passionate about helping her clients build confidence, achieve their goals, and thrive in their careers. Read on to discover her inspiring story, why she chose this niche, and her top tips for women navigating the challenges of the tech industry.

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We run a number of free webinars from our Introduction to Life Coaching, to sessions covering coaching niches. The next of each of these webinars is displayed below.

Introduction to Life Coaching | Tomorrow, 10:00am

Introduction to NLP | 26th February, 7:00pm

Power of Beliefs in Coaching | 27th February, 12:00pm

Introduction to Coaching Within Education | 13th March, 12:00pm

Introduction to Business Coaching | 23rd April, 7:00pm

Introduction to Corporate Coaching | 14th May, 7:00pm

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