Isabel Elvery
Izzy Elvery is former Chief Operating Officer of a leadership consultancy, working with 8 of the top 10 Pharmaceutical giants, and many of the world’s leading and best-loved Fortune 500 brands. She is a business strategist, powerful executive coach and expert in mindset and behaviour change.
Izzy gets to the root of a problem fast and is a creative systems thinker. She is well known for bringing out the best in people to achieve results that benefit profit, people and planet. Izzy prides herself on empowering phenomenal human performance, whilst delivering real outcomes and taking a stand for progress.
Positions Held
- Leadership and Transformation Consultant specialising in culture change, internal communication, ontological leadership and coaching
- Chief Operating Officer of a leadership and management consultancy for 7 years
Expertise
- Chief Operating Officer and Leadership Consultant, responsible for growing and embedding sustainable business models, systems and ways of working
- Developer and designer of large-scale culture transformation programmes and interventions, underpinned by mindset and behaviour change initiatives
- Workshop facilitator and executive coach driving breakthroughs in business results and people performance. Expert in the ‘being’ of leadership, influence, empowerment and always-on transformational mindset, as well as high-momentum, high-responsibility
- Branded cultures and narrative; bridging internal and external messaging and employee experience to deliver an aligned voice and culture through comms and culture change
Experience
- Design and delivery of Global transformation programmes in several of the top Pharmaceutical giants globally including Roche and AstraZeneca
- Business-strategy sprints, bringing medical device innovations to market in record time by challenging convention with the UK’s leading medical devices company
- Designer and facilitator of culture-shaping, coaching-based Performance Management approach for Linklaters LLP
- Consultant and Coach to PepsiCo product design teams; transforming and delivering product innovation through new ways of thinking and working
- High-stakes facilitation for business alliances: mediation and facilitation of transformational B2B cross-industry partnerships
Certifications and qualifications
- ILM Qualified Executive Coach
- Leadership Circle 360; Qualified Practitioner
- Barratts Values Qualified Practitioner
- BA (Hons) History
Our Coaches
Our diverse team is united by the values that underpin positive psychology. We’ve worked alongside each other for many years, drawing on a wealth of industry experience, skills, compassion and strength.
Together, we are committed to coaching leaders to realise their full potential. In the first instance, you will have an initial matching call with our Founder and CEO Fiona Parashar, who will determine you coaching needs – and the right coach for you.
Fiona Parashar
Fiona set up Leadership Coaching in 2000, driven to use her corporate experience and academic background to make a positive difference to leaders, executives and women in business. Here, she shares her coaching journey, her favourite type of client, and even a few of her guilty pleasures...
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Sharon Charlton-Thomson
If you feel ready to work at depth, Sharon may be the coach for you. Sharon is a Coach/Therapist and has worn both hats for 25 years. She helps clients who want to explore and reshape their leadership ready to meet the challenges of today’s transforming world.
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Sue Hartley
A child is walking along a beach. She sees a star fish washed up on the shore, picks it up, throws it back into the sea and says “I made a difference to that one”.
Making a positive difference, albeit on an individual basis, is what inspired Sue to become a coach. Here, she shares more about her work and approach…
Dr. Lucy Ryan
Twenty-five years ago, when she was still acting and singing, Lucy suffered from acute stage fright. A coach saved her, guiding her through the fear. It left her intrigued to learn more and marked the start of a long journey into coaching that still inspires her today
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Mia Kennedy
How did Mia become a coach? After being promoted into a big important job and receiving coaching, she thought – ‘man, this is helpful’. And then – ‘this is the job I was made to do’. Here, she shares how her career change has impacted her life – and the lives of her clients.
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Mary Langan
“Develop a passion for learning. If you do you will never cease to grow.” Anthony D’ Angelo
Before becoming a trainer and coach, I spent 20 years working in media companies including 14 years at BBC Worldwide in sales and commercial leadership roles. During all my leadership roles, I was determined that people had the right training and support to enable them to be the best they could be in their roles and to progress.
Ruth Rochelle
“She doesn’t judge or tell you what the answer should be, but she opens up your mind to the range of possibilities”. This wonderful feedback gives just a glimpse into Ruth’s coaching style. Here, she shares what got her into coaching, and her favourite client to work with.
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Jackee Holder
An interaction with a brilliant coach in her early career was what set Jackee Holder on her journey to becoming a coach. The mix of questions, and the quality of her listening and presence took her breath away. She realised she wanted to be that person for others. Here, she shares her own coaching path
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