COACHING & MENTORING
Coaching that comes with a proven track record
Avril Henry and David Kwasha are accredited coaches who came to coaching after long careers running organisations. They work one to one with senior leaders on communication, influence, difficult conversations and the transition into a bigger role.
Coaching or mentoring?
Structured and goal-focused, usually over six to twelve months. You set the agenda. The work is questioning, reflection and accountability against a specific goal, and it is measured by what changes in how you perform.
Choose coaching when you are building on your capabilities, working on a behavioural goal, or preparing for a bigger role.
Coaching sharpens performance
Relationship-based and longer term. The mentor brings experience, judgement and networks, and will often steer the conversation toward what you have not thought to ask. It is measured by where your career goes.
Choose mentoring when you want perspective, are navigating organisational politics, or want access to someone else's networks.
Mentoring shapes growth
It starts with the person, not the position
Every engagement begins with professional profiles of the individual’s communication style, emotional intelligence, and the workforce drivers that shape how they build relationships.
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Honest assessment
Where are you, really? A structured assessment using profiling tools. Not a test, a way to get you thinking.
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Clear goals
Specific and measurable outcomes you can name to your team, your boss, and yourself.
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Structured sessions
Regular sessions tailored to your individual goals and profile outcomes.
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Real-life scenarios
Avril & David walk you through low-stakes experiments at work, putting into practice new learned skills.
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Ongoing support
When something happens in-between sessions, you always have access to your coach.
What actually changes?
Where leaders start
Operationally focused, technically skilled
Reactive, putting out fires
Imposter syndrome, especially after a setback
Invisible to decision-makers despite delivering
Hard conversations happening too late, or not at all
Where they land
Thinking strategically, with a stronger team
Planning ahead and responding thoughtfully
Grounded, and trusting their own judgement
Visible in the rooms that matter
Speaking up with calm authority when it counts
Career transition support for those at a turning point
Moving into your next role, or changing direction, is a high-stakes shift.
If you are stepping into or out of a high profile role, moving between industries, or crossing between the private, not-for-profit and public sectors, career transition support gives you the tools to move through positioning, strategy and next-step planning to a decision you can stand behind, and be comfortable with.
Who we are
Avril Henry and David Kwasha are accredited coaches with the Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership (IECL). Both came to coaching after decades in executive roles.
David and Avril are accredited in internationally recognised qualifications including DiSC (Communication Styles), EQ and Workforce Drivers profiling. They completed Global Leadership Best Practices at Harvard Business School.