I found the coaching extremely useful, saying my troubles and anxiety out loud to someone who does not know me was great. I found it hard opening up and admitting the things that bothered me but Patricia was fantastic, calm and patient. She was lovely to talk to. I worried it would be robotic but it was quite the opposite. I would encourage anyone to give it a go as it can change your mind set, we all have the same worries but no one talks openly about them. It was so nice to speak to someone that understands not just about general practice, but has been there and worn the t-shirt.

This coaching took place at a particularly good time for me, as I feel I am now at a critical point in my personal, work and family life.
It was my first coaching experience and I found it incredibly useful to take a good look at myself; taking time to consider the different aspects of my life in more detail and explore what I really want from life.

We touched upon many areas that I previously may not have considered as important, without Patricia’s help and explored what I really valued.

It also helped me to unblock a few things and move forward on personal issues that were holding me back and clearly affecting me from the inside. Although finding time in general practice as difficult

Patrica was very good, I felt very comfortable with her and we developed a good rapport. I felt she had listened, understood and then encouraged me to follow through on my passions and interests. I am grateful for her input at this time in my life.

Coaching gives you more of an insight about yourself and helps you to create small action plans, or stepping stones, to more effectively help you to firstly bring together what it is you really want -and then, go on to achieve ‘your own’ goals.

We all need a little help in life. I would say it will likely be more beneficial than you imagined. It is good to pull your own thoughts in together in a structured manner, bring them out of your mind and into the open, in a comfortable environment. I was left feeling confident on my own road ahead. Thanks again Patricia.

Coaching allowed me to take time out of my working day to focus on matters important to me so that I can work out a way forward. Often you have to muddle through things in an unstructured way so it was nice to create a mini plan.
I have had coaching before and we did it via Skype, with Patricia it was only via phone. I would probably prefer doing a virtual f2f rather than telephone as it’s always nice to see the other person.
Patricia is very good and I would recommend to others

Coaching helped me analyse myself and what I want to achieve
Patricia is very good, she asked the right questions and made me think what do I hope for.
I would recommend to others if they have structured time .

Coaching provided useful despite the difficulties of time constraints. I found the key benefits were a change in mindset and confidence in a plan moving forwards and feel I achieved a great deal in three short hours. Patricia was outstanding. I would recommend to other practice manager, and ask them to bear in mind the amount of time and effort to be put in from yourself to really maximise the gains from coaching before undertaking. If I were more cognisant of this before I started my sessions, I would have liked to have dedicated far more to developing the themes we discussed, in order to get the most out of the sessions.

Patricia helped me see myself differently and that actually I need to believe in myself more and have faith that I am doing a good job. I am a new PM and I felt I needed some guidance and focus in your role. Patricia is really knowledgeable and understood the role in detail and the expectations of a PM

The coaching was not what I was expecting initially, so it took 15 minutes or so to understand how Patricia worked. Once we got going and started to break down my needs I found it incredibly helpful.
Patricia has a lot of experience in Practice management, she made me think about what I wanted from the job, she enabled me to think of where I wanted to go and how to achieve this.
Patricia was excellent, I was happy that she gave her opinions, and I was not the one doing all the talking.
I would recommend this to anyone who needs some guidance in their role, Patricia has a knack of working out what is right for you and what could work.

Coaching came at a perfect time for me because I was reviewing all that I have done in my career and looking at the best way forward for me personally and also professionally.
I found coaching an extremely useful and enlightening experience. When someone supports you to look at yourself and recognise your qualities something you may not see yourself it is invaluable. It has helped me put things in a framework and to look logically at what to do next.

This is my first experience of coaching and I have to say I feel I have been extremely fortunate that it was with Patricia. She is firstly a lovely lady, she has so much experience in both the field of practice management and in business and of course, a wealth of life experience. She is very gifted in making you feel relaxed and to ensure you get the most from the experience. In summary, I do not know where you would find someone like Patricia who has the combination of qualities, the knowledge and the experience and I would highly recommend her as a coach to my practice manager colleagues and others.

Coaching couldn’t have come at a better time for me with everything that is happening within general practice around Covid-19 and staff issues at this present time.
It gave me time for myself and really to concentrate on what I needed and how I could achieve this. I did not know what to expect but I found the coaching to be so very useful.
Patricia was so lovely and so easy to talk with. She listened and really helped to focus on what I wanted to achieve from this valuable coaching.
I would definitely recommend this service to anybody who may feel they need a little help at the moment.

Whilst I'm used to setting goals and expectations for others, I can be at the bottom of my own list of priorities in terms of setting my own goals.
The coaching helped me to visualise and verbalise my own personal goals, and more importantly make a start on achieving them.
I am at a crossroads in my career, and I'm sure there are a lot of us who question whether we are doing the right thing at this time. I was seeking a better balance in my life, but needed to gift myself the time & energy to realise this.
 
Patricia was excellent, she is very patient, supportive and could really understand what I was trying to achieve. She is really intuitive, and will pick up on a small comment, and explore it. She made me work hard on setting my goals, and really tried to make me accountable to myself. She was also really good at recognising small steps I had made towards achieving the goals I had set, and encouraging me to congratulate myself.
If you have the opportunity to engage with a coach, go for it, what have you to lose?. Managers coach their teams on a daily basis, but who is your coach? Who is your go to person? It's a very lonely job, and to talk through some of the issues we face on a daily basis is a massive benefit. My goals were very personal to me, and only partially work related, I'm so grateful that I was given the opportunity.

As new PM during the forced changes of the COVID19 Pandemic, I found coaching useful.
It was useful that Patricia summarised our conversation and hearing it relayed back to me either gave me new thoughts or made me realise areas I needed to change/develop. I got more out of the couching than expected. I thoroughly enjoyed and actually looked forward to our telephone meetings, it gave me a much-need nudge to complete tasks I had been putting off.
10/10 = I would 100% recommend coaching to anyone in a leadership role or who is struggling with work/life balance.