Headed by Sarah Parr, Sirise Coaching offers in-person and online executive coaching in the Greater Manchester area and beyond. We work with senior leaders to help them to deliver better outcomes for themselves and for their teams. We asked some of our clients why they use us and here are five reasons as compiled from their testimonials

1.     Increased confidence

“I never had a broad enough understanding of what coaching had to offer. I knew I had more potential but needed someone impartial to help navigate my career path. Executive coaching with Sarah Parr has given me the confidence to take on the world!

“Sarah has an amazing emotional intelligence and personality and is fantastic to work with. She has taught me to look at things from different perspectives. Her encouragement and support has helped me grow and develop. Highly Recommended!”

– Shabana Yousaf, formerly Head of Compliance, Eastlight Community Homes

2.     Navigating complexity

“I started coaching with Sarah at a time when I wanted to step up my career. I was in a junior position and faced practical challenges relating to the project and cultural development within my organisation.

“Since working with Sarah as a coach I’ve gained the skills to reflect on my professional performance and development as well as the confidence to assess challenges and opportunities within a senior working environment. I’ve learned tools and approaches to grapple with some of the key challenges of working in regional government, in particular managing a team to progress regional policy change and delivery in a multi-stakeholder environment.

“I feel better equipped to develop myself professionally and more confident in addressing challenges. I can now correctly critique my strengths and weaknesses, successes and failures, and turn them into positive action to deliver better outcomes with my team. I highly recommend executive coaching with Sarah - she is fantastic!”

– Molly Bishop, Strategic lead, Greater Manchester Combined Authority

3.     Getting up to speed in new roles

“I found starting two new roles at the same time really daunting, especially as I was also moving house, along with the added concerns of the pandemic and lockdown. Sarah was really calm and methodical in her approach, which helped me plan for the new roles.

“I was able to understand the basis for my uncertainty, break down the tasks needed to overcome that, create action plans and a sense of self-belief / acceptance of the skills I bring. Support continued for a while after I was in post which was helpful. I would absolutely recommend Sarah as a coach!”

– Joseph Carr, formerly Relationship Director, Morhomes PLC

4.     Capacity to think

“I started working with Sarah during my transition from MD of one of our companies to CEO of the group. On meeting Sarah, I was confident she would be able to support and guide my transition into my wider leadership role.

“My sessions with her are a precious time in a safe space and reveal powerful insights. Without Sarah's executive coaching I would struggle to find the physical or mental time to deeply explore issues or challenges I face.

“Our agreed coaching objectives are around values, board structure, leadership and decision making. Sarah focuses our sessions on these topics whilst also empowering my thinking to develop freely and naturally.

“The results of executive coaching with Sarah are profound. In helping me become a better leader I am making improvements to my own, my board's and my companies' behaviour and performance. I highly recommend Sarah as a coach to anyone looking to work on career or board development.”

– Max Brierley, CEO, Deckers Hospitality Group Limited

5.     Career transition

“Sarah has an ability to flex her coaching style for the individual and see what a particular person needs, that is her strength. In my situation it was coaching focused on retirement. This helped me to leave my role as executive director with the firm conviction that I was no longer needed because of everything I had put in place.

“I believe investing in transition coaching has great benefits for organisations whether it be for retirement, redundancy or restructuring.  Some may see this as a waste of money, considering it pointless to go further with a person who is leaving, however both the individual and company can benefit enormously through this process.

“Sarah listened to what I wanted and added energy. She also has an approachable, calm manner – the exact opposite of me so it has been a complimentary coaching partnership. She developed something that was bespoke to the individual and I know she will do the same for many others.”

– Jayne Winders, a former Executive Director of a Housing Association

Watch Sarah’s interview with Jane on the merits of transition coaching.

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