Stephen is a truly excellent business coach who has made a significant positive difference to my personal and professional development. He developed a programme of sessions linked to my priorities, spanning leadership styles, business growth planning and personal future goals. He has given me greater clarity, knowledge and understanding as a business owner and person. Stephen is excellent at what he does – genuine, caring and empathetic, quickly fostering trust and confidence. He is supportive and positively challenges by asking simple questions that get to the heart of the matter and encourage self-reflection and a positive mindset. I would have no hesitation recommending Stephen and Nine Dots Coaching.

“I had the pleasure of engaging Stephen’s services to work with me and some of my senior colleagues…Stephen led the session expertly, helping our group to be candid, honest, and draw out the high level of trust that exists between us. The day has enabled us to completely revamp our respective development programmes… I can’t thank Stephen enough for his help and support and of course yes, I do recommend you work with him in the future.”

I have known Stephen for a number of years and have been constantly impressed with his achievements.

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His clients and contacts hold him in high regard and when beginning his journey to become a coach, I felt the time was right to seek some support.

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My experience through a period in my career where things were moving and changing fast was superb. Stephen was able to calmly and effortlessly work with me to navigate many challenging situations and allow me to focus on leading a team and achieve positive outcomes.

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Stephen has the benefit of drawing on his experience of being a leader and business owner and I believe that this really helps him add value to his clients and in certain appropriate circumstances he can offer advice as well as coach.

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I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Stephen and have already introduced a colleague who has started to benefit from his sessions.

It has been a real pleasure working with Steve. He immediately offers a comfortable and trusted environment, which fostered an ability for me to take a look at bigger picture scenarios that I was previously unable to see. His constant encouragement to step out of the glass and take a look into the business from the outside was incredibly helpful for me. Looking forward to the next time we need to catch up, and in the meantime would highly recommend for those seeking some clarity and direction in what they are doing.

Working with Steve has helped me move onto the next level of mindset, goals and skillset.
Really seeing the value being added on my mindset (personal and business).
Steve and I work through any scnaerio or challenge I’m facing and help me drive and get to the right decisions by navigating through my thoughts, feelings and insights that is making me be more mindful, clear and ultimately more driven!
Fully recommend!

I was trepidatious about my first meeting with Stephen thinking that being coached was not really my thing. I couldn’t have been more wrong! Stephen challenged me to work to find my own solutions and find a way through to enable me to make decisions. His clarity of thought was immensely helpful to me. I would not hesitate to recommend him.

Stephen was my mentor as part of the Government Help To Grow programme. I found my time with Stephen extremely valuable and he helped me develop personally and professionally, and was the most useful part of the programme. Stephen takes time to listen and to talk through issues and he has helped me in building my confidence and I believe has helped me to take the business forwards. I would have no hesitation in recommending Stephen.

After being skeptical about the idea of coaching, the sessions with Steve have completely changed my mind and I would not hesitate to recommend the service to any of my contacts. As a result of Steve’s input, after each session I have returned to my desk refreshed and with clarity of thought on how to move forward with what we discussed. Highly recommended

Through my coaching with Steve, I feel really supported and valued. The hybrid nature of the coaching and mentoring has added real-life value for me and my role in the business.

I would rate the coaching as a 9/10 – giving me perspective and feedback in real-life examples and gaining clarity to put my plans into action.

It feels less challenging to make the progress that I want to make with Stephen’s support and input.

I came to Stephen to look for support with my progression in the business and I now feel less overwhelmed by the prospect of what the future could hold.

Absolutely superb sessions with Stephen at Nine Dots which has opened my eyes

and helped me achieve lots more clarity of thought. You don’t have to be “struggling” to need a coach – you just need to have an open mind and a willingness to acknowledge that you’ve still got lots to learn. More clarity of process brought about by small changes to longstanding habits = even more success, no matter what field you are in. Stephen has helped me to turn the boom into BOOM. Highly recommended.

I have reflected on my coaching experience with Steve many times. The funny thing is I never felt like I needed coaching, I’ve always been in control, I was the one who supported others and (in my opinion) I was high performing. Asking for help just wasn’t my thing.
Steve’s approach and coaching manner is relaxed and his experience both as a business founder and family man meant that when he challenged my preconceptions he was able to do so with credibility, this put me at ease and made me feel confident enough to share my issues and accept some areas in which I had the potential to act differently. What I really liked about the experience was the balance between challenge and acceptance. The sessions didn’t have a hidden agenda, it was simply time to explore alternatives, think deeper about certain issues and ultimately seek to find and fix some log jams which until that point had been holding me back.
I now feel more confident to accept help from others when it is offered. I see that as a strength not a weakness and understand that without Steve’s coaching I’d still be holding myself back. Thank you Steve and 9 Dots Coaching for unlocking a hidden potential in me and for improving both my business productivity and my personal relationships with others.