OPCoachUK Limited
Lead with authenticity
Build alignment and trust
Unlock team potential
Achieve sustainable growth
We use coaching, training and mentoring to help SMEs to grow by supporting strong, authentic leadership, team alignment and individual confidence.
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We can give you back the time you need to push your business forward.
In the UK, SME leaders shockingly spend 68% of their time on admin and firefighting. That means just a day and half a week for driving forward your business.
It's probably worse in 2025 after a long turndown. This isn’t what most leaders signed up for, and it can become deeply frustrating over time.
We help free up your focus by aligning your teams behind shared goals. It frees you up from knotty people-related issues, enabling you to gain momentum by clearing the way for strategic growth and innovation.
We have proven expertise across these areas that take up your time and focus:
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Attraction and Recruitment
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Performance Management
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Management
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Leadership
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Communication
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Learning & Development
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Overcoming challenges
If you've got people, we can streamline your processes and your people. But if you’re picturing a flood of management jargon and abstract theories, don’t. We’re real people who work with real people. We learn from the jargon and funky theories, turning them into something straightforward and understandable that can be easily adopted.
When business isn’t brisk, leaders, teams and individuals can still grow.
Extraordinary skills are often forged when the chips are down — but it takes a shift of focus and some support to turn the doldrums into opportunity. Too many businesses fall into the trap of leaders carrying all the burden while teams wait for an uptick. That balance is incredibly hard to reset from within — and far easier with outside assistance.
We have no fixed ideas about what you need
We have proven abilities as coaches, mentors, trainers and advisors, but this isn't about throwing it all at your business and seeing what sticks. We begin with a brief discovery call and a rapid diagnostic to clarify your objectives, current reality and measures of success. From there, we design an integrated plan that brings in whatever is needed coaching, training and mentoring together so leaders, managers and teams develop in step. We deliver in short, focused sprints that fit around the day job, with clear milestones and visible wins. We measure what matters — performance, retention and confidence — and we refine as we learn. The aim is lasting capability: your people leave each phase better equipped, and your business feels the benefit quickly.
Everything we do starts and ends with authenticity.
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People who bring their whole selves to work achieve around 30% more each week.
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They’re more resilient, more focused, and more energised.
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Authentic leaders communicate honestly and lead with clarity – and their teams will more bravely follow.
Authenticity is the cornerstone of everything we do. Over many years we have discovered that authenticity creates and enormous business advantage.
After that, we work in two kinds of organisation:
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High-performing teams looking to grow even further
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Teams that are underperforming and causing real headaches
We’re just as comfortable in either. In thriving teams, we help squeeze out that extra 10%. In struggling teams, we address the root causes of friction and get things moving again.
Why does it work across the board? Because everything we do is tailored — to your business, your leaders, your people, your goals, your customers, and whatever’s getting in the way.
We only work well with businesses that prize authenticity, or are at least striving for it.
If you're looking for cookie-cutter solutions or off-the-shelf behaviours, we’re not the right fit. We simply don't have anything we do that is "off the peg". But if you want to get the best from every member of your team, value difference, and welcome wider perspectives, we could be your ideal partner.
In-house coaching is a powerful benefit, empowering your team and strengthening your organisation.
Coaching is about acceleration. It’s about unlocking performance, resilience, best practice — and leadership — so your people can thrive and your business benefits. At OPCoachUK we’ve delivered more than 7,000 hours of coaching, so we know how to make it practical, not abstract.
Leadership coaching is for SME leaders. Coaching provides a trusted and secure sounding board, compressing days of interrupted thinking into focused hours - and a safe place to tackle frustrations.
Performance coaching keeps high flyers on track. Even the strongest have blind spots - coaching helps them to avoid the pitfalls, sustain growth and stay focused.
Resilience coaching helps people to bounce back. Losses of confidence and challenges happen to everyone. This form of coaching knits people back together and enables them to learn from their experiences.
Best practice coaching bridges training and real world experience. We teach a lot of tools. Some are easy to adopt, while others take more effort. This coaching bridges that gap.
You won’t find case studies here — coaching is confidential and personal. What we can say is that, across more than 7,000 hours of coaching, we’ve supported people through all of the challenges above, as well as life changes, mental health struggles and major confidence dips. We’ve helped clients succeed with neurodiversity and prepare for succession. And when a situation falls outside our ethical remit, we make sure individuals are connected to the right support.
True organisational development comes from harnessing the power of our different talents.
We’re certified practitioners of both the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and CliftonStrengths. These tools help individuals understand themselves, and help teams work together without friction. We’ve used them extensively in small teams to improve communication, build resilience and unlock growth.
If you don't know these tools, you can learn more here:
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MBTI gives a shared language of differences — so teams can balance strengths rather than talk past each other.
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CliftonStrengths shows where each person excels, so teams build on talent instead of chasing weaknesses.
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Together: Used together, the tools help to get people working together, and they reduce friction, boost resilience and make growth sustainable.
Bringing them together is fairly unique to OPCoachUK and teams always love the sessions we run.
The skilful use of AI is a vital tool for any organisation that has an eye on adding value while saving time.
We are also AI Maturity Index consultants. If that sounds like a shift in focus, it’s not—we see AI as a critical tool for empowering high-performing individuals and teams. Skilful AI adoption isn’t about cutting corners; it’s about unlocking human potential. Used strategically, AI drives business growth by eliminating inefficiencies, enhancing innovation, and accelerating results, without sacrificing quality. Done right, it boosts engagement, upskills teams, and frees leaders to focus on what truly moves the needle: innovation, customer experience, and revenue growth.
Maximize your AI investment with clear, actionable insights. Our AI Maturity Assessment cuts through the complexity to show exactly where your organization stands and where it can go. Using data from thousands of professionals worldwide, we help you transform scattered AI initiatives into strategic advantages. From hidden tool usage to untapped opportunities, our 15-minute assessment reveals the true state of AI in your organization and provides a clear path forward. Turn uncertainty into action with data-backed recommendations and implementation support.
We have a sister site, Work Well Now.
We have created this learning community for people who aren't receiving professional development in their workplace. Budgets have been squeezed since COVID and people are missing out.
We can set up something similar for your people - a portal where they can access recorded training sessions and supporting materials. They would be able to access training videos, supporting materials and access to a regularly-updated blog.
This is a surprisingly affordable option for small businesses, something that we administer ourselves, and could be a great option for keeping the learning alive between training sessions.
We began our journeys in blue chip professional services firms in different continents. In those worlds we learned the importance of highest standards, accuracy, delivery and impact.
We met six years ago while working for an SME lender—Heather as an Organisational Psychologist & Coach, and Jenefer as Head of People. Despite our differences, we connected instantly. Our contrasting styles bring a valuable balance to our work. When working within organisations, having diverse approaches ensures we can connect with and support a wide range of personalities.