I started work in theatre at 18, moved into corporate events production at 37, trained in Coaching at 63. I bring a lifetime of experience to this.
Training as a coach was a pragmatic choice, not because I was in love with the idea.
After my very first practice session, I was hooked. My God, this actually works! My first client was a lady who was struggling with work-life balance and felt she couldn’t ask to go part-time or she would lose her job. She asked. She went part-time. She kept her job. She was telling herself the wrong story.
Coaching is not counselling or therapy. It doesn’t advise. It opens the door for you. It is non-judgemental. It is not what I think you should do it is what you want in your life that I help you to define. You see how to make change, to make your life work the way you want it to be.
My Life before Coaching
My theatre and corporate production career has involved both organisational and creative skills. Not an altogether common mix. Before becoming a coach I worked as a company manager for the best theatre producers and as a showcaller with a large number of corporate production companies both in the UK and globally,
In Coaching, I honestly feel that all my working experience has come full circle to land in a place which totally suits me.
My life before work
I grew up in a theatre family. My dad was a repertory theatre manager. My mum was an actress who worked for my dad after the war, she kept acting and directing throughout her life. My sister and her family are theatre people.
I absolutely love theatre. I love storytelling. It runs through me like a thread.
My earliest memories are of the houselights going down, the curtain going up and there we all are. In a story of which we are all an integral part. Nothing has changed in this for me.
The energy of theatre people is totally compelling. I can say to work with they can be painful! But I still love them. The bravery they show in exploring themselves to bring their character to life. Now as a coach I am drawing that character and sub text out of the people I work with to enable them to better understand themselves, what they want from life and to go get it.
What do those job titles mean?
A theatre company manager is responsible to the theatre producer for the care of the show. The pastoral care of the whole company, deals with crises, works with the creative team on keeping the production in good shape. Eight shows a week. Six days a week. A full-time job.
A corporate show caller works with the producer responsible for the event during rehearsals and live show communicating between client, presenters and technical crew.
The show caller supports presenters to help them understand the best way to use the stage, the technology and how to get their message across to the audience.
She or he understands how to make a show look like a show, giving all the cues to the crew so they understand the flow to make what has been a jumble of rehearsals look like a seamless whole, which in turn gives confidence to the presenters
In Coaching, I honestly feel that all my working experience has come full circle to land in a place which totally suits me coaching and I get on well.
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