I had the privilege to be coached by Dolon. Love her approach and the experience. She really made me comfortable, I found it really easy to open up with her. Which helped me get into a powerful reflection process, She helped me gain some great insights.

In 2019, I set out to develop and improve myself and my business. I wanted to find purpose. However, I struggled to maintain momentum on my own. I needed a sounding board. Gail Gibson was my first choice as a coach – we’ve known each other for years, although we’ve only met once in person. From June 2021 – June 2022, Gail has coached me. She’s opened my eyes to self-care, so I have the mindset to continue through – whatever life throws at me. She’s coached me through considerable changes in my business – I’ve gone from freelancer to business owner. Even I see the differences in myself and my attitude. Our monthly session makes me realise I’m what drives my business forward. Thank you, Gail, for everything you have done for me and brought to me this year. You are an incredible human being and an inspiration.

I started a small business with the idea that it would provide an income and lifestyle for myself, Catherine, and the children until I retired. However, as the business grew, we recognized that we did not have the right skillsets required to push the business forward. We decided to approach the next stage of business growth stage by working on the business and identifying options and opportunities, with support from you as our executive coach.

The challenges we faced were to efficiently run, manage and deliver the work required, continue making the business viable, and explore ways to activate and build growth in the public and private sectors. Mostly, we found ourselves firefighting, to keep up with staff challenges, financial reports, invoicing, training, and customer service. It was time to regain control of being the Directors of our business, to lead and work on the business, not simply work in it.

As challenges arose, and as the business grew, your support and guidance helped us gain clarity, purpose, and direction. You were our sounding board, as you listened intently while we offloaded what was happening in our business. Together we would explore options and create a plan of action, with clear focus and direction. Catherine and I highly valued you and your business knowledge, advice, and continued support.

We have evolved. Now, Catherine and I regularly make time to review what is going on. Through organic business growth, a sound marketing strategy, successful tenders, and referrals, we now have streamlined systems, processes, and have the right people and skillsets in place. In 2015, when we began working with you, we had six on the team. In 2021, we have fifteen. Less time firefighting allows us to lead the team, take a bird’s eye view of performance and progress, whilst continuing to be a key part of delivering a high standard of service to our clients. When something happens, we are less reactive. We find ourselves taking risks and find that trying new ways frequently leads to better results.

As people, Catherine and I have grown considerably in how we approach business, nurture, grow our team, and sustain growth. Through your coaching, we recognize that the key to our success is playing to our individual and team strengths. We acknowledge that taking this approach allows our strengths to consistently guide and propel our business to new heights.

Thank you, Gail, you have given us the confidence to make better, purposeful, and strategic decisions in business. We highly recommend business leaders engage your business consultancy and executive leadership coaching service.

Thank you for being an amazing coach – your candid conversation and direction really helped me and I thoroughly enjoyed our conversations !! Would really like to keep in touch and hope I can connect with you in the future, if that’s okay with you.

Victoria coached me through the transition of changing jobs to a new company. I wanted to focus on making an impact in the first 100 days and boost my confidence. She helped me in figuring out what I was most scared of and I realised that I was mostly overthinking! The support of having a neutral person to explore ideas with and plan my actions was really beneficial and I still use some of the techniques I learned to this day. Her kind and thoughtful style was exactly the sounding board I needed at that time.

I got the opportunity to be coached when I was promoted to a more senior role last year. Victoria helped me visualise what I wanted to work through and the coaching tools helped me identify different thought processes. She recognised my feelings and really pushed me to think deeper to come up with things I’d never realised. She was direct when I needed it but always brought me back to what I wanted to achieve.

What I value most is Gail’s ability as an executive master coach, to be grounded, her “CanDo” attitude, focus and ability to put people at ease to make a lasting connection. She has built good, trusted relationships, and helped people pivot to their dreams and aspirations.

I found that Gail’s dedicated focus, deep listening, and tailored approach helped me make positive progress through the 6-month programme. Her executive coaching style enabled comfortable sessions that encouraged me to share my challenges and thoughts more confidently. She was able to identify my strengths and the focus areas I can improve upon and provided easy to work on tips that I could implement and practice. Listening attentively, encouragement and sharing of relatable experiences from her corporate days, helped prepare and equip me to continue building more awareness, responsibility, confidence, and purpose in my ability to fully embrace my new leadership role.