Focusing on you
It starts with me…
Whether you are looking for a one-off interview coaching session or a series of career conversations to explore a full career shift, I am here to support you. Whatever stage you are at, I will help you get career fit so that you can take control of your path and feel more fulfilled, confident, and successful at work.
The first step is to hear your story. I take the time to understand your current situation and aspirations through a free discovery call, either by phone or virtually. This allows me to pinpoint where our focus will be and how we can make the biggest impact together.
01 — Career Curiosity
Every career journey is unique, whether you are a paediatrician, research scientist, or the owner of a branding agency. Your path, your decisions, and your experiences are unlike anyone else’s. The first step is to be curious about yourself, your motivations, and what brought you to this point. For some, a single coaching session is enough to spark action. For others, more time may be needed to generate ideas, explore options, and discover opportunities that bring both satisfaction and excitement back into your career and life.
02 — Explorer
Career exploration requires both reflection and action. While career theory guides my approach, I focus on practical, visual methods to make ideas tangible. I often draw and sketch concepts as we talk, creating a visual map of your career journey. Together we explore your motivations, interests, and ambitions, and combine these with what is realistic and achievable in today’s market. Immersing ourselves in this process allows for clarity, insight, and creative thinking about your next steps.
03 — What Do You Think
Decision-making can feel complex and overwhelming. Many of us move along a career conveyor belt without pausing to reflect on whether we are truly heading in the right direction. For some, the focus is career enhancement and maximising success in your current path. For others, stepping back can reveal new possibilities and inspire change. My role is to challenge you in the right way, ask questions that others may not, and help you make decisions with confidence and clarity.
04 — Making It Happen
This stage is about preparation, skill-building, and action. Whether it is CVs, personal statements, presentations, pitches, appraisals, or interview coaching, I am here to support, critique, and guide you. You do the work, and I ensure that you feel fully prepared, confident, and empowered to move forward. Together we turn aspiration into achievement.
Client feedback
Working with Susie as my coach has helped tremendously, in particular with my transition to being a Director of my own company. The time with her has given me space to reflect, gain new insights into myself and think differently about approaching the decisions I've had to make. Susie has a real depth of experience and understanding, and shares this in a very flexible and pragmatic way which is insightful and responsive to my needs. I particularly like the balance she strikes between encouraging me to reflect and providing observations and suggestions. I think she’s a great coach and would recommend her highly.
- Jen Young, Company Director, London
After an extended maternity leave and losing all confidence in my ability and drive to return to work, Susie helped get me excited, motivated and allowed me to believe in myself again. We did a workshop and mapped out potential routes for my career and found new areas to explore. By updating my CV and revisiting my LinkedIn profile, Susie brought out the best of me and allowed me to test the workforce with confidence. After just 1 week of actively seeking work I attended 2 interviews, I got both positions and was able to negotiate rates and working patterns that suited me which is something I would never have imagined being able to do! I now know my worth and the value and expertise that I bring to the marketplace. It’s onward and upwards for me, thanks for Susie and her enthusiasm and belief - Kate Johnson, Creative Operations, London
Working with Susie has been life changing in that she has allowed me develop, shape and propel my career forward for the better: from providing the space to reflect on my past career path to understand the best decisions to take moving forward, developing my career brand, understanding my key skills, rethinking my weaknesses, developing my leadership, and talking through my career challenges. As well as her extensive experience which she brings to each conversation, she is insightful, creative and dynamic. Every session is valuable and constructive and I come away reframing the issues we have discussed with new reading material, challenges to take on and positivity. With all of this she is such a warm, highly enthusiastic and thoughtful person to work with who goes above and beyond for every consultation. I cannot recommend working with Susie more highly.
- Leonora, Public Health Clinician, London
Susie worked with me on both strategic and tactical career goals, using a mix of personal and professional drivers. I found this approach holistic and very helpful. As a result I was able to plan and execute an international relocation and a career transition.
- Ben Abbate, now in Fintech after switching countries and sectors
Susie is a very positive, enthusiastic, encouraging and professional person who wants to help the individual have the best possible chance to achieve their goals. She asks thought-provoking questions & I came away from my session very positive and energised and able to move forward with my job search.
- Theresa Feltman, career switch from Science to Academia