Your greatest successes come from leaning into what you do best. Strengths-Based Coaching To Unlock Your Potential helps you and your team identify, understand, and leverage your unique strengths to maximize impact. Rather than focusing on fixing weaknesses, we use the CliftonStrengths methodology to enhance what already makes you great.
Whether you’re a leader looking to improve your effectiveness or a team aiming to perform at its best, this coaching will help you work smarter, increase engagement, and create a thriving, strengths-based culture.
Empowering Franchise Leaders to Drive Performance is designed to strengthen the relationship between franchisors and franchisees by leveraging individual strengths.
Through tailored coaching sessions, we focus on:
This approach fosters sustainable growth, robust relationships, and a thriving brand culture.
You’ve poured years into building your business.
Now it’s time for the business to repay you, with freedom, value and choice.
In partnership with Jim Moore, this programme guides you from ‘what is’ to ‘what could be’ giving you financial clarity, operational freedom and a business that works beautifully with or without you.
Because when your life’s work becomes a lasting asset, true success doesn’t depend on you being there.
When your business misses a forecast, you face a choice: patch things up and hope for the best, or use it as a catalyst for real, lasting change. My proven two-step process tackles both the leader’s mindset and the business’s strategic direction — so you fix the root causes, not just the symptoms. The result? A stronger leader, a sharper strategy, and a business ready to outperform future forecasts.
Career transitions are full of uncertainty, whether it’s stepping into something new or navigating an unexpected ending.
My tailored coaching support helps individuals rebuild confidence, clarify their direction, and take purposeful next steps.
From strengths-based onboarding that sets new hires up for success, to compassionate offboarding that protects your brand and empowers your people, this approach turns change into momentum; for individuals and the business.
Steve Barrett
We begin with a practical, no-obligation conversation to understand where the business is today, what you are facing, and what needs to change for the next stage to work.
This is not a sales call.
It is a chance to test thinking, challenge assumptions, and decide whether the fit is right on both sides.
If there is value in moving forward, we agree the priority outcomes, scope, and level of involvement required.
This may involve strategic advisory support, fractional leadership, or targeted strengths-based work.
The focus is always on building capability within the business rather than creating reliance on external support.
The work is practical, structured, and grounded in the reality of the business.
The aim is to strengthen leadership, decision-making, and execution so progress holds as complexity increases and responsibility can sit confidently beyond one person.
Of coaching clients reported increased self-confidence. (ICF, 2009)
Of coaching clients reported an improvement in work performance. (ICF, 2009)
Return on investment from the money invested in coaching. (ICF, 2024)
People who have the opportunity to use their talents and strengths are 6x as likely to be engaged in their jobs. (Gallup)
Teams whose manager received strengths-based feedback have 12.5% greater productivity. (Gallup)
Managers account for 70% of the variance in team engagement. (Gallup)
"Steve introduced me to CliftonStrengths coaching. This was at a time when the business was going through the most challenging time with the uncertainty of business decline and a potential early exit of the franchise business.
Steve coached and supported me to introduce a strengths based approach to my team during the most volatile period
"Steve introduced me to CliftonStrengths coaching. This was at a time when the business was going through the most challenging time with the uncertainty of business decline and a potential early exit of the franchise business.
Steve coached and supported me to introduce a strengths based approach to my team during the most volatile period of our business.
Through this coaching we all learnt so much about ourselves but more importantly of working with each other and how we can work even better as a team, even during most challenging of times.
Through Steve’s coaching I was able to retain all of my team, and was able to support them in securing new positions as the business wound down.
I love Steve’s no nonsense, brave and bold coaching style.
He helped me to draw on my strengths to become more effective in my situational leadership.
He has a wealth of leadership, business and change management experience, so he understands the challenges as he has faced them."
"Steve is a brilliant coach with an innate ability to put his clients at ease. His natural style and the space he creates in sessions for reflection, make it easy to explore and expand on complex topics that are playing on your mind and holding you back! During my time with Steve, I got a much clearer sense of what's important to me and
"Steve is a brilliant coach with an innate ability to put his clients at ease. His natural style and the space he creates in sessions for reflection, make it easy to explore and expand on complex topics that are playing on your mind and holding you back! During my time with Steve, I got a much clearer sense of what's important to me and real clarity on what I want from my future and the steps to take to get there, both personally and professionally. I came away from every session with a renewed sense of purpose. I highly recommend Steve's coaching to anyone who wants to take action and do the work to fulfil their potential!"
"Working with Steve has given me a whole new perspective on how I take on LIFE.
I often brought up balance in our coaching sessions, particularly around running a business, being a father, and a husband.
Steve not only coached me, but he also helped me understand my strengths.
Understanding my strengths has been a HUGE game-changer for m
"Working with Steve has given me a whole new perspective on how I take on LIFE.
I often brought up balance in our coaching sessions, particularly around running a business, being a father, and a husband.
Steve not only coached me, but he also helped me understand my strengths.
Understanding my strengths has been a HUGE game-changer for me.
When I face uncertainty, I often revisit everything I learned about my strengths.
Sometimes, it's a matter of using my strengths to maximize, and other times, it's a matter of things to watch out for within my strengths.
I feel much more at ease, whether making business decisions or balancing my time with my family.
Partnering with Steve has helped me tremendously in making it all fit.
I HIGHLY recommend Steve and I will continue to use his services going forward. "
Reach out to discuss how I can support you or your business
"Helping you achieve success, your way!"