Services
Better understanding. Deeper connections. More intentional leadership.
Through individual, team and group coaching, Fran creates space for reflection, constructive challenge and meaningful change in how leaders think, relate and lead.
1:1 Coaching
How we lead others is profoundly influenced by how well we understand ourselves. I work with senior leaders to examine their thinking, recognise their patterns and understand what influences their judgement, behaviour and relationships. I respect the responsibility and experience leaders bring, but I'm most interested in the person who exercises that responsibility. Through equality, curiosity, trust and constructive challenge, I create a relationship where defences don't need to be dropped but become a little less ‘necessary’. What develops as a result is more than self awareness. It's a deep rooted capacity to understand different perspectives, make deliberate choices and navigate the conversations, relationships and organisational dynamics that shape their leadership. The result is more grounded, considered and influential leadership.
Team Coaching
A team is more than the people in it. How they relate, make decisions and respond to their differences, views and experiences shapes what they can achieve together. I work with teams to examine the system that they create; the assumptions, habits, conversations and unspoken expectations that influence how they work. We explore what helps, what gets in the way and what each person contributes, without reducing complex dynamics to individual blame. Through curiosity, honesty and constructive challenge, teams become capable of noticing what's happening between them, having conversations they've previously avoided and taking collective responsibility for changing how they work together.
That capability remains long beyond our coaching relationship.
Group Coaching
Unlike team coaching, group coaching brings together leaders who don't necessarily work together or share collective responsibilities. Their development is individual, but the learning happens together. I create a confidential space where leaders can examine their own thinking, explore real leadership challenges and learn from perspectives beyond their usual circles. Through honest reflection, curiosity and constructive challenge, the experiences of others becomes a powerful lens to look through, recognising their own assumptions, patterns and choices. Each person remains responsible for their own development, as well as contributing to the learning of others. The result is greater confidence in their judgement, broader perspectives and more deliberate choices in how they lead.
Speaker
The conversations we have, and those we avoid, shape how we lead, relate and make progress.
My TEDx talk, How to Be Great at Difficult Conversations, began an exploration that has evolved into a bigger question: are we recognising the conversations that matter most?
Through The Right Conversation and The Silence Crisis, I explore what happens when assumptions go unchallenged, important things remain unsaid and silence begins to influence decisions, relationships and organisational performance.
Drawing on commercial leadership experience and my coaching practice, I combine human stories, thoughtful challenge and practical insight to help audiences recognise what needs saying, why it matters and what becomes possible when they do.
Writing & Reflections
Some of the most interesting questions about leadership don't have simple answers. And some of the most important conversations begin with noticing something we've previously overlooked. I'm continually exploring the relationship between human behaviour, leadership judgement, the conversations we have and those we avoid, and the influence they have on the people and organisations around us.
Writing gives me another way to explore those ideas, challenge my own thinking and share what I'm learning along the way.
There may even be a book in there somewhere.
For now, this is where I'll share the questions, observations and ideas that I think deserve a little more attention.