Talent Bank Expert

Gill Graves

Specialisms

I specialise in the following areas:

  • Leadership Coaching

Prior to founding Iridium Gill had a successful career in HR.  Her last corporate role was HRD Director of a US high-tech company, with responsibility for Europe and Asia.  She has extensive hands-on international experience, gained within fast-growing, rapidly changing environments across a range of different cultures and organisations.  Gill founded Iridium in 2000 and is an executive coach, team coach, coach supervisor and a consultant in leadership and team development.  A significant proportion of Gill’s work involves one-to-one coaching with executives and senior leaders.  Coaching takes a variety of forms and can be an integral part of a strategic leadership programme or a personalised programme focussing on specific outcomes/development goals. Gill is also the author of three highly acclaimed books:  Presenting Yourself With Impact, Coaching With Impact and Team Coaching With Impact.

Key Strengths/Area of Expertise

  • Executive Coaching
    Accredited Coaching Supervisor
    Team Coaching
    Consultant in Leadership and Team Development
    Author – books, chapters and articles
    Regular speaker at coaching and supervision conferences

Professional Qualifications

  • Doctorate in Coaching and Mentoring
  • MA in Coaching and Mentoring
  • MBA
  • Accredited Master Practitioner with the European Coaching and Mentoring Council (EMCC)
  • Accredited Coaching Supervisor with the Coaching Supervision Academy (CSA
  • Fellow of the Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD)

Testimonials/Case Studies

“Gill is very experienced and was generous in her sharing of her knowledge and skills.  She brought lots of energy to the group and was very good at pulling out different activities or techniques to motivate us.”

Helen Tacker, Norfolk County Council

“Gill has provided coach supervision for our internal coaches for over 6 years.  Gill effortlessly adapts the supervision sessions to meet with the group’s various levels of coaching proficiency often sharing her own stories and insights which has been invaluable in developing our coaches.  Her level of knowledge, enthusiasm and energy all add to the mix of making the supervision sessions a very enjoyable, inspiring and reflective experience.”

Lisa Hallam, University of Leicester

“Gill’s coaching has been invaluable in supporting me to step into a senior leadership role.  I found her approach to be thoughtful and personalised to me.  Whilst it felt like she was really accommodating to how I turned up to any session, there was always structure and purpose and ultimately has helped me to step more confidently into the next phase of my career.”

Úna Rice, Associate Director for Digital Transformation, NHS Gloucester ICB

 

“I wanted to take a moment to say thank you.  I have very much enjoyed our sessions.  I appreciate how you’ve taken the time to develop relationships with each of our groups.  I also admire your listening skills and your thoughtful insight and wisdom.”

Deborah Nunnink, Director of Finance & Operations, The Nature Conservancy (TNC)

 

“Working with Gill has been an invaluable experience for me.  Her approach is warm and supportive yet she stretches and challenges me at the same time.  I am rapidly becoming a skilled coach and I am also finding that the confidence I am gaining working with Iridium is spilling over into other areas of my work life.  I can honestly say that this is one of the best courses I have done.”

Julia Farrow, Debenham High School

Notable Achievements/Value Added

  • Extensive delivery of coaching programmes over the past 20 years (ILM accredited and non-accredited) for numerous organisations including the Suffolk Coaching and Mentoring Partnership (SCMP); EELGA; Suffolk County Council; Norfolk County Council; Suffolk and Norfolk Constabularies, Cambridge Meridian Academies (CMAT) and Milton Keynes Hospital Trust.
  • Member of Faculty for Cambridge Judge Business School since 2010, regularly teaching on a variety of programmes including Creating High Performance Teams and Rising Women Leaders.
  • Running group and individual supervision sessions for internal coaches at several organisations including the University of Leicester.
  • Designed and ran a group coaching programme for a global conservation organisation (TNC) in conjunction with Cambridge Judge Business School.  The programme lasted 3 years with each cohort comprising 6-8 groups.
  • Responsible for the coaching component of a strategic leadership programme for a large multi-brand organisation.  The work included designing and delivering a coaching skills workshop and providing coaching for the participants (12 senior managers in each cohort) for the duration of the programme.
  • Completion of Professional Doctorate in Coaching and Mentoring involving research into Team Coaching.
  • Author of three highly acclaimed books:  Presenting Yourself With Impact; Coaching With Impact and Team Coaching With Impact.
  • Co-authored ‘Team Coaching’ chapter with Professor David Clutterbuck in The Complete Handbook of Coaching

Training/Coaching Programs/Workshop offers

Extensive experience of designing and running coaching programmes ranging from half day  introductions to coaching sessions to ILM5/ILM7 equivalent coaching programmes

Useful Links

LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/gillgraves