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Testimonials

“Jane (Burtoft) has worked with me as my coach for a while now. As a busy executive I found our sessions invaluable to help me see things clearly and help me make some big decisions in my life. Jane is challenging and supportive with a kindness that is uplifting. I have had a number of coaches over the last ten years and Jane has been the best. She has such a gentle manner and she was able to help me to access my sub-conscious and answer some of my most difficult questions which has helped me to really do the things that I want to be do and to cope with some of the challenging times.”

“The coaching I have received from Jane has been focused and highly effective. The approach and style she uses has helped me to get very quickly to the heart of beliefs that have hindered me as an individual and as a leader. This has been a revelation and has meant I now have a very different and far more effective way of managing myself and supporting the development and performance of others.”

“At a time of significant change and challenge I was fortunate to work with Jane. Her coaching skills and experience helped me focus and clarify what I wanted to do and how to prepare for, and successfully address, the challenges of a step change in my career. I would, without hesitation, recommend Jane to anyone seeking coaching to improve their performance and manage personal challenge.”

Dr Martin McShane BSc MS MRCGP MA, National Director – Domain 2 Enhancing the quality of life for people with long term conditions, NHS Commissioning Board

“One word, inspirational. Jane helps you to hold a mirror to yourself and develop the strength to validate your values and to be unafraid to do it your way. She has given me the insight to ensure I pause, reflect and review the broader organisation before making decisions, and the inspiration to know I can do the job and lead others with me. She is also superb at getting you to find your own answers that work for you rather than giving you the answers, thereby developing strategies you can take forward with you into your career. I would not hesitate to recommend her. Her skills are fabulous and she was the ideal coach for me.”

Anne Ward, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

“I consider Jane to be an excellent coach. She listens intently to the issues at hand and quickly understands and appreciates the key issues. She worked with me to be solution focused. Her coaching was underpinned by an understanding of my personal values and my MBTI profile, deeply diving beyond my initial presentations. She also quietly and subtly was always able to read body language and intonation along with actual words spoken to better understand the issue and what it meant or how it was truly affecting me.

I believe that without the coaching from Jane I would not have successfully transitioned from a Deputy to an Acting Director role. She is not only an excellent coach but a role model within the HR profession and following my experience with her I have encouraged a number of my own team to undertake coaching, and am now including coaching within our internal leadership programme.

Jane has held and still holds senior positions within the NHS. She understands and appreciates the issues we all face and uses coaching strategies to be solution focused, helping us all to address complex problems or barriers to delivery or to improve outcomes. Jane has a particularly engaging approach and is very down to earth, always making me feel comfortable to honestly and frankly talk through key issues.”

Lisa Crichton-Jones, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS FT

“Jane is a very accomplished coach. She has significant, in-depth HR and OD experience accompanied by a refined coaching technique. This enabled her to draw the best from me whilst signposting me to other techniques to allow me to accomplish my aims.

The initial coaching sessions gave me clear pointers as to developing my own coaching style. I subsequently used this in developing my own team, other senior managers and directors during a major change programme.

Jane Burtoft has considerable experience at a senior level within the NHS. This, combined with her coaching skills and professional knowledge give her a special insight into the support needed to facilitate the development of senior NHS executives.”

Paddy Trimmer, Paddy Trimmer Consulting”

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