Professional development coaching for business and law

If you’re a lawyer, legal organisation, barristers’ chambers, individual or business, my professional development coaching programmes are designed to challenge, motivate and inspire.

Explore my coaching programmes

With a focus on female lawyers and organisations, talent retention, and career, leadership and professional development, my coaching programmes offer powerful and engaging experiences that deliver genuine results.

Each programme includes chemistry call, introductory questionnaire, complimentary copy of Amazon bestseller, Raising the Bar, preliminary discovery session, downloadable coaching exercises, regular coaching sessions, written follow-up, accountability agreements and “distance travelled” analysis. Corporate programmes also include tri-partite reviews.

Coaching for legal and professional organisations

Return & Rise™ Signature Programme for Organisations

For career break returners and new working parents

Raising the Bar Leadership Coaching Programme

For established senior leaders in law or professional organisations

Resilience, Retention and Rising (First 100 Days) Programme

For newly promoted leaders, and those working towards promotion

Coaching programmes for lawyers and professionals

Breaking Barriers Coaching Programme

Comprehensive support as outlined above, including 3 coaching sessions over a period of 6 weeks.

Performance Coaching Programme

Comprehensive support as outlined above, including 5 coaching sessions over a period of 3 months.

Elite Coaching Programme

Comprehensive support as outlined above, including 7 coaching sessions over a period of 4.5 months.

Specialist/bespoke professional development coaching

Silk Road Coaching

For those applying for silk or judicial appointment

TEDx Speaker Coaching

For those seeking to land their first TEDx Talk

Connect- Empower- Coach

Small group coaching programme

Why choose my legal and professional coaching services?

My specialist coaching services are the result of a 19 year career at the criminal bar, over 15+ years as a professional development and leadership coach and extensive experience as a speaker and media commentator.
For further insight into my coaching style and areas of expertise, please take a look at my showreel and TEDx Talk.

Testimonials

I can give Nikki no better recommendation than to say that following a long period of uncertainty and indecision working with her has given me the confidence to make bold choices and step into a position of leadership as a young female lawyer. Nikki’s direct but understanding approach, coupled with practical tips that really work, has made me progress personally and professionally in a way that I couldn’t have achieved on my own

Laura Searle Barrister, Head of Family and Deputy Head of Chambers

I wanted to thank you for planting the seed [of promotion] last year when I returned from maternity leave.
I never thought upon my return that I would get promoted in the year. You were somebody that believed in me from the start. I really appreciated your encouragement and support. It just shows what you can achieve if you put mind to it!

Recently promoted career break returner Legal Director

I wasn’t properly prepared for…how the [career] break could throw me off-course in terms of what I wanted career-wise, both short and long term…I wish I had access then to Nikki’s Career Break Return [programme] which acknowledges these challenges and includes a number of practical exercises that can be done while on maternity leave, as well as some valuable tips, recommendations and personal insights, to make the transition back to work easier…

Amy Senior Lawyer

After working with Nikki for 3 sessions I was amazed at the change that I experienced even over a short time in my approach to my career. Nikki’s personality is super infectious and her guiding approach to coaching make her a perfect ally as she assists you to navigate through discovering challenges to overcome and how to see your goals as simply a collection of very small steps. I highly recommend Nikki to those considering a coach in the legal sphere!

Dr Rachel Varshney PhD, Barrister-at- Law (Brisbane, Australia)

Want to connect?

For more information about any of the professional development coaching programmes outlined above - or to discuss a bespoke coaching programme for you, your law firm or legal organisation - please send me a message and I’ll be delighted to help.