Welcome to Thrive Coaching & Development

All our programmes are bespoke, designed to meet the individual needs of you, our clients.  With over 25 years’ experience of learning and development and coaching, we know that your situation, your organisation and your culture is unique.

So, with us, you get tried and tested, evidence based, proven approaches that work, but tailored to your specific needs and leading to real results.

Welcome to Thrive Coaching & Development.

I’m Marie, and I founded Thrive because I believe that when people are happy, engaged and supported at work they perform better. That’s not just my thinking, research proves that employee happiness is correlated with better goal achievement, performance and productivity. An inspired employee is three times more productive than a dissatisfied employee.

The world of work is complex, challenging and changing.  As an accredited executive coach, with over 25 years’ experience in learning and organisational development, I know the impact that coaching, and development programmes can have for individuals, teams and organisations. At Thrive, we help organisations build and capitalise on the power and impact of coaching, bringing tried and tested, proven approaches that work, but tailored to their specific needs.

When individuals and teams thrive, organisations thrive too. 

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What we do

  • Coaching

    Leadership, executive and team coaching that transforms client’s lives and their organisation’s performance

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  • Coaching Training

    Courses for managers, coaches and organisations to build engagement, unlock potential and enhance performance.

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  • Organisational Development

    Bespoke leadership development and team facilitation and support in building resilience & wellbeing.

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  • Women Who Thrive

    Supporting women to succeed through coaching and our innovative and unique Women who Thrive workshops and programmes.

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What our clients say

  • Coaching with Marie has transformed my working life. It has helped me identify a clear mission for my working life and ways to meet my mission, particularly with respect to developing and being able to articulate my leadership role. I have found the coaching sessions both supportive and challenging. Marie has helped me in coaching with respect to individual goals (e.g. increase my grant income which has substantially increased since I started coaching) and making much more effective use of my time; as well as helping me develop my leadership skills by supporting me in challenging situations with staff. Coaching has had a very positive effect on my overall health and that feel of ‘burn out’ that can be common; I sleep much better, am less anxious, and much better able to cope with the stress of work.

    Head of School

  • As a senior leader in a Higher Education setting, the ILM level 5 Coaching course was a game changer for me. One of the most valuable elements of the programme is the significantly high level of 1-1 supervision and support afforded to each participant. The opportunity to reflect on, and discuss the issues and challenges associated with carrying out my role in a confidential space was genuinely liberating and enabling for me. Solutions-focussed coaching as a leadership tool has had a positive impact on my broader role as a senior leader in the University, it is genuinely satisfying to engage with colleagues in a positive and productive way. I would highly recommend this course to anyone seeking to add news skills to their leadership toolkit.

    University Librarian & Deputy Chief Digital and Information Officer

  • Women who thrive was a lifesaver for me. It was the right intervention at the right time for me as I was struggling with a heavy workload and feeling very isolated. It was such a joy to meet with others in the same position, get some practical help and learn to laugh again. Don’t think twice, just get on this course, meet new friends and benefit from really good support.

    Women who Thrive participant

  • I have found coaching to be personally and professionally beneficial. I think I have become a better leader by engaging and empowering my staff to come up with their own solutions to problems or challenges they face.

    Head of Department

Some of the organisations we have supported