Our Coaches

Fiona is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, trained with the Coaches Training Institute, the most successful in person coach training in the world. 

Her professional experience has included teaching,  recruitment and assessment centre implementation and training design and delivery. She combines warmth  and insight in working with clients to get to their most alive selves.  Her focus on the whole person and integrated approach leads clients to new insights and to a place of greater personal freedom and possibility, more presence and ultimately more happiness. 

Fiona works with professionals from many backgrounds who have decided that they want to lives on their own terms, who want more meaningful careers, lives and relationships and who want to discover what their impact can be in the world.

I am passionate about working with people to realise their dreams and achieve their full potential. I am a qualified coach, having trained with the Co-active Coaching Training Institute. As a coach my strengths lie in championing the client whilst challenging them to make choices and transformations in their lives to be who they want to be.

I have worked in various roles within the charity/not for profit and  public sector. I have worked for organisations including Christian Aid, Anti-Slavery International and Asylum Aid. I was joint Co-ordinator for five years for Campaign against Arms Trade, during which time I developed a comprehensive media strategy which resulted in significantly raising the profile of the organisation.

These experiences in the sector gave me profound insights into the importance of equality, justice and basic freedoms in order for individuals and communities to thrive and flourish.  My work within these organisations illustrates my commitment to these values and I aim always to work with people in a non-judgemental, respectful and compassionate way. I have worked with many groups and individuals from varied and diverse communities to support them in fulfilling their ambitions and to effectively contribute to their community.

I have counselling skills, having trained with the London School of Counselling and Therapy  and have worked as a crisis counsellor for the London Rape Crisis Centre.

I currently work part-time for Connexions in Northumberland as an IAG adviser, working with young people aged 13-19 and up to 25 for those with Special Educational Needs, to access appropriate training, education and employment. Within this group I provide intensive support to sometimes more vulnerable young people who are parents-to-be/parents/young travellers and carers.

Caroline is passionate about supporting people to get the best from themselves. She particularly enjoys working with entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs to achieve business growth.  

Before becoming a dedicated business coach Caroline gained extensive commercial and strategic experience as an International HR Director, in high profile organisations, mainly in the media and technology sectors. Companies she has worked for include The BBC, IMG and Universal Pictures. Caroline worked as part of the leadership teams to define organisation and people strategies and to develop and implement programmes for the development and engagement of people. She also participated as an observer coach in development centres and operated as a coach and mentor to senior managers and high potential employees.

Caroline is an NLP Practitioner, has an MA in HR from Kingston University Business School and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

Caroline's enthusiasm for and commitment to supporting people to achieve their goals and aspirations comes from her experience performing and coaching at elite level in sport. 

 

Rosalyn is passionate about seeing individuals reach their full potential. She is based in Birmingham and delivers life, career and leadership coaching for Striding Out CIC.

Rosalyn also works for Birmingham City Council in the IAG unit in the Young Person's Directorate. She was formerly a counsellor at a voluntary young people's agency, and has been counselling and subsequently coaching disadvantaged young people since 2004.

Rosalyn is a graduate of the prestigious Coaches Training Institute coaching programme.  Rosalyn is a certified Firework career coach, enabling her to help clients to discover their skills and work motivation. She holds a BA Hons in English Language and Literature, a professional pensions qualification and is a trained counsellor. In addition she is a member of the largest coach regulatory body, the International Coach Federation

Rosalyn's coaching style is compassionate, yet challenging. She is direct but non-judgemental. Her counselling background builds on her natural ability to quickly form connections and build trust.

Before coaching, Rosalyn worked in the field of human resources consultancy including for Mercer (previously William M Mercer) and Ernst & Young.

As a Youth coach, Quinn has a strong background in working with young people, beginning with her volunteer experience from a very early age. She has spent most of her life volunteering in youth centers and working with underprivileged young people. Her experiences with Extend-a-family, Homelink and Knights Youth Centre give Quinn a certain ‘edge' dealing with the issues of today's youth.

As a Business coach, Quinn excels in the areas of leadership, strategy development, communication skills, project management and building relationships amongst business partners, teams and organisations. In addition, she specializes in building a brand and creating an online presence. She delivers coaching to budding and established entrepreneurs, and delivers enterprise workshops within higher, further and secondary education. 

Quinn is also the President of The Akosia Foundation, a not for profit organization that funds and facilitates cultural projects for underprivileged children. This was built by Quinn and a few others from the ground up. As the acting President of this small organization, Quinn can be found in the accounting department, events co-ordination and general project management.  

Quinn is trained by the Coaching Training Institute, Make Change Work and Coach U and is a qualifed Co-active coach and NLP Practitioner. Her passion has always been to help people, and she has an interest in human behaviour, society and culture that led her to The University of Edinburgh. She left with an MA in Sociology and Social Anthropology after writing a dissertation that examined self-help books.

 

Heather has worked in the commercial, social entrepreneurship and economic development arena for the last ten years within the private, third and public sector, as an entrepreneur, consultant and business coach.

She is passionate about helping entrepreneurs achieve the triple bottom line, and works with both commercial and social enterprises to achieve results. Heather also consults to government and third sector organisations on matters concerning enterprise, social enterprise and youth entrepreneurship.

She specialises in idea generation, market research, business development, communication and partnership strategies for launching or refining business brandss. She is excellent at researching and creating innovative business propositions and implementing strategic frameworks for action.

In 2005, she launched her own social enterprise, Striding Out which has experienced year on year growth and has expanded nationally across the UK. It has engaged with over 4500 individuals engaged in entrepreneurship events, training and one to one coaching, and Heather has personally supported the launch and development of over 200 business brands into the UK and Internataional market.

Ema has worked for over twenty years in the Cultural Industries, Community Development and Regeneration, and Education and Health sectors and is an impassioned believer in each individuals true potential to achieve in a healthy, balanced and ethical environment.  She has extensive experience of working with vulnerable and disenfranchised people and is committed to developing community cohesion through innovative business, career and personal development programmes.

Having originally trained as a Stage Manager, she went on to study a degree in Enterprise Management at the prestigious Liverpool School for Performing Arts and has worked across the UK developing international arts programmes and festivals, working with world class artists to build connections and legacies within local communities.  

Ema is a qualified NLP Practitioner, Career and Personal Coach, Time Line® Therapist, and Hypnotherapist, and is currently working toward her Master NLP certification. 

Cheryl Speak is a highly motivated and passionate entrepreneur, coach, trainer and facilitator with a wealth of knowledge gained in a successful Sales Management career within the media and retail sector. She has worked with BSkyB, Frontline Ltd and also founded 2 small businesses.

A highly commercial and strategic L&D focussed professional with over 8 years experience in creating and delivering bespoke training programmes. Full understanding of the training cycle, accelerated learning, TNA, coaching, company culture, management and leadership training. I am an accomplished manager and leader with over 12 years experience of leading teams.

Passionate about helping entrepreneurs achieve success Cheryl blends a strong commercial background with a keen interest for personal development and growth.

Cheryl prides herself on her excellent interpersonal and communication skills. She is engaging and a natural people person; her training style is inspirational, creative and interactive. A dedicated passion to helping those she works with realise and release their full potential.

In addition to running commercial programmes Cheryl specialises in Coaching and Personal Development, she is a certified NLP practitioner and accredited Business Coach.

Simon is passionate about helping people achieve their potential and particularly enjoys working with entrepreneurs to launch and grow their business.

He has over 15 years experience working in senior management for large organisations, in the Financial Services and Telecommunications industries, with companies such as Norwich Union, Swinton and Telewest. He is supported the development of many senior management teams to help develop their leadership style, team performance, and business proposition for customers.

His last corporate role was Head of Coaching for O₂ where he led a team of over 250 coaches across four sites, supporting the development of over 6,000 advisors.

Simon is also a professionally qualified Coach, becoming an Associate Certified Coach after studying with the International Coach Federation approved training school the Coaches Training Institute, including passing their prestigous Certification Programme

 

Fiona is a qualified coactive Career Coach, and Youth Coach with 10 years commercial experience gained in the recruitment field. Her background is working mainly in the investment-banking sector, (on-site at Deutsche Bank) and in the management consultancy sector (on-site at Deloitte). She has a strong track record in all aspects of the recruitment cycle including: business development, direct candidate sourcing, stakeholder management, supplier management and assessment centre design & management. 

Fiona also has a real passion for working with young people, seeing them gain confidence and direction in their lives. She has been a vvolunteer mentor for the City University undergraduate mentoring scheme. And more recently has volunteered to work for the Step 4Ward Mentoring Programme run by the Barnet Education Business Partnership www.barnetebp.org as a mentor to a year 11 student at East Barnet school. She is currently a volunteer Youth Educator for youth charity Envision http://www.envision.org.uk/ working in schools and colleges. 

Jessica is passionate about empowering and inspiring young people and making a positive difference in their lives.

A Coach with over 10 years commercial experience gained in media, publishing and FMCG. Jessica brings her experience, knowledge and enthusiasm together to her work with clients, her approach is insightful, honest and encouraging and her goal is to develop young people and provide them with the tools to live truly fulfilled lives.

Jessica works as volunteer for Youth at Risk (YAR) providing coaching and mentoring for students on the YAR Leadership Programme she also volunteers with Time Bank providing workshops on ‘Building Confidence' and ‘Becoming Un-Stuck'.

Jessica trained with the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) and is a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF)

We are always on the look out for new Coaches to join the Striding Out team .

We offer Coaches the opportunity to take a license of Striding Out so you become part of our team of coaches and you can use our branding and track record to help secure clients and contracts.

We offer coaches the opportunity to add value to their coaching clients by providing the added value of a UK wide online business network and face to face network in their own locality. We provide coaches with marketing support to help broaden their outreach and impact on the local business community.

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