Our approach is rooted in gestalt and addresses the person in their cultural setting. We raise excitement about the possibilities for change in both the client and their situation. We enable individuals, teams and organisations to grasp hold of and take ownership of what really matters and what they are seeking to achieve.

In Ireland, in collaboration with University College Dublin (UCD), we deliver the Diploma in Business and Executive Coaching and the Diploma in Advanced Business and Executive Coaching.

In the UK, in collaboration with Leeds Metropolitan University, we deliver the Postgraduate Certificate in Business and Executive Coaching, the Postgraduate Diploma in Coaching Psychology and the Post Graduate Diploma in Coach Supervision. These programmes are the first two stages of the MA in Executive and Business Coaching, the third level of which is delivered directly by Leeds Metropolitan University.

The UCD Diploma in Business and Executive Coaching and the Leeds Metropolitan University Postgraduate Certificate in Business and Executive Coaching are recognised by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council at Senior Practitioner Level.

Organisations are increasingly viewing coaching as essential to enhancing performance, developing talent and increasing employee engagement in the workplace. We have extensive experience delivering shorter programmes in-company for organisations seeking to develop a coaching culture, thus enabling employees to develop a coaching mind-set and engage in coaching conversations in their everyday activities. Our 5 day in-company programme is accredited through the EMCC at Foundation level.

Formerly Human Resources Director for Europe and Asia of a US high tech company, Gill has extensive hands-on international human resources, organisaitonal development, training and coaching experience, gained within multi-cultural, multi-national fast-growing, rapidly changing environments. Gill founded Iridium in May 2000 and has built an impressive and loyal client base in both the private and public sectors.

Gill is an accredited EMCC Master Practitioner with an MA in Coaching and Mentoring from Oxford Brookes and a Diploma in Coaching Supervision from the Coaching Supervision Academy (CSA). She also has an MBA from Warwick University and is a fellow of the CIPD. She is certified to use a wide range of psychometric tools including the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, the Emotional and Social Competence Inventory, Realise2, OPQ32 and is an NLP Master Practitioner and certified NLP Trainer.

Gill’s clients consistently comment on her passion for her work, her use of an eclectic mix of coaching tools and techniques, her professionalism, sense of appropriate fun and her ability to gain the trust and respect of all participants and, having done so, provide feedback in a challenging but non-threatening way.

Gill is particularly interested in how we create and develop our impact with others and is author of the best-selling book, ‘Presenting Yourself with Impact at Work’.

The Forensic Science Service pioneered the development and implementation of DNA technologies. It also paved the way for the establishment of the world’s first DNA database, launched in April 1995.

Since 2005 FSS has been a 100% Government-owned company, or GovCo. The change in status from a Trading Fund enables it to respond quicker to changes in the forensic science market and compete more effectively with other business in the field.

The drive for innovation continued to yield ground-breaking results, with the introduction of the National Firearms Forensic Database in 2003 and Footwear Intelligence Technology (FIT), the UK’s first online footwear coding and detection management system, in 2007.

The organisation has been on a path of transformation over the last two years. Part of the recent transformation activity has included a programme of developing leadership capability to support the organisation through transformation. 

A key element of this has been to develop a coaching culture and style of leadership, of which the accredited programme has been a part. Two cohorts of managers have bene through the programme and we have seen a great development in coaching skills for these managers.

Unfortunately, the government has recently announced the closure of the FSS, so the prgramme will not run again.’

Jonathan has coached up to chief executive in the private, public and third sector. Particularly at a senior level, leadership development is primarily about discovering and exploiting your core strengths and incorporating these into a style which is congruent with your values and personality.  The best leaders are self-aware, and able to adopt a repertoire of behaviours suited to their particular strengths. As someone who values pragmatism and common sense, Jonathan applies a similar ethic to his coaching, using a repertoire of approaches, including his own, GROW, solutions-focused coaching, as well as elements of transactional analysis and emotional intelligence.

He helps clients to identify what they really want, what approaches suit them best, and then provides the thinking space, structure, support and challenge for them to achieve their goals.  Outcomes valued by clients include understanding better where to focus their energies, developing the skills & behaviours to make career transitions, seeing the bigger picture when considering future strategies, gaining a renewed sense of self-confidence, and enjoying more productive relationships with their colleagues/boss/team. 

Jonathan has also provided consultancy support and training to a wide range of organisations, both in the U.K. and overseas, to help them introduce coaching and mentoring successfully. This has included large multi-nationals, government departments, schools and universities.

Contact Details:

Tel. 07971 400696

Email – jonathan@fargoassociates.com

Sandra has over 15 years of experience in leadership development and executive coaching with a broad range of public and private sector clients.  She enjoys the challenge of working with groups and individuals to unlock potential, provide them with a safe and rich reflective space and catalyse ideas into action.  She is skilful at working with organisations to get to the heart of complex issues which impact upon performance and service delivery.

She works creatively with groups to help raise awareness of leadership styles, group process and dynamics and explore strategies for enhancing personal and group effectiveness to achieve robust and sustainable change.  Sandra has a particular interest in the challenges of leadership and achieving positive change in complex emergency service environments.

Sandra is currently Director of Coaching and professional lead for the Coaching Faculty at Management Futures and supervises experienced coaches in their practice as well novice coaches working though to complete professional qualifications. In recent years much of her energy has focused on working in partnership with organisations to look more strategically at how they can build internal coaching capability and develop coaching cultures.

Sandra has an MBA, is a Chartered member of CIPD, qualified and experienced as a coach supervisor and holds British Psychological Society accreditation in a wide range of instruments including OPQ32, MBTI, ECI, SDI, FIRO-B and Hogan.

Daniel is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and development; and is an accredited European Master Practitioner Coach. He a recently been appointed to the EMCC (UK) as Director of Research and Ethics.
He holds a BSc in Economics; a Master of Education and a PhD in Management all from the University of Bristol.