I’m Chris. Originally from Bristol, I can now be found somewhere between London and Kent.

My career hasn’t followed one straight line — and I think that’s a good thing. I’ve changed direction, retrained, moved between sectors and started my own business. So I know first-hand that working out what comes next isn’t always straightforward.

I’ve also spent a good part of my working life making decisions about people and their careers.

For more than twenty years, I worked in education, eventually becoming a senior leader and headteacher in a busy inner-London school. A big part of my role involved recruiting people, recognising strengths, developing teams and making difficult decisions about whether someone was right for a particular role or environment.

Earlier in my career, I worked in employability at a London university, helping people explore their options and prepare for what came next.

So career coaching feels like a natural combination of two things I’ve been doing for years: helping people think about what’s next and understanding how recruitment, organisations and career decisions actually work.

And I’ve learned that career decisions are rarely just about the job.

Sometimes you want to leave but have no idea what you want to move towards. You might have outgrown a role that once suited you, know you’re capable of more but aren’t sure how to get there, or simply have a nagging feeling that there must be something else.

You might be considering a career change, returning after a break, looking for promotion, facing redundancy or questioning whether being comfortable is enough.

Or perhaps the question is simply:

“Do I actually want to spend the next ten years doing this?”

Career coaching gives you the space to explore that properly.

I’m not going to tell you what career you should choose or hand you a list of jobs that supposedly match your personality. We’ll explore what you’re good at, what matters to you, what you want more — and less — of in your working life, and what might realistically be possible.

We can look at the practical side too: your strengths and experience, opportunities, confidence and the barriers that might be getting in the way.

And because I’ve spent years on the other side of the interview table, I can help you understand how you present yourself to employers, talk confidently about what you bring and approach applications, interviews and career decisions with greater clarity.

But this isn’t about turning you into a polished version of who you think an employer wants.

It’s about finding something that fits you.

That doesn’t necessarily mean a completely new career. It might mean a different role, organisation, environment or way of working. Or perhaps you simply need to understand what you want before deciding what comes next.

You don’t need to know your next move before you start.

Sometimes you just need the space to work it out.