Lindsay Wittenberg

results

Our deliverable is the facilitation of managers and executives to achieve more effective performance through transformational, sustainable, positive change, to re-focus their careers and to be authentic at work.

As a result of our programmes, our clients:

Achieve clarity and become more focused
Enhance their efficiency and productivity by targeting their skills, talents and capabilities
Gain a fresh and exciting sense of what is possible, inspiring the teams around them and creating new choices and opportunities
Surpass their own beliefs about their capability
Feel more confident and in control
Feel more motivated, energised and creative - which in turn impacts on teams, peers, clients and suppliers
Gain improved emotional balance at a deep level
Run smoother and more productive relationships - which exploit the potential of individuals and organisations

Consequently:

They are more fulfilled, motivated, productive and efficient - with positive repercussions for their teams
They know their value more clearly and communicate it more effectively
They manage their careers more effectively
Their personal brand and market value improve
Line management effort is reduced

Their employers enhance profitability through:

More return on their investment in their people
More stability in both individuals and teams
Better quality leadership
Smoother change processes, minimising disruption and enhancing profitability
Better retention rates
Savings on the costs of outplacement and recruitment
Enhanced organisational efficiency and profitability
Greater stability of the executive and their team
Reduced absence and stress

Our clients say:

'As a result of my coaching programme with Lindsay I have gained greater clarity and confidence about my skills and abilities and my future career options. Over the course of working with her I have developed a new insight into purpose, strengths and values and what I want to get out of my working life. I am also more reflective and am able to consider the learning in all situations – even the difficult ones. I feel that I have developed a healthier level of engagement with my work and feel more positive about my future. Because of this and my renewed confidence I am better able to contribute at work. My personal clarity has enabled me to step outside of confusing and chaotic situations and determine the best way forward, allowing me to use my time more efficiently....I am able to communicate more positively with those around me and am less reactive and more thoughtful in challenging situations. An added bonus of this is that I am able to foster and encourage a culture of learning....Over the course of the coaching programme I have moved from feeling trapped and unable to promote myself to a position where I feel much more confident and hopeful about my current position and future career options. I feel like I have unravelled a lot of confusion and clutter in my head. I also feel more valued and value myself more. Overall my thinking has become much more positive – both about myself and others.....I would describe Lindsay as very thoughtful and insightful and someone with great integrity. Her style is structured, supportive and challenging – she is very skilled at creating the conditions for positive change and development. She is extremely genuine, thoughtful and engaging.....
My coaching has been of the highest quality – Lindsay has guided and supported me at the right level. She does not jump in with her views or answers but has helped me unpick various issues and aspects of me – helping me realise my potential.' Laura - a Senior Policy Officer in regional Government. February 2008

'Although initially a bit suspect of and cynical as to the benefits of coaching, I found that the process helped me enormously. Lindsay helped me discover some of my inner strengths, enabling me to function better at work and in my personal life. She helped and guided me to finding ways of dealing with some awkward situations and individuals with better clarity, confidence and effect. Her style and approach quickly relaxed me and engendered a great level of confidence. I now am a real convert and highly recommend both Lindsay and the coaching process.' Marie-Clare Chapman, Nov 2007. Marie-Clare, a qualified accountant, is Commercial Coordinator (Central North Sea), Gaz de France Britain.

‘I had recently stepped into a new position when I started working with Lindsay in spring 2007. I was at that time very stretched: I was juggling a number of professional and personal demands and needed to get a better overview of my priorities and improve my effectiveness at work. Lindsay's coaching was extremely useful in helping me achieve these goals. She allowed me to gain a better understanding of my priorities, and identify the strengths and weaknesses of my working style. She also helped me develop a set of tools to support my work going forward. As a result of the coaching sessions I am more focused professionally, better at prioritising and delegating, and have improved my ability to balance different demands. Lindsay is very personal, engaging and easy to work with. She works hard at maximising the value of each coaching session, and is creative in finding solutions to address issues the client is struggling with. I would highly recommend her to anyone wanting to reach the next level in their career.’ Swedish CFO of a publicly listed consumer finance company based in Finland, Sept 2007

"You challenged me, you pinned me to the wall, forcing me to say "yes" or "no" where there had previously been an artistic ambiguity. You dragged me out of my comfort zone, but it didn't seem difficult to me, because you managed to make me perceive how the various options I was considering would really "feel" to me if I chose to follow any one of them. This is a special gift. [The coaching] was open, quite brutal, a eye opener, allowed me to be honest to myself. You picked my brains and rattled my cage, but at the end [of it] I felt so energized, so positive, so affirmed, and relieved of the burden of the doubts I had felt in the previous months about what my next job might look like ... I would not have had the stamina and focus to pursue my current search had it not been for the clarity of thought that emerged from our discussion". Paul Siegenthaler, Swiss Integration Director, based in the UK

"I felt very comfortable with you. You asked challenging, deep, insightful questions, focusing on the issues underlying complex situations. You helped me understand those underlying issues: you took me through a process of self-discovery, which gave me a huge amount of confidence. You were very supportive both within and between coaching sessions, you have a very strong coaching style and you are very focused. You allowed me to stop and think, and you moved me to a really positive place: understanding who I am and working with it has helped me see the really positive impact I can have: I can set the world alight when I’m the real me! Your focus on strengths - and on leveraging them - has been extremely self-fulfilling and has seen my impact change". Learning and Development Manager in an energy company

"I worked with Lindsay to determine my work purpose, having decided to leave my senior but unrewarding corporate job. Prior to working with her, I had been very daunted by the idea of determining my work purpose. I knew I did not want to be doing what I was currently doing but I did not know what else; there seemed too many possibilities. Lindsay's approach and guidance helped me to ....rapidly advance the thinking and home in on the likely options. As a result of the work I did with Lindsay, I was able to structure my thinking, explore options for my career and really focus on the type of work that would be right for me, which would be an expression of who I am. I now have a handful of areas of work which I am exploring, all of which I feel passionate about. Lindsay's style is extremely supportive and encouraging. She is very positive yet also is appropriately challenging to ensure your thinking is robust. She is very diligent, she goes out of her way to help you on your journey and she always delivers on her commitments. I would recommend working with her." Sarah. Having been Head of Sales Support with a large UK IT reseller, Sarah decided to take a career break to explore her career path and decide on next steps.

"Working with Lindsay has enabled me to review my career to date and understand my values, skills and experience in a new light. Such a fundamental shift in perspective can only come about through working in a sympathetic, supportive and professional relationship. Armed with this new perspective I now have the clarity I needed to move my career to the next phase. I would strongly recommend Lindsay to anyone seeking support in moving their career forwards." Jos Belgrave, Managing Director of Digital Health Solutions, a consultancy dedicated to enabling healthcare organisations to improve their service delivery through the appropriate use of digital communications

"I worked with Lindsay through an important career transition and found working with her a pleasure. She was able to empower my thinking and support me in arriving at a conclusion I was both happy with and felt enthusiastic and energetic about. This set off a chain of events which have led to one of the most challenging and rewarding working experiences of my career to date. The processes we used together enabled me to get a fresh perspective and gave me new tools to work with in the future." Bob Cushing, Managing Director, The Wired Workplace

"I had the great pleasure of working with Lindsay Wittenberg to clarify my career objectives following my move to the United Kingdom in the summer of August 2004. In all our interactions, I found Lindsay’s clear thinking, perceptiveness, patience, and sincere interest in helping me clarify my thinking about the kind of work I could do professionally in the UK to be invaluable. She was an excellent listener and synthesizer, both orally and in writing, and an important resource for me as I acclimated to living and working in the UK. Her coaching skills were gently brought in when needed and her probing questions helped to crystallise my thinking. Her commitment to seeing me through this process has meant that she has continued to check in with me via telephone and face-to-face meetings in the months following the formal period of the contract at no additional charge. I have welcomed these interactions because we have come to know one another both professionally and personally. The outcome of the work we did together was that I determined that my management consulting practice was, indeed, transferable to the UK and I am now working with clients on both sides of the Atlantic." Barbara M Robinson, Robinson & Associates

"The company is enjoying its best business results for several years, due to the positive effect of LWL's services....I was able to establish a balance between conflicting goals and to focus on the priorities which had the most impact" John Veness, Managing Director, HMD Sealless Pumps

"Lindsay came into my life as a career coach in March 2005. Due to considerable personal and professional upheaval I had lost sight of any clear goals for the kind of work I wanted to do. Lindsay played a key role as a truth teller and guide in supporting me towards a clear understanding of what I wanted to do next as well as the kind of environment in which I would flourish and the support network I would need to balance successfully everything going on in my life. Lindsay has a gentle but firm style based on considerable experience of work and life as well as innate wisdom. She gave me both the space and structure to properly consider my options and then the confidence and encouragement to pursue them."
Kate Lavender

"As part of completing a review of my future career plan, Lindsay undertook an in depth personality assessment, to establish my preferred ways of working, and determine events in my past that contribute to the person I am and how I work. The assessment looked back at key events that have occurred since childhood, and was a totally different approach to going through the normal personality profiles that are often used in staff and management development, which I have gone through during my career. I found Lindsay to be very sensitive to the emotional impact of this: her calming approach made me feel at ease, and encouraged me to open up more. The results from this exercise, including 360° feedback from peers, helped me gain a far better understanding about what makes me tick, and greatly helped me in mapping out my future to focus on my personal strengths. To get the most out of the process, it is essential that you fully engage in it, and do not hold back on how you feel, or exclude events that may have consciously or sub-consciously affected you. If you put your trust in Lindsay I am sure you will find it as rewarding as I did." Allan Stevens, Director, Martin Stevens Project Services Limited

"Lindsay's help, assistance and friendly but demanding attitude were essential in allowing me to develop a plan which was significantly strengthened by her organisation, challenging attitude and empathy. But above all, her clarity of thought and communication, combined with her determination to assist me in finding the correct route for my future allowed me to drive my thought process to greater depth. I would recommend Lindsay to anybody wishing for a coach with a true ability to listen, understand and then assist the coachee to act!" Mark Kernick, The Kernick International Consultancy

“Lindsay is an excellent coach. She coached me when I was at a key point in my life, with the opportunity to make a major change but lacking clarity and conviction in how to move forwards. She helped me to realise what really mattered, and to find the courage to take a bigger step than I would otherwise have done. Her kindness, her intuition and her deep experience were great for me, and I’m sure will be of equal value to many people.” Justin Elliott, Tadashii

"I very much enjoyed working with Lindsay. She is a positive, sensible, enthusiastic and likeable person. She provided me with the ‘feel’ factor, helping me to understand, articulate and appreciate my many soft assets. Being fully aware of them I got to realize what I really want, what I enjoy and what I hate. Knowing this is a major step forward for anybody in their career and indeed in their lives, and particularly when they are at a turning point." Tobias Straessle, CIO, Saxo Bank (Copenhagen)

"LWL helped me realise I had already got the solutions to my problems" Carol Lammas

"The benefits of working with LWL were immediate and continuous......as a result I felt calm and empowered" Sarah Papoutsis

"Les séances de coaching avec LWL m'ont fait prendre conscience de mes capacités et de mes attentes sur le plan professionnel" Monique Gomis