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Professional Coaching
Grounded in Experience

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Professional Coaching
Grounded in Experience

Realise Coaching is the coaching division of Grahame Robb Associates (GRA) — a leadership and development consultancy with 35 years of experience helping organisations and their people perform at their best. Our coaching offer brings the same rigour, tailored approach, and measurable focus that defines everything we do at GRA.

Whether you're a senior leader navigating complex organisational challenges, a manager stepping into a new role, or an organisation investing in the development of your graduate cohort, Realise Coaching provides professionally qualified coaches who match your specific needs — not just your job title.

The difference

How is coaching different from training?

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Coaching is not a training programme, and it's not mentoring. It's a structured, confidential, one-on-one process that helps individuals gain clarity, shift behaviour, and achieve defined goals — with the support of a professionally qualified coach who asks the right questions rather than providing the answers.

Where training delivers knowledge to a group, coaching works with individuals to achieve results. It addresses specific challenges, blockers, and personal ambitions, in a way that no off-the-shelf programme can replicate. The result is more durable behaviour change — and a measurable impact on performance.

"Realise opened a safe space for team development and gave me the final courage to start difficult, but very important conversations."

Our coaching services

Two core areas, tailored to your people.

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Core service

Leadership Coaching

For senior leaders, executives, and managers at any stage of their leadership journey. From first-time managers to C-suite leaders, we address the challenges that come with leading people and organisations. 

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Core service

Early Careers & Graduate Coaching

For organisations running graduate programmes or early career development initiatives. We help graduates and junior professionals make a meaningful contribution to your business, sooner. 

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Team Coaching & Tailored Services

We also work with organisations that have specific or broader coaching needs — from team coaching and culture change to support through mergers and acquisitions. If your requirement doesn't fit neatly into one of our core areas, we would be happy to discuss a tailored solution. 

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Free case study

Beyond Endurance: The Coaching Journey Behind a Svalbard Expedition

Building trust, resilience and team performance in preparation for the arctic

Not many people participate in such an extreme expedition, however it is done every year.  The equipment teams take on this adventure is very much the same but not everyone completes it. So why is it that different groups with the same resources have different outcomes... What makes the difference?

This case study explores these questions through the work the explorers did with Realise Coaching, including some of the challenges they faced before and during
the expedition.

Download the case study by simply filling out and submitting the form to get your copy!

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Why choose Realise Coaching?

The market for coaching is crowded. Here is what makes us different.

Finding a provider you can trust — one that will deliver genuine, lasting change rather than a series of pleasant conversations — is harder than it should be.

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Qualified, experienced coaches

Our coaches are professionally accredited and bring real-world experience from high-level corporate roles across a range of industries. They are not generalists — they understand the pressures your people face.

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The right match, every time

We do not simply assign the first available coach. We carry out chemistry calls, present relevant options, and ensure the fit is right before any engagement begins.

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Truly tailored

Generic, one-size-fits-all coaching does not deliver results. Every engagement starts with a thorough discovery process to understand the individual, the challenge, and the desired outcome.

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35 years of organisational expertise

Realise Coaching draws on the broader GRA heritage — decades of working with leaders, teams, and graduate cohorts across a wide range of sectors.

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Confidential and non-biased

Our coaches operate with complete impartiality. Coachees can be open about challenges they may not feel able to raise internally — creating the psychological safety that makes real progress possible.

How it works

A clear, structured process — because good outcomes do not happen by accident.

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Discovery call

We begin by understanding the individual context, challenges, and goals, as well as any organisational objectives the engagement needs to serve.

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Coach matching & chemistry call

We identify the most suitable coaches from our network and facilitate a chemistry call so the coachee can make an informed choice. The right relationship is non-negotiable. 

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Programme of sessions

Sessions are two hours long. We recommend a minimum of three sessions, with blocks of six over three months for deeper engagements. In-person, virtual, or a blend of both - you decide!

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Defined actions & accountability

Each session produces clear actions and commitments. Progress is tracked across the engagement to ensure momentum is maintained and outcomes are measurable. 

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Review and reporting

For organisationally commissioned engagements, we provide regular updates to ensure HR, L&D, or line management are kept appropriately informed.

What our clients achieve

The impact of effective coaching extends well beyond the individual.

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Stronger leadership capability at every level

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Improved team culture, communication, and collaboration

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Better staff retention and reduced management burden

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Greater self-awareness and emotional regulation

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Sustainable behaviour change — not short-term spikes

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Early career professionals who contribute from day one

Meet Our Coaches

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Andy Donovan

Qualified Coach

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Ann-Louise Hayler

Qualified Coach

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Rachel Walden

Qualified Coach

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George Hayter

Qualified Coach

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Grahame Robb

Experienced Coach

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Tina Harris

Experienced Coach

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Victoria Hormigo

Experienced Coach

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Sean Hall

Experienced Coach

"The process and dialogue was amazing from start to finish, helping us to achieve our ambitions for this really challenging project."

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Ready to find out more?

Whether you are exploring coaching for the first time or looking to partner with a
provider you can rely on, we would welcome a conversation.