When I began the mentoring programme I was very stressed finding it hard to balance all my commitments. During the programme I made major changes. I now live somewhere where I have everything I am committed to and passionate about. Physically I have never looked better. I was never considered overweight but I have lost 7 kilos with no effort simply because I am living in harmony. Not a day goes by that I don’t pinch myself – I just can’t believe how my life now is. That would not have happened without my work with Deb. The journey will be different for everyone because one of Deb’s unique strengths is to really listen to other people and hear what they are saying – between the lines!

Thank you for believing in me and encouraging me to step up and start living to my full potential. I have changed my life, leaving a stressful job to follow my dreams and am living from my values

Deborah has a holistic approach understanding that life, work, values and goals don’t operate in isolation. She has encouraged me to view my workplace and my professional career with new eyes and with a new sensibility. Often we are highly self-critical, even judgemental, taking a ‘hard-ass’ approach to skills development, that is a ‘must do, need to, should, could, would’ form of professional boot camp…Deborah invites you to instead find connections, mapping an approach your professional and career development from the space of recognising your achievements, how to align with and work to your strengths and values with a sense of life’s purpose guiding your self-directed choices. Deborah has assisted me in creating a future trajectory for my career development as I begin to move into a new leadership role. At a time when I felt frustrated, overwhelmed and isolated in the work place, she has provided me with valuable tools and a sense of career direction so that I now feel in charge and also excited by my professional, and dare I say it, personal future!

I was at a crossroads in my life. I felt I had reached an impasse and was anxious about the future. After I clarified my values my self-esteem improved, I felt more confident to make decisions. Knowing and experiencing the benefits of this self-knowledge has made daunting and conflicting choices easier to make. This approach was a very simple way for me to rethink my situation and something I could return to when my judgement became clouded.

I had many staff challenges when I began the mentoring programme, these challenges were causing me a lot of stress and anxiety. Through the programme I have developed my leadership capabilities and confidence, my personal work performance has improved and benefitted however the true benefit has been the performance I have observed from the team I lead and through business improvement.

I have focus, clear goals that are being achieved. I am working from my own strengths and leading the development of my team through a strengths based approach. I have a more cohesive, effective and higher performing team that is aligned and working together using each other’s strengths to achieve our shared vision and performance goals. I am able to make tough decisions as I focus on our key business goals.

Now I’m consciously thinking about my strengths. When I come up against a challenge, I think of ways I can use my strengths to address it. Things come to mind I would not have thought of otherwise.

After having children I knew I wanted a radical change of career from what I had done before, but I was really struggling to identify my future direction. In a coaching session Deborah was very helpful in asking all the right questions, which helped me to clarify the direction I should go in. I have now been practicing successfully as a careers coach for over 6 years.

We retained Miles’ services to facilitate a combined Board and management planning meeting… Miles was incredibly effective. He demonstrated an extraordinary ability to understand our somewhat complex operating environment, and the outcome considerably exceeded our expectations. Miles ensured that every voice was heard and that all ideas and opinions were respected. In short, he was an outstanding facilitator.

I was taking on a senior management role and was required to provide leadership at a level I had not experienced before. I was challenged by being a member of a senior management team, contributing to discussions at a very senior level. Through the coaching I experienced a level of personal growth that I have not experienced before. I was challenged and stretched, I gained clarity about what I stand for and who I could become. I became an active and contributing member of the senior management team.

I gained confidence and the tools to deal with difficult circumstances at work in a way that I otherwise would not have been equipped to do. I developed as a leader and a person. For me it was the most exciting and useful journey.

Deb is an inspiring coach, cheering you on to be the very best you can be. Deb was my coach for over 12 months and worked with me to identify, develop, and leverage my strengths as well as bring focus to what is important in the whole of life purpose and values. My work with Deb has created new capacities and possibilities both in professional and personal aspects of life.

Overall my mental health, personal happiness, sense of fulfilment and accomplishment at work and home have significantly improved from having engaged Miles… Most importantly, I feel resolved and without regret while caring for my terminally ill mum. This was not expected to be a focus, but frequently he’s been a huge help as I deal with grief, loss, guilt and managing my emotions and communication with key relationships around work and family life priorities.

Miles helps leaders unlock the full potential of their organisations, creating a more engaged and focused workforce that leverages collective effort and delivers superior outcomes for the business.

I was facing a lot of change when I began the programme. My relationship had broken down, I moved house, my social network disintegrated. Through identifying my values everything suddenly became very clear and straightforward. Today, I am a woman who knows who she is and what is important to her, who makes her daily choices in life based on her values and never looks back.