Testimonials

"If you are ever at a crossroads in your career, or looking for some support on how to navigate challenges at work, Sam is the person you need to speak with. She listens to what you say (and don’t say), asks questions that unlock barriers that may often be unconsciously self-imposed, and her background as a corporate lawyer both in private practice and in-house provides a level of empathy and insight that is truly invaluable."

"Working with Samantha was great. I had four coaching sessions which helped me develop my thinking about my job role, challenge my career issues and build a useful framework to move forward. I recommend coaching with Samantha as a good way to review and develop in your career. Thank you, Samantha!"

"I was in touch with Sam during a transition phase in my career when I was thinking about change. Sam helped me re-frame my internal debate in terms of what I wanted concretely, so I felt empowered to have impactful conversations with the right people, and ultimately land a position I wanted. She combines thoughtfulness and insight into the corporate world with a style that helped me reach my own conclusions about where I wanted to go and how to go about it, which were more meaningful as a result. I thoroughly recommend working with her."

"Samantha is a caring and deliberate coach, with insight and experience in expatriate fields. Her coaching provided an opportunity for me to develop my global leadership capabilities, as well as supporting and guiding my career development by helping me make decisions that I felt comfortable and secure with."

"Sam brings a wonderful combination of sharp intelligence and deep empathy to our coaching sessions. She is able to see through my layers of narrative to focus on the core issue and supports me to explore possible options without any sense of judgment. I greatly value the way in which Sam helps me to consider perspectives and get clear on my next steps. I would recommend Sam in a heartbeat for anyone ready to explore and move forward in their lives."

“As a business owner balancing multiple revenue streams across more than one industry, I was already in a state of overload and change fatigue when the demands associated with a global crisis pushed me into overwhelm and burnout.
 
Sam supported me through the process of making major changes to my business model and, most importantly, to the way I approach, engage with and manage workload and client interactions, going deeper to address issues of mindset and self-management that have always affected not just my business performance but also my personal wellbeing. 

Throughout our sessions, Sam was professional and objective, but always empathetic. I felt deeply listened to and understood, while guided to a place of clarity, control, forward-thinking and action.”

“Sam coached me for a period of over 8 months, at a time when I was not only planning a big career change and relocation to another country, but I also had to cope with being entirely alone in lockdown for three months. In our initial sessions we focused on how to deal with a particularly stressful situation at work and discussed my various career options in order to improve my work-life balance and general wellbeing and happiness. As our sessions progressed, I found particularly helpful the way Sam challenged my thoughts and encouraged me to concentrate on what I really wanted as opposed to what I thought I ought to be doing. I also really appreciated Sam’s practical approach...which helped me remain focused on my goals and also prompted me to actively do something to improve my situation. Thanks to Sam I was able to put my thoughts in order at a very stressful time when it would otherwise have been hard for me to see the way out, and to come up with an action plan for the future. I would highly recommend Sam to anyone who feels like it is the right time for a change in their life but has not yet figured out what direction they should take.”

“As I look back through the sessions, I can see that slowly I shed the limitations I had imposed on myself. The fear of putting myself front and centre, imposter syndrome, and writers’ block, are just some of the areas where I feel I have made considerable progress. 

There have been sessions where I have considered rescheduling as I felt unprepared and/or that I had little to talk about. Strangely I have found these have been some of the sessions that have yielded the most exciting results and/or clear action plans. 

I am delighted with the progress I have made in terms of my personal development. Although I wouldn’t say that self-imposed limitations have been completely removed, coaching has given me the tools to dismiss these reasonably easily as they arise.”