About Hilary

My story

Looking back at my own career I had no grand plan.

In fact it faltered at the first hurdle, when I dropped out of uni after the first year. All I knew was that I wanted to speak French every day in my work and that I wanted to be ‘in charge.’

It was my third job that provided a platform for my career to take off.

Purely by chance I discovered and moved into Human Resources (or Personnel as it was known in those days). I stayed with the company for 15 years, spoke French every working day, loved working with people from different countries and cultures.

Along the way I learned it’s essential to know yourself – what’s important to you, what you are good and not so good at, what your strengths are, what you enjoy doing, what people appreciate about working with you.

What I have wanted from my work has changed over time and at different stages of my life and career, but there have always been some constants.

The French got lost along the way for example, whilst the definition of being ‘in charge’ has changed – from managing a team and heading up a service in a large organisation to running my own business.

So why am I telling you this?

We spend a huge proportion of our life at work. We spend more time with our colleagues than we do with our nearest and dearest – that’s why so many people meet their life partner at work.

The first step is to know what you want. That’s how working with a coach can really pay off.

‘Coaching is profoundly simple and simply profound’ ~ Myles Downey

The only way to understand the power of coaching is to experience it for yourself. Otherwise it’s like trying to explain to someone what swimming is like if they’ve never been in the water.