Nick Taylor | Director, Coach & Consultant

I am a friendly and approachable Coach specialising in working with individuals and leaders to improve wellbeing, self-awareness, emotional competence and resilience.  Focusing on confidence, acceptance, reducing anxiety, exploring identity and improving motivation to find happiness, working through challenges to find perspective

My Coaching Style
I have a warm and straight-talking approach, helping my clients to establish what is realistic and possible. I am friendly and compassionate, with a good sense of humour, encouraging a reflective approach to make progress with my clients.  Think of me as an impartial critical friend, asking questions designed to provoke reflection and challenge your thinking, supportively holding you to account

My Qualifications and Experience

I am a Level 7 qualified Advanced Executive Coach, experienced school leader in both mainstream and SEN settings.  I hold NLP and Adult Mental Health First Aid qualifications and have vast experience working with individuals with social, emotional and mental health challenges.  I am an accredited behaviour trait personality profiler, a member of the Association for Coaching (AC) and I hold an enhanced DBS check certificate as well as comprehensive indemnity and liability insurance

I am a warm and compassionate Coach with a big heart, a strong moral compass and a deep commitment to empowering people.  I am passionate about supporting individuals and leaders through coaching to secure improved wellbeing, health and resilience, and to find perspective and sustainable solutions when life throws a curveball

My Coaching Style

I am authentically warm, friendly and open. I am committed to nurturing and exploring by asking questions that prompt you to look deeper; to reflect and to challenge your thinking, your habits and self-limiting beliefs and behaviours. I understand the struggles of leadership and work with humility and openness to coach individuals and leaders to feel more resilient in times of challenge or change

My Qualifications and Experience

I am an experienced headteacher and qualified Advanced Skills Teacher with over twenty years’ experience in mainstream, independent and Alternative Education Provision. I have been a Governor and Trustee of both an independent primary school and a mainstream MAT secondary school.  I co-founded an educational charity and subsequently led its transition into a respected, registered independent charity-run SEMH therapeutic school.

I am experienced in delivering a wide spectrum of professional training in schools and specialist conferences