Karen Ledger

Executive Coach, Executive Therapeutic Coach, Coach Supervisor - Sheffield, Yorkshire, London and the countryside

I am passionate about relationships and working as an independent coach and therapist allows me to fulfil this passion. Starting from your agenda, I work with you as a coach or if you prefer combined coaching with therapy.

I shall provide the right environment for you to connect, develop your self awareness, appreciation and approach to your leadership role. We can address and explore such topics as the imposter syndrome, transitions, current challenges and how you present in your organisation or anything else that is on your mind. You can expect from me respect, authenticity, humour, appreciation, challenge, non-judgement, occasional teasing and a safe, accepting environment. My training and experience enables me to work in depth to support you in getting from where you are are to where you want to be. By listening to all of you, including your nervous system and your body, we shall together co-create the "magic" of change.

Throughout my adult life, I have always worked with individuals, teams and organisations to enable them to realise their potential through effective relationships and connection. I believe that living a fulfilling life should be available for everyone and I work with people in a wide range of situations. I combine an embedded philosophy of empathy and respect and high regard, based on years of learning, personal development and attention to in depth listening with a dynamic, individual and creative approach.
As a coach, trainer and facilitator I create an environment of acceptance, integrity, honesty and delight. I have experience of a wide range of coaching, psychotherapy, facilitation and team development interventions. My clients span the corporate, third and public sectors within the UK, particularly the National Health Service, VM02, law firms and includes cross boundary working with politicians.

My work focuses on building effective communication, connection, self awareness and relationships to achieve high performance and psychologically safe working environments. I use neuro-science and work with the vagus nerve in my practice.

I am a (dyslexic) published author on leadership and therapeutic coaching. Since 1995, I have managed my own practice and for over 25 years was an expert witness in catastrophic injury, giving evidence in court and my cases settling in six figure sums. During this work I always held the client highly in mind, I was often nervous (sometimes scared!) being challenged by KCs but it was never as tricky as it was for the client who had been injured and their family. Running alongside my expert witness practice were my roles as a coach, coach therapist and supervisor (and single mother). Prior to setting up my own practice, I had been a senior manager in the NHS. Thank you for reading this far and do feel free to send me a message and we can arrange a time to talk and discuss what maybe on your mind.