Sarah Ackroyd

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT SARAH ACKROYD

A fully accredited coach and published author on mentoring, Sarah has worked as an executive coach and management consultant for over twenty years. Her experience spans the corporate, public and the voluntary sectors and she has designed and delivered bespoke leadership development programmes for high profile clients including more recently Triodos Bank UK, Marie Curie, NHS England, University of Greenwich, University of the West of England, UWE Bristol, University of Bristol. Qualified in the use of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator Step II, Sarah uses this to help people understand themselves and unravel the way they communicate with others. Sarah is also a qualified practitioner of the Leadership Development Framework and the Leadership Insight Profiling tool. Both these leadership tools provide powerful development insights for leaders wanting to develop their current leadership capacity. Numerous organisations have benefited from Sarah’s tailored leadership development programmes combining individual and team coaching with action learning. Success from these has resulted in a number of longstanding client relationships. The Centre for Mentoring and Coaching Ltd are business partners with the University of the West of England and Sarah previously co-tutored a Masters Module coaching entitled ‘Developing Mentors and Coaches: an inquiry into practice’. Sarah brings a potent mix of drive and compassion to her work, which translates into her personal ambitions and pastimes. An active member of her community, she provides harp meditations at silent retreats whilst her energy extends into her enjoyment of long distance running. Specialties: executive coaching, team coaching, organisational development, leadership and management development, coach supervision, coach and mentor training, internal coach training, internal coach supervision