Meet the Team

Our team of hugely experienced trainers focus on helping you make work a good place to be, as well helping you to live well and respond to day to day challenges in a more resilient manner. The teaching is grounded in real life experiences, providing practical, easy to understand and apply coaching techiniques. Every element of our programme is based on on the most reliable and complete academic evidence about what creates resilience in today’s workplaces.

INTRODUCING YOU TO

Dr. Rachel Morris

The Shapes Toolkit was created by Dr Rachel Morris, a GP who grew so tired, after 15 years of seeing patients who were ill because of workplace stress, that she decided to do something about it.

Rachel taught General Practice at the University of Cambridge for several years before setting up and leading the ‘Doctor as Professional’ course. This got her interested in the leadership behaviour of professionals in high stress jobs and so she trained as an Executive and Team coach.

Rachel founded Wild Monday and developed the Shapes Toolkit. She regularly lectures and delivers training around the country on wellbeing at work, resilience and productivity

Rachel and Annie work with a team of experienced associates to deliver authentic and relevant coaching and training focussing on changing behaviour.

Unlike other companies who overwhelm with theory and concentrate on just one aspect of resilience alone, you will find this training focuses on helping you to make work a good place to be, as well as helping you to live well and respond to things in a resilient manner.

Annie Hanekom

Annie is an executive coach, facilitator, and leadership practitioner and Director of Leadership at Wild Monday. She has spent more than 19 years in the consulting and leadership development arena, based both in the UK and in South Africa.

Annie is currently living in Cambridge in the UK, serving clients across the globe. She has coached and advised on leadership, team, and personal effectiveness and focuses on building deep self-awareness in individuals.

Annie combines experience in consulting with her strong interpersonal skills and draws on her endurance athletics passion and experience to focus on building leaders' potential, providing thinking partnership, and working with individuals and teams to evolve their awareness of themselves. She does this through advising on people strategy, leadership programme development, facilitation, and executive and team coaching.

Corrina Gordon-Barnes

Corrina is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), trained with The Coaches Training Institute (CTI) and accredited through the International Coach Federation (ICF).

With 15 years of experience as a coach, she has high impact both one-to-one and with groups and has served individual clients, corporations, schools and charities both in the UK and internationally. Her specialism is friction-free relationships – enabling people to get on better and function most effectively with those they live and work with. She is an experienced facilitator of The Work – a powerful method of inquiry-based stress reduction.

Corrina is also a qualified teacher and trained at Cambridge University.

Dr Katya Miles

Katya is a former GP and Occupational Health Doctor turned Wellbeing Trainer, Careers Coach & Specialist in Workplace Wellbeing.

Having journeyed through Burnout, she resolved to empower caring professionals to avoid the mistakes she made and thrive in work.

This passion drove her to set up her clinical and academic expertise, along with her personal experience, to deliver inspiring coaching and training programmes for overstretched professionals.

She has worked at the Mayo Clinic, USA & in the UK as a GP for both civilians & the Armed Forces; as well as in Occupational Health.

Area of expertise:

Careers Coach
Wellbeing Trainer
Specialist in Workplace Wellbeing

Henri Stevenson

Henri is an Executive Coach and Leadership Development trainer and consultant with over 20 years of experience. She works with individuals and organisations to develop leadership capability, personal impact, resilience, and well-being.

Henri started her career in PR and internal communication working closely with Senior Leadership teams to increase employee engagement and support organisations through change. Specifically, she set up and led the Internal Communications function at the City & Guilds Group, driving employee engagement during a period of significant change including a series of acquisitions and organisational change.

She moved into Learning and Development over 10 years ago to focus on what she loves most. She has significant leadership and management experience, her last corporate role being Group Head of Learning and Development for the City & Guilds Group. She has designed and delivered numerous management and leadership development programmes that support organisational and individual performance. She is noted for her warm and authentic style as well as her ability to constructively challenge and encourage new ways of thinking and operating. She is passionate about people building on their strengths to be the best they can be.

Areas of expertise

Leadership and management development, resilience and well-being, authentic leadership, emotional intelligence, change management, confidence and presence, coaching skills, peer and group coaching, executive coaching, outdoor coaching, communications and employee engagement.

Client successes

Heathrow Airport – Leadership development residential for Senior Leaders
NHS – Resilience & wellbeing – Shapes Toolkit
Cambridge University Press – Executive Coaching, Resilience & Well-being
Ocado – Executive Coaching
South Eastern Railways- Management Development for frontline managers.
Worldpay – Resilience programme for all managers delivered virtually.
Oxfam – Coaching for FutureSkills
Sky- Growth Mindset workshops
City & Guilds Group – peer coaching programme, leadership and management development programme, resilience and well-being interventions, coaching skills, change management workshops and Executive coaching.

Sheela Hobden

Sheela is passionate about “mind medicine” – her version of preventative mental health. She uses coaching and facilitation to enable individuals and groups to find their own techniques to manage work and life, in turn fully realising their potential. She is a Wraw practitioner (Workplace resilience and wellbeing) and helps people gain clarity and focus on life dilemmas.

After nearly 10 years of asking “is this it?” about her life, she experienced burn-out quickly followed by a bout of depression. Once on the mend, she had career coaching which sparked her passion for coaching. She studied with Barefoot Coaching, additionally achieving a PGCERT in Business and Personal Coaching from the University of Chester. Next she gained Professional Certified Coach status with the International Coach Federation. She also holds Associate membership with the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel Development).

She has passion and experience in health and wellness, particularly in the medical field. She works with organisations and individuals, focussing on doctors and healthcare professionals. The coaching programmes help clients learn to care for themselves as much as for their patients so they can enjoy the fun stuff in life!

Sheela has completed ultra-distance running events, a full ironman and is a keen year round sea swimmer, so you could say she likes a challenge!

Rebecca Balzano

Personal Performance Coaching

Becky has work extensively with leaders, managers and entrepreneurs on a range of topics to help them reach their personal performance goals. Ranging from consultants to C-Suite, grads and start-ups, application of a pure coaching approach brings lasting and empowering change. Read some of Becky’s testimonials to gain an understanding of the profound and significant shifts her clients have had.

Nutrition and Health Coaching

With an upcoming Internationally recognised Nutrition & Health Coaching programme accredited by Pearson*, Becky will work with clients specifically on their Health goals.

In a world where individuals are becoming increasingly aware of the impact of poor diet and lifestyle on well-being, the path to lasting change often seems elusive. However, Health Coaching empowers clients to achieve their health and wellness goals by providing motivation, education, valuable resources, and unwavering support. Clients experience a transformative journey, making lasting positive changes not only possible but achievable.

*The course is also accredited by the Personalised Care Institute (recognised in the NHS) and approved as a “Gold Standard” by the UKIHCA, the global professional body for Health Coaching. Students and Graduates also gain Complimentary Medical Association Membership

Background

With nearly two decades of experience in learning and development, training, and coaching across diverse organisations, both public and private, Becky specialises in enhancing team health, productivity and reducing presenteeism. She partners with companies committed to investing in their workforce to address inefficiencies, mitigate burnout, and foster resilience, resulting in heightened wellness, productivity, innovation, and emotional agility. Some notable projects were with M&S, Arbuthnot Latham, Savills, Cambridge Judge Business School, Genie Ventures, The NHS, Fire and Rescue Service, and Enable.
Dedicated to driving positive change, she is increasingly passionate about prioritising the planet over profit and promoting growth for good alongside sustainability initiatives.

Through personalised consultation, dynamic workshops, and targeted coaching sessions, Becky relieves the pressure on People teams and delivers tangible, impactful outcomes. Her approach is rooted in her extensive background and a keen understanding of organisational dynamics, allowing her to tailor solutions that resonate deeply with her clients.

With qualifications from The Coaching Academy, The Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), and ongoing accreditation from the International Coaching Federation (ICF), Becky has empowered a diverse range of clients. From entrepreneurs and consultants to artists and C-Suite. She brings her expertise in leadership, management, and a particular emphasis on resilience and emotional intelligence to the forefront.

‘Projects are People’

A curated solution to drive a business objective comes down to the health of the people in the project. Are they 'showing up’ with energy and focus. Are they creative, innovative and able to relate to those around them. For this people need to be healthy both physically and mentally.

To achieve this Becky works with individuals to help them create personalised diet, fitness, and mental health plans with adaptable strategies to develop and sustain healthy habits. Participants gain a clear understanding of their triggers and blockers while receiving support and accountability. They can expect increased energy, reduced stress, and a greater sense of purpose and many more ‘you on a good day’ days!

Becky’s Coaching Approach

Becky’s Personal coaching approach has developed over the decade and is a reflection of her own professional and personal development journey. She tends to be drawn to a style that takes tools and theories from the practices of coaching, mentoring, cognitive behaviour therapy, neurolinguistic programming and mentoring.

She has a sound working knowledge of learning and development user design, learning methodologies and performance consulting. Becky is also expereinced in the areas of nutrition, emotional Intelligence, positive psychology, neuroscience, addiction coaching, mindfulness and as well as developing a growing awareness of different types of spirituality practice. Furthermore, she is developing a particular interest and skills in intrinsic motivation, habits, and attachments – whether this be tangible such as food, substances or material items or less tangible internal concepts such as connection and love.

As Continued Professional Development Becky regularly works to expand her skills and knowledge by attending accredited courses and continuing to participate in regular coaching, therapy and professional supervision.

Sarah Coope

Sarah qualified as a doctor in 1998 and has experience in clinical, facilitation, mediation, coaching and leadership roles in healthcare.

She worked as a GP for 20yrs and, during the last 15yrs, gained a wide range of skills and competencies through developing and delivering communication and professional skills training for doctors.

Sarah has worked with several organisations, including HEE and a medical indemnity organisation, to provide learning activities with the aim of reducing medico-legal risk and improving clinician communication and patient satisfaction.

Sarah is also an experienced appraiser, coach, mentor and accredited mediator, working with clinicians and managers in a variety of healthcare settings, in order to identify the root cause of issues & challenges faced.

She has held leadership roles as Named GP Safeguarding Children for Hull CCG, Clinical Director PCN and at RCOG as Director of Education, and now works as a freelance facilitator and coach for health professionals

Pippa Woolner

Pippa is a Practicing GP, Trainer, Executive Coach and Associate Member of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council UK.

She has worked in Medical Education in Primary Care for many years and her roles have included working both as a Trainer and Training Programme Director for GP Trainees.

She is familiar with the challenges of juggling the different responsibilities of working in a busy job in primary care and family life and appreciates the challenges of working in healthcare.

She is passionate about improving wellbeing for healthcare professionals at work.

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