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What clients say

Read some real-life examples of why leaders chose to work with Ollie Smedley


  • Finance Director High Net Worth Trust

    “Ollie's coaching helped me reflect hard about my drivers, skills and areas of development but most importantly, what I really wanted / needed from a new job. 


    This was done in a constructive, open way which suited my needs. 


    In fact, the conclusion was perhaps not what I expected at the start but illustrated clearly the benefit of working with Ollie”. 

  • Finance Director Charitable Trust, Education

    “Ollie’s style is relaxed, humorous and supportive which enables him to ask the probing questions that make you stop and challenge yourself in a way that doesn’t make you feel uneasy or awkward. 


    I felt he listened intently in a truly non-judgemental way.


    I’ve really enjoyed our sessions and I'm now more reflective, cognisant and structured in the way that I’m preparing the next stages of my development and the potential changes that I want to make in the business”.

  • Head of Commercial FTSE 50, Energy & Services

    “Ollie has an incredible knack of combining mentorship and coaching in a way I’ve never experienced and has a real talent for listening and getting to the core of issues I had previously run away from. 


    Ollie made all the coaching sessions about me and his drawing on an incredible wealth of personal senior management experience was both credible and useful in helping me develop myself and my career plan to reach my goals in life (not just work). 


    I’ll continue to work with Ollie as a great soundboard for reflection and a great support in my life pursuits”.  

  • Grant Holbrook CFO Oban International

    "I was unclear on my future career direction and through Ollie's coaching techniques I've now established what my drivers are and what I value and enjoy from work. Ollie created a safe, supportive but challenging environment to help me gain clarity on my thoughts and an action plan for my future career direction". 

  • Global Head of Marketing FTSE 50, Financial Services

    “Ollie, I love the way you use humour to uncover what’s really going on. You have a clarity of thought that helps me work through the outer edges of my thinking and you hold me to account when I’m at risk of sidling off! 


    You’re also kind and thoughtful when needed and I feel very safe when I’m exploring tougher stuff - and confident I’ll move forward”.

  • Saranne Bowles, Business Mindset Coach

    Ollie's trademark is a disarming blend of humour and directness that cuts through the crap and allows you to step out of your self-sabotage and drama and into a better version of yourself. 


    He's the coach I would have wanted when I worked in the corporate world because he has that experience in spades. He knows his way around that environment, he gets it AND he's also a fantastic coach. 


    If you're stepping up into a more senior role and you want the support of a top-notch coach, then I highly recommend Ollie.

  • Technology Head FTSE 50, Financial Services

    “Having recently started a new role in a large public sector body, I'm finding that the soft skills and emotional intelligence that Ollie helped me build on are paying dividends in setting out my new working relationships on the right footing. 


    I have also found a much better work-life balance through Ollie's encouragement to look at what is important to me in the new role I sought out”.

  • Julian Sinclair, Head of Legal at British Gas Services

    Ollie is a fantastic coach. He has the uncanny knack of making you see what is before your very eyes, despite you previously being blind to it. All is done in a relaxing, trusting environment with a degree of humour where appropriate. 


    You leave each session feeling better, walking taller and thinking positively. I can’t recommend Ollie highly enough.

  • Director Private Business, Construction

    “I have found Ollie’s coaching an amazing experience and it has helped me immensely. Ollie’s style of coaching is relaxed and engaging where a relaxed environment allows free conversation and honesty to ‘flow’. 


    Coaching helped me disassemble quite complex work and family issues and enabled me to rationalise the changes needed to solve these. 


    Ollie’s coaching has given me perspective, positive action plans and helped me simplify ways of solving worries in my work and family life”.

  • Melvin Gillett, Implementation Director at Achilles Information Ltd

    Ollie has an incredible ability through his listening and coaching skills to sign post in order to help navigate through issues to get to the end goal.

  • Bradley French, Development Manager at Team Kenya UK

    Ollie enabled me to view emotional issues from a rational perspective to develop the most positive outcomes. I feel that through his coaching, he has enabled me to continuously assess my progress against my career objectives and make informed decisions to shape my future.

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