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”Working with Alys over the last year, in preparation for my transition to CEO as part of our succession plan, has been a very positive experience. Alys is easy to talk to and pragmatic in her approach, understanding that there are often a series of chess moves required to move forwards rather than a linear progression. She is also very practical as a result of her own Board experience, sharing situations from her own career as examples of approaches that I can consider. She is challenging when appropriate, but in a supportive way. Overall she is doing a fantastic job in building my confidence in my own readiness to take on the new role.
Group FDLarge Corporate
”I really value Alys' ability to provide clarity, focus and solutions to the difficult and challenging things I come up against while running my business. We cover a lot of ground in our 'walking and talking' sessions: whether it's the day-to-day issues or big thinking about the strategic direction of the business, I always come out motivated and clearer on what I need to do next.
Gabriel GallagherManaging Director, Sustainable Energy
”We have engaged Alys’s help with a number of key group-wide people development initiatives. The services she has provided include individual and group coaching, training and advice. I like the way Alys coaches people, regardless of whether they are CEOs or junior high potential colleagues - she is really able to motivate people to try new things and make new discoveries just by pointing them towards their own inner resourcefulness and insight. As a strategic partner, she is very open to listening to feedback and understanding our needs, making the collaboration easy and fruitful.
Chiara FucciGroup Talent, Development and D&I Manager, Admiral Group PLC
”Alys has worked with me over the last year providing excellent support and challenge to my way of doing things. In particular, she has helped me unpick issues relating to professional relationships and engagement, which has really helped me to further develop my leadership style. Most importantly, Alys has been an enabler to my understanding some of the more subtle aspects of leadership and the value that can be unlocked, not just for me, but for others and the business I work in too.
Hedley WallsGroup Head of Internal Audit, Admiral Group PLC
”A couple of hours with Alys, the first a group talk on coaching and mentoring, the second an individual mentoring, have been enough for me to feel her outstanding value. She is focused, professional and efficient, while at the same time able to offer a degree of empathy and sensitivity that supplement her support in a holistic way. An added bonus is that she had significant management responsibility before becoming a mentor, thus making her insights much more than mere theory.
Marco PeracchioProduct Manager, ConTe.it – Admiral Group PLC
”It’s been just over a year since I began my coaching sessions with Alys and it’s been a breath of fresh air to talk with someone who just gets it. As a busy founding CEO I’m often juggling multiple balls both professionally and personally and the most valuable part of engaging with Alys is her ability to ask all the right questions, listen and then reflect back. Our level of self-awareness is our greatest tool and if we understand why we make certain decisions, where we thrive (and where we don’t) we can navigate ‘our stuff' with increased clarity and peace of mind. Alys has really helped me with this and I would absolutely recommend her.
Aimee BatemanAward-winning Career Performance Coach
”The sessions with Alys helped me clarify and focus on my objectives as I started a new role. My focus can be very operational, thinking about how to put something into practice, the risks involved or where it can go right or wrong. Alys helps cut through the noise and think about the larger picture. At times, I felt like I was in need of a mentor more than a coach, but Alys realised that and adapted well!
Maggie WrightCFO, Together (an FPE Capital portfolio company)
”I was coached by Alys through one of the toughest periods in my leadership role as we navigated the pandemic. Alys listened, reflected my discussions back to me in an ordered fashion, and enable me to find solutions which helped steer me and the organisation to a successful outcome.
Beverley LewisCEO, Welsh Triathlon Cymru
”We engaged Alys to facilitate a Strategy Away Day for Darwin Gray LLP’s partners. Alys was incredibly thorough in her preparation for the day, meeting with each partner beforehand to be briefed on the issues facing us, before preparing fastidiously for the day itself.
Fflur JonesManaging Partner, Darwin Gray LLP
Alys was very skilful in guiding us through very many aspects of our business, including conducting a detailed SWOT analysis, before guiding us to look towards the future.
Alys’ acutely keen and strategic mind, and her talented approach to our Away Day left me, as Managing Partner with very clear objectives in terms of my mandate, and also in terms of what the firm’s medium to long term ambitions should be. It was a hugely successful day, with Alys seemingly effortlessly keeping us focused on important strategic issues throughout.
I would wholeheartedly recommend Alys’ services to any business looking to hone or revisit their strategic plans for the future.