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Claire Palmer
Executive and Personal Coach
Claire@cpcoaching.co.uk
+44 (0)1403 270108
www.cpcoaching.co.uk
Claire is a Coach with over 10 years coaching experience as well as 17 years corporate business experience which include extensive team leadership and project management both nationally and internationally.
Taking an holistic approach to coaching, Claire focuses on all aspects of personal development and leadership. She is described as professional and results-orientated, maintaining high integrity; pragmatic, supportive, intuitive, enthusiastic and positive with a special blend of ‘lightness and energy’.
Coaching Services
- ‘Developing you further as a Leader’ – Executive Coaching
- ‘Time for You’ – Personal Coaching
- ‘Developing Your Business’ – Coaching for Business Owners
- ‘Learning more about Yourself’ – Assessments & Tools
- Expanding the Possibilities
Coaching Credentials
- Graduate of CoachU (the largest global coach training institution)
- Post-graduate diploma in ‘Advanced Executive Coaching’ with the Academy of Executive Coaching, London, UK
- Completing a Post-graduate certificate in Coaching, Middlesex University, London, UK.
- President of UK International Coach Federation (ICF) 2006-07, a past board member 2003-06
- Co-chair of the ICF Global Regulatory Committee.
"As a Managing Director you are often “alone” on the top with your ideas, concerns, and challenges in your business environment as well as in your organisation. Claire has an amazing talent of understanding the very specific in a given situation, thus being able to coach and guide you in the direction which afterwards can appear obvious – but before coaching not reachable. Each coaching session is a step forward in business as it is for your personal development!"
—UK Country Manager, Global Pharmaceutical Company
July 2007
In This Issue
Midlife career changes are, by nature, exciting and gratifying. And because they tend to shake up our carefully crafted world, they can be scary and confusing. Read the lead article this month for some tips on breaking down these barriers to change. The other article contains a provocative exploration of whether we should spend more time improving our weaknesses or our strengths. To reply to this newsletter, please click here.
Overcoming the Obstacles to Midlife Career Change
Midlife is a lot like being a teenager again--only with more wisdom. We may not stay out all night and run with a wild crowd, but many in their 40s and 50s experience the same restlessness and yearning for change. We're still asking questions about what we want to be when we grow up, but the questions are deeper, more profound. This time we won't settle for less than what makes us truly happy. Full story here.
Play to Your Strengths
How often have you invested in a training to try to improve something you felt you were not good at? Perhaps it was a seminar in marketing, sales, personnel management or public speaking. For most of us, trying to improve our weak areas in operating our business or managing our department comes with the territory. Whatever the area, we feel as if we are required to do battle with what we don't do well. Read more here.
The following questions are designed to broaden perspectives, to open vistas, to widen the lens. There is no one right way to approach them. You can journal about them, talk to friends, create art... View questions here.
Upcoming Events
It is starting to become very important that all coaches have a supervisor as buyers of coaching are now making the specific request "who is your supervisor?" It is of huge value for continuous professional development and to ensure you're providing the best possible service to your clients.
I have been doing supervision for well over a year now within my role with a leadership development organisation and I am now offering supervision for independent coaches. My intent is "to provide a safe space where you, as a coach, are stretched and your learning is enhanced by reflection which then makes a positive difference in your coaching work." If you're an active coach and are interested then please contact me for more information.
From September onwards I have a number of reduced rate slots as I fine-tune my supervision model ahead of my research towards my Masters.
About Claire Palmer Coaching
"I bring all my experience and training together in my coaching. My mission is to ‘Expand your Potential’ enabling you to realize and achieve what’s so important for you. My coaching is flexible to your individual needs using tools and assessments where we think they can add value.
My favourite clients are those who are looking to learn about themselves and achieve results. They don’t take themselves too seriously. They are open and honest with themselves and others. If you think I might be the right coach for you then please do call or email for an informal discussion."
Relevant Reading
60-Minute Strategic Plan, by John E. Johnson and Anne Marie Smith
Brand It Yourself: The Fast, Focused Way to Marketplace Magic, by Lynn Altman
Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins: How to Use Your Own Stories to Communicate With Power and Impact, by Annette Simmons
Today's Quote
"The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet."
--Theodore M. Hesburgh
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