The Leadership Coaches Team

Jess is a highly credible and accomplished executive coach with a wealth of leadership experience, making her exceptionally well positioned to support senior leaders in navigating complex challenges. With a background leading large-scale transformation programmes, managing multi-agency teams, and influencing at ministerial and board levels, she brings a deep understanding of the realities and pressures of leadership. Having been in the thick of high-stakes decision-making herself, Jess offers empathetic yet challenging coaching that enables her clients to think clearly, lead authentically, and achieve meaningful results.

Jess’s coaching is person centred, ensuring that her clients remain firmly in the lead. She creates a reflective and stretching space where they can think deeply, challenge their own assumptions, and develop sustainable strategies.

Her approach is grounded in positive psychology, applying evidence-based techniques to help clients play to their strengths, build resilience, and enhance their overall effectiveness. She encourages them to recognise and leverage what is already working well, creating a springboard for further growth and impact.
Jess partners with senior leaders across large organisations, including board level executives, directors, and senior managers. Her clients often face challenges such as strengthening their executive presence, improving their influence with peers and stakeholders, building resilience in high-pressure environments, and navigating complex team dynamics.

Through her coaching, clients frequently report:

• Greater clarity in their leadership approach and decision making
• Improved confidence and resilience, particularly in times of uncertainty or change
• Stronger, more impactful relationships with peers and senior stakeholders
• Enhanced self-awareness, leading to more authentic and effective leadership

Her first-hand experience of the pressures, complexities, and demands of senior leadership means she brings both empathy and credibility to her coaching. She understands the challenges of driving change, influencing at the highest levels, and balancing strategic demands with people leadership.
Jess is highly qualified with advanced coaching credentials, combining academic rigour with practical application:

• MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology providing her with a strong foundation in the science of sustainable performance and wellbeing.
• Accredited Diploma in Transformational Coaching equipping her with advanced coaching techniques to create lasting impact.

Clients describe Jess as insightful, pragmatic, and highly effective at creating a space where they feel safe to explore complex challenges while being constructively stretched. She helps leaders think more clearly, act more confidently, and lead with greater influence and authenticity.

Whether supporting an executive to enhance their boardroom presence, helping a director strengthen their stakeholder relationships, or enabling a senior leader to build greater resilience, Jess’s coaching creates lasting impact. Her clients leave with sharper self-awareness, clearer strategies, and the confidence to thrive as high-impact leaders.