What Clients Say

Emma Dutton MBE - CEO

I trusted Ian immediately. He felt like a true collaborator throughout. He has given me structure to my reflection and stretched my thinking - the result has been an incredibly productive few months of personal growth and increased self-awareness.

Djamila - Market leading Social Media Organisation Marketing Manager

"I reached a point in my career where I felt stuck and was faced with making an important decision. While I deliberated for weeks working on detailed lists of pros and cons and consulted with many friends and family, I still felt confused and was unable to decide. That’s when I decided to consult to a coach; I wanted to speak to someone I didn’t know who could help me discover different perspectives.

During our first session, Ian was prepared and provided me with tools and exercises which helped guide me to ask deeper questions and look for deeper answers beyond the pros and cons. One tool that I found to be particularly useful is the ‘what if’ set of questions. I worked on this exercise for a few days after our session which helped me gain more clarity, especially in relation to my long-term career goals and ambitions.

Besides his professionalism and technical knowledge, what I really liked about Ian is his warm and approachable personality. Ian is proactive and has genuine interest in you as a person; Ian would send me articles and other material outside of our session. If anything, this shows how involved he is while leaving room for you to think and make your own decision.

Ian is non-judgemental and is easy to talk to. He is generous with his time and will give you the space needed to express yourself.

Following my interaction with Ian, I felt more empowered and was able to make up my mind. I am thankful for Ian’s guidance, time and generosity and can’t recommend him enough to anyone who feels stuck and need help with making key decisions."

Claire-Entrepreneur

“ a wise man once said to me, ‘life begins at the end of your comfort zone’ and this rings true in so many aspects of my life. The thought of starting up my own business was a very daunting and confusing aspect to me, but I knew I wanted to do it, I just needed someone to help me untangle and simplify my fast paced thought processes. Ian has been working with me for a couple of months now and he has been beyond helpful. He allows me to pause and think about answers to questions that I would never have asked myself, as well as being very supportive and kind when I start to over complicate things in my own head. Ian is very hands on with his approach and it’s exactly what I needed, and the passion he puts into his work can be felt when we speak. In the past couple of months, Ian has helped me build my own confidence up and believed in me, when I didn’t believe in myself. I would highly recommend anyone who is at a crossroads in their career, Ian makes the path a lot easier to see and walk down.”

Lucinda -NHS Senior Manager

After qualifying as a nurse, I had a career plan of where I hoped to be in 10 years and was successful
in achieving that goal. However, what I hadn’t thought about was ‘what next’? Therefore, finding
myself in a bit of a state of flux in terms of direction. It was at this point that coaching was
recommended to me as a way of establishing new goals- and what great timing it was!
Ian was able to listen to my confused spider web of thoughts and help me to unravel them. Without
giving advice, Ian supported me to establish new goals and purpose allowing me to conclude on
decisions and ultimately refocus.
At all times Ian provided a safe and non-judgmental environment for discussion supported by
knowledge and understanding of NHS, CCG and Local Authority ways of working.
I feel that the sessions I had with Ian have led to me having more job satisfaction and a feeling of
content which has absolutely helped me regain work life balance. I believe that had I not had the
coaching sessions when I did, I may have made some reactive decisions that may not have been
beneficial in the long-term career wise.

David- Director of IT

I was looking for a careers coach after being made redundant and needed advice on maximising my chances of getting another job quickly. Ian came across as the most professional and engaging. My sessions with Ian have been candid, open and thought provoking, spurring me on to sort out my job seeking strategy. Don’t hesitate if you’re looking for a coach or mentor, Ian will look after you.

Veronica - Mathematician /Educational specialist

thank you, for the wonderful sessions you have had with me over the past two months.
Before, the sessions I have always had plans in my head, but without a form of structure. Meanwhile, after having the first two sessions with you, I could see my plans laid out in front of me. This gave me a Sense of direction of what I want to achieve ( my goals) and how to achieve them.
Additionally, I can now see how my plans fit into an overall goal of improving students’ learning in Nigeria and the timeline to achieve them.
Lastly, our session on Leadership Styles has broadened my view of how to lead people within my spheres of influence both at my workplace and outside. Especially moving from a transactional position to that of transformation in people's realisation of their goals. Very useful to me.
Once again, I say “Thank you,” Ian.

Christopher - Recent Graduate

"Having worked with Ian for several weeks now, I cannot recommend his service enough! When I started with Ian, I had recently graduated from university and was struggling to work out what I wanted to do with my career. I’d been applying for random jobs without a clear career in mind and as a result I had very little to show for my efforts; this all changed once I started working with Ian.

From day one, Ian was laser-focussed on guiding me to what I wanted rather than what I thought I should be doing based on the expectations of others. He was incredibly professional in his coaching, thorough in his research and he maintains neutrality in his lines of questioning. He helped guide my thought process, facilitate the discussion of my ideas and once I had decided on a career, he helped me to come up with a step-by-step plan of how I could get there.

Thanks to Ian’s excellent coaching, I now know where my passions lie, what I want to do for my career and how I am going to get there. After months of struggling, I finally feel like I’m making progress in my career and it's all thanks to the service Ian has provided. If you’re feeling unsure about your career but don’t know what to do next then look no further than Ian!"

Interested in hearing more reviews? Don’t hesitate getting in touch today.

About Ian Loader

Performance and Leadership Coach

I have a Degree in Materials Science and a Masters in Optoelectronics. I have always been fascinated by the way in which the technology itself impacts our lives.

For over 20 years I have held a number of senior Leadership positions in industry in companies such as TDK and Sharp, mainly concentrating on Sales, Marketing and Supply Chain.

In the last 10 Years my work has been in the Green Technology space working with manufacturers in Wind Energy low energy LED lighting using technology to improve the World in which we live

I have an MBA , for which I studied buyer behaviour of complex electronic components through Internet exchanges. This meant looking at when we are happy to “ talk to “ a machine and when we just need to deal with another Human. This becomes so relevant as we move to an age of deep automation and Artificial Intelligence interlacing with our life and work activities.

I am a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management and have an ongoing commitment to give back to the next generation of Leaders moving forward, I have been working with educational establishments on student employability support.

In my coaching career I have had the privilege to coach some incredibly visionary individuals such as Lawyers, Company leaders, Entrepreneurs, Teachers, Health Service Managers and University leavers navigating early career choices.

As a core belief I have always held tight to the fact that with the right motivations and importantly support we can all achieve our goals.