Testimonials

Hear What My Clients Say

Testimonials

Hear What My Clients Say

Claire

Before coaching with Sam, presenting felt terrifying. I struggled with panic and breathlessness. Sam listened without judgment and gave me simple, personalised tools that truly helped. Within days, I confidently spoke at a conference of 250 people. Coaching with Sam made a real difference. I highly recommend her.

Luigi Crobo, Head of Retail, T M. Lewin

Sam truly understands retail. She delivers tailored, practical training that boosts confidence, improves communication, and brings out the best in people. We've seen stronger sales, better conversion, and improved staff retention. If you're serious about developing your team, I can't recommend Sam highly enough.

Dan Braithwaite, Managing Director, Pertemps Network Catering & RMG Models

Sam’s executive coaching helped me uncover my true ‘why’ and sharpen my leadership. Her open, honest approach made it easy to engage and grow. I've since empowered my team with greater autonomy and clarity. I’d recommend Sam 100%, she’s personable, qualified, and truly hits the mark.

Andy Long, People Development Director, Pertemps

Sam brings a grounded, practical approach that just works. She has helped us build a coaching culture and boost collaboration, confidence, and productivity. Her sessions are never off the shelf. They are always relevant, flexible, and impactful. I cannot recommend her enough.

Liam Stanbridge, Co-founder and Director of Mortgages, Turtle Mortgages

Sam asks the right questions at the right times to make me think in a certain way, and often break things down to become so much clearer. It was working with Sam that was able to break things down and give me clarity on where it was going, what I was doing, putting purpose into everything.

Paula Nickolds, speaking at a podium or presentation, who provided this testimonial about Sam's coaching and leadership. — ‘Sam’s capability in coaching and leadership is evident. My experience of Sam is that she is an empathetic and perceptive individual whose combination of insightfulness, care and commitment to helping people to realise their full potential is compelling as both a leader and a coach. She understands a great deal about relationships and has lots of experience of the challenges of leadership from the various leadership positions in which she has successfully delivered. I have seen her skilfully navigate coaching and mentoring relationships, making a real difference to those she has worked with and I know she’ll utilise these skills as coach or consultant to gain insight to find the right solutions for forward momentum. I would certainly recommend Sam, both as a coach and as an expert in leadership and employee engagement.’

-PAULA NICKOLDS
CEO White Company, previously GM and Clothing Commercial Director Sainsbury’s and MD John Lewis

Simon Hawtrey-Woore, smiling, the Programme Manager at BRC Leaders Summer School, who provided this testimonial. — On Sam’s facilitation capability as Programme Manager at the BRC Leaders Summer School 2022 'I think your humour was fantastic and I think it’s really important. Self-reflection and development are very worthy and can be intense and I think you had a wonderful balance with that with your humour and your energy. You never waived to show care, you never wavered for the quality of the messaging delivered or being off message, but you did keep it at the right time. In fact, your timing was probably of the essence in terms of when you kept the mood light and when you changed it - it was really inspiring to watch and how you held the group.'

-SIMON HAWTREY-WOORE

Lucy Potter, smiling, a client who provided a testimonial for the 7-week Menopause course. — Having just completed a 7 week Menopause course with Sam, I’m firstly grateful for giving myself the time and space to solely focus on me and my wellbeing. Sam was fantastic throughout, offering advice, genuine support and creating a safe environment for us to openly share our experiences. Each week we explored a different topic designed to help us navigate the challenges of peri-menopause and menopause in the most positive way. Thank you so much Sam, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the weekly group sessions and was sad to see them come to an end.

-LUCY POTTER

Simon Jacques, smiling, an executive coaching client of Sam's who provided this testimonial. — 'Engaging Sam as my Executive Coach has worked really well for my development and for my business. Sam’s coaching is effective at improving my decision-making as her objectivity introduces different elements for me to consider so my final decision is therefore better refined. I unpack a lot of my thinking with Sam which helps me to process it and since having a confidential, executive coach, I feel more able to handle my stress levels, meaning I am more present at home as well as at work. Sam’s coaching achieves an important balance as it can feel therapeutic, yet she still holds me firmly to account for what I said I will achieve. I have learnt about myself through coaching and I re-engaged Sam‘s support when our first executive coaching package came to an end and this arrangement continues to support me well. I would highly recommend Sam as an executive coach.'

-SIMON JACQUES
Director, Future Interiors Ltd and Co-founder of OVB, Oxhey Village Brewery.

Karen Mitchell, smiling, a client who provided a testimonial about her coaching experience with Sam. — 'I wanted a coach as I knew what I wanted to achieve from my professional and personal life but it felt rather large and I didn’t know where to start. My husband, myself and our two young children were excited to be emigrating from the UK to Australia but I also wanted to develop my own career so I knew I needed to plan and understand how I could successfully manage relocating my family without sacrificing my career. I met with Sam face-to-face initially to discuss my situation, but the majority of our coaching was done virtually. In 8 months preceding my departure, our conversations were wide-ranging but Sam’s keen listening picked out my blind spots where I didn’t notice opportunities for different approaches in my remit. Or other ways to view my situation that I only saw as an obstacle. Sam used questioning to encourage me to find my own answers to my own ‘perceived’ blockers. She’s skilled at picking up on particular words and phrases that led to insightful discussion, helping to dig deeper into relevant areas in a firm and supportive style. Definitely helped by Sam’s coaching, when we got to Australia, I had a plan already underway and, whilst not everything went smoothly, I had different options to respond to these challenges. After a year in Australia, I absolutely have the professional role I wanted, with the family transitioning well into the life we all hoped for. I would strongly recommend working with Sam as she proved to be an excellent coach for me.'

-KAREN MITCHELL

VICKI YOUNG
(Head of Learning, British Retail Consortium)

'Working with you personally, gives us the opportunity to add you to our portfolio and look at where we can collaborate in the future or recommend you to any of our customers.'

SENIOR LEADER

'It was really valuable to have an independent partner to talk to. Sam was able to challenge me in a way others I don’t think are comfortable to and also from a different perspective.'

SPECIALIST LEADERSHIP ROLE

'Sam’s style was a good blend of listening and prodding/provoking by asking me questions that challenged my assumptions and got me to really think about why I feel certain ways in certain situations. She is a very good listener....She also challenged my thinking and offered up other avenues that I wouldn’t have considered on my own. Sam is supportive but also offers up challenge which really progressed the conversation.'

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