About me
JUNE UPDATE:
OVERCOMING OVERWHELM - My first book will be launched on 30 June; it is available to order now on pre-order as an eBook, and the paperback will be available from 20 June. Here's the Amazon link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GX2X4KRF
COACHING: I have 1 space available for new clients in June, 2 in July, and 2 in August, with a minimum 3-month commitment. This opportunity allows you to Reflect, Recover, Reconnect, and Refocus, whether in your personal life, business, career, health, or relationships. What do you need to do to make 2026 your best year yet?
FUTURE YOU 2026! A focused, module-based, coaching-led approach to discovering what you want and who you need to be to get there.
A 4-Module Programme of Self-Discovery with tangible actions. £800
Contact me at michael@theleapcoaching.com for further details.
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You've built a career. You've led the team. You've hit the numbers. From the outside, it looks exactly right.
And yet something keeps surfacing, a quiet, persistent question about whether this is it.
That question has a name. I call it the Success Paradox: the gap between the life you've built and the life you sense is possible. It isn't a crisis. It isn't failure. It's what happens when the thinking that got you here genuinely can't get you where you want to go next.
I work with lawyers, professionals, C-suite executives, and founders, high achievers who are succeeding by every external measure and know it isn't the whole story.
My approach is direct and without cliché. I don't hand you frameworks or promise transformation in ninety days. The work begins with the assumption that you already hold most of the answers, and builds from there.
My background is twenty years of advising executives in senior commercial roles, whilst at HSBC and Jaguar Land Rover. I understand what it means to operate at the level my clients operate at. That context matters.
I'm an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), working with clients across the UK, US, and the Middle East.
Ways to work together:
Beyond the Summit: a three-month premium engagement for professionals navigating a significant transition, identity, direction, or what comes next.
Executive Operating System Audit: a single session that maps how you currently operate and where the friction lives.
Advisory & Mentoring: for founders and senior leaders who need a thinking partner with genuine commercial weight in the room.
If something here felt familiar, that recognition is worth paying attention to.
An initial conversation costs nothing, no pitch, no pressure, just an honest exchange about whether this work makes sense.
📅 Book your strategic consultation: https://tidycal.com/1k24wd1/coaching-chat20231124105006
📧 michael@theleapcoaching.com
📞 +44 7950241970
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a Professionally Credentialed Coach with over 5 years of experience using a wide range of approaches to help you create the change you want in your life.
I am also a Personal and Business Mentor with over 30 years’ experience helping professional people succeed at life.
Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation (ICF), over 700 coaching hours.
Coaching Diploma (125 hours) (Optimus Coach Academy), accredited by the ICF.
Certified ICF Mentor
Member of the Association of Business Mentors (ABM)
Certified DISC Practitioner (Optimus Coach Academy)
Certified Train the Trainer (Optimus Coach Academy)
Understanding Mental Health First Aid and Mental Health Advocacy in the Workplace – Level 2 NCFE CACHE
I draw on my extensive training and knowledge in Pure Coaching, Positive Psychology, Neuroscience and Neuroplasticity, Transactional Analysis, Hypnotherapy, and the Inside Out understanding (aka the 3 Principles).
I help clients grow in self-awareness and create powerful new narratives for their lives, moving beyond what no longer serves them. Focused on solutions and the future, I support clients in stepping into their full power as leaders of their own lives.
Guided by various theoretical models and concepts, I follow my intuition to provide what each client needs for insight and fresh perspectives.
My coaching philosophy is based on the belief that deep within you, there is a well of strength and resilience that goes far beyond what you might realise. Life brings tough challenges, but you have the power within that can exceed what you think you can manage.
You are desperate to shake off everyone else’s expectations and find the guts to live life your own way on your terms.
· You have unlimited potential
· You know that change is possible
· You have all the answers
· You crave something more
You possess the strength to face adversity and the resilience to rise above it. Within you lies an extraordinary force capable of overcoming the most formidable challenges.
My values as a coach are:
Curiosity
Growth
Fairness/Generosity
Flow
Honesty
Awareness
My coaching is guided by the code of ethics and core competencies of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) (www.ccoachingfederation.com). My role is to uphold and promote the standards and values of the coaching profession. I aim to enhance lives through coaching while advocating for its benefits across various sectors of society.
I am dedicated to continuous personal and professional development, recognising that there is always more to learn and new areas for growth. As a lifelong learner, I am committed to acquiring new skills and knowledge to improve my effectiveness as a coach.
Member organisations
The International Coach Federation is the professional association for personal and business coaches worldwide.
Coaches can become accredited by the ICF, who have three grades of membership: Associate Certified Coach (ACC), Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and Master Certified Coach (MCC), with the different categories standing for different levels of training and experience. Master Certified Coach's have achieved a substantial level of training and experience.
Members of ICF are accountable to a professional code of ethics.
Areas of coaching I deal with
Other areas of coaching I deal with
Areas of Coaching Expertise
· Finding a new job, changing careers, or making more money
· Making life easier and more enjoyable
· Getting more done, having more energy, and feeling excited about things
· Building stronger, more meaningful relationships
· Handling stress and life's ups and downs better
· Being more successful in your work and business
· Finding inner peace and making peace with yourself and your past
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Fees
Free initial in-person, telephone or online session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Free initial in-person, telephone or virtual meeting.
One-on-One Coaching: A personalized, high-impact coaching experience tailored to your specific objectives and challenges. Engagements are available for durations ranging from 3 to 12 months, conducted either in-person (location dependent) or online, starting from £600.
Breakthrough Strategy Session: Gain immediate insight into the obstacles impeding your progress and depart with a comprehensive action plan, 90-minute session – £500.
3-Month Deep Dive: Designed to address challenges, enhance confidence, and encourage decisive action – starting from £9,000.
6-12 Month Transformation: Designed for individuals seeking to achieve significant and lasting improvements in their leadership, career, and personal life - starting from £3,000.
Future You – Foundations: a foundational Coaching Experience built around 3 core modules: What do you want? Who are you? Where are you now? - £800.
Future You - Transformation: a deeper Transformational Coaching Experience of 7 modules exploring: the change cycle, mindset, inside-out transformation, the psychological and practical steps of change - £3495.
When I work
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Further information
My coaching is founded on the following principles:
- You are one-of-a-kind - nobody else thinks or feels exactly like you do.
- Your past experiences, the challenges, traumas, stories, ups and downs, may have shaped who you are today, but they don't limit what's possible for your future.
- Inside you is an endless well of creativity, resourcefulness, and resilience that's always just one thought away.
- No outside force can control your thoughts, actions, or feelings.
- When we change our thinking, we change our reality and what becomes possible.
- True leaders are defined by honesty, humility, and kindness.
- The master keys to personal growth and transformation are self-awareness, taking full responsibility, and truly owning who you are.
What is it like working with me?
- I bring my full attention, genuine connection, wisdom, and peace to our conversations. My calm presence creates space for clear thinking.
- I create a safe place where you'll feel truly listened to and heard, perhaps for the first time.
- I meet you exactly where you are, honour what makes you unique, and respect your true self.
- I'll celebrate your wins, challenge your limits, and push you when needed, all to bring out your best.
- I'm deeply curious about how you think, act, and feel. I'm on your side, supporting you completely.
- I'll encourage you to step beyond your comfort zone, to be brave, to face your fears and shadows.
- I will never stop believing in you and your potential.
- Through deep coaching conversations, vision work, visualisation, journaling, and storytelling, we'll build the foundation for your success.
