Supporting ambitious people and teams to realise their potential

I was stuck and not sure what I wanted in the next stage of my career.

Coaching was the perfect opportunity to step off the “hamster wheel” of daily work, and take a big picture view.

I’ve had group based leadership training in the past. This was different as it was more personal and always based on real events rather than hypothetical or group based problems.

Liz’s questioning, testing of assumptions and digging deeper allowed me to work on my own challenges to get real clarity and direction.

Liz’s approach allowed me have a major breakthrough moment – I identified what I do (and don’t) want in the next stage of my career.

This clarity has been incredibly empowering and motivating.

Before, I would have readily dismissed the idea of coaching due to feeling too busy. But looking back, the benefits completely outweigh the small time investment. I’d say carve out the time, lock it in the diary and take control over the day to day.

My workplace gave me the opportunity to join the organisational coaching program with Liz from Sentier Consulting.

What started as a somewhat embarrassing three-way conversation about building confidence, overcoming procrastination and overwhelm, has become an empowering process that I now look forward to working through at Echelon Planning.

Working with Liz has equipped me with the tools to grow in confidence and clarity, helping me become a better consultant and leader.

I would highly recommend Liz as a coach to anyone looking for a supportive and challenging environment to figure out how to overcome the things standing in their way and realise their potential!

I had a lack of clarity about the next steps in my career and how to become a leader in my organisation and industry.Through working with Liz I have identified what’s meaningful to me – in terms of a career pathway that works with my lifestyle, and one that will enable me to create a career that is aligned with my values.

She helped me question some of my long-held beliefs about my abilities and helped me realise opportunities to change the way I thought about and approached my work. I was encouraged to take immediate and achievable steps to change my existing patterns of behaviour, to achieve the things I want in my life and work.

Being too busy is part of the problem that coaching can help solve! Investing time and energy into coaching helps you realise what’s important and ensures you are prioritising yourself.

I knew I needed to change but I had no idea where to start or how to go about working out what it was.

Liz challenged my approach, and I learnt to embrace the uncertainty. I came to understand the importance of the process and not rushing to solution mode. Accepting that is was OK to not have all the answers and that my situation was not unique. The importance of asking yourself the right questions to then understand what’s important and why.

Liz’s approach is a great mix of being informed but not preachy, inquisitive without being invasive and enthusiastic whilst not being overbearing.

I got a greater understanding of what’s important to me, why, and what this means for work for me.

If you’re considering coaching, I would say: embrace the uncertainty! Immerse yourself and be vulnerable to get the most out of the process. Understand what coaching is; the coach should challenge you, ask you questions and be demanding of you, but the true benefits of the process come from within.

I was at a career crossroad & I needed to make decisions about my future direction and goals.

Liz’s coaching assisted in stepping back to review my priorities and provide clarity in the decision making process.

She helped me challenge my assumptions, so we could map out scenarios – and this made my next steps clear and actionable.

I really enjoyed the process – Liz’s calm approach and questioning style really made me step back, consider all angles and get to what I truly valued, before making decisions.

I would say to people – do it and enjoy the process. Coaching in all forms of life should challenge you to achieve your goals and push you further – this is no different in your professional life.

It was great to reflect on my strengths and attributes and I got things that were fuzzy in my head into notes and actions.

It gave me the confidence to give a new career direction a go – with a real understanding of the drivers and personal benefits for me.

I enjoyed the process. Having a clear challenge as a focus, and the space and time to do the thinking helped me enormously.

Liz gets our sector and this was a huge benefit during the sessions.

Coaching is a time efficient way to get things out of your head. It’s rather a small time investment for decisions that will bring more satisfaction to your life.

Liz did a great job in motivating and inspiring participants throughout the sessions. Her approach was both informative and engaging, creating a safe and encouraging atmosphere.

It’s clear she has a genuine passion for the topics, demonstrated through the way she engaged and encouraged attendees to actively participate and absorb the material.

Participants truly benefitted from Liz’s sessions: Comments included phrases like “the communication workshop was insightful, light-hearted, and engaging. Loved the presenter and the information was kept to the most important and valuable parts

Liz’s sessions are not only informative but also transformative, giving people real skills and igniting inspiration.

I found Liz’s coaching really helped create direction and accountability around my career direction.  I had been feeling unsure of what direction I was heading in, in terms of work and pursuing new opportunities.

With Liz’s guidance, I was able to find focus, direction and most importantly, passion for my work.  I liked the process, as it required me to do the thinking and ultimately come up with the answers, but Liz guided me there, through thoughtful questions and helpful exercises.

It wasn’t an easy process – it required a lot of self-reflection and unpacking, but the outcome has been well worth it, as well as giving me the tools to work through future roadblocks.