Patrick Read

Professional Development Coaching

Get unstuck. Make better career decisions. Move forward with confidence. Be seen, be heard, be understood, feel believed in. 

In Brief

I help experienced professionals who are stuck, dissatisfied or uncertain about what's next.

Perhaps you're questioning your direction. Maybe you've lost confidence or motivation. Perhaps you're facing a difficult career decision, or simply know that something needs to change but can't quite work out what.

Coaching gives you the space to step back, untangle complicated thinking and understand what's really going on. I listen carefully, challenge assumptions where appropriate, and help you arrive at your own answers and practical ways forward.

Why me?

I bring more than three decades of experience working in IT within major banking organisations, primarily as a Business Analyst and subject matter expert in debit and credit card processing.

I've worked in complex corporate environments where accountability, change, competing priorities and stakeholder pressures are part of everyday life. I understand how confidence can erode quietly, how overthinking can replace action, and how capable people can lose momentum.

I now combine that experience with professional coaching practice to help people navigate the human side of working life.

What can coaching help with?

  • Making sense of a difficult career decision
  • Finding clarity when you're uncertain about what's next
  • Rebuilding confidence and self-belief
  • Understanding what's behind a loss of motivation
  • Challenging self-doubt, fear of judgement and overthinking
  • Getting unstuck and turning reflection into practical action
  • Working out what you really want from your career

You don't need to have a neatly defined problem before you start. Sometimes the first step is simply having the space to work out what's really going on.

Try a conversation

If you've never experienced coaching before, you may be surprised by how useful it can be to have an independent person listen carefully, ask the questions you haven't asked yourself, and help you see things differently.

I offer a free, no-obligation discovery call to explore what's going on and whether coaching could help. 

No pressure. No sales script. Just a conversation.