The Cinematic Coach

I am training to be an executive coach; my style inspired by films and the golden age of television. Designed to make you the main character in your career story. I bring pathos, subtext, conflict, energy and choices. I understand narrative structure and can make our conversations worth the admission fee.

Instead of “and then, and then” and “yeah, but”, I see connections and outcomes. Always thinking two steps ahead, my approach is “because of that, this is what can happen, and it is up to you to do it.”

Unlike a lot of films over the past few years, the dialogue will be clear and easy to hear, giving you a voice that demands to be heard. Why bother with expositional dialogue to announce what you already know when the real story is far more interesting and needs to be told.

It’s about momentum, energy and building trust to talk about the job you do on the surface and the real job that happens in the shadows. Show you the way, not tell you what to do. If you look good, I feel good. You just have to trust me.

Staring out the window at school, my A-level in media studies, degree in journalism and MA in screenwriting have not been a waste of time. My daydreaming and love of storytelling can help clients make sense of the drama and survive the dark night of the soul to achieve a hard-fought victory.

While I am 100% me, I am influenced by the good aspects of the iconic television characters Shane Vendrell from The Shield, Chris Moltisanti from The Sopranos and Pacey Witter from Dawson’s Creek. The one-two camera interchange of the coffee scene in crime epic Heat and the timeout scene in Out of Sight. If moments are the big thing in media and sport, let’s punctuate the daily grind of your career with a showreel of moments that light up your careers.

I do not pretend to know everything and never call myself an expert. I love this quote and apply it to my coaching style. “Nobody knows anything...... Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for a certainty what's going to work. Every time out it's a guess and, if you're lucky, an educated one.” William Goldman, Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting

Every job looks easy when you're not the one doing it. The price of success, prevents us being able to pay it, are some of the wise words I garnered from You’re the Boss by Sabina Nawaz, an elite Fortune 500 coach. A book that motivated me to fade in to my coaching story and cut to the inciting incident. You can read my review of the book here.