“My belief is that coaching should be a collaborative partnership that challenges you to reach higher, and inspires you to get there.
My vision is simple – I want to make a difference.”
Andrew Coates | AMC Coaching
“My belief is that coaching should be a collaborative partnership that challenges you to reach higher, and inspires you to get there.
My vision is simple – I want to make a difference.”
Andrew Coates
Leadership & Executive Coaching
Inspiring you to unleash your potential and supporting you to achieve both your personal and organisational objectives
Small Business Coaching
Supporting you to grow and scale your current business, or to plan to embark on a new venture
Career Coaching
Empowering you to take control of your own future and achieve your career goals
About Me
I am a qualified executive coach (ILM Level 7), with over 25 years’ experience of developing both people and organisations. My approach to coaching is one that recognises the uniqueness of an individual, and understands that we all learn, develop and address opportunities and issues in different ways. I coach at all levels and work with individuals and businesses to unlock their potential and help them to achieve their goals.
My vision is simple – I want to make a difference.
About You
There are many different reasons why individuals and businesses choose to benefit from a coaching partnership. Whether it’s motivated by a professional ambition, such as preparing for a larger role, career transition and business growth – or a personal development goal, perhaps to increase confidence, enhance communication skills or to manage conflict.
Either way, more and more people are engaging with coaches, with the aim of taking positive action and moving forward in a certain direction.
Latest Blog Posts
How having a coach can support your business to grow
As part of my coaching practice I support a range of business owners and leaders in terms of the growth of their...
Why leaders at all levels need a coach more than ever
I really like this article from Forbes March 2022. As a coach I am finding from my clients feedback that coaching is...
Testimonials
“As a CEO it is easy to feel isolated and unsure about where to turn for personal guidance and support. Leadership coaching with Andrew has helped me to see issues in perspective and improve my effectiveness. Andrew’s questioning style made me feel at ease and open to sharing which is vital to ensure self-awareness and understanding. I would have no hesitation in recommending Andrew as a leadership coach.”
Chief Executive
“I left every session feeling extremely positive and with a set of realistic actions to undertake that have since accelerated the attainment of my goals.”
Team Manager
“Andrew is an excellent coach for any entrepreneur. I had many ideas and sessions with him which gave me the clarity I needed to launch my business. His approach is full of empathy, encouragement and great energy. Working with Andrew has been a gift, I couldn’t recommend him highly enough.”
Business Owner
About Me
I am a qualified executive coach (ILM Level 7), with over 25 years’ experience of developing both people and organisations. My approach to coaching is one that recognises the uniqueness of an individual, and understands that we all learn, develop and address opportunities and issues in different ways. I coach at all levels and work with individuals and businesses to unlock their potential and help them to achieve their goals.
My vision is simple – I want to make a difference.
About You
There are many different reasons why individuals and business’ choose to benefit from a coaching partnership. Whether it’s motivated by a professional ambition, such as preparing for a larger role, career transition and business growth – or a personal development goal, perhaps to increase confidence, enhance communication skills or to manage conflict.
Either way, more and more people are engaging with coaches, with the aim of taking positive action and moving forward in a certain direction.
Latest Blog Posts
Do you have to know best as a leader?
Most articles you read talk about the complexity and fast changing pace of the environment in which we work. That change is constant with the need to move quickly to sustain our organisations and to be able to grow. This requires a lot from a leader and from our...
The Power of Coaching
I am very pleased to have contributed this article on The Power of Coaching as part of the latest edition of the Careermag for Lifelong Learning. The article focuses on how coaching can support you with your lifelong learning as you develop through your career. “It...
Your Leadership : Your Future – Leadership Development Programme
I am extremely proud and excited to announce the launch of our new online leadership development programme – Your Leadership : Your Future! This is an interactive and practical programme for individuals who are looking to understand themselves better and further...
The benefits of having a sounding board
In both professional and personal development, people see the benefit of talking to someone external. As one person said to me, "you don’t understand something fully until you can actually talk it through with someone else". Having someone who will ask challenging...
Values – Have you asked yourself what you value?
After leading the process in several roles in creating company values I have more recently written my own values. What are priorities to me and what qualities and behaviors do I see as important in me and others. Values help us personally to identify and prioritise...
Thinking of changing your career? Here’s how coaching can support you to achieve it
More than ever before there is a sense of needing to be able to find your purpose, what gets you up in the morning and makes you feel motivated. A lot of us are questioning what we do as a job, and if it is what we want out of the future. I have enjoyed working with...
Isn’t coaching just for people who are struggling with their performance, not for successful people?
This is something that I was asked recently and something that I think is a common misconception. Coaching is used in a variety of ways, by a diverse range of people – including those who are already successful. In many cases, organisations utilise coaching to enable...
How much do you know about Action Learning Sets, and the benefits to your organisation?
Having just completed my facilitator training for delivering Action Learning Sets, I’ve been reflecting back on my own career and have recognised just how beneficial it would have been to of used this approach more often. Action Learning Sets really do offer something...
Do you have the right mindset to start and grow your own business?
Having the right mindset and beliefs are key to starting a business but for many of us there is so much more to this than simply having a great business idea and a plan full of actions. A growth mindset along with belief and motivation is important to start, run and...
The uniqueness of coaching in personal development
It is interesting looking back over the last three months at the range of clients that I have been working with as to why they have wanted to work with a coach and what has been most useful to them as part of our coaching sessions. In the main it has been about really...
Testimonials
“I have enjoyed relaxed and calm conversations with plenty of time and space for self-analysis and reflection. Andrew has good listening skills, understands and offers good challenge.”
Chief Executive
“I left every session feeling extremely positive and with a set of realistic actions to undertake that have since accelerated the attainment of my goals.”
Team Manager
“I really like the way that the coaching is approached. Andrew listens to what I am saying and guides the conversation when needed. It has been fantastic!”
Sales and Marketing Director