Coaching

“We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware we cannot help but change.”

Sheryl Sandberg

I specialise in helping leaders working in high-stress, high-stakes environments do their best work and thrive.

I am an integrated practitioner which means that although I start from a coaching stance, if needed, I draw on my expertise and training as a psychotherapist to help you achieve your goals. This means that, with me as your thinking partner, we may reflect on your relational style, typical patterns of behaviour, as well as your default stress responses when under pressure, so that you can make sustainable and meaningful changes in your work and life.

My coaching programmes are designed to help where you: 

  • Are transitioning to a Board-Level or senior leadership role and would like to reflect on how best to set yourself up for success
  • Are already operating at a senior level in a high-stress environment that you love but wish to develop a healthier and more balanced relationship to work to ensure you can continue to thrive
  • Have experienced burnout or illness and are returning to work and want to do so in a sustainable manner
  • Are considering making some significant changes in your working life and need a confidential space to explore this
  • Have some challenging relationships at work and could do with a safe space to reflect on how best to manage these.
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Brilliant session...Jean was extremely insightful.
Internal Comms Senior Leader
Thank you so much, that was such a great session and fantastic to share experiences and know that we’ve not been in this alone. Great advice and learnings from Jean, and from the groups. Thank you again.
Corporate Communications Director
I really enjoyed the topic and also getting a chance to network in the breakout sessions. I’ve joined a number of webinar sessions so far – topics are great, but the opportunity to chat to others is limited so it was great to use the technology.
Internal Comms Professional
Awesome discussion. Really great to connect with other individuals who are facing similar challenges in the Covid‑19 space. Lots of food for thought and a realisation that I am ‘kinda doing’ a lot of the right things but other powerful ideas as to what I could do.
Senior Leader.
A brilliant couple of days, thank you! Feeling confident about next year as a team working closely together.
Senior Leader
It was great to have a session with tangible outputs and useful new tools and ways of working. Came out really excited about the future.
Workshop participant
After my first session with Jean, I felt like a weight had lifted from my shoulders. She has enabled me to reflect and see patterns in my approach to work. I had no boundaries. Jean has helped me manage ‘live’ work situations and develop strategies to apply to future scenarios.
Senior Leader, Creative Industries
Working with Jean has been the best investment in me and my career.
Senior Leader Creative Industries
Jean came to me highly recommended. It was my first experience of coaching and I felt a little apprehensive. However, during the courtesy introductory session Jean’s warm, professional and quietly probing approach put me at ease and made me realise we would work well together. After 3 two-hour sessions I felt I had really turned a corner. I had acquired a deeper understanding of my responses to situations and had strategies to deal with them moving forward. I had more clarity regarding my career aspirations and a much better idea of how to achieve them. I would not hesitate to recommend Jean.
Senior Legal professional
I was just reflecting on the session and wanted to say a big thank you for guiding us through to a great outcome. The honesty and commitment shown to get to an improved way of prioritising, scoping, delivering and measuring campaigns makes me feel very confident that we’ll get to a truly integrated approach. Talk about solving BIG business challenges!
Global Head Internal Comms
Thanks for facilitating such a fun, creative and engaging session. Doing all that you do despite the challenges of a Zoom world is incredible.
Head of Communications
Just a message to say thank you for an excellent job today, particularly when you're not feeling 100%. You handle these difficult situations beautifully and it's just wonderful to feel confident that customers will be so safe in your hands .
Commercial Director
That was fantastic today Jean, thank you, it's been a fairly mammoth couple of weeks of sessions and you've dealt with it all wonderfully.
Commercial Director
I just wanted to say a very big thank you for the session this afternoon. I have received lots of messages to express how much they got out of the session and already we’ve got a 30 mins session in for Friday to reflect and agree some of the things we want to move forward on.
Director of Communications
I just wanted to drop you a line to thank you for your support over the last 6–12 months. As you know it’s been a turbulent period for me and I appreciate your guidance during this difficult time.
NHS Operations Leader
Jean created a space for reflection but gently challenged where appropriate. There were useful suggestions for work to do between sessions to build on strategies and maximise benefit.
Coaching client
I just wanted to say the most enormous thank you for our 1:1 coaching session last week. It was so helpful to talk through the issues and it has really shaped my thinking over the last week. Our discussions last week really helped me think about approaches to communicating with impact!
Clinical professor
Thanks Jean, I'm not sure the NHS deserves your awesomeness but we appreciate it!
A&E Staff Nurse
Thank you so much – I found that very useful, therapeutic even. Jean was great and it was good to have a chance to discuss things in the breakout.
Freelance Change Consultant
Thanks again for your support last week which helped me crystallise my plans.
NHS Clinician and Senior Leader
Thank you for the work you have been doing over the last couple of years. It has made such a difference.
Director of Human Resources, NHS
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Contact me on 07968 722491 or email me at jean@jeanburke.co.uk

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