Sarah Crittenden

I have a Masters in Coaching (University of Warwick). I deliver personal and professional coaching. I work with individuals, teams, leaders and managers. 

My signature strengths: strategic thinking, connectedness, individualisation, developer, empathy, maximizer, relator, positivity and arranger. I lead with relationship building talents and strategic thinking - knowing this helped me understand myself more and (aha! moment) why I enjoy Coaching, facilitating the personal and professional/ career growth and development of individuals, teams and organisations to move forward with purpose towards their mission and thrive! 

I use a strength based, positive psychology, person centred coaching approach. I have practice and research interest in coaching in natural environments. My Masters dissertation was an action research project exploring the effect of taking coaching offline and into naturally restorative environments on client focus and creative thinking. 

My individualisation talent means I naturally create bespoke coaching programs and tailor coaching to the uniqueness of the individual or team I work with. The strengths based development approach helps you to notice, illumintate and leverage your unique talents and when you are at your best, enabling you to focus on doing more of what you naturally do best and maximise your potential.

For Teams, understanding each person's unique combination of strengths provides insights into how to work better together, to become more creative and productive, positively impacting individual and team performance, their wellbeing and the goals they set and achieve. Initially each team member has an individual strengths coaching session, the manager has a coaching session about their top strengths - followed by team coaching session/s reviewing and applying the strengths of the team members. There is the option of creating individual / team development/ career development plans and guidance for conversation starters for managers to open up strengths based conversations with their team about next steps in their career. The whole team then gather for a strengths based development workshop. From the start, I work closely with the Manager to enable me to create a bespoke strengths coaching and training workshop / program based on their current situation, needs and goals of the team.  

CORE Signature Coaching program: "Retreat to advance - time to invest in you'.

Cultivate personal and professional growth and development 🪴 

Optimise and fully utilise your unique combination of talents and strengths 🎁 

Retreat to advance…… create time and space to pause, to think strategically and creatively 💭 

Explore your best route forward from here to where you really want to be 🗺 .

I have 20 year’s experience of investing in people - in their personal and career development to overcome obstacles, unlock their potential, discover their purpose and thrive! I have experience working with individuals, teams and communities, in local, national and international organisations. I have had a squiggly but connected career, my roles have included: Learning and Development Lead in an international humanitarian aid organisation, Career Coach, Lecturer (on degree courses), Senior Project Worker for a national charity supporting people affected by domestic abuse and a Manager of a team of Mentors delivering grief and bereavement therapeutic support.

I enjoy working in and creating supportive and creative environments where individuals and teams have the time and space to learn, grow and develop, to tap into the best of who they are, to discover new, creative, courageous and efficient ways of thinking and next steps, by utilising their strengths to enhance their performance and thrive at work!