Patrick Read

I help companies increase staff productivity by delivering one-to-one coaching to their employees from graduates to C-suite executives so that each individual finds the clarity and/or confidence they need to overcome a challenge and achieve their work goals.

About:

Problems that your company may currently face are staff lacking confidence in their own abilities and consequently working below their potential. Or employees seeking clarity because of their uncertainty on how to achieve a particular business or career goal. Both challenges result in slower delivery speeds and increased project’s costs, which negatively impact the company’s effectiveness and budget. 

Both can be resolved by one-to-one coaching by an external coach. That’s what I do. 

Confidence

Some common reasons an individual’s confidence may suffer are imposter syndrome, self-sabotaging behaviours, lack of self-belief, the impact of negative work experiences, returning to work after an absence, and other factors. Coaching can help an employee deal with these situations. Often the outcome is an employee who feels more positive, more able, less stressed, has increased self-confidence and is clearer in how to effectively perform their role.

Companies benefit from their employees being more confident, and consequently performing more to their potential and ability. Confident staff are more productive, creative, engaged, happy, and are less likely to seek alternative employment. 

A middle-manager said:

“Faced with low motivation and self-doubt, I found in Patrick a perceptive listener who asked insightful questions, challenging my limited perspective. His approach helped me rediscover my strengths, reassess my skills, and build genuine confidence.” 

And another:

“Patrick helped me understand that many of my limitations were my own negativity and how debilitating these were. My confidence has improved hugely and when the negativity does occur, I now have techniques to combat it.”

Clarity

Other employees may need clarity in how to move forward with their work or career. They may need to talk through multiple options to simple or complex challenges, with work, teams, strategy, priority, or their own limitations. Coaching creates a safe which helps an individual identify what that goal is, the most suitable and plausible path to attain it, and the next steps to take. 

Companies benefit from their employee’s increased clarity by seeing improved productivity, clearer direction, and a refocus of energy. All of which helps the projects they are working on to move forward more efficiently, and more aligned with the organisation’s objectives.

A C-Suite leader said recently; 

“Patrick is an excellent coach. He is a great listener, challenges when required and ultimately helps me to understand myself, my drivers and my goals more clearly.”

Work with me 

The reason organisations should work with me is that your employees will benefit from the safety of a confidential space with an external coach to discuss a challenge they have at work. A space where they are not judged, can express every thought in confidence, and feel truly listened to. When an employee feels listened to, understood and believed in, then a transformation takes place, and the company in turn benefits from the improved confidence and greater clarity the employee takes into their work. 

My former career experience as a consultant Business Analyst in IT and the banking world means I bring a depth of experience of eliciting what clients really want and what is going on. My years of experience in analysis allows me to spot gaps, patterns and probe for solutions, asking questions which are both searching and challenging in a good way.  

My career also gave me an understanding of how offices, teams and projects run in big organisations, and my wisdom gained by experience in that environment empowered me to coach, mentor and guide colleagues. These skills support me in the coaching I do today, and I help organisations in all professions and sectors bring clarity and confidence where it is needed in their workplace. 

If you are an HR Director / Chief People Officer or a senior manager who wants to support specific members of their teams with challenges around Confidence and/or gaining Clarity on how to move forward, then please use the contact form below to get in touch and book a free consultation.