Senior Government Advisor

Our client is a senior government adviser. When he started a coaching programme with The Values Partnership he was searching for a new direction in his career. As a result of our work he became clearer about his values and has now decided to move away from public service and into his own business.

Looking back at the coaching he had this to say. “Having gone through the programme I can see the considerable benefit in clarifying my values and more importantly living them. From my experience, it is the living of my values that is the difficult part as it involves commitment over motivation - being my word rather than my excuses. However, this process is made easier through re-reading clear written values statements of intent, and then maintaining these values through regular coaching contact.

“Whilst I found the strengths work interesting, it was not as relevant as the one-to-one work I completed with Deborah. She is an inspirational coach that brings out the best in me. Her years of experience mean that she has the ability to keep me on track. She is able to recognise the times when my integrity begins to slip and the periods when I’m living through my old belief systems and acting via long-held habits.

“The work is not easy. How can it be otherwise when we’ve lived so much of our lives looking at it through clouded glass? Sometimes it seems easier to keep it clouded even though we know that the only way to get true results is by having it be clear. That is where the coaching comes into its own. The support is terrific.”