Alison Laker

Alison has over 25 years’ experience in personal development, career management and workplace wellbeing. She is a trusted advisor, skilled coach (18 years +) and experienced occupational psychologist practitioner. 

Alison’s style combines her commercial understanding and psychological expertise into a pragmatic, person-centred approach. Her work is bespoke, seeking to understand the individual she is coaching and their unique context.

Alison builds strong, trusting relationships through active listening, validation and open enquiry. She combines a systems thinking with a strengths-based, humanistic Rogerian approach, empowering clients to reframe challenges in the context of their environment, build self-advocacy and overcome internalised stigma or self-doubt. Alison is specifically skilled at generating powerful insights for the client, as appropriate for the circumstance, through her approach to delivering robust, candid feedback with compassion. She works ethically and collaboratively, maintaining clear boundaries and engaging with relevant stakeholders as contracted.

Having held senior responsibility for leadership and people development in multinational businesses, Alison understands the challenges employers and employees face and brings a deep understanding of organisational dynamics to her engagements. 

Alison is a certified practitioner of a comprehensive range of assessment tools and methodologies, using them as appropriate for each organisation and individual need.