Announce your presence and signal your intent with Black Flag Coaching
Steve Barrett
It's great to meet you!
I will help you achieve future success and happiness through embracing change and uncertainty. I see you taking what you have gained from my coaching and using it to positively impact other people who you interact with, making the world a better place. If this resonates with you, then you are the person I want to partner with.
My purpose has always been to help others and I am at my happiest when I am doing just that. As a coach, my intention is to help you find your certainty, as you know what's best for you. My values are boldness, curiosity, optimism, authenticity and supportiveness, which align powerfully when it comes to dealing with change. I see myself as the bridge that can help you move from your current situation to your desired future state.
I am not your typical coach as I take a bold approach to help you to achieve your goals your way, by helping you to create your certainty.
As someone who has been there and done it, we will speak the same language and share the same scars, making it easy for us to connect.
I have spent most of my professional career in senior operational roles, up to the Director level, across multiple sectors. These include retail, hospitality, and B2B businesses, both corporate, franchise and privately-owned.
Throughout my career, I aimed to be the leader that others wanted to follow. I took pride in caring for my people as much as I cared about the business, as it's the people who deliver the successes for any business. I am proud to say that I have always had the courage to be myself and challenge traditional thinking and perceived limitations.
I am an avid learner, and that drove me to add both Gallup and ICF credentials to back up my practical experience. Knowledge is power, and it's something that should be shared.
I believe that everyone is unique and has the ability to achieve whatever they want. This is only possible if they believe they can and approach it in a way that is natural to them.
I made the bold decision to connect to my purpose and set up Black Flag Coaching. My goal is to create a wave that will help others to find happiness and achieve their goals, by embracing change and uncertainty through the power of coaching. I understand that change can be uncomfortable, but I also know that it is in the moments of change that growth, development, learning and amazing moments happen.
I now live my life between Spain and the UK and partner with clients from around the world.
My Approach
The decision to work together is a true two-way process and I will only partner with clients when we are both sure that I am the right coach for them.
I take a bold approach, to help you to see past limiting beliefs, so that you can fulfil your potential, your way.
Whether I am working with you individually, or with your team, I ensure that everything we do is tailored around the outcomes you are looking for.
Taking a data-based approach, by utilising strengths assessment, I help you to understand your unique talents and your potential blind spots.
By understanding what makes you unique, we will be able to apply your super powers to the action planning phase, meaning that you are attacking your challenges in a way that feels engaging, authentic and highly effective.
Throughout our interactions, I will help you gain the confidence to create your certainty, so you can make your goals your new reality.
My Key Talents Will Help You
My Strategic will help you to find the right path for you to follow.
My Self Assurance is infectious and will awaken the inner belief that you are good enough already and you can deliver success, your way.
My Maximizer will help you understand how to turn your talents into strengths and focus on turning something good into something great.
My Futuristic will help you to see that successful, happy, future version of yourself who possesses a personal certainty.
My Relator will help us to form an authentic and trusting relationship as I remain true to my values, which are authenticity, boldness, optimism, curiosity and supportiveness.
My Individualization means that I automatically see you as you, and believe that you know what is the right way for you.
My Activator will help to create a sense of urgency and a drive towards action and moving forward towards your goals.
My Certifications
The Black Flag Ethos
Announce your presence and signal your intent!
Black Flag Coaching drew inspiration from an unexpected source - the Pirate Ships of the Golden Age of Piracy. The pirate ethos resonates with me as it embodies my values and illustrates what I want to help others achieve through the power of coaching.
During a time when power was controlled by few and the masses had very little, these brave rebels came together, did things their way, took on entire nations, and created a movement that rocked the world, creating a super brand in the process.
The leaders were democratically elected, and the crew's diversity was something to be admired. It was a case of one pirate, one vote, regardless of sex or race, long before this was realised in wider society. Wealth was fairly distributed, and the structures were non-hierarchical as skills and strengths were valued more than positional privilege. The rules were co-created using a pirate code, which outlined the expected behaviours giving clarity and certainty, allowing the crew to self-manage.
When a pirate ship raised the black flag, it was to announce their presence and signal their intent, striking fear into the hearts of others.
Announce your presence, signal your intent and create your certainty with Black Flag Coaching.
How can I help?
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"Helping you achieve success, your way!"