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  • About me
  • Franchise Growth Support
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  • Pro Bono Coaching
  • Video About Steve Barrett
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  • I D.A.R.E Coaching Model

I help fast-growing businesses build future-ready leadership and cultures.

I help fast-growing businesses build future-ready leadership and cultures.I help fast-growing businesses build future-ready leadership and cultures.I help fast-growing businesses build future-ready leadership and cultures.

  • Gallup strengths coaching
  • 1-2-1 coaching sessions
  • Team coaching sessions

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I help fast-growing businesses build future-ready leadership and cultures.

I help fast-growing businesses build future-ready leadership and cultures.I help fast-growing businesses build future-ready leadership and cultures.I help fast-growing businesses build future-ready leadership and cultures.

  • Gallup strengths coaching
  • 1-2-1 coaching sessions
  • Team coaching sessions

Schedule a Free discovery call
Existing clients- Book a session

What You’re Facing

"Leadership gaps are stalling growth"

"Leadership gaps are stalling growth"

"Leadership gaps are stalling growth"

As your business grows, leaders who once thrived now find themselves stretched thin or overwhelmed by new demands. 

Without strengthening leadership at every level, growth slows, and the weight of responsibility falls back on just a few shoulders. 

“Culture is becoming misaligned”

"Leadership gaps are stalling growth"

"Leadership gaps are stalling growth"

In the early days, your team was naturally connected. 

But growth pulls people in different directions, weakening engagement, creating silos, and risking the very culture that fuelled your early success. 

“Scaling feels chaotic, not strategic”

"Your franchise brand is growing, but with growth comes pressure."

"Your franchise brand is growing, but with growth comes pressure."

Day-to-day firefighting has replaced future planning. 

Every decision feels urgent, but few feel strategic, making growth feel more like survival than progress. 

"Your franchise brand is growing, but with growth comes pressure."

"Your franchise brand is growing, but with growth comes pressure."

"Your franchise brand is growing, but with growth comes pressure."

Franchisees are focused on profitability and operational freedom, often clashing with brand compliance and customer experience standards.

Franchisors are working to maintain consistency, which can strain relationships and slow progress.

Misalignment leads to frustration, inconsistent results, and a breakdown in trust between both sides.

What You Really Want

"Confident, future-ready leaders at every level of the business"

"Confident, future-ready leaders at every level of the business"

"Confident, future-ready leaders at every level of the business"

You want leaders who aren't just coping with growth, but driving it. 

Leaders who step up, think strategically, and inspire their teams to perform at their best. 

"Aligned, engaged teams that drive sustainable results together"

"Confident, future-ready leaders at every level of the business"

"Confident, future-ready leaders at every level of the business"

You want a team that's pulling together, not apart. 

A culture that strengthens as you grow, keeping people connected to the mission, the values, and each other. 

"Clear, strategic growth without losing your culture or burning out your leaders"

"Clear, strategic growth without losing your culture or burning out your leaders"

"Clear, strategic growth without losing your culture or burning out your leaders"

You want a growth journey that feels focused, sustainable, and aligned, not chaotic. 

A business that’s expanding with purpose, not just pace. 

“A franchise relationship that works—for both sides.”

"Clear, strategic growth without losing your culture or burning out your leaders"

"Clear, strategic growth without losing your culture or burning out your leaders"

 You want franchisees who are profitable, engaged, and delivering consistently. You want franchisors who trust, support, and guide without controlling.

When both parties understand each other’s priorities and communicate effectively, the model scales faster, performs better, and creates less friction along the way.

Strengthen Your Leadership. Protect Your Culture.

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I Help You Deliver Success On Your Terms

Strengths-Driven Performance

 

Your greatest successes come from leaning into what you do best. Strengths-Driven Performance 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.

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Personalised Growth Coaching

 Business leadership can feel isolating, and growth often comes with unexpected roadblocks. Personalised Growth Coaching is designed to help you cut through the noise, clarify your priorities, and take bold, decisive action. 

Through tailored coaching sessions, we’ll uncover what’s holding you back, amplify your strengths, and develop practical strategies to move forward. 

Whether you need to improve decision-making, strengthen leadership skills, or gain perspective, this coaching helps you unlock your full potential and lead with confidence. 

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Strengths-Based Onboarding For Success

    Bringing in new talent is one thing: getting them to thrive is another. Strengths-Based Onboarding for Success goes beyond standard orientation to ensure new hires quickly integrate into your culture, understand their role, and feel empowered to contribute from day one. 

By identifying their strengths early, we align them with the team’s dynamics, set them up for success, and ensure they add immediate value. This approach not only accelerates productivity but also improves retention and engagement, making your business stronger from the inside out. 

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High-Performance Team Accelerator

 Scaling a business requires a team that is fully aligned, engaged, and empowered.

High-Performance Team Accelerator is designed to build cohesion, define team values, and create a culture of accountability and collaboration. 

Through interactive sessions, your team will gain clarity on how they contribute to the business’s success, learn to work with each other’s strengths, and develop the trust needed to operate at peak performance. Whether you’re navigating growth challenges, integrating new leadership, or strengthening team dynamics, these sessions will transform how your team works together. 

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A description of my Franchise Growth Partnership package.

Franchise Growth Partnership

The Franchise Growth Partnership is designed to strengthen the relationship between franchisors and franchisees by leveraging individual strengths. 

Through tailored coaching sessions, we focus on:​

  • Identifying and harnessing unique leadership strengths to enhance team dynamics.​ 
  • Facilitating open communication to align objectives and expectations.​ 
  • Ensuring brand consistency and exceptional customer experiences across all franchise locations.​

This approach fosters sustainable growth, robust relationships, and a thriving brand culture.

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Future-Back Business Growth

 Most businesses grow by reacting to daily challenges, but real success comes from shaping the future before it arrives. 

Future-Back Business Growth helps small business leaders take control of their scaling journey by defining a clear five-year vision, identifying the gaps between where they are and where they need to be, and making intentional, strategic shifts. 

Through a combination of leadership coaching, team alignment, and strengths-based development, we help businesses move from survival mode to sustainable, scalable success. 

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"I will help you embrace change, uncover your true calling and make bold moves towards your goals. By fostering inner confidence and authenticity, I will empower you to achieve the success and happiness you deserve, even when it feels impossible."


Steve Barrett

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Certifications and memberships

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Statistics

80% statistic

Of coaching clients reported increased self-confidence. (ICF, 2009)

70% statistic

Of coaching clients reported an improvement in work performance. (ICF, 2009)

7 x statistic

Return on investment from the money invested in coaching. (ICF, 2024)

6x statistic

People who have the opportunity to use their talents and strengths are 6x as likely to be engaged in their jobs. (Gallup)

12.5% statistic

Teams whose manager received strengths-based feedback have 12.5% greater productivity. (Gallup)

70% statistic

Managers account for 70% of the variance in team engagement. (Gallup)

What My Clients Say

A quote from a client testimonial

Linda Jones: Managing Director- Talk Direct (Leeds UK)

Lyndsey Corbin: Senior Manager, Commercial Capabilities- Heineken- (Dallas USA)

Lyndsey Corbin: Senior Manager, Commercial Capabilities- Heineken- (Dallas USA)

"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."

A quote from a client testimonial

Lyndsey Corbin: Senior Manager, Commercial Capabilities- Heineken- (Dallas USA)

Lyndsey Corbin: Senior Manager, Commercial Capabilities- Heineken- (Dallas USA)

Lyndsey Corbin: Senior Manager, Commercial Capabilities- Heineken- (Dallas USA)

"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!"

A quote from a client testimonial

Gabe Gomez: Entrepreneur/ Business Owner- (Degollado Mexico)

Lyndsey Corbin: Senior Manager, Commercial Capabilities- Heineken- (Dallas USA)

Gabe Gomez: Entrepreneur/ Business Owner- (Degollado Mexico)

 "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. "

Client Reviews

Coaching in Action: A Real-Life Success Story

From Overwhelm to Clarity Through Strengths-Based Coaching

 Discover how coaching transformed Fiona Rayner’s career and personal life. In this powerful case study, Fiona shares her journey of navigating career growth, work-life balance, and self-confidence through strengths-based coaching. Learn how identifying and leveraging her strengths helped her find clarity, purpose, and a renewed sense of control over her future. 

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Chose the right solution for you

 Take advantage of a FREE, NO-OBLIGATION call with me to learn more about how I can help you achieve your goals and aspirations. This initial conversation will allow us to get to know each other and determine if we are the perfect fit for a successful coaching partnership.

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Chose the right solution for you

Chose the right solution for you

Chose the right solution for you

 Unlocking your full potential to achieve success is within reach. As an experienced Gallup strengths coach I am confident that, with the right guidance and support, you can overcome any obstacle. My approach to coaching sessions is simple yet effective: I empower my clients to identify their strengths and face their challenges head-on. T

 Unlocking your full potential to achieve success is within reach. As an experienced Gallup strengths coach I am confident that, with the right guidance and support, you can overcome any obstacle. My approach to coaching sessions is simple yet effective: I empower my clients to identify their strengths and face their challenges head-on. Together, we will work towards achieving your goals and unlocking the best version of yourself. 

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Achieve your goals

Chose the right solution for you

Achieve your goals

 Get ready to transform not only yourself but your business too! As you achieve your goals, build your self-awareness, and become the best version of yourself, you will be unrecognisable. With a new mindset, you will be able to embrace future changes and uncertainty while continuing to evolve and succeed. Get ready to unlock your full pot

 Get ready to transform not only yourself but your business too! As you achieve your goals, build your self-awareness, and become the best version of yourself, you will be unrecognisable. With a new mindset, you will be able to embrace future changes and uncertainty while continuing to evolve and succeed. Get ready to unlock your full potential and take your business to new heights through executive coaching sessions with a Gallup strengths coach!

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Uncertainty can be scary, so don't face it alone

Feeling lost and uncertain in a world full of constant change can be overwhelming. Don't let fear hold you back from making the right decisions for yourself or your business. You deserve to have clarity and confidence in your choices. 


Let me help you. As an expert in guiding leaders and business owners to succeed authentically, I'll help you overcome uncertainty and achieve success your way. You can be the kind of leader that people want to follow, while making your business more profitable and innovative, and improving employee well-being. 


Why settle for feeling stuck and stressed when you can create certainty in an uncertain world? 


Schedule a call with me today, and let's start transforming your life and business together. 



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