testimonials

"Coaching has made a difference in my life by helping me to understand my motivations and why things effect me and then how to deal with those, confront, ignore or deal with them. I can now shut off from work and better understand my motivation at work and home. I am less frustrated and have afar more positive attitude at home and work. I have control. My partner and I now also communicate rather than talk.

I had a very positive experience and it worked just as described during our initial meeting. I most valued the honesty and trust in our coaching relationship.

After considering coaching for nearly a year before taking the plunge and now having experienced the positive benefits both at home and work, I wish I had initiated the process earlier in my life."
Philip Wells, Technical Director, Cambridgeshire

"In October 2007 I started my new job a Januarys Consultant Surveyors, based in Cambridge . This career move had taken me from a Local Council's Planning Department and this was therefore my first taste of working within the Private Sector.

My career move was facilitated by a recruitment agency who, post appointment, offered me a series of Executive Coaching Sessions which are aimed at ensuring those candidates who are recruited become effective and comfortable in their now post, as soon as possible. The coaching session are offered free of charge.

Having started my new job I was very sceptical about enrolling onto the Executive Coaching Sessions. I am very much a person who gets his head down and works at things, rather than talking about them. I was therefore struggling to see how these coaching session could help me. In the end, after a couple of months of deliberation and delay, (which I now understand is a ‘gremlin' of mine), I took the plunge and phoned Jill McCulloch whose CV was included within the Executive Coaches Pack.

In total I had six coaching sessions with Jill, all held over the phone on a bi-weekly cycle. Jill's personal, soft and very approachable character made settling into the coaching sessions very easy, even for me who at the time was, as I say, very sceptical.

Through my discussions with Jill I very quickly began to realise a lot more about myself. Who I really am, what I like, what I don't like and what my values are. These were things I had never taken the time to think about.

Understanding what my own values are has really made a difference, both in my professional and private life. Little things now seem to make more sense and while problems still arise, with Jill's help I feel a lot more comfortable in tackling these issues head on.

Several of Jill's other coaching techniques have allowed me to view problems with more perspective, (‘future self') and have helped me appreciate all the good things in my life. I can now recognise my quirky habits, (‘gremlins') and can highlighted ways that I can tackle and overcome these ‘gremlins', making me more efficient and comfortable, particularly at work.

In all, the coaching sessions have been a great help to me and I am very glad I decided to take the plunge back in October. The coaching has given my life more direction and I can highly recommend becoming involved in the process, especially for people like me who are presented with the opportunity following a career move.

While I was presented with a number of Cv's, I am also glad that I choose Jill as my personal coach. Jill is very friendly, approachable and takes a real interest in the matters you want to discuss. More importantly, Jill helps you to help yourself.

Executive Coaching was a thoroughly enjoyable, thought provoking and helpful experience."
Paul Belton, January 2008

"When Jill was first recommended to me I was honestly clutching at straws, trying to regain some sense of worth and motivation, the buzz that I had felt  all my life seemed to have disappeared.  Through several  serious knocks both emotionally and financially I had subconsciously taken a step back in to a quieter more placid safe place where I thought I would be protected from further anguish, the reality was I was just making myself unhappier by not striving for the recognition and success that I wanted.

After a few weeks of coaching under Jill, I had already seen the benefits and had achieved and surpassed sales targets that only a couple of weeks before would have seemed unimaginable. A promotion that I had been turned down for only a short 6 weeks beforehand suddenly became a reality when I was approached and offered the job without even applying due to my new found confidence, out look and achievements.

I would honestly say that Jill has had a dramatic effect on my life, both personally and especially work related, and although some of the coaching sessions were I would say uncomfortable in facing some home truths, needless to say worth it in the end."
Sean Harper, Sales Consultant

It's given me clarity and confidence and helped me move forward with a number of critical decisions about how I work and what I do to improve my performance in my job. This has made me feel much more confident and my business has become more successful as a result."
Ms RF, Former Consultant, Spencer Stuart

"Coaching has helped me meet and achieve personal and professional goals. People around me have remarked that they have seen a change in the way I approach tasks and life in general - calm and focused."
Mr AV, Operations Director of Pan-European Manufacturing Company

"I've identified personal values which have helped me to focus on what is important to me in my life. I've learnt strategies for adopting a different perspective and changing my mindset, as necessary and appropriate. It's opened up my mind to possibilities and new ways of thinking. It's given me confidence and strength and a foundation on which to build for the future.

Friends and family have noticed a change in me and my attitude. I have a new perspective on my relationships. I am trying new things and have opened my mind .I feel excited about my future instead of afraid and depressed. Coaching with you gave me an objective viewpoint and ability to lift/take me out of myself. It provided me with a new framework within which to operate and gave me a new perspective on life. Your intuitive approach was very helpful."
Ms RW, Marketing Director, Internationally Acclaimed Business School

"Coaching has given me some new tools to understand what is working for me at the moment, what I'd like to change and some ways to get started. And some discipline in paying attention to it regularly. I'm feeling clearer about my work (the area I wanted to focus on) and more able to view it from different perspectives. And I'm feeling more settled all round."
Ms CJ, Strategist, Multinational Corporation Head Office

"Coaching has provided an opportunity to review my life after being made redundant. It has allowed me to face the future without any influence or pressure to continue in the same mould as before. I have left my old job on good terms and have started a new company. I am feeling positive about myself and confident whereas before I could not see an end to my unhappiness. The service that you provided has delivered what it set out to do. You have given me just the right amount of support for me to get to where I am now."
Mr MW, MD, Architectural Design

"Self realisation has been the key, self acceptance and knowing about values. I have a much stronger sense of self and now have full belief that anything in life is achievable as long as you have faith in yourself. It has made me realise the full potential of my character and that however floored one is in certain areas of life, life coaching has given me the ability to look outside the box and see the bigger picture, look at a situation with a different perspective, what freedom!!!!"
Mr RJ, Managing Director, Construction

Mr JF, a journalist in his thirties, came to me to write a book.  Within a year he had written the book, started freelancing earning more money than he ever had, met and married his girlfriend and set up a new life abroad. 

"I have progressed significantly and … am well on the road to changing patterns of behaviour which have been holding me back for too long. It has been, without doubt, a life-changing experience."
Mr JF, journalist

"It has made me appreciate and given me an understanding of what I want to achieve in my life and to leave behind what hurt me. I have been able to overcome certain situations that before would have crippled me. I can see how I was 4 months ago and now I feel I have changed and am able to think clearer. I feel empowered to go forward and achieve my new goals in life. There is definitely something special about you, you have a wealth of intuition and many other skills."
Ms HR, MD Recruitment Companies

"I do not seem to ‘crave' for ‘something else' outside of myself – and feel like I need to ‘search for my destiny' anymore. I feel more at peace and seem calmer. It has freed my mind up from the restrictions and chaos and& obligations I imposed on myself. I have a much better relationship and feel better about my marriage."
Ms PA, Company Accountant