Sue Featherstone

Sue is director of a coaching consultancy, providing executive coaching, coach and leadership training, alongside team coaching and facilitation to board and leadership teams. Her earlier career in manufacturing management, corporate HR and Learning and latterly as HR & OD Director, gives her a clear understanding of the challenges of leadership.

Sue’s early career involved operational, HR and learning and development roles in the private sector. Whilst bringing up three boys she set up her own consultancy business in 2005, working with leaders and teams across the public, private and not for profit sectors.

Her work for Solace has involved supporting the development of a coaching culture within a local authority and team coaching to support Executive and wider Leadership Teams as they navigate the challenges of LGR. Sue coaches at Board level in a variety of public and private sector organisations and has supported a number of Local Authority Directors and Senior Leaders in this space.

Sue achieved Post Graduate Certificates in Executive and Business Coaching, alongside Post Graduate Diplomas in Personnel Management and Coaching Psychology. She has gone on to lecture in coaching and team coaching at Leeds Beckett University and University College Dublin. She holds a Senior Practitioner Accreditation with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council and continues to actively contribute to the coaching profession, recently becoming an assessor for the EMCC. She has regular supervision believing this is essential for coaches continued professional and personal development.

Chartered Fellow of C.I.P.D. Professional member of EMCC, holding a Senior Practitioner Coaching Accreditation.

Sue’s main interest is working with individuals and teams at a deeper level to enable transformational change.