LEADERSHIP COACHING
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Coaching for mid-career professionals aspiring to or moving into Senior Leadership
Not interested in Leadership?
If you’re stuck, lost or lacking motivation, the Personal & Career Coaching programmes are made for you.
This Coaching Programme is for mid-career Professionals who want to…
Hone communication, negotiating and influencing skills to effect positive change
Strengthen confidence, gravitas and impact to become an inspiring Leader
Navigate challenging dynamics and interpersonal relationships at work
Understand how life experiences impact Leadership style and ability
Avoid burnout
Become competent at balancing organisational, people and client needs
Align work, purpose and values
Gain insights into working with Executives, Directors and Boards
Develop dynamic and responsive (not reactive) leadership skills
Build a leadership development roadmap
3-month self-funded programme
£870 (or £290 pcm)
4-month employee programme
£1,800 (or £450 pcm)
Self-Understanding is Empowering
Hogan Leadership Assessment
Comprehensive, data-driven, and science-backed psychometric tools to help Leaders understand their strengths, how they are hindering their own progress, what may derail them under stress, and the values that drive their decisions.
This tool helps:
+ Unlock and build leadership capability
+ Maximise leadership effectiveness
+ Empower and inform leaders
Included in employer-funded programmes
Your Coach and Programme Lead : Donna Burgess
Fractional Business Operations & People/HR Leader. Charity Trustee. Non-Executive Director.
10+ years of Executive/Senior leadership and 20+ years of leading teams.
ICF (ACC) and EMCC (Senior) Accredited Coach. Certified Neurodivergent Coach.
Certified Hogan Leadership Assessment Practitioner.
CMI-trained Business Manager & Leader. ILM-certified Diversity Champion. CIPD Member.
The case for why Coaching is vital for mid-career Professionals and the organisations they work for
Mid-career professionals are frequently the people responsible for implementation, delivery and the realisation of an organisation’s strategic goals.
Many are already leading something: a project, an initiative, a function.
Those who excel in their discipline are often promoted into formal leadership positions. This transition, when scaffolded by training, mentoring and coaching, creates impactful leaders who are adept at juggling the trifecta of organisational, people and client needs.
These Leaders are the people that Executives and Directors need around them now; and who organisations need in as their future Executives.
Leaders thrive when they are coached and mentored.
Organisations flourish when they invest in their Leaders.
Leadership Coaching Programmes
Options available for both self-funding and employer-funded professionals.
Programmes are business- and psychologically-informed, and structured to ensure Coachees
benefit from the cumulative growth and change that a sustained period of coaching provides.
Self-Funded Programme
Self-funded Coaching Programme
3 month Coaching Programme
For
Newly promoted or aspiring Senior/Executive Leaders
Includes
+ Pre-Coaching Activities
+ Coachee Metrics (start + end)
+ Six fortnightly Coaching Sessions (60min each)
+ Takeaway Resources tailored to the Coachee
+ Ad-hoc (asynchronous) support in-between sessions
For individuals wishing to explore coaching via their employer, see the Funding Assistance note below.
Self-funded : £870 (or £290 pcm)
No VAT. 15% discount for returning clients.
Self-Funded Coaching RoadMap
Sessions 1 : Discovery
Intensive Mapping
(baseline metrics, focus areas)
Sessions 2-3 : Self-Understanding
Leadership Identity & Resilience
(stress, imposter syndrome, leadership style under pressure)
Sessions 4-5 : Becoming an Effective Leader
Presence & Execution
(gravitas, influencing upward, feedback, delegation)
Session 6 : Integration
Integration & Roadmap
(embed changes, map out medium-term development plan)
Employee Programme
Employee Coaching Programme
4 month Coaching Programme
For
Organisations investing in mid-tier leadership development for growth, effectiveness and leadership pipelines.
Includes
+ Kick-off meeting
+ Pre-Coaching Activities
+ Coaching Metrics (start + end)
+ Hogan Leadership Assessment
+ Eight fortnightly Coaching sessions (60min each)
+ Mid-point Review Meeting
+ Takeaway Resources tailored to the Coachee
+ Ad-hoc (asynchronous) support in-between sessions
+ Post-Coaching Review Meeting
Employer-funded : £1,800 (or £450 pcm)
No VAT. 15% discount for charities & social ventures.
Employee Programme RoadMap
Sessions 1-2 : Discovery
Conceptualise organisational & leadership context, professional experience, personal strengths, skills gaps & growing edges.
Sessions 3-5 : Self-Understanding
Understand leadership & communication styles when under pressure, learn techniques to manage stress & avoid burnout, tackle imposter syndrome, strengthen self-belief & confidence.
Sessions 6-7 : Becoming an Effective Leader
Develop leadership presence and gravitas, know your audience, hone communication skills, feedback & delegation skills.
Session 8 : Integration
Embed the change for sustained momentum. Define next steps.
In line with ICF and EMCC Codes of Ethics, the content of coaching sessions is not shared with a Coachee’s employer.
Funding Assistance
The benefits of Coaching at an individual, team and organisational level are clear and proven. And, encouragingly, many employers now include coaching as part of an employee's training or L&D budget. Understandably, to justify this investment, they do need to see a clear connection between coaching objectives and organisational goals.
If you're an employee interested in Coaching and would like help thinking through how to raise this as a training/L&D request with your employer, please get in touch.
All Coaching Programmes are neurodivergent-inclusive, anti-oppressive and psychologically-informed by design.
Coaching Effectiveness - Client Feedback
Organisations/Clients who have invested in Leadership Coaching for their People
Employer-Funded Coaching : Return-on-Investment (ROI)
82% of UK managers are "accidental managers", promoted with no formal leadership training.
Even at senior level, over a quarter of leaders report never having had proper management training.
(Source: Chartered Management Institute, CMI)
Half of employees with a poor manager plan to leave within the year.
Untrained leadership increases workforce attrition, pushing people, knowledge and money out the door.
(Source: CMI, 2023)
Replacing an employee costs UK employers an average of 6–9 months' salary.
For a mid-career professional on £50,000, that's £25,000–£37,500, on top of the disruption.
Coaching is a fraction of that cost, and helps keep the person you already trained, engaged and contributing.
(Source: CIPD)
Programme Lead & Head Coach : Donna Burgess
Coaching with me is centred around growth, identity and sustainable leadership. My approach is informed by real world, international, multi-sector, senior and executive leadership experience. Backed up by training and accreditation in a breadth of business practices, coaching and psychological modalities. Having become effective at balancing an organisation’s needs, with that of its people; I am keen to help others do the same.
This Coaching programme is rooted in ethical and anti-oppressive practice, and is neurodivergent inclusive.
Let’s connect and explore if coaching might be what you need right now.
You can email me: hello@donnaburgess.co.uk or WhatsApp me or Book a call with me.
Experience:
Board Member (Charity and Technology sectors).
10+ years of Executive/Senior leadership
20+ years of leading teams
Career Path : Engineer > Technologist > Delivery/Project Manager > Portfolio/Programme Lead > Head of People & Business Operations > Fractional Leader, Coach + Board Member
Professional experience spans start-ups/scale-ups, SMEs, CICs, charities, agencies, local and central government, technical consultancies and global entities.
Qualified & Accredited
Accredited with the EMCC : European Mentoring and Coaching Council (Senior Practitioner)
Accredited with the ICF : International Coaching Federation (ACC)
Certified Neurodivergent Inclusive Coach.
Certified Hogan Assessment Practitioner.
CMI-trained Business Manager & Leader.
ILM-certified Diversity Champion.
CIPD Member.
Feel free to read more about my credentials and the impact of coaching with me.