Of course, we’re not working with organisations, we’re working with people. We keep in touch with many of our clients over many years, and we’d love to be in touch with you.
We’re here to co-create approaches that are built around you, your needs, your ambitions.
Sometimes we work with individuals. Sometimes we coach entire teams.
We can work with you regularly over a period of time, or we can design and run flexible programmes, such as our Power Coaching Days and our team facilitation, leadership development, and resilience workshops.
These aren’t the only things we do, of course.
If you were to ask our clients, this is how they might describe our services: fog lifting …waffle cutting …mind exercising …slowing everything down …horizon extending …dialogue facilitation …helping people and organisations become the best possible versions of themselves.
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Our clients don’t need coaching.
But they’re ambitious enough to want it.
They’re all successful, established professionals who want to step up from A to A*.
We work across a broad range of organisations, from global to local, corporate to entrepreneurial. And in a wide variety of sectors, including professional services, the media, publishing, manufacturing, not-for-profit, consulting, financial services, and local government.
Wherever possible, we love to encourage connections between our clients. Forging new alliances that can be exciting and productive for everyone involved.
This selection will give you an idea of just how diverse our clients are: Aardman, BAE Systems, The Berkeley Partnership, Boston Consulting Group, Breast Cancer Now, Ericsson, BMO GAM (formerly F&C Asset Management), Fremantle, Friends Life, Jewish Care, Pinsent Masons, Pan Macmillan, Sacker and Partners, Channel 4 and UNICEF.
Of course, we’re not coaching organisations. We’re working with people.
And the people we work with are the ones who can make a difference.
From the Board or executive committee to business and project teams.
From executives, functional leaders and senior managers to high potentials.
We keep in touch with many of our clients over many years.
And we’d love to be in touch with you.
Whatever you do, it works
The answers are inside me
Thank you
The chance to talk very openly
An important investment
Productive and insightful
Great sounding board
I was proved wrong
Ripple effect
Challenging and rewarding
Fantastic collaborative partners
Whatever you do, it works
‘As a coaching group you are completely different to any coaches we have worked with before – whatever you do, it works, you have a significant impact.’
Group Head
City law firm
The answers are inside me
‘Our challenge is always to do better. The Alliance coaches facilitate the leadership team dialogue, helping us to depersonalise the issues and address topics in an open way – and this is very powerful. People are our most valuable asset: coaching has given me new perspectives on how people think, feel and their individual motivations. In that sense personal coaching has given me a new toolset that makes me better at my job. In addition to this, coaching has given me the confidence that the answers are inside me, and the courage to find and pursue them.’
Executive Committee Member
Financial services firm
Thank you
‘Thank you for your superlative work yesterday. All of the Board were very complimentary of your process, style and management. These characters have seen lots and they were very impressed.’
Fiona Colegrave
Chair, The Canada-UK Foundation
The chance to talk very openly
‘Coaching gives me the chance to talk very openly about the complexities and difficulties of the journey to somebody I know will not judge me in any way and will see only the opportunity for change. For me the consequence of that airing is positive and constructive decision making.’
Jeremy Gilley, Founder
Peace One Day
An important investment
‘We have held monthly Coaching Days for several years and regard them as an important investment in our people. They are open to everyone and have a fantastic reputation. It’s a creative approach that enables a lot of people to experience the tangible benefits of coaching conversations.’
Nicky Gray
HR Director, Fremantle
Productive and insightful
‘I wanted to send my sincerest thanks to you for facilitating such a productive and insightful Executive Leadership Team away day yesterday. I felt that the day was a huge success and that your expertise really helped us to think about how we work successfully as a team.’
Delyth Morgan
Chief Executive, Breast Cancer Now
Great sounding board
‘The value of coaching is that, unlike mentoring, many of the answers lie within yourself. You just need someone to bring them out of you. My coach is a great sounding board, with wide experience, both professionally and socially. She helped me through many topics and elicited many solutions from me. Her similar interests to myself helped cement the relationship. I was very happy with the coaching, so much so that I would like to carry on.’
Director
FTSE 100 engineering company
I was proved wrong
‘Having been sceptical that a ‘one off’ session could provide genuine benefits to people, I was proved wrong! Employees really value the opportunity to speak to someone who has no organisational role and therefore no agenda. In my role as Director of HR and OD the key advantage has been identifying themes and, as those themes changed, being able to use this as an objective measure that culture change was being effected in the organisation. Coaching Days represent good value for money and introduce a new way of thinking to those who would not necessarily have access to coaching.’
Katherine Easter
Director of HR & OD, The Pension Protection Fund
Ripple effect
‘The approach The Alliance takes is extremely effective. Ann manages the balance of pace and reflection perfectly. I have numerous examples of her coaching guiding me to find the solutions that exist in my head. The ripple effect of the increased confidence that creates is beneficial to me and the Firm.'
Female executive committee member
Financial services firm
Challenging and rewarding
‘I found the coaching experience both challenging and rewarding; in terms of challenging, how I see the world / a situation, and rewarding in terms of what I have learned about me, and I suppose realising that I do have potential. I think your style in the sessions has been spot on, directive when needed, challenging, reflective and I wanted to say a big thank you as you journeyed with me through one of the most turbulent leadership changes I have experienced.’
Director
Global media company
Fantastic collaborative partners
‘We have immensely enjoyed working with The Alliance. They have been fantastic collaborative partners bringing intelligence, empathy, challenge to all those they have worked with. The feedback from our senior leaders has been overwhelmingly positive.’
Rina Gulrajani
Head of HR, Pan Macmillan
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