Meet Sarah Parr, the Chartered Accountant who became ‘a thinking partner for senior leaders’

 
If you’re looking for an executive coach in Manchester or in the North West of England, Sarah Parr of Sirise Coaching, based in Stockport, would be happy to hear from you. Once a chartered accountant, Sarah now specialises in supporting leaders and their teams - helping them to make better decisions and create strong connections with others, to drive their businesses forward.

As an executive coach in Manchester, Sarah established Sirise Coaching to offer individual and team coaching, including our Stepping Up to Leadership programme. The company serves a variety of clients across commercial, public and third sectors to create effective, self-aware leaders and strong, cohesive teams.

Having worked in leadership and advisory roles across a wide range of sectors, including the social housing sector, Sarah has a wide range of experience to offer her coaching clients.  Alongside her coaching, she continues to advise leadership teams and boards and as the Altair website says: “Sarah brings commercial rigour and strong analytical skills, but her focus is also on people, culture and building cohesive teams.

“This is at the heart of her individual and team coaching work but also extends into governance, where she has extensive experience in board development, non-executive recruitment and wider governance work.”

A Geordie Executive coach in Manchester?

Born in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Sarah is now based in Stockport and serves her clients with both face-to-face sessions and virtual sessions. Having benefited from coaching herself, she believes it can be transformational (Read her blog post How Coaching Changed My Life)

“Our Executive Coaching is individual 1:1 coaching for C-suite Executives and Leaders,” says Sarah, “creating a safe space for you to share your thoughts, and work through some of the challenges you may be facing.”

“During my 10 years with EY, I supported leaders who are struggling with turning their businesses around and have also been part of the leadership team of a fast-growth technology company. At Sirise, we see things from a commercial and a people perspective. We understand the complexity of business and ask insightful questions that get to the heart of the issue.

Coaching is a thinking, working partnership

In addition to her background in accountancy, Sarah is accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management and has an ILM Level 7 Certificate in Executive Coaching and Mentoring. She could easily be the most qualified executive coach in Manchester, but don’t take our word for it. Read what Sirise clients say:

·      “I am now able to critically reflect on my skills and develop them further to deliver better outcomes with my team.”

·      “I knew I had more potential but needed someone impartial to navigate me. Since working with Sarah, I have become more ‘visible’ in the workplace – building relationships in a more proactive way. I would highly recommend her.”

·      Without Sarah’s coaching I would struggle to find the physical or mental time to deeply explore issues or challenges I face.”

Also read: Why work with a coach? which tells Daniel’s leadership development journey with Sarah as and executive coach through the Stepping Up to Leadership programme.

Coaching is a thinking partnership between coach and client to achieve measurable results. If you would like to try out what’s it like to work with an executive coach in Manchester, or the North West, in person or online, then please email sarah.parr@sirise.co.uk.  Contact Sarah today to book an initial discovery call anywhere via Zoom.