Inspire OD

01/10/2026

When we picture burnout, we picture someone falling apart.
In leaders, it usually looks like the opposite 🔋

It looks like still hitting every deadline but feeling nothing when you do.

It looks like being “fine,” endlessly capable, the person everyone else leans on, while quietly running on empty.

It looks like a shorter fuse at home, the Sunday night dread you can’t quite explain, and a creeping cynicism about work you used to care about.

High performers are especially good at hiding it, because the symptoms of over-functioning, over-delivering, never switching off are the very things that get praised. So the warning signs get rewarded instead of noticed, right up until something gives.

If any of this feels a little too familiar, please take it as information, not failure!You don’t run low because you’re weak, you run low because you’ve carried too much, for too long, with too little support.

That’s the work I do in coaching, building the boundaries and the offload valve before you hit the wall, not after.

02/09/2026

FREE BUSINESS NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES

Business Networking Event in Spennymoor

Friday 4th September - 11am - 1pm

Address - The Fox Cub, Durham Gate, Thinford, Spennymoor, Durham DL16 6GF

FREE TO ATTEND

Limited initially to 20 people, reserve your place today for FREE

https://ipconnections.net/fox-cub-information

Or call Steve, the founder on 07738 659039 for more information

We are back @ The Fox Cub - Friday 4th September @ 11am

An amazing opportunity to connect with other businesses in Spennymoor & build valuable relationships that can help take you to the next level!

Our Fox Cub Event is EVERY OTHER Friday @ 11am

12/08/2026

🗓️ We’re officially over halfway through the year! 🗓️

Which makes right now a quietly powerful moment, the natural point to lift your head, look honestly at the past seven months, and decide how you want to lead the next few.

Not with a frantic list of resolutions. Just one honest question: Are you leading the way you want to, or just surviving the week?

If something in you paused at that question, that’s worth listening to.

My 1:1 coaching is built for exactly this kind of reset — for Managers, Directors and Execs who are ready to stop firefighting and lead with intention. My approach adapts entirely to you: a supportive space when you need to offload, a sharp strategic challenge when you need to refocus.

Let’s make the last part of your year feel different from the first.

🔗 Tap the link in my bio to book a free 45-minute Discovery Call.
No pressure, just an honest conversation about where you are and where you’d like to be.

26/07/2026

I built this because I kept seeing the same thing...

I won’t lie, this one took a while to get out of my head and into the world.

I kept seeing the same thing!
Managers who genuinely cared, who worked hard, who wanted to get the best from their teams but who’d never been properly shown how to have a different kind of conversation.

The kind where you don’t start with “here’s what you should do.”

The kind where you ask the right question and then trust the person in front of you to find their own answer. And they do, Every time!

That’s The Coaching Leader:
Six weeks.
Two frameworks — GROW and OSCAR.

A small group of managers and leaders doing real work in real conversations, with a workbook they take away and keep.

Cohort starts 29th September
Doors close Friday 8 August.
Link in bio - The Coaching Leader

If you’re a manager, what’s the conversation you find hardest to have? Drop it below 👇

22/07/2026

It’s here! 🎉

The Coaching Leader is officially open.
Six weeks
Two hours a week
Eight people maximum

GROW and OSCAR frameworks. A participant workbook and conversations that I genuinely believe will change how you lead.

Founding member price now! Full price when it runs again.

Cohort starts 29 September.

Who in your world needs this programme? Tag them below 👇

19/07/2026

What actually happens in a discovery call

If you’ve ever hovered over the “book a call” button and then talked yourself out of it, this is for you. ☎️

Let me take the mystery out of what a free 45 minute Discovery Call with me actually involves because I promise it’s not a thinly disguised sales pitch.

It’s 45 minutes, entirely about you.
We start with whatever’s loudest right now, the team issue, the thing that’s been circling your mind on the drive home. I ask questions, I listen properly, and we get underneath it together.
By the end, you’ll have more clarity on what’s really going on than when you started, whether or not we ever work together.

If it feels like a fit, I’ll explain how coaching could help. If it doesn’t, you’ll still leave with something useful.
No pressure, no scripts, completely confidential.

That’s it! That’s the whole thing!

🔗 If 45 minutes of clear-headed thinking sounds like exactly what you need, the link’s in my bio 🔗

17/07/2026

Come with me for a quick tour of the new Inspire OD 👀
A little walkthrough of the new website and everything it can help you with.

Coaching for leaders and managers, workshops, the blog, and the easiest way yet to book a free discovery call.
(Check out the NEW workshop…)

Three years in the making, and I couldn’t be prouder of where the business is heading.

Take the tour, then come and say hello — link in bio 💛

12/07/2026

3 years ago, I bet on myself.
Here’s what coaching taught me since…

When I started Inspire OD, I thought the hard part would be finding clients.
The real work turned out to be sitting in the uncomfortable middle with people, the bit where a leader knows something needs to change but can’t yet see how.

That’s where coaching earns its keep. Not in the tidy answers, but in the honest questions.
Three years in, I’m more sure than ever: the best leaders aren’t the ones with everything figured out. They’re the ones brave enough to keep looking.

If you’re in that uncomfortable middle right now, my free 45 minute discovery call is a good place to start.
The link is in my bio.

08/07/2026

Some birthdays call for cake. This one called for something a bit bigger 🎂

🎉 This month, Inspire OD turns 3. 🎉

Three years of coaching leaders, championing managers, and having the honest conversations that change how people show up at work.

To mark it, I’ve treated the business to a proper birthday gift, something that’s been quietly in the works for a while.

I’m not ready to unwrap it just yet… but let’s just say it’s going to make working with me even easier.

Any guesses…?
Pop them in the comments 👀

05/07/2026

To ensure I provide a premium, highly responsive level of support to my clients, I strictly limit the number of 1:1 workplace coaching slots I hold each month.

As we head into a busy new month, I have just three coaching slots remaining for Executives, Directors, or Managers who are ready to elevate their leadership.

If you are tired of reactive firefighting, exhausted by decision fatigue, and ready to lead with absolute clarity and calm confidence, this is your invitation.

Let’s see if we make a great team.

Book a free 45 minute Discovery Call via the link in my bio. It is a completely confidential, no-pressure conversation focused entirely on untangling your current professional challenges.

🔗 Click the link in my profile to grab one of the final spots in my diary. Let’s get started.