Coaching

Coaching is an action-orientated, future-focused partnership between coach and client designed to achieve specific organisational and personal goals where you are supported and encouraged to take specific action in moving towards defined goals.

Performance coaching is entirely client-centered and you set the agenda in discussion with your coach while working together to build a personalised plan to help you to: establish compelling goals; build your self-belief and capacity; generate options and opportunities; challenge and question limiting beliefs; tackle real-life obstacles and resistance; and develop your awareness and understanding of how to make positive progress in your life and career.

Depending on which coaching package you choose, you will benefit from some combination of the following:

• An initial meeting to agree the broad scope and desired outcomes of the coaching programme
• Regular meetings with your coach, either by telephone or face-to-face.  Each session will establish the goal for that session, enable you to explore the reality and restraints of your current situation, support you in generating options and opportunities for progress and engage you in committing to a positive action plan to move you forward
• Progress review/evaluation throughout the programme of sessions
• Email support in-between sessions
• Closure: agreement of a forward action plan at the end of your programme, to ensure you continue to develop, with or without the support of further coaching

Brian Carr has been Chief executive of BVSC since 2005 and has more than 15 years experience in the fields of personal and professional effectiveness. 

Brian is fully accredited in Personal & Performance Coaching through The Coaching Academy, Europe's leading coach training institute, and is a regular contributor to the Expert Advice column at Careershifters.org.

He is an accredited facilitator of Franklin Covey training, including their flagship FOCUS: Achieving Your Highest Priorities and 7 Habits of Highly Effective Managers programmes.

Brian runs his own part-time private coaching practice, writes a popular coaching blog for his website at www.cormackcarr.com, and is a regular contributor to the Expert Advice column at Careershifters, the UK’s leading career-change service.

Read what Brian’s coaching clients are saying at: www.cormackcarr.com/testimonials.

Sessions last between 45 - 60 minutes and start from as little as £70 per session with generous discounts for BVSC members.  

Frequency of sessions is negotiable, and will normally be somewhere between fortnightly and monthly.  

Payment is in advance.

If you are not entirely satisfied with how things are progressing by the end of the second session you are entitled to a full refund on the price of the remaining sessions – no questions asked.

If you are a senior manager in the voluntary or public sector and are interested in introducing coaching into your organisation or team, we may be able to help you. 

Contact us on Coaching@bvsc.org or 0121 678 8819 for more information and a no obligation discussion.

“So useful – I felt in control and empowered in achieving my goals.” – Mary Munford

“Brian really helped me to think issues through…the goals we set together were very realistic and helped me take different approaches both in my work and home life…and Brian made me feel very much at ease.” – Helen Cook, Manager, Northamptonshire Police Authority

“Going to see a life coach is one of the best things I have ever done. I had such a big decision to make in changing my job and starting a new business. Brian was so helpful in helping me put my thought patterns straight and establishing practical steps to take. My work life balance is just so much better now.  I’ve been able to balance what I need to do in order to bring in enough money to pay the bills, with what I really love and want to do long term.” - Stephanie Flaherty, Homeopath

“The impact of my coaching session with Brian has been great – he was instrumental in getting me onto the right track with regard to marketing my business.” – Mark Pegler, Hypnotherapist

“Brian’s coaching gave me more confidence to believe in my ability as a writer. Very worthwhile!” – Joanna Timms

“I really appreciated the coaching I received from Brian – he’s a brilliant listener and helped me to make some logical sense of my jumbled up thoughts.  He was articulate and focused in his conversations with me, patient when I needed him to be, and gently persuasive when I needed that too!  I feel very lucky to have worked with him.” – Jackie Tweedie, Yoga Teacher & Journey Practitioner

“With Brian’s help I have been able to get out of the rut I was in after three years as a stay-at-home mum, and have started to find ways to find time for myself, have started working again, and am looking into further education courses with a view to developing my career.  I feel very fortunate to have had Brian’s help.” – Tanya Berenshtain

“I’m very grateful for Brian’s coaching because it has helped me actually follow my plans through rather than procrastinating about them!” – Frances Barnes, Student  

“Since working with Brian I have set up my own therapy practice and I’m hopeful of a bright, successful and happy future.  I would really recommend Brian’s services to anyone.” – Cecilia Breslin, Complementary Therapist

“Brian’s coaching helped me with getting my time at work organized better, which has reduced my stress and increased my effectiveness.  I also gained clarity in setting my health and fitness goals which has led to really positive changes in my life.  I’m very grateful for the coaching sessions with Brian and the positive results I’ve achieved with his help.” – Liliana Hristova

“Brian helped me to explore a variety of topics during our series of sessions.  I found his help invaluable throughout.  Despite having some difficult personal events during this time period, I feel proud of what I’ve achieved and consider Brian’s coaching – which was supportive, encouraging, and understanding – as a very significant part of that success.” – Matt Stephens, Web Design Project Manager

“Brian is an excellent trainer with a good sense of humour who brings the course to life with real examples all the way through.” – Elaine Boyden, Chief Executive, Advocacy Matters