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Career clarity & executive coaching for individuals and organisations
"Experienced, supportive, and with a million ideas!"
Jerry Willcocks
Denise Matthews
Certified Coach ILM & Firework
Career clarity & executive coaching for individuals and organisations
Coaching For individuals:
Denise works with individuals who already have a strong foundation in their career, typically mid-career managers in their 30s through to senior leaders and C-suite executives.
Whether you’re looking to grow within your current organisation or explore a new direction entirely, you are ready to take ownership of the next step and want structured, strategic support to make that happen.
Coaching For Organisations:
We partner with organisations who want to invest in the development, resilience, and effectiveness of their senior leadership team. Whether you’re navigating change, preparing for growth, or simply want to strengthen leadership impact, our executive coaching provides a structured, strategic space for reflection, development, and performance. We support senior leaders, from experienced managers through to the C-suite, to lead with clarity, confidence, and alignment with your business goals.
Denise won’t hand out answers: she’ll help you unlock them. With structure, challenge, and the right kind of push. With decades of experience spanning recruitment & retail in senior leadership, and executive coaching, she brings razor-sharp insight, commercial acumen, and real-world empathy to every conversation.
No fluff. No filler. Just transformative coaching that drives results.
The next chapter of your career won’t write itself!
Book a complimentary call to explore executive career coaching or strategic leadership career design.
Book a complimentary call to explore executive career coaching
or strategic leadership career design.
Individual Coaching
Organisation Coaching
Project You
A bespoke 1-1 Career Coaching Programme for senior professionals who are ready to gain clarity and take purposeful action toward a fulfilling future.
Career Compass
This is a hybrid course of online coaching and self-study, where you will be supported via 1-1 career coaching with Denise
Career Blueprint
Self-Paced Career Planning Course for ambitious self-starters who want clarity, direction, and momentum on their own terms.
Executive Coaching
for Leaders
Partnering with forward-thinking organisations to grow confident, accountable leaders
Individual Coaching
Project You
A bespoke 1-1 Career Coaching
Programme for senior professionals
who are ready to gain clarity and take purposeful action toward a fulfilling future.
Career Compass
This is a hybrid course of online
coaching and self-study, where you
will be supported by 1-1 Career
coaching with Denise
Career Blueprint
Self-Paced Career Planning Course for ambitious self-starters who want clarity, direction, and momentum on their own terms.
Organisation Coaching
Executive Coaching for Leaders
Partnering with forward-thinking organisations to grow confident,
accountable leaders
What our Clients Say
Best advice
"Denise's knowledge of recruitment & passion to help people makes her the very best person to go for advice. She has helped me change jobs twice, including a whole industry change and is always happy to help me handle difficult situations."
Jo Knowler
A Positive Change
Denise doesn’t just recognise your potential; she wholeheartedly believes in it. Her exercises helped me connect with my values and unlocked new career opportunities… One of her most impactful lessons was teaching me the power of online presence; the results completely blew my mind.
Mark, Head of IT
Supported
"As a company director, and business owner, Denise is my constant compass to help guide my business in directions I would have never thought of, and she has definitely been instrumental from helping it grow to reach its full potential.
I couldn't be without her.”
Dawn Butler
About Denise
After a senior career in retail leadership roles where she held field and head office roles leading operational teams during the growth of Next, managed department stores with House of Fraser and enjoyed field management with Arcadia she moved into recruitment when becoming a Mum.
A Coach helped her identify what changes would support her enjoyment of working whilst also wanting to be part of family life – and recruitment was a great choice, offering flexibility (yes still long hours but malleable to the needs of family), kept her involved with retail and the energy of the sector which she loved.
She trained as a Coach in 2006 and more recently became a licensed career coach and has worked with some fabulous brands recruiting senior leadership teams for a wealth of great brands including Selfridges, Habitat, Starbucks, Walt Disney, Realm, B & Q, Sainsburys, World Duty Free, Gap and many more. Her knowledge of recruitment coupled with her passion for finding the ‘right fit’ for the candidate and client means that she will support you unreservedly to make the right move for now and into the future – and will love to see your ongoing success.
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