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Expertise in Commercial, Education, Health & Not for Profit Organisations
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Leadership Coaching and Mentoring for Individuals and Teams
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Stress, Workload Management & Change Management
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Health and Wellbeing Workshops
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Strategic & Operational Business Planning.
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Workplace Conflict Resolution & Communication Skills Workshops
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Career Transitions, Succession Planning & Life Coaching

WELCOME TO
CLEAR THINKING
With Julian Stanley
Trained and qualified at both The Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge and Meyler Campbell - International coaching and leadership training specialists - I have many years' experience of career, workplace and life coaching. Additionally, I am trained in mental health first aid, treating trauma and safeguarding, alongside significant senior leadership and human resources expertise gained from my work as a CEO, MD and non-executive director.
I have worked extensively in the education sector from early years through to university settings, using my expertise in the field of health and wellbeing, employment, skills, economic regeneration, arts, youth and criminal justice sectors.
I coach a diverse portfolio of clients including headteachers, CEOs, senior management teams, business owners, boards, aspiring leaders, experienced and newly qualified teachers, lecturers and students, looking for support in their personal and professional development, or to change career direction, resolve conflicts and workplace management, communication and relationship issues. I also undertake strategic and operational business planning consultancy projects in partnership with schools, commercial and charitable organisations.
Using one-to-one coaching, group sessions, workshops and role play, my approach enables those I work with to feel heard and understood, to optimise their potential, arrive at clear thinking, define their goals and produce effective organisational strategies and personal action plans.
I specialise in diagnosing impediments to cultural and organisational change by providing a safe, confidential space to listen and pinpointing the causes of workplace stress and anxiety. This creates the conditions for increased confidence and lessens the impact and effects of trauma on those dealing with complex safeguarding issues, enabling the development and implementation of creative solutions individually and collectively.
Public Sector Clients include:
UK School Leaders and Leadership Teams including Cambridge University Primary School. The Leys and St Mary's Schools and Avanti Trust
NHS clinicians and managers
Commercial clients include:
Marks and Spencer, Royal Sun Alliance, BP and Cambridge Atom Works
Third Sector Charity Clients Include:
Muscular Dystrophy UK, Sight loss charity Vista, Weekend Arts College, the rare disease charity, Beacon and Youth Charity Boxing Futures
To discuss how I can assist you or your organisation, please call or email me, using the buttons provided.
Welcome : About
COACHING
Leading Change
Stress and Workload Management
Career & life transitions
Improving interpersonal relationships
Handling difficult conversations, feedback and challenges
Preparing for job interviews & role play
Giving effective presentations
ORGANISATIONAL AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
Leadership Development
Highly Effective Teams
Strategic & operational planning
Change management
Developing effective governance and cohesive boards
WORKSHOPS
Confident public speaking & media skills
Improving health and wellbeing in the workplace

WHY
COACHING?
Change is inevitable. Growth is intentional... it occurs when heart and head - feeling and thought - meet. These are the two winds that allow us to soar
Daniel Goleman - Clinical Psychologist, Author & Educator.
"Coaching in all its forms has been shown to be one of the most effective personal development tools available, producing a hugely beneficial and often transformational impact in the lives of individuals and on the culture of teams and organisations of all kinds. It is a highly effective way to tackle tough situations and cope with new challenges. Sessions can reveal new approaches, ideas and insights about the way you view yourself and your abilities and plan for success."
Many of us find change exciting. Many others, including highly positive, talented, dedicated, hardworking and successful people, can unexpectedly experience feeling stuck, vulnerable, defensive or upset by planned or unplanned change.
Coaching enables. It offers you or your team a hugely effective and focussed method to work through roadblocks, struggles and challenges. You set the agenda and I will facilitate so you can reflect, develop your thinking, explore your needs, values, ideas and goals, articulate challenges and importantly, produce a time-bound plan of action. The process is powerful and it will allow you to uncover your own agency and resources to chart the steps necessary to move forward.
Clients report the coaching, reflective practice, constructive challenge and support they have experienced working with me, has resulted in new solutions and a "can-do" mindset that has resulted in positive changes in the workplace, increased self-confidence, greater resilience and more harmonious relationships at work and at home. Many clients say coaching has helped them create a healthier work-life balance and has significantly reduced their levels of stress and anxiety. Gaining Confidence, promotion, changing career direction, and securing a more fulfilling job are common outcomes.


ABOUT JULIAN
Julian was the driving force behind the vision and launch of the award-winning national charity Education Support Partnership. He championed the development and delivery of its free 24/7 BACP accredited telephone counselling helpline dedicated to the education workforce, alongside a wide range of commercial staff engagement, mental health, wellbeing and resilience programmes in UK schools, colleges and universities. Other MD & CEO roles held include Cresset Leisure Services Ltd, Capital Link Ltd Work Life Support Ltd, Interchange Trust, Bounce Back - a subsidiary of Change Grow Live, and Healthwatch. Julian has written & contributed extensively for SecEd, TImes Education Supplement & a wide range of national publications including "Managing Workplace Stress' published by John Catt. He has commented on education and social issues on BBC Breakfast TV, Newsnight, ITV's Good Morning, Sky News, the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 and the Vanessa Feltz, Nicky Campbell and Victoria Derbyshire shows for BBC Radio 5 live. Most recently he has been a guest contributor to The Naked Scientist Podcast series. Julian has held a number of CEO, MD and Non-Executive Director roles. Currently he is Chair of Trumpington Community College (United Learning Academy Trust)
Julian studied at Cambridge University Judge Business School and The Leadership Trust. He later qualified as a business coach on the European Mentoring and Coaching Council accredited ‘Mastered’ programme with Meyler Campbell (Clear Leaders).
He is a member of the Association for Coaching and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
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