Bridget Davies FCIPD
Executive and Career Transition Coach
I help senior leaders and executives successfully navigate career transitions and leadership challenges with clarity, confidence and strategy
With over 20 years’ experience at the top levels of business - including serving as a FTSE-350 executive, Operations Leader and Global HR Director, I understand first-hand the complexity, pressure, and isolation that comes with senior leadership. Balancing a family, I’ve also held leadership roles in the non-profit sector, including board member, Chair of Governors and trustee for educational organisations.
Having personally led global transformations and restructuring both in times of plenty and crisis, I have also crafted my own hybrid career and supported other senior leaders worldwide to identify and implement their own strategies and solutions. Today, I draw on that experience, alongside master’s-level qualifications in Organisational Behaviour and Executive Coaching & Mentoring to support leaders through their most critical professional transitions.
Qualifications and Affiliations
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Member of the Association of Coaching
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ILM Level 7 (Diploma) in Executive Coaching and Mentoring
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MSc Organisational Behaviour
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FCIPD Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
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MEng & Man (1st Class) Masters in Engineering and Management
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CEng Chartered Mechanical Engineer
What can I offer?
I work with executive leaders and senior managers all over the world in post or in transition between roles, helping them develop strategies for current roles, career advancement, or returning to work.
I bring some Yorkshire straight-talking to practical, yet flexible coaching focused on results. Sessions are collaborative, using tools to gain insights and clarity while fostering self-awareness. I create dynamic, reflective, and challenging spaces to tackle immediate and long-term goals
How does it work?
We start with an initial meeting to ensure compatibility. Typically, we agree 5-6 online sessions, starting with setting goals and concluding with a review of progress and learning. All our discussions are confidential. I’m also happy to collaborate with organisational stakeholders to define coaching goals when necessary
Examples of goals agreed with previous clients
- Stepping up as CEO and developing priorities and strategies for the next 6 months
- Rebuilding confidence to apply for jobs after leaving a role under difficult circumstances
- Managing overwhelming demands in a new leadership role
- Exploring career goals after long success in one organisation
- Leading through upheaval and preventing team attrition
What do my clients say?
“Going through a significant period of change for my organisation and my role, it has been so helpful to have space and time to consider challenges and how to approach them.” CEO of a medium-sized charity
“This has been a vital part of keeping me sane during a draining few months leading enormous change. Bridget has supported me both in thinking through immediate decisions and looking at the bigger picture for me and those around me” Acting-CEO of a social enterprise organisation
“Most significantly, Bridget has enabled me to get my professional confidence back following a period of burn-out. She has enabled me to think with much greater clarity about my skills and experience. I now have a plan for the next stage of my career!” Executive leader in Higher Education
“An invaluable support during a stage of my professional life when I came back from medical leave and was made redundant. I had the time and space to reflect on my situation, my goals then find the right next role.” Project Director in the construction industry