Leadership Coaching with Michael Vincent
Leadership coaching is a confidential, one-to-one partnership that helps you lead more effectively. It will improve how you make decisions, communicate, handle pressure and bring people with you. Unlike a training course, it’s built entirely around you: your role, your challenges and the results you’re trying to achieve. I work with leaders at every level, from newly promoted managers to senior executives, and tailor each session to where you are now and where you want to get to.
I am Michael Vincent, founder of Strategic Goal Management. I have led at a senior level myself, so I understand the realities of leading people under pressure, and I coach from experience rather than theory.
Leadership coaching gives you something most leaders rarely have: an experienced, impartial person in your corner. Somewhere to think clearly, test your thinking and be challenged constructively, in complete confidence. My role as a leadership coach isn’t to hand you a textbook, it’s to help you become a stronger, more confident leader who makes better decisions and gets more from the people around you.
What is Leadership Coaching?
Leadership coaching is a structured, results-focused partnership held regularly over time that develops your leadership capability. We work on the things that make the biggest difference in your role: clearer decision-making, stronger communication, managing difficult people and situations, building confidence, and leading through change.
It is tailored to you rather than delivered off the shelf. That is the main difference from generic management training. Everything we discuss stays confidential, and I am happy to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement if that helps.
Leadership Coaching vs Executive Coaching
The two overlap, and the terms are often used interchangeably, but there’s a useful distinction.
Leadership coaching
Supports leaders at any level, from emerging managers stepping up for the first time through to senior leaders. The focus is developing leadership capability wherever you are on that journey.
Executive coaching
Executive coaching is aimed specifically at those at the top: C-suite, directors and senior leaders carrying significant organisational responsibility, where the challenges are more strategic and the stakes higher.
Not sure which fits? We can work that out together in a free consultation.
Who is Leadership Coaching For?
Leadership coaching is for anyone who wants to lead better. In practice, I most often work with:
Experienced managers stepping up to greater responsibility
Senior leaders navigating change, growth or increased pressure
Ambitious leaders preparing for their next role
New and developing managers finding their feet in their first leadership role
Technically excellent people who now need to lead others, not just do the work
What we Work on Together
Every session is shaped around you, your needs and how to make you a better leader.
Common areas we cover include:
This sits alongside our wider leadership & management guidance and our structured leadership development programme when a longer, more formal pathway is the better fit.
How My Leadership Coaching Works
A simple, proven structure based on the PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle. Coaching that remains practical and accountable, rather than just a good conversion.
1
Clarify priorities
We agree the leadership challenges and goals that matter most.
2
Build actions
A clear, practical plan with accountability between sessions.
3
Review progress
Regular, confidential sessions to explore ideas and refine.
4
Apply and refine
You put new approaches into practice and we adjust to what works.
Why Work with a Leadership Coach
Choosing the right coach matters, so here is the honest picture. I have led in demanding, high-pressure environments and turned around struggling operations, so I coach from real experience rather than theory. Calm under pressure, commercially aware, and focused on practical results.
Before Strategic Goal Management I was a managing director, led operations at Amazon and Pinnacle Power, and served nearly 17 years in the British Army Air Corps.
Michael’s coaching has enabled me to greatly improve as a senior manager and as a person. I am so much more positive and able to deal with issues more easily.
Senior Manager – Strategic Goal Coaching Client
Frequently Asked Questions about Leadership Coaching in the UK
What is the difference between leadership coaching and management training?
Training teaches general skills to a group. Leadership coaching is one-to-one and built around you, your role, your challenges and your goals, so it tends to create faster, more lasting change.
Is leadership coaching only for senior leaders?
No. I coach leaders at every level, from first-time managers to senior executives. If your challenges are specifically at C-suite level, executive coaching may be the better fit.
How long does leadership coaching last?
It depends on your goals. Some leaders work with me for a focused three to six months, others prefer an ongoing partnership. We agree what suits you in your first consultation.
Do you offer online leadership coaching?
Yes, across the UK and internationally, online and in person, with the same focused, confidential support either way.
Is everything we discuss confidential?
Completely. Confidentiality is fundamental to coaching, and I am happy to sign an NDA where that is helpful.