The Coaching People Super-Team
Led by the charismatic Sue Bottomley, Coaching People’s international team of certified Newfield coaches are experts in tapping into an individual’s innate gifts and talents. All of us have faced the challenges of holding on to our humanity in a corporate culture. It can be done. Working with us will change your world.
UK
Sue Bottomley
Sue is among the finest executive coaches in Britain. She intuitively asks the questions no-one else dares. For over 15 years she’s been transforming the working lives of the leaders of the UK’s largest businesses, an area she knows well from her previous life as a corporate banker.
Specialising in shadow coaching, Sue is particularly gifted at creating space for new possibilities, delving to the core of an issue and inviting fruitful ways of looking at it so that you can go on to live your ambitions with ease. She says that working in complete confidentiality with individuals, especially in sensitive, political situations, is a real honour.
A Master NLP Practitioner, a certified Prosperity Guide, The Journey,Emotional Freedom Technique, and Emotional Intelligence Partnership graduate.Sue is a recognisedmentor coach.She is Professional Certified Coach accredited by the International Coach Federation.Her remarkable breadth of training includes time with Tony Robbins, Richard Bandler, the Covey Institute, Landmark Education, Osho and the Newfield Network.
She has sat with indigenous leaders from Maori and Native American Indians, Buddhist, Islamic, Hindu and Kabala teachers and creates and shares from these experiences.
Not one to take life too seriously (there’s no mistaking that twinkle in her eye), straight-talking Sue brings humour to the soup of issues facing business today. “I do what I do because we are all full of stories that knock us off the path to our full potential. And I like freedom, busting the limitations that trap us,” she says.
"I have an intense pride in the level of mastery in my team. We learn from each other, our clients and our unfolding journeys. May we continue to travel well together and show gratitude for our adventure."
Sue is based in London.
sue@coachingpeople.co.uk
Peter Shotton
Peter’s speciality is supporting the personal transitions that accompany organisational development. Think of him as a spiritual sounding board for big cheeses. His passion is nurturing the awakening of the essential individual – the real you – so that you can express your leadership authentically. Being coached by him typically leads to more powerful leadership, sharper thinking and improved collaborations.
With over 30 years’ experience in large commercial organisations, Peter recognises the sincere desire in many executives to make a difference. As someone who is actively involved in his own personal development, he appreciates the yearning we all have to contribute the full extent of our gifts. His work typically taps into the power of language, emotion, and how you feel in your skin. So be prepared to laugh, cry, dance and let it all out!
Since qualifying as a Newfield Network Certified Ontological Coach™, he has founded and continues to direct a successful coaching and leadership development organisation, predominantly working with FTSE 100 companies, private sector businesses and not-for-profits.
Peter is based in Manchester
peter@coachingpeople.co.uk
France
Libby Robinson
Libby considers herself an organisational "midwife" and full-time heretic. She’s been an official thorn-in-the-side of hundreds of leaders around the world for the last 15 years. Her work with executives in organisations such as GE, Dell and Lexmark focuses on supporting the alignment of vision and on communicating with heart.
From completing a Masters in Organizational Development and Transformation in 1996, Libby went on to become a senior figure in aerospace and investment banking. Today, she is a senior partner at Integral Leadership and Coaching and lectures on leadership and personal mastery all over the world. She is currently coached by her five-year-old son.
Libby is based in Paris.
libby@coachingpeople.co.uk
Germany
Christa Schöning
A key value of Christa’s is integrity. “As coaches we will always first be our own clients. We walk the talk so that we can better serve others on their journeys," she says. An expert in global key account management and cultural differences, she works with top executives who aren’t afraid of the change necessary to reach their very fullest potential. Two of her long-term interests are transformational learning and the learning organisation.
Christa has 15 years’ leadership and management experience in Germany and the United States. Her business career includes time as managing director of Metzler Asset Management in Frankfurt before which she was the award-winning head of Continental European marketing at State Street Bank.
She’s a member of the International Coach Federation, the European Mentoring and Coaching Council, and the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research. Fascinated by people’s potential, she believes that good communication is vital to the future of business in particular, and society in general.
Christa is based in Munich.
christa@coachingpeople.co.uk
USA
Charles Feltman
Charles focuses on expanding an individual's leadership capacity and impact. With teams he aims to build trust and creative collaboration. The intent in all his work is to produce a powerful fusion of passion, action and satisfaction. Helping him achieve this are his 20 years of experience in training, consulting, NLP and conflict resolution.
Having served in high-tech industry management positions throughout the 1980s, he founded his own highly-respected corporate consulting and coaching company in the early 1990s and today works with leaders at all levels in companies such as Intel, Sun Microsystems, Siemens, NASA, and The Nature Conservancy. Charles earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from U.C. Santa Cruz longer ago than he cares to think about, and a master's in communication and technology management from the University of Southern California. He holds an International Coach Federation (ICF) certification as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC). Charles received formal training as a coach from The Newfield Network and currently serves as a mentor coach for students in Newfield's coach training programs. He is also a certified NLP practitioner, certified mediator and conflict resolution facilitator, certified father and grandfather.
Charles currently lives in and works out of San Luis Obispo on California's beautiful central coast.
charles@coachingpeople.co.uk
Renée Freedman
Renée coaches those determined to create a different vision - one in which the corporate and human join to produce outcomes that transcend the usual. In her clients she inspires intellectual stimulation, emotional satisfaction and creativity – a powerful synergy that allows for transformative, sustainable results.
A sharing, caring and especially insightful person, she helps CEOs, senators, chairmen of philanthropic foundations, social venture capitalists, and independent professionals translate meaningful conversations into actions that make a difference.
Renée completed her Masters at the University of Miami and her baccalaureate in Human Development and Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. In 2001 she founded not-for-profit coaching business, Ways of Change, earning her certification credentials from the Newfield Network and the International Coach Federation. Renee is a Newfield mentor coach. She is director of coaching for More Than Money, and a Board member of the Coach Approach.
Renée lives in Tucson, Arizona.
renee@coachingpeople.co.uk
We look forward to talking with you.
