Caroline Heard
CPsychol
About Caroline
Caroline has worked as an associate coach for Genius Within since 2013, which is before discovering the extent of neurodivergence in her own family. Funnily enough she was always drawn to the idea of unusual and original minds!
Caroline is a Chartered Psychologist with over 25 years’ experience working in a range of private, public and third sector organisations. Over the years she has coached at all levels and different stages of careers. She also currently lectures on the Industrial and Work Psychology MSc programme at the University of Hertfordshire.
Caroline is passionate about supporting neurodifferences in the workplace and the higher education sector. She uses a strengths-based approach in all her coaching to help clients identify their and achieve their full potential. When she is coaching at her best, she is using active listening to get to the heart of what they want. Caroline thrives on facilitating her clients to see their clear way forward.
Christine Lennon
About Christine
Christine is an experienced workplace strategy coach who has worked as an associate coach for GW for the last 7 years.
Christine is experienced in working with a wide range of neurodiverse conditions in the workplace and she enjoys helping people to recognise their own strengths and abilities, to have a belief in themselves and to work towards and have the confidence to achieve their desired goals. Having spent many years working in the public and voluntary sectors she has a special interest in these areas.
Christoffer DeGraal
About Christoffer
Christoffer has built his career in helping people from all walks of life discover, understand and implement best practice changes. He is a coach, facilitator and musician with over 20 years experience in both personal development and group coaching, with qualifications in relational dynamics coaching.
Christoffer has experience in banking, professional services, defence, education, NHS and homelessness. Christoffer has lived experience of neurodivergence, managing long covid and supporting those seeking to destigmatise mental health. Christoffer has long been a proponent of the social model of disability, from his days creating art projects as a form of inclusive activism, touring Europe and South America. Christoffer uses creative tools to facilitate coaching conversations, as well as technology.
Christoffer believes we can all work at our best, but it sometimes requires a mind-set shift and strategies that are a close match with how we think. He also believes we need to be able to navigate and discuss the often unspoken limiting rules, behaviours and environment we may face in today’s workplace. When Christoffer is coaching at his best, he is like a terrier, friendly but rigorous about making sure people know what they are doing and why they are doing it, checking and tweaking to make sure that outcomes are making a difference.
Claire Jackson
About Claire
Claire discovered a lot about herself on the journey she took with her neurodivergent son and received her own dyslexia diagnosis later in life. She has learned to truly value and play to her strengths and, as such, is passionate about supporting neurodifferences in the workplace.
Claire values whole-person and strengths-based coaching approaches to help her clients achieve their full potential. She facilitates space for her clients to reflect, discovers new perspectives, develops strategies, builds confidence and create new opportunities. Claire has a calm, empathetic, and reflective coaching style and uses various coaching tools that complement her clients’ learning styles and development needs.
Prior to setting up her private coaching practice, Claire gained extensive experience in leadership and management roles within large and complex organisations, where coaching became core to her leadership style.
Claire Rostance
ILM Level 5 Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring (Clean Language)
About Claire
As an experienced accredited coach and NLP Practitioner, Claire is passionate about enabling people to be their best and achieve their full potential. Creating a safe space for clients to share their experiences and challenges and enabling them to find the answers. She uses a strengths-based approach empowering clients to create their own personalised strategies.
Clare Broadhurst
MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and in Coaching Psychology
About Clare
Clare is an EMCC Accredited Coach. Clare uses her knowledge from her MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology to help individuals, teams and organisations flourish.
She has a warm and flexible approach to her coaching and helps her clients uncover their strengths to build effective strategies to flourish and thrive at work and at home.
Clare has over 25 years of working in the education sector as a teacher and a senior leader. During this time Clare coached a wide variety of individuals and supported organisations to develop a coaching culture.
Clients describe Clare as a compassionate and kind coach who creates a safe space for them to think and reflect.
Claudine Charles
MSc in Human Resources Development
About Claudine
Claudine is an accredited executive coach, who is passionate about supporting people to operate at their best, and enjoys partnering with her clients to stimulate those “eureka moments,” where they reflect, generate insight, and are mobilised into action with enthusiasm.
Claudine thrives on creating a safe space for clients to be comfortable and transparent, where they can work through any challenges, grasp their attention, or capitalise on a change or opportunity. She strongly believes that people are “response-able”, whole, and creative, so she regularly partners with clients to support them in leveraging their strengths, unraveling any limiting beliefs, as well as “holding up” and simplifying their options, resources, and possibilities. Claudine uses a range of coaching styles and methodologies with clients based on their needs, goals, and preferences.
As a result, clients find her warm, authentic, supportive, encouraging, open, frank, and highly skilled in her area of expertise.
Dave Cosgrove
BSc Hons
About Dave
With nearly 30 years’ experience in leadership and performance coaching roles, Dave brings a wealth of practical experience. His coaching provides a confidential and challenging ear, encouraging clients to explore their ideas and challenges from different perspectives. The approach is action based, the techniques allowing a deeper understanding and behaviour change.
Dave spent the bulk of his professional career in the pharmaceutical industry in commercial leadership and coaching roles. He currently works as a trainer and coach with a range of clients, both in the UK and internationally.
