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Leadership Coaching in Brussels & Online
What are you here to explore?

Leadership? Something needs to shift... Your coaching? You want to notice more... Your practice? The person doing the supporting needs support too... Your team? There’s a conversation that needs to happen... You don't need to know exactly where to begin, you just sense that you need to begin somewhere.

LEADERSHIP & EXECUTIVE COACHING

Something needs to shift. You might already know what it is. Or you might simply know something feels different.

EXPLORE COACHING

The person behind the coaching...

Dog Dad. Avid home baker. Mediocre marathon runner. Serious about good conversations. Less serious about myself. For more than 20 years, I've worked around leadership, learning and coaching — alongside people navigating everything from their first management role to the complexity of senior leadership. Today, my work spans executive coaching, coach supervision and mentor coaching. My approach is curious, challenging and deeply human. I won't tell you who to become. I'll help you notice what's happening, question what you've stopped questioning, and create the space to decide what comes next.

Gareth’s coaching was invaluable at a time when I struggled to see past my own narrative. He has a unique ability to help you get out of your own head and view obstacles from entirely new angles. Throughout our sessions, Gareth gave me back the confidence in my potential that I had been missing. For those looking for a coach who is professional yet deeply human, I cannot recommend him highly enough.

Let's connect I'm not convinced. what do other people say about you?

When the person doing the supporting needs support too.

Supervision creates space to think about your work, your relationships, what's happening beneath the surface — and what the work may be asking of you.

For coaches and leaders, it's a place to notice what can be difficult to see when you're inside the work.

Bring the client. Bring the relationship. Bring the uncertainty. Bring yourself.

EXPLORE SUPERVISION
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What is your team not talking about?
Every team has two conversations. The one everyone hears — and the one happening beneath the surface. The Team Cohesion Index helps make that second conversation visible. We look at four dimensions → through twelve factors → from two perspectives → to create one meaningful conversation.

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dimensions of team cohesion: Clarity. Communication. Connection. Collaboration.

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critical success factors. Looking beyond a single engagement score to explore the dynamics shaping how the team actually works together.

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perspectives “I” and “We” — exploring the relationship between individual experience and collective team reality.

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conversation that matters. Not another report to file away. A starting point for the conversation your team may need to have.

Better coaching isn't about doing more.

Mentor coaching gives you somewhere to examine your actual coaching — not the coach you think you are, or the coach you think you should be. Listen differently. Notice patterns. Explore choices. Deepen your understanding of the ICF competencies. And develop greater range in how you coach.

Don't take my word for it. What happens when people have somewhere better to think?

Maurizio Pedriale
CTO - Vertuoza

Gareth’s coaching was invaluable at a time when I struggled to see past my own narrative. He has a unique ability to help you get out of your own head and view obstacles from entirely new angles. Throughout our sessions, Gareth gave me back the confidence in my potential that I had been missing.

Jonathan Whiskerd
Executive Dean @ADEUK, @ICMP & @SAEUK. Associate Professor of Leadership in Creative Education. PFHEA. Leader, Academic, Songwriter.

Gareth has helped me to cultivate new insights into how I am thinking about and approaching my personal and professional relationships and responsibilities. These have helped me to develop my leadership practice in particular. Conversations are sensitively managed, with a healthy amount of supportive challenge! I would thoroughly recommend working with Gareth.

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Claire Craanen
Speechwriter for NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, NATO Headquarters, Brussels

I’ve truly gotten so much out my coaching sessions with Gareth. Either sitting in a chair or a couch; opposite or next to each other; talking, writing, drawing or…just silence; there have been tears and laughter; coffees, cards, and handkerchiefs, but above all, there were always the right questions, at the right time, with the right person.

Gareth is an excellent coach!

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Mary Karnachoritou
Social Media | Communication | Project Manager | Communication | Digital marketing

I had the pleasure of attending a workshop led by Gareth and I can confidently say it was one of the most inspiring and impactful professional development sessions I’ve experienced.

He brought not only deep expertise in executive coaching, but also an incredible ability to create a space that was engaging, thought-provoking, and practical.

If you’re looking for a coach or speaker who truly moves the needle — both in mindset and skillset he is your guy!

Marta (Kucewicz) Celinska
Head of Communication Management

Thank you for bringing your energy, your human centric approach, your insights and disruptive questions! I loved the day of training and so did the team.

Anil Kuru
Managing Counsel - BNY Mellon

Without Gareth, my life and career would have continued just fine. I wasn’t in some existential struggle. I was just curious to learn more about coaching.

I thought I knew what coaching involved- but it involved so much more. Just being around Gareth- his patience, his challenge, his ability to listen… it was next level.

I satisfied my curiosity. And now he’s my go to person whenever I need a moment for self-reflection, motivation (or challenge).

 

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David Saunders
CEO - Agile: The Trusted Musculoskeletal Co-Operative

I’ve been coached for years before – or at least what I thought I was coaching. Working with Gareth was totally different. Challenging yet understanding. Provoking yet supportive. I’ve been blown away by how good a listener he is – I genuinely feel like a better version of me with him in my life.

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Kira Njeinhuis
Wife - Mother - Sexologist

Gareth is confident, calm and collected. Would recommend him without question or hesitation.

 

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Caroline De Bie
Diversity & Inclusion Consultant - Strategic Communication Expert

Gareth’s coaching style combines a professional, rational approach with a fun and generous personality. He will keep you focused on your goals while not hesitating to challenge your beliefs and self-imposed limitations. And he celebrates your successes – big and small – along with you! I wholeheartedly recommend him as a coach, especially for people needing a boost in assertiveness or making important decisions in life.

 

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Rebecca Steel-Jasinska
Co-Founder: Madame Papillon

Gareth is a warm and open coach who is not afraid of asking challenging questions to help you see things from a new perspective. He brings fun and playfulness to interactions but always shows sensitivity to emotional topics. I never fail to enjoy my sessions with Gareth and really appreciate the way he accompanies my thought process to bring me to some unexpected conclusions.

 

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Leon Bakraceski
Advisor to the Prime Minister of North Macedonia

No matter how smart or successful you think you are in your life, we have to remember that we are human, we are vulnerable, we are allowed to make mistakes both in personal and professional life. We are struggling and we are not alone. The definition of not being alone is Gareth. (more…)

Dr Jason Roncancio
PhD - Researcher in Business Economics

Confidence was never been an issue for me, but maintaining the energy and stamina to keep that confidence at a high during critical times (like the submission of my PhD) was difficult. Having the space and time to really see my world for what it was, what was blocking my energy – and having someone to raise my awareness to this – gave me the clarity and perspective I needed.

 

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Working together - Different work needs different containers.

LEADERSHIP COACHING

A coaching partnership

Usually a series of sessions over several months, giving us enough time to explore, experiment, notice what changes — and what doesn’t.

BOOK A DISCOVERY CALL

COACH SUPERVISION

Individual or group

Reflective practice for coaches and leaders who want somewhere to think about their work, relationships and themselves within it.

DISCOVER MORE

MENTOR COACHING

Individual or group

Competency-based development for coaches working towards an ICF credential or wanting to deepen their practice.

FINE TUNE YOUR PRACTICE

TEAMS & TEAM COACHING

Designed around the team

Team coaching, Team Cohesion Index work and facilitated conversations designed around what the team needs.

SUPPORT YOUR TEAM

Not sure which fits?

That’s completely fine.

START WITH A CONVERSATION →

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