Raise resilience and achieve effective outcomes to complex challenges in a fast changing world without stress and conflict. Harness the power of Inner Sustainability, Systems Awareness and Adaptable Leadership for high performance with high wellbeing and happiness.

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Leadership & Executive Coaching

Inner Sustainability and Adaptable Leadership for Resilience, Wellbeing and enduring High Performance.

Stop the stress, overwhelm and burnout. Stop conflicts. Change divergent pulls on you, your team and your resources. Change a toxic culture or difficult relationships in work. Raise wellbeing, engagement, confidence and resilience. Step up your leadership level. Harness your purpose and bring out the best of yourself, your team and others around you.

1to1 Coaching, Leadership Development Programmes, Team development, Masterclasses, Conference events and Keynote talks.

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Sue delivering a Keynote speech on Adaptable Leadership: Navigating Change and Uncertainty

What kind of problems or challenges are troubling you? How can I help?

Many of our challenges in this fast-changing world are complex adaptive challenges - those annoyingly persistent problems, issues and challenges that don't have easy or obvious solutions, or no single solution. These are the challenges that you might be able to 'fix' or resolve to some extent for a while but then it recurs or just raises another problem.

"People describe resilience as bouncing back from adversity. While it might LOOK like bouncing back from the outside, I maintain that resilience is much more strategic from the inside. I help you raise your resilience and wellbeing by strategically preparing and positioning yourself (and your team or organisation) to sail through the stormy waters of adverse situations and complex challenges with confidence, perseverance and optimism." Dr Sue Mitchell

These are some of the challenges I’ve helped other people to address - do any of these resonate with you?

For you, as an Individual

Stress, overwhelm and burnout
Too much change and uncertainty
Difficulty working with your manager or other team members
Conflicted by demands from above and trying to shield your team from overwork
Lack of confidence
Imposter syndrome
After promotion, your new peers are not interacting with you as their peer
Planning for a promotion
Stepping up to leadership (for the first time or a higher level)
Reaching a plateau in your career or feeling overlooked
Not enjoying your work as you once did
Changing career direction
Feeling stuck or not sure what to do next – in life and/or in your career
Transform these challenges with coaching for inner sustainability, resilience and leadership (both self leadership and leading others). Harness your personal purpose and bring out the best of yourself and others around you.

For your Organisation

High levels of change and uncertainty (whether from organisational restructure, growth or external events)
Required to do more with less but it is not working
Silo working, lack of aligned workflow across departments and functions affecting engagement, customer experience and performance
Low staff engagement and morale
Stress and burnout affecting performance
Conflicts within the team or difficult team relationships
Communication problems
Complaints of a toxic or negative culture
Divergent or conflicting strategic direction from different parts of the organisation affecting overall ability to deliver outcomes
Leadership team or other teams requiring support
Individual leaders or managers requiring support
Together, you and I can choose a relevant approach for transforming your specific challenge, depending on your context (eg in-house development, event with external stakeholders, conference event, etc), who is involved (e.g. staff at all levels, specific people, teams, departments) and your desired outcomes. Options include can include masterclasses, keynotes, facilition, leadership or team development, all staff development sessions, assessments and 121 coaching. See options for organisations and event organisers.

I work together with you (as an individual, and/or your team or organisation) to be resilient and navigate complex challenges that stretch your capacity to respond effectively and create positive outcomes.

Why do we focus on nurturing inner sustainability and adaptable leadership to enhance your resilience?

Resilient people, teams and organisations respond to complex challenging circumstances more effectively, and feel less stressed by the situation.

People describe resilience as ‘bouncing back’. Resilience might look like bouncing back from the outside, but from the inside, it is much more strategic.

Resilience is about

Developing your ability to predict and prepare for difficult or unexpected situations as well as expected situations.
Developing your ability to embrace challenges as potential opportunities.
Gaining clarity, focus and purpose then holding true to core values and principles to guide and create your path.
Nurturing your inner capacity for confidence, courage and optimism to persevere through setbacks or difficult conditions and take effective action.

My inner strategic approach, drawing on systems awareness and the inner sustainability mindset, enhances your capacity to prepare and position yourself for success now and in future, with higher performance, adaptability and wellbeing. It shifts you out of the cycles of repeated firefighting, conflicts or stress.

My inner strategic approach in your teams and your organisation enhances your capacity to create the context, culture and environment that supports people to be their best, collaborate with colleagues and create resilient, high performing teams with high engagement and high wellbeing.

Delivery options

Individuals – 121 coaching in person ('walk and talk' option possible) or remote via Zoom or Teams, assessments, IDG Edinburgh Resilience Hub
Organisations – 121 and team coaching, assessments, team development, leadership development programs, all staff development, masterclasses, facilitation, and 'walk and talk' facilitated events. (Walking events are usually booked under wellbeing, mental health or personal development offerings by L&D or OD departments).
Event organisers – keynote talks, interactive conference seminars and masterclasses, CPD events, facilitated discussion/brainstorming/collaborative problem-solving sessions.

In person delivery can be in your own venue or an off-site location.
For remote delivery, we can use your own hosting platform or I can host the event for you on Zoom.
Together, we choose the relevant format, or combination of formats, to deliver tangible benefit and value.
The key is our focus on supporting you to address your pressing challenges and, often, to identify the underlying challenges, problems and other causes of those symptoms you are experiencing.

121 Executive Coaching

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Masterclasses
In Person & Live Online

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Walking Wellbeing and Dynamic Dialogue

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Team Development

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Keynote Talk

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Leadership Development

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Watch Sue's Keynote and Speaking Show Reel

Get a flavour of how Sue can deliver events whether on a large stage or in a more intimate masterclass.
All events are interactive, including questions, discussion in pairs or groups and voting / comments with Mentimeter amongst other options depending on the format.

Discuss your requirements with Sue

Co-create tailored, relevant events and 121 coaching options

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Customer Reviews

Testimonials

See what some of Sue’s clients are saying about working with her for 121 Executive Coaching and for masterclasses and keynotes in conferences, staff development and leadership programmes. Online and In the Room. See more recommendations on Sue's LinkedIn page. You can click and hold on the testimonial to stop it moving.

I strongly recommend Dr. Sue Mitchell’s talk “Leading through times of uncertainty and change” – the sailing analogy resonated extremely well with the audience of our regional leadership team and the authentic, practical and engaging leadership guidance stuck with them. More than 8 months later, the topic is more relevant than ever. Hearing our leaders recalling the concepts and messages when faced with current changes and uncertainty is the best evidence that Sue’s inspirational talk had impact and left our leaders with content and experience we can lean on.

Dagmar Smith Executive Director Human Resources, Gilead Sciences

Sue’s been working with me to deliver a variety of people-development projects and programmes since around 2010. Sue has consistently delivered and always in a highly positive and personable way. I trust Sue to do a great job of whatever she is working on. Her dedication and enthusiasm shines – and this brings her knowledge to life! If you are looking to develop your employees, I strongly recommend a conversation with Sue.

Lorna Prince Organisation Development Partner, Stirling University - Now Heriot Watt Univeristy 2023

I have the pleasure of knowing Dr Sue Mitchell over a period of years now. Building Resilience and mental toughness was a topic very well received at one of our WiBF events and Sue had some 20 business women up on their feet in no time, interacting and enjoying every moment. Her 4Cs on the High Seas still resonates with me and keeps me sane when change and uncertainty threatens to overwhelm.
Working one to one with Sue, I found her style professional, her suggestions substantiated and she challenged my limiting beliefs, helping me to think in different ways.
As part of one of our leadership programmes at work, we offered our senior managers her book The Authority Guide to Engaging Your People, a concise little book that contains so much good information and addresses the right issues for any leader.
What can I say - Sue has impressed me at all levels, as an author, a facilitator, an executive coach. I would recommend having a conversation with Sue to anyone interested in mental toughness, concerned about raising performance and wellbeing of their staff or wanting to know more about how to lead through change and uncertainty. A class act!

Athena McEwan BNP Paribas

I have been fortunate enough to attend Sue's workshops numerous time now and I always find her mix of theory and personal application to be completely relatable and relevant to the challenges I face. Her inclusive approach makes sessions very interactive and easy to consider key points in light of your own individual circumstances.
I was struggling to formulate my 12 month career plan without getting a knot of fear in my stomach but after just one session with Sue I was able to change my perception and I now have a very solid plan. I thoroughly recommend connecting with Sue for help with any mindset, personal or career barriers, the results you get are great.

Vicky Zuiderent Director and Co-Founder at Vilo Sky

“Where to start – first thing, see new title below!! I have been promoted and given a pay rise which was entirely down to you giving me the confidence and the tools to raise the issue. You also helped me recognise where boundaries were being crossed and not respected and to stand up for what is important to me. You were very impressive and I always came away feeling motivated – you were very natural to talk to and it really boosted my confidence and morale.”

FW - 121 Executive Coaching Client Glasgow. Manager, Construction.

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