What it's actually like to work together?

Trust, safety & being genuinely seen

  • Coaching with George was absolutely an invaluable experience. The individualised and trusting environment she creates when exploring personal and sometimes uncomfortable topics of professional development truly made the process enjoyable and rewarding.

    Utilising a strengths-based framework allowed me to holistically understand my strengths and apply learnings from our sessions to everyday work scenarios. Not only did this help achieve key milestones over the year, the framework is now engrained in my work life.

    Our sessions were crafted around professional development goals and our discussions were all about applying my 'strengths toolkit' to help navigate through work terrain and move that one step closer towards the goal.

    I'd recommend coaching with George to professionals who are keen to better understand their key drivers and motivators in the workplace and cognitively put these skills into action.

  • Georgina King facilitated my strengths profile debrief and also provided regular coaching to help me maintain focus on my goals, both personal and professional. Her style is exceptional and fosters an environment of trust that allows you to build a strong relationship with Georgina.

    Her ability to listen, utilise your strengths profile and draw on these throughout the process was incredibly beneficial.

    I would highly recommend Georgina as a personal coach to anyone in the charitable sector or individuals running their own business.

Strengths-based, practical frameworks

  • Without any prior experience of formal coaching, I went into the experience with a really open mind — and was rewarded! As an experienced fundraiser, Georgina has a deep understanding of my professional life.

    She guided me through a really commonsense, practical and structured approach to utilising my strengths to achieve my personal and professional goals.

    Our sessions flew by with a lot of laughter (it sometimes felt like professional therapy) and the experience has not only helped me achieve some short term goals, but work towards some significant long term outcomes with a really useful framework to keep things moving. A huge thank you to George for the opportunity.

  • The strengths-based approach worked well for me and I found it very motivating. It also worked well for me to have plenty of space to explore the terrain thoroughly. This resulted in new ideas and new connections in my mind. Georgina's coaching style is very personal and engaging. However when needed, she pushed me to do the work that was necessary, even if that got me feeling uncomfortable.

    I really liked that she didn't stop until what I had written down really resonated with me, to the point that I was excited to follow through on it all.

Understands the sector, not just the theory

  • Georgina's coaching gave me a new sense of place in my role. I found confidence easily and overcame some well entrenched and significant professional barriers.

    Georgina's style is warm and intuitive, and she has an unending curiosity which I found infectious. Refreshingly she doesn't pull back from naming some uncomfortable truths, and as we worked through my goals, my weaknesses became real but less potent when compared with my strengths.

    What was reassuring from the outset was the way in which Georgina was able to produce frameworks that suited my needs and helped me adapt tools and structures that supported my situation. As I developed and progressed, she was equally congratulating and challenging me.

    Georgina is naturally celebratory and this was a highly energising process. As an experienced and successful fundraiser, Georgina's understanding of how the sector works, and what's required to grow personally and professionally within it, was invaluable.

  • Like so many others new to mentoring, I was unsure how functional the overall experience would be for me. Would it really sink in? Almost instantly, George quelled my doubts with her welcoming, individual approach as she guided me through my strengths profile. Although the strengths-based approach was sometimes challenging, George helped me understand my work-life imbalance whilst encouraging me to self-regulate and develop healthy routines — giving me heaps of practical tools along the way!

    I would absolutely recommend Georgina to anyone who is looking to develop a healthier work-life balance, especially for young people in not-for-profit. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom with me!

Warm, honest, and willing to name the hard stuff

  • When I was going through a personal career review, Georgina helped me look at my Strengths Profile. The insights it has given me have been of great help in recognising, or possibly more accurately affirming, the sandpit I would be best to play in going forward.

    She was kind, thoughtful, empathic, and yet a helpfully-probing guide as I went through this journey of reflection, re-discovery, and consciously moving forward into my next career step... Thank you!

  • My business has moved very significantly and quickly in a short period of time. Georgina has been a steady, focussed influence throughout.

    Coaching has continually brought me back to what's important. It has helped me hold my line, avoid mistakes, and be more courageous than I might otherwise have dared.

    It's been an extremely useful support — in practical 'running the business' ways, but also for the challenging job of managing myself.

Confidence, clarity & momentum

  • I came to Georgina at a frustrating (and somewhat confused) point in my career. To be honest, I wasn't sure what I needed at the time, but Georgina was thoughtful and patient and I came out of the process more reassured, focussed and confident in my own abilities.

    The coaching I received was structured, reflective, insightful and really challenged me to reframe some of my thinking and approaches. Thank you Georgina!

  • I'd been working solo with my own creative agency when a friend, who was in a similar position, told me about her positive experience with a coach. I had no idea what that involved, but was looking for an impartial person to bounce off as I tried to grow my business.

    My coaching sessions with Georgina exceeded any expectations I had. She helped give me a framework and structure to what I was trying to achieve with my business, but also more broadly with where I wanted to be heading.

    Georgina's warm, empathetic and focussed style made the whole process engaging and fun. I'd recommend Georgina for anyone looking to stretch and grow.