My name is Enid Pinder; I am passionate about coaching and feel I have found my perfect role in life. I first came to coaching when I was managing a team of people. My philosophy is that an organisation is only as good as its people and I took my role as a manager very seriously. I wanted my team to feel excited about what they were doing, to be motivated and positive. I chose to do a coaching course to help me be the best manager I could be. It wasn’t long before I witnessed the power of coaching. I soon realised I wasn’t content with using it as part of what I did – I wanted more. It was then I decided to leave my senior, well-paid job to retrain on a course accredited by the ICF* to become a full-time coach.

We are very fortunate in our society to be able to change careers if we wish and in the past I have worked in various roles that have given me very different but valuable experiences. I have worked in Greece teaching English as a second language, in Italy where I helped write a fashion guide to Milan and back home in the UK I have worked in PR, marketing and fundraising. However, for the majority of my working life I have worked in universities, primarily business schools. During that time I worked with entrepreneurs, executives and MBA students. I chose to work in an educational environment for the variety and stimulation it offered.I have worked with people from all backgrounds, nationalities and ages. Some of them are still my friends today.

All of my life experiences are a factor in where I am in my life now.I am open to ideas, non-judgemental and believe we all have the ability to grow and change if we are prepared to put in some effort. I believe people are fundamentally resourceful; we all just need a little help sometimes.

As well as working as an independent coach I am also an associate of Resourceful Coaching.

* ICF - The International Coaching Federation is the main accrediting body for coaches around the world.  It sets out codes of conduct and ethical behaviour as well as competencies a coach should possess.

“This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not be false to any man.” William Shakespeare (Hamlet).