Excecutive & leadership coach
Helping driven professionals untangle their minds, become unstuck & achieve their goals.
The Challenge
Modern-day life is making it increasingly harder to think clearly.
For driven individuals, this noise can make it difficult to make sense of your thoughts and see the steps you need to take to achieve your goals.
Do you:
Have a head full of ideas and competing priorities?
Have big plans for your career and life but struggle to see where to start?
Get stuck overthinking the same big decisions and struggle to take action?
Chances are, you don’t need more advice or to do another course.
Having dedicated time and space to work through your thoughts and challenges with a certified coach will give you the clarity and progress you are looking for.
areas I’m helping clients with
I’ve worked with a wide range of professionals at different stages of their careers and facing different problems.
Here are some examples of how I am helping them and could help you.
If you have a unique challenge or goal that isn’t listed here, get in touch and we can discuss how we can work together to achieve it.
📈 Business Priority Setting
Obstacle: You have lots of ideas buzzing around your head for your business.
Outcomes: Gain clarity on what’s most important and create plans to execute.
✅ Goal realisation
Obstacle: Do you have ambitious goals for your business, career or life but need some help achieving them?
Outcomes: Identify steps to achieve large goals. Gain clarity on the important work required and the accountability and support required.
🕵🏻Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Obstacle: If you are new to a role or leadership position, you can develop self-doubt about your abilities.
Outcomes: Reframe your feelings, identify your competency and gain confidence.
❤️🩹 Wellbeing Improvement
Obstacle: The demands of having a high-pressure career of running a business, coupled with modern life, can leave you feeling burnt out.
Outcomes: Understand your values, focus on what gives you joy and cut through the noise.
Outcomes
After our sessions, clients regularly tell me they leave with:
Practical steps instead of constant overthinking.
Clarity of thought instead of mental chatter.
New, effective ways of thinking.
Identifying what is actually holding them back and what needs to be done about it.
Having someone genuinely invested in their growth and success.
Read more client success stories below.
“Jake has provided me with the clarity I desperately needed.”
Vikki - Business Development Manager, Medical Industry
client feedback
Below are some excerpts from recent client testimonials:
“I warmly recommend Jake as a professional career coach.
Through well-managed sessions and insightful questions, he has effectively provoked my thinking.
His approach is constructive and empathic yet results-oriented.
I appreciate the positive impact his guidance has had in navigating through key questions.”
— Ville S, Manager - Wartila“Jake has provided me the clarity I desperately needed.
In a brain full of work, family, ideas and sometimes chaos, he has been instrumental in giving me some headspace back to make measured decisions about my work and my future.
I would highly recommend Jake as a coach; his help has really enabled me to succeed.”
— Vikki W - Business Development Manager - Drayton Medical Services“Jake has this rare ability to cut through the noise and help you make sense of where you are, what is actually holding you back, and what you need to do next.
I left sessions with genuine clarity and a clear sense of direction, which for someone with a head full of ideas and projects is genuinely priceless.
I cannot recommend him highly enough.”
— Charlie R - Business OwnerAbout Me
I’m a certified Executive and Leadership Coach based in Portsmouth, UK, but working with clients remotely.
I started my career over 15 years ago as a Design Engineer, progressing into engineering leadership and management positions within leading global businesses.
The common theme throughout my professional career and personal life is my passion for the personal development of myself and my team.
I am an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and actively coach within a global technology company.
Coaching has allowed me to turn this passion into a way of helping a wide range of professionals and business owners.
Through coaching, I’ve worked with professionals at different stages of their careers, from early-career professionals to directors and founders, across over 10 countries.
Outside of coaching, I’m a husband and father who loves everything about health, fitness and being outside. I practice Brazilian Ju-Jitsu (BJJ), meditate daily and love speciality coffee.
I also enjoy writing on LinkedIn and Substack about Coaching and personal development.
My Coaching Credentials
“I always leave feeling clearer, like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders, and I know what my next steps are.”
Katie - Contracts Professional, Engineering Industry
My Manifesto
I started coaching so that I can help Fun, Interesting & Awesome people overcome the obstacles holding them back and to achieve their goals.
This is what that means:
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You have big dreams for your career, business and life, but you don’t take yourself too seriously.
You laugh and then learn from your mistakes.
You do things that make you happy despite the perceptions of others.
You are willing to have a laugh in the face of challenge.
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You’re interested and interesting.
You have a life-long commitment to learning and growing.
You pursue your passions and interests, no matter how niche or unique they are.
You’re open to new perspectives and open to changing your mind.
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You want to make a positive impact to your family, community or the world.
You’re focussed on human connection, not just profit.
You do awesome things for yourself and others, despite how uncomfortable they may seem.
Through coaching, my mission is to help people with these characteristics achieve their goals and to make their communities better places, one conversation at a time.
If you have one or more of these attributes, get in touch today.
“Through well-managed sessions and insightful questions, he has effectively provoked my thinking.”
Ville - Manager, Engineering Industry
Your questions, answered
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I am an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
As part of this, I have completed extensive coaching training from an ICF accredited course under a Master Coach.
Additionally, I have completed internal coaching courses to industry standards.
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I have 100+ hours of coaching, which includes internal clients and those within my private practice.
I have coached people from early careers, experts, middle and senior managers, directors, business owners and founders.
I have also worked with clients in the UK, US, Europe and Asia.
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Coaching packages will be tailored to your specific needs, but below is some indicative investments for reference only:
1-2-1 Coaching£150 per 60 minute session.
Bespoke proposals for coaching programmes.
Intensive Coaching
Individual Sessions
90 minutes sessions = £200
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I am currently in full-time employment, so coaching will be done outside of working hours.
This means a degree of flexibility will be required from both parties to find suitable times for coaching sessions (mornings, evenings and weekends).
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I am based in Hampshire, so can offer face-to-face coaching to select clients in Hampshire, Dorset and West Sussex.
The majority of my coaching is done virtually.
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I follow the core ICF competencies when I coach.
No gimmicks or promising quick fixes, just active listening, powerful questioning and getting to your core values and beliefs so you can make lasting change.
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I am currently only offering coaching on an individual basis.
You can still work for a corporate employer, but the coaching contract will be on a personal level.