Sun & Sky - A True Partnership
Sun & Sky Coaching are a husband and wife team. Together we call on decades of experience to provide leaders and coaches with the best possible support in reaching their goals.
Sam is a PCC certified leadership energy coach with a background in education leadership. She provides coach mentoring, team coaching, training and one to one coaching services.
Carl is an ACC certified leadership coach with a background in IT and technology leadership. Carl provides one to one leadership coaching and training.
Sun & Sky - A True Partnership
Sun & Sky Coaching are a husband and wife team. Together we call on decades of experience to provide leaders and coaches with the best possible support in reaching their goals.
Sam is a PCC certified leadership energy coach with a background in education leadership. She provides coach mentoring, team coaching, training, one to one coaching services and speaks around the themes of coaching and wellness.
Carl is an AoEC accredited executive coach with a background in IT and technology leadership. Carl provides one to one leadership coaching and training.
About Sam
Samantha is passionate about coaching and knows that a great coaching session can have a huge impact on your life. Her coaching sessions give you a space to stop, think and make a plan. A space to recognise your strengths, your values and what makes you tick.
Coaching Experience
Sam is an ICF PCC coach. She is a certified body oriented coach, mBIT coach – who supports her clients to use the wisdom from their whole selves. She is a NLP practitioner, is DISC accredited and has a wealth of coach training experience to offer. Sam is an experienced coach mentor who supports coaches to develop their practice in a safe and trusted environment.
Sam uses a range of tools to support her clients to be curious, be courageous, be creative, learn how to support themselves in order to bring about positive change in their lives.
Public sector experience
With her 30 year experience in the public sector working as a headteacher in three schools, Sam has used that experience to coach new and experienced leaders in education. She has coached across local authority schools, multi academy trusts and Federations in and around the UK and abroad. Her work supports leaders in education to be resilient as well as balancing challenging priorities.
Sustainability sector
Sam is keen to support leaders in the sustainability sector whose purpose is to create a better world for future generations. She gives her time freely to associates who are part of the On Purpose programme.
Corporate Experience
Sam has coached leaders and managers in global companies including Facebook, Tiffany, Mars, Salesforce, Warner media and more. Her work supports them to step into leadership, recognise their core strengths and build on firm foundations for future success.
What our clients say about Sam
Samantha has provided CaST [part of Publicis Groupe, production supplier to Haleon] with two coaching workshops. The primary reason for these workshops was to build confidence and resilience within the team who mainly work remotely online, particularly when managing clients.
The first workshop was an afternoon in person session, which was the first time the team had spent quality time together so they were quite excited and Samantha did a great job in corralling them and getting us to focus on the brief. The whole team left the session feeling energised and empowered, excited to put their new tools in place. We also learned that we ideally need more time with Samantha to learn some more in depth tools, particularly in relation to resilience and dealing with difficult scenarios and conversations. Improvement in time management and setting boundaries were a primary focus to build on.
Eira Ellis
Sam’s coaching came at a point when I was close to burnout. It was a difficult time, but with Sam’s skill, patience and belief in me, I reclaimed my self belief and reevaluated what I wanted, the direction I was heading and what was important. The tools that she used were an eye opener and really made me reflect.
Sam is an excellent coach – her skill of using subtle nuances provided opportunities for me to think deeply and take action. Thanks to Sam I moved forward at a rapid rate and I’m back to feeling like me – with an added sense of self and confidence! Thank you Sam.
Jane Woods
About Carl
1-2-1 Leadership Coaching
Carl is an ACC certified leadership coach, specialising in supporting leaders make the breakthroughs they need to become the best version of themselves.
Book a free intro call with Carl if any of these statements apply to you:
- I’m lost or stuck in my career
- I need help navigating a professional challenge
- I’m struggling with time management or prioritisation
- I need space to think and plan
- I need to gain clarity on what matters most
Corporate Experience
Carl comes from a multi-decade career leading IT service management, working to C-suite with some of the largest financial services companies in the world. Carl has worked extensively with individuals and teams to help them optimise their performance and realise their potential.
Carl has a particularly deep skillset in organisational change, developing high performing teams, productivity, career progression, and managing burnout and overwhelm.
Carl understands first-hand the complexities of leadership in large, high-paced organisations, and specialises in helping leaders navigate these waters.
Life Experience
Prior to working in IT, Carl was a freelance illustrator and graphic designer. That desire to help people achieve their goals, be they creative, technical or professional, has been a through-line throughout his career, and has built a deep interpersonal skillset; active listening, empathy and emotional intelligence.
How Carl Coaches
An underlying principle of Carl’s coaching is the belief that people are naturally creative, resourceful and whole, and so they have the means to solve their own challenges. To facilitate those solutions, Carl’s coaching style is calm, reflective and kind, but also, where necessary, challenging. Carl provides his coachees with the space to think and plan, but he also contracts with them to ensure that the output of that reflection is concrete and actionable.
The best predictor of coaching success is when the coach and client genuinely connect, and can share their perceptions from a place of trust and mutual respect. To that end, Carl holds a free compatibility call before starting a series of coaching sessions, to ensure that rapport exists.
Carl approaches each coaching session with honesty, calm, self-awareness and alertness. In letting go of ego and control, he steps out of the way, and opens himself fully to his clients and their reality.
What our clients say about Carl
Carl really helped me to pause and reflect on my actions, something I often neglect during a busy day (or week). His guidance has been invaluable in addressing my professional insecurities, and his reminder that we all experience imposter syndrome at some level has been particularly reassuring.
Through our sessions, I’ve gained a greater sense of self-awareness and confidence in my abilities. Carl’s empathetic approach and constructive feedback have encouraged me to embrace my strengths and acknowledge areas for growth without feeling overwhelmed.
The communication throughout has been nothing short of fantastic. Carl’s ability to listen attentively and provide thoughtful, actionable advice has made a significant impact on my personal and professional development.
It was the best experience, I feel like Carl is an amazing coach.
Olga Shelenko
Working with Carl has been a transformative experience for me. He helped me gain confidence in my abilities and provided invaluable insights into my strengths while also uncovering areas for improvement. What I appreciated most was his structured and consistent approach—it created a safe space for dialogue and gave me clarity, even when I felt stuck.
At the end of each session, I always left with something actionable to work on, content with meaningful insights that had a real impact on my growth. His guidance was practical and empowering, enabling me to tackle challenges effectively and make significant progress. I’m truly grateful for his support and highly recommend him to anyone looking to grow personally and professionally.
Alienor d’Eyssautier
Carl is a dynamic coach; client centred at all times and willing to work with the client in the moment. His in-depth contracting with me enabled him to understand how I was feeling at each visit without making assumptions based on previous conversations. Carl was able to adapt his coaching style according to my physical/psychological/emotional state at each session rather than basing his approach on what we had covered in previous sessions. Carl listens and is adept at observing changes in body language, breathing, posture etc. even when working online. Carl is very creative and this offers him a range of different techniques but he is willing to change his approach in the moment if something isn’t working. I experienced a ‘shift’ during every session and believe that to be a direct result of Carl’s willingness to be curious and challenge at the appropriate time.
Rachel Crawford
Carl was able to expertly create a safe space for me to comfortably express myself very openly, and rather than offer quick fixes, asked the right probing questions, which enabled me to think more critically about situations I’ve been dealing with both professionally and in my personal life, which helped me to uncover underlying issues that I hadn’t previously recognised. I’ve been able to confront myself more honestly since signing up for these sessions, and in that regard, I’d strongly recommend Carl for enabling this as a coach.
Zack Lwanga
Carl’s coaching helped me to reframe some challenges I’d been struggling with and not taken steps to address. I found Carl’s coaching constructive with clear ground rules, pushing me where appropriate. I’m happy to say I’ve made positive changes that are helping me move forwards; some of which I had dismissed prior to our coaching.
Mike Constable
Carl’s coaching provided benefits that went beyond job searching. It helped me gain a clearer understanding of myself, my values, and my career goals. This influenced my career strategy and gave me the knowledge and confidence to pursue meaningful and fulfilling career paths.
Now I have a clear view of my career path, increased confidence to manage future career changes, and a set of strategies that I can use throughout my career. I highly recommend Carl to anyone in need of expert and personalised career coaching.
Camille Nigon
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