Nicola Hickinbotham
About Nicola
Business and Personal Coach with a focus on accountability, time management, coping strategies (supporting high stress levels), concentration and attention to detail, listening and taking notes, dealing with overwhelming thoughts, developing organisational skills, mechanisms for memory and forgetfulness, physical movement and restlessness, self-belief, self esteem, and confidence.
Nicole Etienne
MSc Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology
About Nicole
Nicole, an EMCC-accredited Senior Practitioner with over a decade of expertise, empowers professionals to thrive. Nicole specialises in supporting busy professionals who seek to maximize their potential and overcome obstacles. Her coaching extends to both neurotypical and neurodivergent individuals, working effectively in both 1:1 and group settings.
Trauma-informed and holistic in approach, her focus lies on fostering well-being, managing stress, navigating transitions, and building confidence. Drawing upon a diverse background encompassing teaching, care, administration, accounts, HR, sales, and marketing, Nicole brings a well-rounded perspective. For those already engaged in therapy, Nicole offers coaching that aligns with existing therapeutic goals.
Nicole guides individuals toward flourishing with a holistic, solutions-focused approach. Her calm, warm, and supportive presence, weaving evidence-based positive psychology and coaching practices into personalized sessions, helps clients tap into their strengths and navigate challenges with confidence. Nicole offers supervision to coaches.
Peter Waggott
About Peter
Peter has over 25 years global sales and management experience, working for a range of organisations. He is also an accredited Executive Coach with the Academy of Executive Coaching.
Peter believes that we can all work at our best, and we can strive to be the best that we can be on each given day. This requires a shift in perspective and mindset. Peter helps clients to develop strategies which help support them in their daily life. Peter is a coach, facilitator and trainer, with over 20 years experience managing teams and supporting individuals.
Peter has over 5 years experience supporting individuals to better understand their neurodiversity and managing their stress and anxiety levels.
Priya Hunt
About Priya
Priya is an accredited executive coach (Associate Certified Coach, International Coach Federation) with 30 plus years of global corporate leadership experience which spans 4 different industries (Airlines, Telecommunications, Utilities and Healthcare) and 84 countries. Priya is passionate about people development, customer experience and transformation and has worked at director and board level and sponsored organisational culture change, particularly around inclusion and diversity.
Priya’s coaching approach is eclectic, creative, and humanistic, focussed on the individual in front of her. She believes in continuous development and am continuing her academic journey with a Masters in Coaching and Behavioural change, followed by doctoral research.
Rachael Wallace-Lane
About Rachel
Rachael is passionate about helping others create the life they want.
Coming from a neurodivergent family, Rachael has personal experience and understanding of navigating society and the workplace.
Partnering with individuals, teams and businesses to maximise their personal and professional potential for over 20 years Rachael is an Accredited Coach Rachael using a strengths based, coach approach to uncover what’s most important to her clients, exploring the significance of their values and discovering how these can help support and drive ambition.
Rachael Ward
ILM Level 5 in Coaching and Mentoring
About Rachael
Rachael is an experienced Executive Coach who has been a Genius Within associate since 2016. Rachael’s coaching practise focuses on effective communication, well -being and personal effectiveness. There is often crossover in these areas when clients are feeling overwhelmed and are seeking a way of improving focus and productivity and rediscovering what they enjoy about their working life.
With a background in senior leadership in the voluntary sector and lived experience of neuro diversity, Rachael is passionate about supporting Genius Within clients to identify and use their strengths and develop a range of strategies and tools to take them forward in their future careers.
Rachel Birchmore
MBA
About Rachel
Rachel works with leaders, managers and their teams to become confident leaders, competent managers and be more effective communicators. She has a calm, friendly style and helps her clients to identify and build on their unique strengths and so thrive in the workplace.
She works extensively with architects, engineers and others in the property, design and construction sectors which is where she has spent her 30-year career leading teams prior to training as a coach in 2016.
She is a qualified business and workplace coach and PCC accredited with the International Coaching Federation.
Robin Macdonald
B.Sc. (Hons) in Science and Management
About Robin
With a background in management in fast paced international businesses, Robin is a Performance and Leadership Coach with global accreditation from the European Mentoring and Coaching Council.
He has a warm, versatile, yet focussed coaching style, where he adapts his approach to suit you and your circumstances.
Robin has a passion for getting the best out of people, helping them succeed and will naturally facilitate your thoughts.
No matter your situation, job or career, you will feel appreciated and supported as you create an environment to move forward, achieve your goals and embrace your future.
