What leaders say about working with me

It doesn't really matter what I say about the work I do. What matters are the results that my clients experience.

Coaching and mentoring

I have the privilege of working with amazing, talented leaders in my work as a coach and mentor.

I share some of the testimonials that my clients have shared in order to provide you a tangible sense of the experience and benefits of being coached by me.

If you want to find out more about what it would be like for you to be coached by me, then book a free coaching chemistry call. We can then explore this further.

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  [Joel’s] coaching goes beyond professional development; it is a world-class partnership that offers a transformative experience, equipping you to navigate both current and future challenges.

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  Joel helped me ensure that I was focused on solving the right problems. He has also helped me get the best out of my team and understand the needs and motivations of my peers and stakeholders across the business.

• Joel challenged me, asked thought provoking questions, helped build my confidence and supported me to develop the tools, techniques and capabilities to navigate difficult and ambiguous situations. His coaching enabled me to excel in my new role and I highly recommend his coaching.

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  I recommend that any leader going through challenging and stressful times be coached by Joel.

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  Joel helped me figure out practical steps to take to communicate my ideas across my organisation and build buy-in and commitment to change. With his coaching, I was able to see my options more clearly and often found that I already had the answers in front of me.

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  Working with Joel was like having a critical friend who truly understood my world. He had a talent for asking the right question at the right time. He was comfortable in challenging me when needed and offered valuable insights from his own experience when appropriate.

  During our time together, I regained confidence in my technology leadership skills, gained clarity on my career goals, and ultimately found the right role for me. Joel continued to be a valuable sounding board during the first few months of my new role.

  If you’re a technology leader I highly recommend working with Joel. He is calm, approachable, and will help you gain clarity on your goals and support you in achieving them.

• Our coaching sessions were really challenging in a good way. I came away from each session with a real feeling of being able to tackle any problem, and with a collection of tools and mental models to help me approach the challenges that lay ahead. Joel is fantastic at asking the right questions to prompt reflection and to help you unlock your thinking. His coaching helped me rebuild my confidence and rediscover my strengths.

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  Joel made it very easy to share my thoughts, feelings, aspirations and challenges. He very quickly got to the root cause of issues, helped me navigate politics and gave me confidence in my own voice. He has profoundly changed the way I interact with my peers and those senior to me. He brings all of his incredible experience to the table as a coach and he is worth every penny.

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  Joel is magic. I was really impressed with how much progress I was able to make with his support. He is a natural at making you feel proud of yourself and your work. He encourages you to seek out your own answers and helps you build the confidence to make the changes that you need to make.

• I would come to a session with some big topic on my mind and by the end I would have a clear path forward and a weight lifted from my shoulders. I wholeheartedly recommend Joel as coach!

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  The impact of my coaching program with Joel was multifold. I gained more confidence, I have learned to trust myself more, when seeking solutions to tough problems I would ask myself the thought-provoking questions Joel used to ask me. Though our program has ended, the impact continues. I highly recommend Joel’s coaching.

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  Throughout the journey, Joel encouraged me to reflect and introspect deeply. He would challenge me where I needed to be challenged and he would support me where I needed to be supported - while continuously sharing relevant experiences and insights along the way.

  I’ll always look back at this period of my life as a significant turning point in my career and I have Joel to thank for that.

• What sets Joel apart is his exceptional talent for non-judgmental communication and his dedication to active listening. These qualities, combined with his deep industry knowledge, created a safe and effective coaching environment. With Joel’s guidance, I not only found clarity in my career goals but also gained the confidence and skills to pursue them.

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  Joel gently questioned and challenged some of my thoughts and perceptions of myself, and situations around me. Even when it made me feel (physically) uncomfortable, with his help, I was able to navigate my ways of thinking and identified where I was heading into negative thinking/behaviours and adapt my approach.

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  Joel asked incredibly insightful questions, which allowed me to really dig into the issues I was experiencing, and look at them from different perspectives. He helped me tackle some difficult relationships and situations at work, and supported me in identifying actions that I could take even when I felt that certain things were beyond my control.

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  Joel is a thoughtful and insightful coach with a talent for helping you get to the uncomfortable nub of a problem! He helped me both to understand complex situations and take a step away from them in order to find useful approaches and strategies for doing my job better and enjoying it more.

  I recommend coaching and mentorship for everyone at every stage of their career and would certainly recommend working with Joel.

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  Joel’s coaching sessions were fantastic! I came away from each session feeling positive and confident. Joel listens and reflects back in a way that brings clarity and focus. He asks questions to help you dig deeper. He offers tools, practical solutions and direct advice when asked.

  Not only did I achieve my goal, to take my next career step into a role that is meaningful, challenging and exciting, I also have more clarity on what I value at work, more confidence in expressing my opinion in difficult situations, and better able to navigate professional relationships. And most importantly, I feel bolder! I highly recommend Joel!

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Consulting and advising

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  Joel is a talented CTO, who I’ve enjoyed working alongside for the past two and half years. He brings experience to the table, in not only building effective technology development teams but ones that are inclusive, supportive and that people love to work within. These skills have allowed Unmade to build better products but have also been applied across the organisation to make it operate more effectively as a whole.

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  The wealth of experience that Joel brings from his years as a CTO/COO in high-growth, mission-driven companies has been invaluable to us. He’s particularly astute when it comes to building great engineering cultures, and he really helped us shape our thinking around what we need to get our new tech product off the ground.

  I’d highly recommend him to any growing startups keen to build engineering teams that are inclusive and high performing.

• Joel operates smoothly at a C-suite level, where he’s knowledgeable and confident about technology but is also a great communicator with both fellow technologists and with “lay persons”. He’s got fantastic tech craft chops and is also highly skilled on the “people” side of things. He’s influential and calm, and able to build confidence with stakeholders and teammates alike. He’s also deeply credible on the operational aspects of digital businesses and departments.

  One of the best aspects of having Joel as a colleague and teammate is that he’s a fantastic role-model, both for peers and for the teams he manages. I really benefitted professionally and personally from working with Joel.