I’m Genevieve Deacon
Organisational Psychologist and Coach
Guiding Your Journey to Self-Discovery and Success
Personal Life Coaching
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. Coaching enables you to explore your dreams, break through limiting beliefs, and embrace new possibilities.
Leadership Coaching
The mark of a true leader is not just in their achievements but in the impact they have on others. Coaching enables you to improve your leadership presence and impact.
Do you want to feel empowered, energised, and enthusiastic about all aspects of your life?
Do you find yourself facing challenges or obstacles blocking you from achieving success?
Do you feel like you're hitting the same roadblock in a specific area of your life?
If you have answered yes to any one of the above questions, then scroll further to find out how we can work together.
Goal Setting
Setting goals is the first step towards turning the invisible into the visible. With coaching, you can transform your aspirations into actionable goals.
Navigating Change
You cannot appreciate the mountain top without knowing and experiencing the valley. Coaching enables you to navigate your path up the mountian.
Stress Management
Stress can feel overwhelming, but you don't have to handle it alone. Coaching enables you to develop effective stress management strategies.
Career Progression
Career success is the result of intentional goal-setting and strategic planning. Coaching enables you to clarify your career goals towards achieving your aspirations.
What Is Life Coaching?
We don’t exist in a bubble! Humans are relational creatures. We learn and grow by our interactions (both positive and negative) with others. How we respond to the world around us determines how successful we may be in life.
Coaching is a collaborative and supportive process where a coach works with an individual or a group to help them achieve their personal or professional goals, improve their life and job satisfaction, and enhance their overall wellbeing. It empowers an individual to maximise their potential, achieve greater fulfilment, and create positive changes in their lives and careers.
How do I know Coaching is for me?
Nelson Mandela famously said: “I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.”
Coaching is for you if you are someone who is ready to:
Embark on a journey of self-discovery, empowerment and transformation
Unlock your leadership potential
Foster personal growth to thrive and achieve your aspirations
Overcome obstacles and challenges
Who is Coaching for?
Individuals who are committed to personal and professional growth, are seeking to maximise their potential, and are striving to achieve specific goals or overcome challenges will benefit from a coaching relationship.
My coaching clients come from diverse backgrounds, professions and typically include:
1. Leaders
Individuals in leadership positions who seek to enhance their leadership skills, navigate complex organisational dynamics, and improve their own performance and that of their teams.
2. Professionals wanting to make a career transition
Individuals navigating career changes, seeking new opportunities, or transitioning to new roles or industries.
3. Individuals at risk of burnout
Individuals who experience high levels of stress, burnout, or are overwhelmed by life’s pressures. Individuals seeking support to restore balance, cultivate resilience, and reignite their passion for work and life.
4. High-Potential employees
Emerging leaders identified for advancement within their organisations who aspire to accelerate their career growth and maximise their impact.
5. Entrepreneurs
Visionary entrepreneurs looking to scale their businesses, overcome obstacles, develop a growth mindset, and optimise their approaches to leading themselves or their teams.
How It Works
Schedule a Free 1:1
In this conversation we can explore your goals and aspirations forging a way forward that makes sense for your personal and/or professional journey.
Choose a Coaching Plan
Below this section you will see various coaching programs that I offer to address specific needs. That being said, my coaching approach focuses on the person so we can also design a program that is specific for you.
Reach Your Goals
Throughout the process we will continuously check in to see how we are tracking against the goal and aspiration you have. This ensures we remain focused on supporting you to achieve success!
Coaching Programs and Services
Intensive Leadership Progression
A 4-month program focused on understanding and improving your leadership impact, focused on understanding self, and unlocking your potential leadership presence and capability.
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Self-discovery: We will use the Hogan Personality Assessment as the basis of understanding your personality traits, potential derailers, and core values relevant to your leadership style. The Hogan assessments are a set of personality assessment tools that have been developed to assess different aspects of an individual’s personality, providing insights into their values, behaviours and potential performance in the workplace.
There are three core assessments:
- Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI): measures how you would react on a normal day and how you relate to others when you are at their best.
- Hogan Development Survey (HDS): measure how you would typically behave and react when under pressure as it assesses personality traits that can derail success.
- Motives, Values, Preferences Inventory (MVPI): identifies core values, goals, and interests that determine what you strive to achieve and the environments in which you will be most motivated.
Coaching: Together, we will identify 3-5 core focuses areas to support your growth as a leader in your current role or for future roles. These areas will be based on the Hogan Personality assessments and the conversation that stems from the Hogan debrief.
Leadership Presence
A 2-month program enabling you to find your signature leadership voice, learn how to manage your energy, and own the room you are in. This will equip you with practical tools and strategies to lead with authenticity, influence with impact, and inspire positive change in your organisation.
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This programme is aimed at emerging and experienced leaders who aspire to authentically connect with others, to build healthy working relationships and to increase their postive leadership presence and influence.
You will walk away with a clear and practical roadmap with the tools and pracitces enabling you to build your leadership presence from the inside out ensuring lasting change and impact.
Beating Burnout
A 2-3 month program aimed at supporting you to navigate out of or to mitigate the risk of burnout. Walk away with a clear action plan so you can move from surviving to thriving.
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Assessment: We will start off with gaining a data-driven understanding of your current burnout risk and what aspects of your work context could be contributing to this. We will use an assessment called the Organisational Human Factor Benchmark which provides you with a personal report detailing your workplace wellbeing state and any relevant risks.
Coaching: During 4 intensive coaching sessions, together, we will forge a way forward to support you to navigate the impacts of lower energy and motivation levels.
Mindfulness-Based Stress-Reduction
A 8-week live/online group course that will enable you to develop mindfulness skills, reduce stress, enhance your awareness of self, improve emotional regulation, increase concentration, foster better relationships, and develop a daily mindfulness practice.
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You will master various mindfulness techniques such as meditation, body scans, and mindful movement to cultivate present moment awareness.
We will unpack the science behind mindfulness practices so you can understand the impacts on your brain and body. You will be able to recognise stress triggers and develop skills to manage stress more effectively.
Mindfulness helps us to observe emotions without judgment to develop greater emotional regulation and resilience in the face of stressors. You will gain a deeper understanding of your thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations, leading to increased self-awareness.
Regular mindfulness practices can improve attention and concentration, enabling you to focus more effectively on tasks and activities.
It will also empower you with coping strategies to deal with difficult emotions, thoughts, and situations in a more constructive and mindful manner. You will begin to notice the differences with your relationships as you will foster greater empathy, compassion, and communication skills, leading to improved relationships with oneself and others.
Overall, you will learn to integrate mindfulness into their daily routines, making it a sustainable practice and you may even adopt healthier lifestyle habits as a result of increased awareness and self-care practices cultivated during the program.
Transition Triumph
A short coaching program to support you to navigate a current life change or to embed a new habit. This can consist of a once-off coaching conversation or it can be an ongoing process.
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This is a personalised coaching program aimed at guiding you through a time of significant change. Through personalised sessions, you will gain insight into your reactions to change, develop practical strategies for managing transitions, and cultivate resilience to thrive in new circumstances. This program empowers you to embrace change as an opportunity for growth and transformation to successfully emerge stronger on the other side.
Basic Coaching Program
Should you feel that none these programs suit your needs and goals – then let’s explore your dreams and aspirations and put together a personalised coaching approach. We can incorporate elements from my other programs where applicable.
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Book a one-on-one with me to discuss further.
Additional Services
My vast experience within the corporate world allows me to also offer the following services:
1. Team Building
I facilitate the process of creating and fostering a cohesive, collaborative, and effective group of individuals who work together towards common goals. Tools I am accredited in that support team building process are: Belbin Team Roles, Insights Discovery and Hogan Personality Assessment.
2. Psychometric Assessments and Report Writing
I support recruitment agencies and internal talent teams with intepreting and understanding psychometric assessments to ascertain the suitability of an individual for a new roles, promotion or talent development opportunities. I am accredited in the following psychometrics: CPP, Baron EQi 2.0, Hogan Personality Assessments and INTEG User (COPAS, IP200 and PAW).
3. Organisational-wide Culture and Employee Experience Assessments
Do you want to supercharge your Employee Engagement Strategy? I have over a decade of experience working with employee listening tools and co-founded a start-up focused on providing leaders with evidence-based data to use to make informed decisions about shifting the employee experience within their companies. It is not enough to only measure employee engagement…
4. Corporate Consulting around transforming Culture
If you are going through a Culture Transformation process and want to bring an expert on-board without hiring full time, then my expereince with culture change in large corporates will be the perfect fit.
About Me
Throughout my career, in the corporate world and within a consultancy, I have always been driven by the opportunity to support both individuals and organisations to create optimal working environments. I firmly believe work should be a positive and fulfilling experience for us. This belief led me to make a transition in my career. After working in corporate South Africa, I embarked on a new adventure with a small team to launch a start-up in the UK. This change has allowed me to broaden my horizons and gain insights from different industry sectors.
I have had the opportunity to consult with many different organisations of various sizes, assisting leaders to reimagine how work is designed. My approach has always been to empower these leaders to make informed decisions aimed at creating working environments where employees can truly thrive and function optimally.
As an Organisational Psychologist I have a broad understanding of the corporate world and how this impacts people. My coaching practice is therefore focused on supporting individuals to achieve greater success in their careers, within their relationships (in or outside of work) and help in managing the negative impacts of workplace stress and burnout. Burnout – an occupational phenomenon – has lasting effects on both the individual and the organisation they work for. Having witnessed firsthand how the world of work can often inflict harm, I have become dedicated to helping individuals navigate through various challenges, providing support and guidance as they progress in their professional journeys. Utilising coaching principles and implementing actionable strategies, I help them take charge of their own growth, development, and wellbeing in a positive manner.
Utilising my Neurolinguistic Programming and Life Coaching qualification, I help individuals unlock their potential, overcome limiting beliefs, and face challenges with resilience. As a Mindfulness Teacher, I advocate for mental health and wellbeing, guiding individuals to enhance their happiness, mental and physical health, and emotional balance.
Testimonials
“Genevieve’s coaching sessions provided me with the essential space and framework to unravel my emotions and craft a clear sense of direction. These sessions lifted me from a state of overwhelm to one of motivation and empowerment. I wholeheartedly recommend her to individuals seeking development on both professional and personal fronts. Gen is not only a skilled and personable coach, but also her background in organizational psychology added significant value, specifically enhancing her ability to assist me within my working context”. – Jules Hayward, Director of Cultivate Change
“Genevieve’s coaching and guidance has been a valued support for me over the past few months. With her expertise, I’ve not only navigated a challenging situation with newfound confidence but also gained clarity and direction for my next steps. Through our conversations, Genevieve has created the space to allow me to see my circumstances from fresh, different perspectives, enabling me to move from feeling stuck to feeling empowered. Her accountability and motivation has supported my personal growth journey, making it an invaluable investment in my life.” – Kirsten Smith, Lawyer