Leadership coaching with Phil Bennett

Leading people is a strange job.

You can be good at the work and still find managing people difficult. I coach engineering leaders who need someone outside the day-to-day to talk things through with.

Let’s talk

How I can help.

The conversation you keep putting off.

Maybe someone needs feedback and you’re worried about how they’ll take it. We can work through what you want to say, what you might be missing and how to have the conversation.

Figuring out what the job needs from you.

More responsibility can leave you wondering where your time should go, or whether you’re doing any of it well. Bring a situation from your week. It gives us somewhere concrete to start.

Getting started.

We’ll have a conversation before committing to sessions. Tell me what you want help with and see how it feels talking to me. If we work together, we’ll decide what you want to change and check in on that as we go.

Before we start.

Will you tell me what to do?

I’ll ask questions and help you think through your options. I can also offer advice from my own experience, and I’ll say when that’s what I’m doing. You know your situation better than I do.

What stays between us?

We’ll agree confidentiality and its limits before starting. If your employer pays for the sessions, we’ll be clear with everyone about what, if anything, gets shared with them.

Shall we
have a chat?

Tell me what’s going on. We’ll spend half an hour talking it through and see whether I can help.