Steve Barrett
辅导专业知识： Career, Enterprise Business, Executive Coaching, Leadership, Life Coaching, Managers, Personal Development, Retail, Small Business/Entrepreneurs, Teams, Women, Financial Services, Government, Healthcare, Non-Profit Organizations, Sales
是否可提供辅导： Is accepting new clients
辅导方法： Coaching Packages, Corporate Training Programs (e.g. Your Location), Individual (In-Person, Phone or Zoom), Online Video Conference (e.g. Zoom), Workshops, In Person, Keynote Speaker, Phone
辅导语言： English (Great Britain), English (USA)
Gallup-Certified CliftonStrengths Coach | ICF & EMCC Accredited Leadership Coach | Organisational Development Specialist | Former Operations Director | Black Flag Coaching Ltd
Great leadership isn't about having all the answers. It's about creating the conditions for people and teams to perform at their best.
That's where I help.
I combine over 30 years of senior leadership experience, culminating at Operations Director level, with Gallup's CliftonStrengths methodology, leadership coaching and organisational development to help leaders build stronger teams, navigate change and create cultures where people thrive.
Before becoming a coach, I spent three decades leading operational teams through growth, transformation and commercial challenges across retail, hospitality and franchise businesses. Today, I bring that real-world experience into every coaching conversation, combining practical leadership insight with evidence-based coaching.
I've learned that the strongest organisations aren't built by asking everyone to lead the same way. They're built by helping leaders understand what they naturally do best, appreciate the strengths of others, and intentionally apply those strengths to how they lead, communicate and develop their teams.
My work is built around one simple belief: when leaders understand both their own strengths and those of the people around them, they make better decisions, have better conversations and create higher-performing organisations.
I work with senior leaders, leadership teams, founders and franchisors to develop the leadership capability needed for sustainable growth. Whether supporting an individual executive, facilitating a senior leadership team or helping an organisation navigate significant change, my focus is always the same: helping people understand themselves more deeply so they can lead others more effectively.
My areas of expertise include:
• Executive and Senior Leadership Coaching
• CliftonStrengths Coaching and Leadership Development
• Senior Leadership Team Development
• Team Effectiveness and Collaboration
• Organisational Development and Culture
• Leadership Through Growth and Change
• Strengths-Based Performance and Engagement
Clients include senior leadership teams across corporate organisations, scaling SMEs and franchise networks throughout the UK and Ireland. Recent work has included leadership development and organisational capability programmes with organisations such as ABM UK & Ireland, Vodafone franchise partners, City Facilities Management and Three UK, alongside coaching founders and franchisors as they scale their businesses.
What clients value most is the combination of coaching expertise and lived leadership experience. Having led large operational businesses myself, I understand the pressures leaders face and the realities of balancing commercial performance with developing people. Coaching therefore remains practical, commercially grounded and focused on creating lasting behavioural change rather than simply increasing self-awareness.
Whether you're developing a senior leader, strengthening a leadership team or preparing your organisation for its next stage of growth, I'd be delighted to explore how I can help.
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"Understanding your strengths creates awareness. Applying them transforms performance."
My CliftonStrengths Top 5: Strategic | Relator | Self-Assurance | Maximizer | Futuristic