Coaching success stories: Polly Evans
Polly Evans was a successful news anchor, who had a life and career-changing moment, on live TV, in front of hundreds of thousands of viewers.
When she opened her mouth to welcome the viewers, nothing came out. It was the worst possible thing that could have happened in her career.
“It felt like I was falling… I had to rebuild my career and my sense of self.”
Through our coaching programme, Polly:
✅ Created a strong vision for where she wanted to take her career
✅ Sought feedback from her colleagues, past and present, to remind her of the strength of her skills and reputation
✅ Regained her confidence
✅ Turbo-charged her LinkedIn activity, leading to incredible opportunities, including a half-hour interview on Radio 4’s Life Changing programme.
This is what she said about coaching:
“You offered me the opportunity to see myself in a completely different light. to take those skills and see how I could pivot with them… It put me on a path to rehabilitate a career that I thought was floundering and had lost a sense of purpose about.
I’m super grateful because it reaped so many rewards… It gave me a sense of direction, when I felt very much in the wilderness about where to go and what steps to take next.
Polly is now working in audio production for the world’s largest interactive audio platform for kids.
Watch the video below to find out more about Polly’s transformation.
Coaching success stories: Nessa O’Gorman
Coaching success stories: Nessa O’Gorman
Nessa felt like she was in a career cul-de-sac. Unhappy in her work with her confidence at a low point, she came to coaching with a clear goal – to feel happy, fulfilled and clear on her purpose.
Working together, Nessa achieved:
✅ More confidence and self-esteem
✅ A clear vision of what’s possible in her career
✅ More energy to go and get what’s next
✅ Practical help to grow her network and visibility online
Nessa said:
“I came to Vicki feeling lost, rudderless, hopeless, burned-out, directionless, with no confidence. The comprehensive discovery work during and outside of the coaching sessions made me think hard about what my next steps were in my career. When Vicki helped me to rebuild my CV and LinkedIn profile, I felt like she was also rebuilding me from the ground up!
Over the course of a few short months working with Vicki, I made a quantum leap to regaining my confidence, self-esteem and having a laser focused view of what my purpose is and how to get there.
She is candid, authentic, nurturing, open, curious and fabulous! If you need some extra help in taking that next step or getting clear on your purpose, I would 1000% recommend Vicki. Working with her was the best financial investment I have made in my career development.”
Watch the video below to find out more about Nessa’s transformation.
Coaching success stories: Louisa Houghton
When Louisa decided to leave her dream job, she had no idea what her next career move should be. Her confidence was at rock bottom, and she felt “completely rudderless.”
She was also grieving the loss of a dear friend, which had put some of her closest relationships under strain.
Over four months of coaching, Louisa worked on:
✅ Her confidence, gravitas and delivery
✅ How to handle difficult conversations at work and in her personal relationships
✅ What she really wanted from her work
✅ Her content and networking strategy so she could communicate her new professional goals.
Louisa said: “Vicki has given me back my purpose and a new sense of direction, filled with possibilities and ideas that I would never have believed myself capable of. Her insights and counsel have been invaluable to me over these past months.
For picking me up off the metaphorical career floor, for giving me back my mojo, for making me laugh and always challenging me to be my best self – I can’t thank Vicki enough.”
Watch the video below to find out more about Louisa’s story.
Coaching success stories: Olivia Lawson
Olivia’s career has had several twists and turns, and a couple of sliding doors moments.
She came to me for coaching, to take the next step in her career. She had been comfortable going from contract to contract, as a comms pro for hire, but wanted to upgrade her offer and position herself as a strategic communications consultant.
Olivia didn’t know where to start, so we looked at everything from her ideal customer, to her personal (re)brand.
One of her biggest challenges was getting over her fear of LinkedIn.
With lots of coaching support and a whole heap of LinkedIn training, Olivia felt the fear and did it anyway. And her proactive approach has led to an increase in visibility, which in turn has led to new clients.
Watch the video below to find out more about Olivia’s transformation.
Coaching success stories: Shan Chatoo
Shan Chatoo was bullied. She was so low she could barely leave the house.
She felt trapped. She didn’t want to stay in a toxic work environment, but she felt so broken, she didn’t know how to move on.
“I’d forgotten my worth. I’d forgotten my place in the world… How do I tell the world that I couldn’t cope in this role, having achieved in so many different places before.”
During our three months of coaching, Shan:
✅ Rediscovered her courage and got her mojo back
✅ Refined her core values, skills and strengths
✅ Developed a powerful personal brand
✅ Sharpened her CV, LinkedIn profile and interview techniques
✅ Took courageous action to use LinkedIn proactively, to attract her ideal employer.
Shan is a communications warrior!
This is what she said about working with me:
“I’m back to being Shan. In fact I’m back to being more than I was. I 100% refuse to go back to that place…. You changed what could have been a very different outcome for me.”
Watch the video below to find out more about Shan’s transformation.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll keep saying it: If you’re not happy where you are, move. You are not a tree. 🌳
