Executive Coaching ----- Team Coaching ----- Organisational & Culture Change

Unleash Your Potential

Applying neuroscience and emotional intelligence to coaching and facilitation

Thriving and Performing

I’m an accredited executive coach and facilitator with over 15 years of experience, helping leaders, teams, and organisations unlock their potential.

I believe that fulfilment and performance are interconnected. When people are in the right role and supported by the right leadership and culture, they perform at their best. That’s why I work as a career and executive coach.

My approach blends traditional coaching techniques with insights from neuroscience, emotional intelligence, cognitive behavioural therapy, and more than 30 years of senior business and executive coaching experience. I turn these insights into practical tools that help strengthen leadership, culture, and performance.

I have delivered over 3,000 hours of coaching and facilitation to more than 500 clients including C-suite executives, directors, and senior managers from FTSE 100 companies, SMEs, and start-ups.
My work spans industries and continents; with clients including LVMH, Tesco, Nestlé, The NHS, The United Nations, The OECD , and the French Oxbridge equivalent HEC andl’Ecole Polytechnique.

“Thanks to the coaching engagement, I improved my self-confidence and communication and was promoted to Environment Director. A heartfelt thank you to Sophie; I really enjoyed the stimulating experience.” Environment Director – Luxury Industry

Leadership and Culture

In today’s fast-paced and complex world, change is constant, and often overwhelming.
That’s why, leadership and culture matter more than ever, enabling organisations to transform and stay ahead.

Leaders do more than set targets. They articulate a vision, set a direction, build strategic alignment and create the conditions for change and execution to succeed.
Because ultimately, leadership is about people and culture.

Through my services, I help leaders find their voice, strengthen engagement, and build performing cultures so organisations can face the future with confidence.
Together, we develop the mindset, behaviours and leadership practices that build effective cultures and define a clear path to transform organisations, employees and leaders.

Let’s create organisation where people and results can truly thrive!

“I worked with Sophie on various challenges, from turning around a business and changing its culture, to creating collective alignment and collaboration for effective execution. Her experience, amazing listening skills and ability to read situations and people give her a rare emotional intelligence. She understands how to find collective intelligence to create cohesion while using her business acumen and leadership expertise to deliver change. Never in my career, have I successfully managed critical change so ‘easily’. I wouldn’t have dared to deal with some of those topics without her help.” Supply Chain Director – Manufacturing Industry

Career

Looking for a a new role or your first job after university can feel stressful and isolating especially in today’s economic climate and AI driven world.
But it doesn’t have to feel that way.

With the right support, your job search can become effective. By understanding your purpose, values and skills, you gain clarity and confidence to identify a meaningful role, draw a plan to find job opportunities, land interviews and succeed.

There will be ups and downs along the way, that is part of the journey.
So, learning to regulate your emotions and develop positive habits will help you face the job market with resilience.

I work with individuals at all career stages — from graduates to directors — in individual and group settings to help you move forward with structure and direction in a business world I know well.

Let’s move your journey toward your next career step!

“Sophie helped me find a new job in a highly competitive industry. Her approach was very effective. It was practical, action-oriented and rounded as we also worked on mindset, confidence and resilience. I have recommended her to my network, all very satisfied.” Executive Director – Financial Services

“Sophie created and facilitated neuroscience and emotional intelligence-based webinars to help our HEC master students find a job that suits them whilst managing their emotions and stress. She has excellent expertise and delivered targeted, engaging, and practical content (with relevant exercises). It is a pleasure to have her on our team, and I highly recommend her.” HEC Career Team

To find out more with a free chat – 07554 323883 – sophie@sophieappleby.com