Chris Stafford

Manifestive CIC Founder/CEO

I am a very experienced coach and facilitator, with 20+ years of Leadership and Management experience across multiple sectors/industries.

I have a wealth of experience coaching professionals in a corporate setting, as well as individuals from underrepresented communities and backgrounds. I have a proven track record in team and individual coaching, specialising in transformational coaching at all levels, with a particular expertise working with managers, leaders, and young people. I have supported a variety of organisations such as, Direct Line, Co-op, British Airways and YMCA.

Helping individuals and teams to achieve their goals and realise their potential.

I am at my best when working with clients in the arenas of leadership, change, career development and wellbeing.

My coaching style / expertise

My whole ethos is driven by an innate belief in human potential and creating a platform for the individual/s to harness and nurture this. I am able to create an environment where clients feel comfortable and psychologically safe to explore their desired objectives, with appropriate challenge creating a transformative experience. I am equally experienced working with senior leaders in corporate settings as well as underrepresented and minority groups. I have an understanding and awareness of the systems that are at play, ensuring I coach with a lens of diversity, inclusion, and equity.

I have experience coaching across numerous fields including Sales, Technology, Retail, and all levels of leadership, up to and including executive level. Former clients describe my coaching style as warm, empathetic, challenging, authentic and transformational. My real strength is my ability to listen intently and challenge thinking, to ensure clients gain the maximum success from the coaching experience and help them to achieve the outcomes they are looking for. I have a passion and knowledge for neuroscience, in particularly mind management models to support individuals to understand their values, beliefs, thoughts, emotions, and behaviours.

Background/qualifications

Leadership & Management: I established my coaching and skills, alongside understanding team dynamics and business development, through 20 years of managing and leading teams.

Sales: I was instrumental in influencing and shaping a coaching culture process and practice across a c. 250 employee sales centre. I have been an accredited and qualified coach since 2015 and a full-time coach in a challenging sales environment. This involved 1-1 coaching and team coaching across all levels from sales representative to Exec.

Financial Service sector in Insurance and Banking

Technology sector

Retail: I led the internal coaching programme across The Co-op, overseeing and providing CPD and supervision for 100+ coaches across the organisation. In addition to creating a coaching culture and leading a coaching programme.

3rd Sector: I am the founder and CEO of a Community Interest Company & Social Enterprise providing coaching and development for young people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds across Liverpool.

EMCC Practitioner Course via The Performance Coach - 2015

Co-op Coaching Programme - 2018

Strengthscope Practioner and Strengthscope Team Practitioner - 2018

ILM Level 5 in Effective, Coaching and Mentoring - 2019

ICF Certified – Mastering Your Power Coaching Programme – 2022

ILM Level 7 – Effective Coaching & Mentoring Supervision – 2022/3

“He is a brilliant listener and empathise with the story shared, genuinely kind and willing to help overcome whatever the situation may be. He cares deeply about the people he works with and he is very passionate about personal development and supporting others to become the best version of themselves and achieve their goals and purpose.”
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“I have worked with Chris on his journey as a coach, both as a tutor and as a supervisor. His passion for his own learning and development is mirrored by his passion for developing others. He has the innate ability to create a safe space that allows personal reflection on a much higher plane. His experience in the world of work allows him to bring a pragmatic challenge into his style, which his clients appreciate and respect. As he moves forward in his career, his supervision skills in coaching will serve him, his clients, and his passion well.”

John Taylor
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“I had the absolute pleasure of some coaching sessions with Chris. He created an environment from the very first meet that allowed me to be me and in a very short space of time helped me to achieve my coaching goals. A true professional and great coach.”

Rina Brick

Chris Stafford

I am a very experienced coach and facilitator, with 20+ years of Leadership and Management experience across multiple sectors/industries.

Helping individuals and teams to achieve their goals and realise their potential.

I am at my best when working with clients in the arenas of leadership, change, career development and wellbeing.

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Contact

enquiries@manifestivecic.co.uk