Team Coaching

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.

Sam has worked extensively with school leaders across both schools in the Federation over the last two years. The Evolution course in particular has been fundamental in shaping resilience for those who have been new to the role of leadership. As a result, I feel that the course has helped to define a cohesive team, who are resourceful and proactive, and have been able to establish themselves securely as Leaders in their respective disciplines within the school. As a result, they have been able to engage and successfully lead teams, ably enacting the school’s vision and priorities with confidence. This was evident in the recent Ofsted Inspection where as new leaders they excelled.

The impact of Sam’s work with leaders in our organisation have been clear and positive. I have seen those who have worked with Sam really step up into senior leadership as a result of the coaching. Sam has brought out confidence and energised colleagues enabling them to increase their effectiveness and wellbeing as a result. The changes have been more significant than I have seen from any other form of CPD.