Diana Jervis Read BA Hons
Professional coach and PR mentor, London
JR PERFORMANCE COACHING
I am a trained professional achievement coach1 with over 20 years experience as founder and MD of two award winning2 PR consultancies, the first rated in PR Week's national UK top 50 by fee income in the late '80s.
I've managed many teams, including my own team of 20 highly qualified consultants, with whom I increased year on year revenue consistently in the '90s and into the millennium, working on consumer and business-to-business (B2B) PR accounts.
Our clients included government3 and major corporate companies4 as well as small and medium sized companies.
I overlapped PR work with 6 years of counselling experience, to which I have added business coaching. I am thus an expert in communication and well placed to change human behaviour. 100% honesty and confidentiality is guaranteed.
As a strategic coach and executive mentor, I add value to organisations by giving business owners and employees the focus to define their goals and a plan of action to achieve them, in the fastest and most efficient way possible - using very powerful tools.
Models and tools I present as appropriate include DISC profiling, the GROW model, Wheel of Life and Satisfaction at Work Wheel, Johari's Window, Thomas Kilman model, John Kotter model, Boundary model (Gary T Furlong), Dream model, the Graves model, Gilbert's Study of Management Performance, Situational and Transformational Leadership models, I CAN DO model, Disney Creativity model, Milton model, Tuckman model, Belbin Team Self-Perception Inventory, Honey and Mumford Learning Styles, CIGAR model.
We all have the potential for better performance if we are given the insight as to what motivates us to do what we do, why we do what we do, and the inspiration to change. Working with you and your employees I will improve the profitability and general well being of the company, and convert great employees into even greater ones. I'll keep you on track until you reach your goal and you'll enjoy the experience, at least all of my clients say they do.
My clients have also reported improved relationships with their colleagues and clients, cost reductions and better customer service.
I offer a full money back guarantee if you do not feel you have benefitted by the coaching programme as long as the goals set are within the client's control as, e.g. work/life balance would be.
77% respondents from a sample of 2000 British employees feel that they would benefit from more training, and 82% of respondents stated that if they were thinking about changing jobs, they would be more likely to choose an employer who invests in more professional development and training.
Learning Skills Council, July 2008
Diana's mentoring has been critical to the rapid expansion of my business. She has greatly improved my communications with clients and colleagues and motivated me to convert procrastination into making and finding time for prioritised actions.
Mark Parkin FIDTA
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