Hilliard Coaching

Executive & Leadership Coaching · London

Knowing who you really are is at the heart of good decisions.

Built on deep self-awareness, this is executive and leadership coaching for those who lead. Not knowing yourself will forever hold you back. It is goal-oriented work that helps you see yourself clearly, through your own eyes and through the eyes of others.

This coaching will

  • Help you identify and cast off self-delusion and self-doubt.
  • Enhance the strength of your personal and professional decision-making and relationships.
  • Find out what's been holding you back, and what will propel you forward.
Clear water and soft concentric ripples catching gentle window light

Who it's for

Executives, senior leaders and thoughtful professionals seeking to improve their judgement, confidence and impact.

Format

1:1 coaching on Zoom, Teams or in person, in flexibly spaced fortnightly 75-minute sessions, 100% confidential. Optional OCEAN psychometric personality assessment.

Results

Sharper self-insight, better decisions and relationships through awareness of masks and biases, and a plan for change with realistic goals.

Programme structure

A considered path, in six stages.

It begins with an initial coach/client "chemistry" meeting, free of charge. The first question is a simple one: what is true self-awareness?

Phase 1 · Looking outward

Stage 1

Foundations

Establish needs, scope and trust. The Johari Window, a traditional model of self-assessment. Optional OCEAN assessment to inform direction.

Stage 2

External awareness

How well you understand how others see you. The coach interviews five or six friends or colleagues, producing a fully anonymised report of themes and strengths. The insight: does how others see me differ from how I see myself?

Phase 2 · Looking inward

Stage 3

Masks

The masks I wear, and why, and how aware of them I am.

Stage 4

Biases

My biases, conscious and unconscious; their origins and triggers.

Stage 5

Impact

How masks and biases shape my mindset, decisions and relationships, together with listening skills.

Stage 6

Change plan

What holds me back and what propels me forward. What I want to change, how I will do it, and how we will measure my progress.

What's included

  • Up to four structured coaching sessions, on Zoom, Teams or in person.
  • OCEAN psychometric assessment, if used, with a full debrief.
  • An anonymised, 360-style report.
  • Practical tools, reflection guidance and some light homework (diarying).

Success measures

Targeted behaviour shifts, measured with coach feedback and your own self-rating, taken at both the beginning and the end of the programme, so progress is real and visible.

Time commitment

75 minutes fortnightly, plus 20–30 minutes of light reflection between sessions.

Active listening

Active, engaged listening is a skill we all need to nurture and one of vital importance to a successful coaching outcome. The ideal depth of commitment to the needs of the person we are listening to is perfectly illustrated by "ting", the classical Chinese character for "listen".

  • My ears are listening to you.
  • My eyes are watching you.
  • You, and only you, are the focus of my full and undivided attention right now.
  • My heart is feeling for you.
The classical Chinese character "ting", meaning to listen, annotated to show its parts: ear, eyes, undivided attention and heart.

The next step

When you're ready, the work starts with a conversation.

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