FAQs

Have a question about working with WonderIf? Below you'll find answers about career coaching, leadership development, pricing, and how to get started. Led by Susie Edwards, WonderIf works with individuals in all sectors, NHS teams, universities, and organisations across the UK and Europe.

What happens in a career coaching session?

Every session is different because every person and situation is different. In general, sessions are focused conversations structured around what matters most to you right now. We might explore what is holding you back, clarify what you actually want, work through a specific challenge or decision, or prepare you for something coming up an interview, a difficult conversation, a role change.

Sessions typically last 60 to 90 minutes depending on the focus. Before we begin working together, there is always an initial conversation to understand your situation and make sure coaching with WonderIf is the right fit for you.

What types of coaching does WonderIf offer?

WonderIf offers a range of coaching services for individuals and organisations:

• Career coaching for professionals navigating career decisions, transitions, or growth

• Interview coaching for preparing for job interviews, senior applications, or academic roles

• Redundancy coaching —specialist support for those facing or experiencing redundancy

• MBTI and team coaching using personality profiling to improve team dynamics and communication

• Returning to work after a career break this can be for women and men making the transition after parental or caring responsibilities. Susie also works with PhD Clinical Academics and if you have had a sabbatical.

• Leadership development programmes for teams and organisations in healthcare, education, and beyond

Can you help me if I am returning to work after a career break?

Yes. Returning to work after a career break whether through maternity or paternity leave, caring responsibilities, ill health, redundancy or a planned pause are some of the most common reasons people come to WonderIf for coaching. It can feel daunting to re-enter the workplace, especially if your confidence has taken a knock or the landscape has changed while you've been away. Career coaching with WonderIf gives you the space to take stock of what you have, clarify what you want, and build a clear, confident plan for returning on your own terms. Sessions are available online and in person in London, and are tailored entirely to your situation.

How do I know if I need a career coach?

You might benefit from career coaching if you find yourself feeling stuck or uncertain about your next career move, going for roles and not getting them, returning to work after a break or redundancy, feeling undervalued or underused in your current role, wanting to step up into leadership but not sure how, or simply sensing that something needs to change but not knowing what.

You do not need to be in crisis to benefit from coaching. Some of the most productive coaching happens when people are doing well but want to do better, or when they are at a natural crossroads and want to think it through properly before making a move.

How many career coaching sessions will I need?

It varies. Some people need just one session they have a specific question or decision to work through and one focused conversation gives them the clarity to move forward. Most people have an average of three sessions, which allows time to explore the bigger picture, make a plan, and work through what gets in the way of acting on it.

Susie will always discuss this with you upfront. You will never be pushed into a longer programme than you need.

Does WonderIf offer any free career planning resources?

Yes. WonderIf offers two free resources for anyone thinking about their career. The first is the Little Book of Career Thoughts a practical mini-workbook that helps you organise your thinking about where you are, what you want, and what might be getting in the way. The second is the CareerFit workbook a free tool to help you explore what kind of work genuinely suits you. Both are available to download free from the WonderIf website. The Little Book of Career Thoughts is also sent personally to everyone who gets in touch about coaching. To access these free career planning resources you can download CareerFit or email wonderif.hello@gmail.com.

Is career coaching confidential?

Yes. Everything discussed in a coaching session is confidential. That is fundamental to how WonderIf works. You need to be able to speak openly and honestly about your ambitions, your frustrations, your uncertainties and that is only possible in a space that feels genuinely safe.

If coaching is being commissioned by your employer or organisation, the terms of confidentiality will be agreed clearly before any work begins and at the heart of Susie’s process is that confidentiality and psychological safe spaces to share hopes, aspirations and issues are created.

Can I book a virtual career coaching session?

Yes. Sessions are available both online via video call and in person in London. Most clients work with Susie online, which offers the same quality of conversation with greater flexibility around schedules and location. Susie travels to companies and provides in-person coaching on your site, this is usually and booked in to accommodate particularly requirements for individuals and their teams.

WonderIf works with individuals across the UK and internationally.

How do I prepare for a career coaching session?

You do not need to do anything formal to prepare. Coming with a rough sense of what you most want to focus on is helpful, but it does not need to be perfectly formed. Part of the value of coaching is helping you articulate what is going on when it feels hard to put into words.

When you get in touch about coaching, Susie will send you the Little Book of Career Thoughts, a practical mini-workbook that helps you start to organise your thinking before your first session.

How much does career coaching cost at WonderIf?

Career coaching at WonderIf is priced according to your individual situation and what you need. Some people need a single focused session to work through a specific challenge. Others benefit from a short programme of sessions over several weeks or months.

Because no two situations are the same, Susie will always speak with you first to understand what you need and what would represent the best use of your investment. To find out more about costs for your specific situation, get in touch for an initial conversation.

What is the difference between career coaching and life coaching?

Career coaching focuses specifically on your professional life your work, your role, your ambitions, your development and your transitions. Life coaching tends to cover a broader range of personal goals and circumstances.

At WonderIf, career coaching is grounded in real-world professional experience across the NHS, higher education, and research. Susie brings deep sector knowledge alongside coaching expertise, which means the conversations are both personally meaningful and practically relevant to the environments you actually work in.

How can coaching help NHS leaders and healthcare professionals?

Healthcare professionals operate under extraordinary pressure workforce challenges, structural change, increased demand, and little time to think. Coaching provides something that is rarely available in that environment: protected space to step back, think clearly, and find a way forward.

For individual NHS professionals, coaching can help with career decisions and transitions, building confidence, preparing for senior roles, navigating redundancy or restructuring, and developing a clearer sense of leadership identity. For teams, leadership development with WonderIf builds the collective capacity to lead more effectively through complexity and change.

Do you run virtual workshops and online programmes?

Yes. WonderIf offers a range of virtual workshops and online programmes for teams and organisations. Unlike generic team building providers, WonderIf's virtual workshops are designed around the real challenges your team is navigating — whether that is improving how you communicate, building psychological safety, developing leadership capability, or navigating change and complexity together. Sessions are facilitated live by Susie Edwards via video call and can be tailored to your team's size, sector and specific needs. WonderIf works with NHS teams, university departments, research institutions and professional organisations across the UK and internationally. To discuss a virtual workshop for your team, email wonderif.hello@gmail.com

What leadership development does WonderIf offer for healthcare organisations?

WonderIf offers a range of leadership development services for NHS Trusts and healthcare organisations, including bespoke leadership programmes, executive and senior leader away days, masterclasses and webinars, MBTI and team coaching, and e-learning content creation.

All programmes are designed around the specific context, culture and challenges of the organisation not a generic syllabus. An outline proposal is always created so that costs and deliverables are clear from the start.

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I work in OD, L&D or HR, how can WonderIf support my organisation?

WonderIf works with OD, L&D and HR professionals to design and deliver leadership programmes, workshops, masterclasses, redundancy support, and bespoke organisational development projects. The starting point is always a conversation about what you are trying to achieve and what is actually happening in your organisation right now. From there, Susie will develop an outline proposal that sets out clearly what will be delivered, how, and at what cost. Nothing is off-the-shelf everything is shaped around your context.

Do you offer redundancy support for organisations?

Yes. WonderIf provides specialist redundancy coaching for individuals and organisations navigating restructuring. This includes one-to-one coaching for individuals facing redundancy, support for managers who are delivering difficult news, and organisational programmes designed to help teams move through significant change with care and purpose. If your organisation is going through a period of redundancy or restructuring and you want to handle it in a way that genuinely supports your people, get in touch to talk through what that could look like.

Can WonderIf design a bespoke leadership programme for our organisation?

Yes. Bespoke programme design is a core part of what WonderIf does. Susie has designed and delivered leadership programmes for NHS Trusts, universities, research institutions and professional organisations across the UK. The design process begins with proper listening understanding your organisation's culture, the challenges your leaders are navigating, and what success looks like. The result is a programme that feels genuinely relevant to the people in the room, which is what makes the learning stick.

Does WonderIf offer reputable leadership development programmes in the UK?

Yes. WonderIf designs and delivers bespoke leadership development programmes for organisations across the UK, with particular expertise in the NHS, higher education and research sectors. Led by Susie Edwards, a leadership specialist and coach with over 20 years of experience WonderIf's programmes are designed around the real challenges leaders and teams face, rather than a generic syllabus. Clients include NHS England, King's College London, Imperial College London, the London School of Economics, the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the BMA, Lancaster University, the Open University and many more. Unlike large institutional providers, WonderIf offers genuinely bespoke programmes designed around your organisation's context, culture and challenges. To find out more about leadership development programmes for your organisation, email wonderif.hello@gmail.com or visit www.wonderif.co.uk/leadership-development

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Who is Susie Edwards and what is WonderIf?

WonderIf is a UK-based leadership development and coaching practice founded by Susie Edwards. Susie is an educator, coach, and leadership specialist with an MA, MSc and Postgraduate Diploma, and is a Fellow of the RSA. She has over two decades of experience working across business and corporations, NHS, higher education, and international research communities.

WonderIf works at the intersection of leadership, careers, and organisational learning helping individuals, teams and organisations think differently, build confidence, and create meaningful change. The practice is built around a single belief: that better leadership starts with curiosity.

Can Susie Edwards speak at events or contribute to media?

Yes. Susie is available for speaker engagements, panel discussions, webinars, podcasts and media contributions on topics including curiosity-led leadership, career development, NHS culture, leadership in complex environments, and organisational learning.

To make a media or speaker request, email wonderif.hello@gmail.com with details of what you need. If it is within Susie's areas of expertise, she will be glad to help and if it is not, she will do her best to point you in the right direction.

Where is WonderIf based and do you work remotely?

WonderIf is based in the UK and offers in-person sessions in London. Coaching and leadership development programmes are also available online via video call, which means we work with individuals and organisations nationally and internationally.

Whether you prefer to meet in person or work remotely, the quality of the conversation and the outcomes are the same.

How do I commission work with WonderIf?

The simplest way to start is to email Susie directly at wonderif.hello@gmail.com. She will arrange a time to speak, listen to what you need, and follow up with an outline proposal that sets out clearly what will be delivered and at what cost. There is no lengthy tender process and no obligation from an initial conversation. WonderIf works best when there is a genuine fit between what you need and what we do and that is always the first thing to establish.