Laura Davis

I was a newly registered manager in care setting, I had the opportunity to be coached by Laura to help me develop in my role.
Laura made me feel at ease throughout every session, I did not feel I had to hold anything in and was free to express my emotions, wants and needs. The sessions were led by me, and we discussed aspects of my managerial role I wanted to work on. Laura asked all the right questions and really made me think about not only me as a manager but also as a person.

Laura has empathy, understanding and focus using this to give me goals to work towards to help me in my career. Although talking about myself is something I have always found hard, it wasn’t in these sessions as I felt it was safe space.

I often think back to these sessions I had with laura and how far I have come, using the tools she gave me to enable me to manage situations that I used to find difficult. A couple on years on and I’ve used these skills to progress in my career so If you need focus and guiding in your work life, Laura is definitely the person you should choose to help you do this.

Laura gave me some coaching when I was newly promoted to a management position several years ago – her support and guidance at the time was invaluable and has stayed with me to this day. I’d never had coaching before and I have to say it was not what I expected at all. I thought Laura was going to give me advice on how to handle situations and the right way of doing things – the support I received instead was much more focussed on helping me to reflect on situations and make my own decisions and become more confident in my own capabilities. I’d never realised until that point how much I had relied on other people’s instruction and Laura taught me to find my own way forward and work on my own solutions. There are no words to describe how amazing the confidence boost was and to this day I use techniques of reflection and balance even though I’m now on a different career path.

I had the pleasure of working with Laura on a series of one-on-one management coaching sessions. I can confidently say that it was an invaluable experience that has had a lasting impact on my leadership skills.

Laura is an excellent facilitator who made me feel safe and supported. She is a truly exceptional listener, with a brilliant ability to ask insightful questions that prompted me to see challenges from new perspectives. These thought providing questions were instrumental in helping me identify the root causes of various management issues I faced.

Laura didn’t simply provide answers, but rather empowered me to develop effective solutions on my own. The techniques I learned during our coaching have become an integral part of my management toolkit, and I find myself consistently utilising them in the challenges and opportunities that arise.