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Latest thinking & contributions from our programmes
The Power of Mentoring: Insights from Let's Talk Mentoring
Mentoring is a powerful tool for professional and personal development. At Taylor Clarke’s recent Let’s Talk Mentoring session..
Empowering Finance Teams: How to develop a culture of Business Partnering
In today’s fast-paced business landscape, finance teams are expected to do more than just crunch numbers.
Reflections: 25 years of Executive Coaching
o here we are in 2025, 25 years on from that major milestone ‘Year 2000’ when we marked the end of the 20th century and welcomed in the new
Team Coaching at Had Fab Ltd – Unlocking Potential
HadFab recognised that its greatest asset was its people. However, silos and disconnection were hindering growth. Taylor Clarke’s team coach
Leading in Complexity
The leaders we work with in businesses and organisations spanning the private and public sectors share with us the depth of complexity...
Supporting a learning culture through mentoring
Organisations that wish to develop a learning culture seek to create an environment that encourages the support and development of...
Why are we seeing an increase in demand for Executive Coaching?
recently read that Executive Coaching is now a $9.3bn global industry, having grown by $1bn in just one year, post COVID 19 pandemic...
The Art of Leadership: Laurence Clarke's Profound Insights
In a candid interview with Dr Susan Reid Elder at Robert Gordon University, Laurence offered a treasure trove of wisdom gleaned from his...
AoEC Spotlight Interview
We spoke to recent AoEC Practitioner Diploma graduate Dr Julia Nightingale about her experience on the programme. What introduced you to coaching and led to you to signing up for the Practitioner Diploma in Executive Coaching Programme with AoEC NI/Ire? Viktor Frankl said, ‘One can make a victory of any experience, turning life into an inner triumph or one can ignore the challenge and simply vegetate’. This quote really resonates with me because in late 2018 I realised tha
Developing a Coaching Culture
Written by Neil Paterson Our coaching heritage At Taylor Clarke, for the last 35 years, we have coached many leaders in the public and private sectors across the UK - e.g., our associates delivered over 600 coaching sessions last year. Many of these coaching interventions were aimed at helping organisations start to build a coaching culture. Our ever-growing coaching practice has helped individual leaders experience the positive impact of coaching for themselves: helped devel
Stuck in the middle - part two - the manager’s view” – managing teams during change
The world between strategy and people can be a difficult place to navigate –and some discussions with people managers since my earlier blog
Handing over the Leadership baton of Taylor Clarke
After 35 years in charge of Taylor Clarke I’ve decided to hand over the management of the business to Bonnie Clarke. I’m delighted that Bonnie has agreed to take on the mantle as Chief Executive. She brings a wealth of experience as the former Chief Executive of Remarkable (IiP in Scotland). Although not related to me, she already feels like family and I’m sure she will make you feel as cared for as before. 35 years is a very long time and we’ve seen Taylor Clarke morph fro
Leading in the hybrid jungle!
Hybrid working is now the norm for many of us, and leaders need to adapt their approach to lead effectively in this new challenging climate.
“Stuck in the middle with you” – supporting managers during change
Like everyone else, I live my life with a constant background soundtrack in my head (…what… not everyone has this??). Throughout the day, ph
Benefits of Coaching for Senior Leaders
We are finding that an increasing number of our clients are utilising one to one coaching to support the development of their senior leaders
Trusted leadership development partner
At Taylor Clarke, we are proud to be the trusted leadership development partner for many of our clients. We build long term relationships that enable us to understand context in which our client businesses are operating, and provide expertise to diagnose challenges and develop practical solutions to develop the capability of leaders. We bring: A partnership approach – partnership is at the heart of how we work. We work collaboratively with our clients to produce solutions to
Creating a high performing team
We are often asked what leaders need to do to create high performing teams. “Strong teams are built on a strong foundation”, not only does this statement make sense, it is understandable, but what are the blocks that make the foundation strong that then build the team? Here are five of them: Clarity of Vision - focussing on goals and outputs, if we truly understand the goal and the process to achieve the goal and aligning each team members outputs then we can trust the outco
Releasing the potential in change
Organisational change and development is critical for any organisation to maintain and improve performance within a rapidly changing environment. The context of organisational change and development, driven by the recent pandemic, has forced many organisations to re-consider how they do business or serve their clients. For these changes to land successfully, it is increasingly critical that organisations build the right plans to take their people on the journey through the ch
How can coaching help develop and support a team?
At Taylor Clarke, we have been providing coaching for teams for many years. Clients tell us that the team coaching we provide enables teams to work together more effectively and deliver stronger performance. We use a structured process, tailored specifically to the needs of each team, and our highly experienced coaches work with the team to help them achieve their goals, enhance their interpersonal relationships and ways of working together. Some of the benefits of team coach
What is Reflective Practice?
“The reflective path towards professionalism is slippery like soap."
Struck by Schaepkens’ (2021) statement I thought it would be helpful to
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