Coaching
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
Mary Oliver, A Summer’s Day
All the greatest explorers, sports stars and top CEOs, get support, guidance and coaching that enables them to excel in their chosen sphere of life and work. Could it be time for you to discover who you can become?
Without exception, I have found the people I’ve coached are truly inspirational, because of how they are always up for challenging themselves. My role has been to help them maximise their ability to inspire others with their stories and lives.
Here are a few stories from some of the people I’ve worked with.
Irini Tzortzoglou – Masterchef winner
While cooking is her passion, Irini found herself facing a crisis of confidence in the face of her success. She recognised that underlying this was a lack of self-belief, and she knew she wasn’t alone in doubting her own talent.
She is committed to inspiring others to believe in themselves and follow their dreams whatever they are.
“Deborah helped me uncover and define my core message – and showed me how I can use my Leadership Story to inform and inspire others. Working with her is like cooking with the perfect combination of ingredients – you don’t quite know why it all works together so well but the process is wonderful and the results are exquisite.”
Neil Laughton – Adventurer
Mountaineer, Maverick, Businessman, Speaker and Special Forces Soldier. What hasn’t Neil achieved? He led the young Bear Grylls up Everest, flew a car to Timbuktu, paddle boarded around Easter Island and earned multiple Guinness World Records for the highest dinner party, the most southerly game of cricket (on the South Pole) and various crazy exploits on a penny-farthing.
It was an honour to help shape his extraordinary life into a memoir. We now partner to create Extraordinary Leadership Programmes and Experiences.
“There aren’t many people I consult for leadership guidance, help and support but Deborah is a first-class person and worth having on your team”
Jon Stapleton – Entrepreneur and Founder New Covent Garden Soup Company
When Jon began is entrepreneurial journey as a food scientist, there was not even a category on supermarket shelves for fresh soup because it was always tinned or powdered. They were at the forefront of a new way of thinking and that translated into wisdom and insights that Jon knew could make a difference to other young entrepreneurs in the food industry and beyond. We worked together to ensure Jon’s leadership story best conveyed the messages he wanted to share. He now speaks at conferences around the globe.
“Deborah provided invaluable help in forming my signature talk and this has meant I can offer my leader-ship story in a more succinct and compelling way. Her observation and insights had a real impact on how I shaped the narrative and delivery style. If you are serious about defining your core message and expertise, so you have a better opportunity to influence and inspire your chosen audience, do yourself a favour and get some coaching from Deborah.”
Vicki Anstey – Fitness Influencer
After reaching the finals of Channel 4’s SAS: Who Dares Wins, Vicki was in demand as a speaker. She knew she had only a short window of media interest but had so much more to share. She joined my mastermind group, claimed back her message and redefined her own empowering narrative. We then worked together one to one and she blossomed from nervously reading from a script to delivering a blockbuster talk on the TEDx stage. Vicki is now a powerful advocate of female resilience with a new story to tell; in Summer 2021 she broke a Guinness World Record for rowing the mid-Pacific in 60 days
“Deborah has enabled me to discover what my true story is and how it can evolve. She helped me feel ’safe in sharing the power of my vulnerability on stage and showed me how to sharpen my delivery to create compelling talks and speeches that feel authentic to me and inspire others. It has been an incredibly rewarding process.”
Work with me
If you have a message to share or a story to tell, or you already have a platform from which to inspire and influence people but would like to maximise your impact, get in touch and I can help you define your message, craft your story or signature speech so that you can make your difference in the world, in the way that is right for you.
Here are some of the ways I have been working with my one-to-one clients depending on their needs:
- purpose and fulfilment
- message and mission
- personal brand identity
- stories and inner narratives
- presenting and pitching
- leadership legacy
Are you ready for extraordinary leadership?
Book Deborah to speak at your event, facilitate an insight session for your executive team or explore our leadership programmes.
To discuss your specific needs make contact today.