I wish I had signed up for this a lot sooner! I found it so easy to talk to Iain and discuss things with him in detail, which is something I truly believe everyone can benefit from. If you also think you’re the kind of person who doesn’t need this kind of experience, you might want to think again!

Ben Blanchard, Head of India, BioGrow International

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I highly recommend Iain to any organisation that seeks to support its staff in navigating professional and inter-personal growth. He provides a space to share freely and clear frameworks for understanding the varying dynamics at play if an issue is brought to him. He also offers support, clarity and confidence that best serves not only his coachees, but ultimately their teams and organisations as well

Senior Conservation Campaigner, International

 

Coaching time was very productive. We worked at a pace that suited me, covering topics that are important to me but which I wouldn’t otherwise have had the space to interrogate. Iain was fully engaged and his inputs and prompts were insightful. Highly recommended!

Senior Oceans Campaigner, International

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Iain is a very effective coach. He helped me to see issues or perspectives in my work that I hadn’t previously considered and gave me invaluable support when I was developing the strategy of my organisation. Iain is thoughtful and considered in his approach and brings a wealth of experience to it. I always left our coaching sessions with the sense that I had learned something new and useful.

Jonny Oates, Baron Oates, House of Lords, CEO United Against Malnutrition & Hunger

 

Having been sceptical about the whole idea of coaching, I was actually extremely impressed at just how much I learnt, and how I was able to change the way I work for the better.

Company Director, International

 

I've had the privilege of working closely with Iain Patton recently, and I must say, his coaching and mentoring abilities have truly made a difference for me. Iain's vast network and connections to both strategic thinkers and detail-oriented individuals have been instrumental. If you're seeking a supportive listener to help you navigate challenges, I highly recommend Iain.

Director of Estates and Sustainability, Russell Group University, UK

 

In my role as a CEO in the not for profit/charity sector, I have found Iain to be extremely familiar and empathetic to the context of my role. Iain has an exceptional ability to create an environment of trust, safety and confidentiality. 

CEO Social Inclusion NGO, Ireland

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My coaching sessions with Iain were very helpful in encouraging reflection on what is important to me, and how best to navigate challenges and opportunities inherent to my sustainability leadership role and beyond.

Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Leading UK University

 

Iain is a great coach with empathy. I felt listened to and encouraged throughout our sessions which have helped me assess my professional concerns and find a way forward. I am very grateful for his patience and wisdom, and I highly recommend him. 

International Wildlife Campaigner

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I have found our coaching sessions beyond helpful. Iain's coaching style, always reflecting and empowering, has really been an inspiration to me.

International Development Fundraising Director, NGO, Ireland

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The work to become a better leader isn’t easy, but it is so so worth it, and so much easier with Iain at my side as a coach.

Education Foundation CEO, India

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Iain very quickly created an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect and his ability to remain open to all the issues I raised, concerning people he was also coaching, was really helpful. Iain in our later sessions demonstrated the capacity to help with more reflective, self-work. He has helped me to touch back in on my strengths and my true north.

Conservation Campaign Director, International

 

Working with Iain is reassuring. Validating what you don't realise you already know, what can you already see... Revealing that which is obscured by the freneticism of modern life!”

Digital Manager, Conservation, International

 

For those who might say they are too busy to set this time aside for their own professional growth and development, I would say, this has been time well spent and has been invaluable.

CEO Wildlife Protection NGO, International

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Iain has reawakened in me the passion for the big picture which I had lost track of in the day-to-day

grind. Our sessions have become sacred time for me.

Religious Order Executive, International

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Coaching with Iain is like having a critical friend who is on my side but wants to challenge me. 

Wildlife NGO Senior Manager, International

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Even when asking the tough questions, I feel like Iain is truly on my side, and believes I can succeed. 
Children’s Charity CEO, India

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Working with Iain has helped me navigate a significant change in direction professionally, and kept me focussed on what really matters to me.

College Vice Principal, UK

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Iain has helped me see myself far more clearly in a professional context perhaps more than at anytime through my career. This has been a far more self-reflective process than I imagined but incredibly useful. I have come out of the process with far more self-belief and confidence. 

Food Company MD, International

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Iain's ability to listen actively – without judgement - to ask critical questions and to challenge my own lack of confidence as a leader have been key in achieving the self-belief and clarity required for me tackle my challenges. 

Executive Director, Wildlife Conservation NGO, International

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​Iain was really approachable, professional and knowledgeable and the coaching brought the best out in me to tackle a very unusual and challenging change-process in my organisation. 

​Conservation Project Manager, International

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It wasn't until I started a coaching relationship with Iain that I realised how powerful coaching can really be.

CSR Director, Engineering Corporate, International

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The conversations always help move forward on goals that matter to me.  Iain has a lot to offer the coaching world.

Director, International Development NGO, Ireland

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