Bill Hughes
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About me
Hi, my name's Bill and I’m a professional coach. Prior to starting Seaside Coaching I was a senior leader and business transformation coach at IBM, coaching internally and with clients to help employees, leaders and teams discover new ways of thinking about the work they do.
My ‘North Star’ is to be ambitious for whoever I'm coaching. I look at the direction they want to travel and help them discover what they want to achieve.
Powerful, open questions, and allowing space for personal reflection are important elements of coaching, and in addition, successful coaches have expertise and experience in their 'industry'. The best coaches also mentor and teach when required, and have the experience, knowledge and confidence to do so. We've seen many aspects of working life and navigated it by deciding when to go with the flow or when to turn the tide.
We've also seen when it's time to let go, move onto a new career or leave work completely, due to retirement or redundancy. And as leaders we've coached and helped people make the right decisions.
Because we've made those decisions for ourselves too.
You can find more about me and Seaside Coaching on my website.
Training, qualifications & experience
Professional Certifications
- International Consortium for Agile (ICA) certified coach and facilitator and Authorised Trainer of coaches.
- Mental Health First Aider (England)
Relevant Experience
- Coaching, training and mentoring UK and international clients, working with everyone from students taking their first steps out of higher education to leaders redefining how they support their teams in an ever-changing workplace.
- Specialisation in career coaching, work-life balance, executive/leadership coaching, and transitional coaching.
- An experienced Agile coach for Scrum and Kanban practices, and coaching for leadership in an Agile environment.
- Visiting Lecturer at The University of Kent Business School MBA Programme, on Design Thinking, Agility and Lean business practices.
Member organisations
EMCC UK is part of the Europe-wide European Mentoring & Coaching Council.
Together their aim is to promote good practice and the expectation of good practice in mentoring and coaching across Europe.
EMCC is an independent, impartial and non-profit making organisation.
Areas of coaching I deal with
Fees
Free initial in-person, telephone or online session
Additional information
One-hour sessions start from £90 depending on individual, group or corporate. Please see my website for more information on groups and corporate clients.
Lower income clients and students, get in touch and let's talk about how I can help.
I offer a free 60 minute Discovery Session, held anytime between 9am-12pm Mondays and Fridays (other times by mutual agreement). These can be via Google Meet or in-person (the in-person fee is the price of a decent cup of coffee :)
When I work
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Monday sessions can be arranged by appointment depending on availability.
