Steve Willshaw, Executive, group and team coach. Functional Fluency Provider and UK Functional Fluency Connector. New Level Results Associate Coach.

Steve Willshaw – Behaviour Change Coaching in Lincoln

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Executive, group and team coach. Functional Fluency Provider and UK Functional Fluency Connector. New Level Results Associate Coach.

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Steve Willshaw is an Executive, group and team coach. Functional Fluency Provider and UK Functional Fluency Connector. New Level Results Associate Coach. based in Lincoln, United Kingdom. They offer Behaviour Change Coaching (14 years of experience), Executive Coaching (14 years of experience), Accountability And Performance Coaching (14 years of experience), Life And Wellness Coaching (14 years of experience), and Career Coaching (14 years of experience). Topics include Build Confidence, Improving Self Awareness, Increasing Self Esteem, Personal Growth, Work-Life Balance, and Burnout. Languages: English.

Behaviour Change Coaching

14 years of experience

Transform Your Behavior with Functional Fluency Coaching Program by Steve Walshaw

Transform Your Behavior with Functional Fluency Coaching Program by Steve Walshaw

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Hello and thank you for your interest in my behavioural change coaching programme. My name is Steve Walshaw. The programme will utilise a concept called functional fluency which is based on transactional analysis and which utilises a questionnaire called the Temple Index of Functional Fluency. You will respond to about 108 questions which will give us a really detailed picture of how you're using your time and energy at the moment and that will enable us then to create a really detailed and thoughtful action plan to enable you to put in place the behavioural change that will enable you to thrive at life rather than perhaps surviving as you may feel you are at the moment. All of us make decisions all the time which are not optimal. and the idea behind functional fluency is that our behaviour choices can be different. We're not predetermined by any character types or personality types which mean that we're limited. We have the option to behave in a range of different ways and once we know a bit more about what's optimal in our lives and what maybe the triggers are that are pushing us towards the less effective types of behaviour as identified within the functional fluency model, we can make a really clear action plan for avoiding those problems in the future and ensuring that our behaviour is more and more functionally fluent as we go forward. So the plan is that we have monthly coaching sessions which would really help once we define the action plan to make sure that you are making progress towards achieving the goals that you're looking to achieve. Regular check-in is really helpful in terms of achieving the realistic targets that we would set for you at the start of this coaching package. So really looking forward to working with you and if you would like to sign up for a chemistry conversation where we can have a chat and see if this is going to be something that will work for both of us, then I think that will be a really useful step forward. Thank you.

Functional Fluency will help you identify and strengthen your effective behaviours and reduce your ineffective behaviours so that you start to thrive at life. Transform your outlook with 12 monthly coaching sessions, including the Temple Index of Functional Fluency (TIFF) questionnaire.

Executive Coaching

14 years of experience

Executive Coaching Program with Steve Willshaw: Achieve Success with The Curve Software

Executive Coaching Program with Steve Willshaw: Achieve Success with The Curve Software

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Hello and thank you for your interest in my executive coaching program. My name is Steve Willshaw and I'm an associate coach with an organization called New Level Results using their award-winning software which is called The Curve. And this is how we would use the the curve during the course of this annual year-long programme of coaching. We'd start off with a workshop session and that would probably take at least four, probably up to six hours to go through. Because in the course of that we would create a one-page plan which would outline what your successful outcome for the coming year would look like. And in order to do that we'll need to look at what your values are, what your limiting beliefs have been so far, which maybe have held you back in your career so far, and what your new beliefs are which are going to unleash your capabilities to make the progress that is really possible for you. That six, four to six hour workshop session will then be followed up by monthly coaching sessions in which we will look at the progress that you've made on the specific objectives that you've set yourself to achieve in the course of that month. And obviously if you amalgamate all of those together over 12 months, you will achieve the outcome that you've set yourself at the beginning of the year. You'll have the successful year that you're hoping to have and the progress will be amazing. These monthly sessions are an opportunity to discuss and be challenged by me as your coach to justify the scores that you've given yourself and also to clarify the nature of the objectives that you're setting and to improve them for the coming month ahead. There is an opportunity also to log and to record the details of the progress that you're making and that then builds up over the course of the year to a really detailed record of the things that you've done and how you feel you're progressing through the year. Every quarter we will review your progress. We'll look back at where you started from and where you've got to now. and we will look at the scores that have contributed to that and we will address what is left to be achieved in terms of your successful outcome during the remaining parts of the year. As the year comes towards a close there will be an opportunity to create an annual impact report from all of the log material that you've collected over the course of the year and that will be really helpful in demonstrating the progress that you've made and also in really justify the return on the investment that you've made in yourself in order to, by taking on this coaching and by putting in all of the work that you have over the course of the year. The package is absolutely unique in demonstrating return on investment and it really does give a really detailed picture of the progress that you've made. So whether it's because you want to improve your leadership and management or whether it's because you're concerned about burnouts, or perhaps you've taken on a new role and are feeling a bit like an imposter in that new role or you just want to remove self-doubt in whether you can actually achieve what you want to achieve in your job. or whether you just want to move on to the next level in your career. All of those things are covered by this package of executive coaching which I think will really help you to achieve what it is you need to achieve and to make the strides forward that you want to do in your job. So thank you for your interest and I really look forward to having a chemistry chat with you. Please book a call for that and then we can talk through this further and I can answer any questions that you might have. Thank you.

A series of 12 monthly coaching sessions using the award winning The Curve software developed by New Level Results. We'll start with a detailed 4-6 hour workshop to create your one page plan and then have monthly 90 min coaching sessions to assess your progress. Clear reports will demonstrate ROI.

Accountability And Performance Coaching

14 years of experience

Unlock Your Potential: Goal-Oriented Coaching for Career Fulfillment

Unlock Your Potential: Goal-Oriented Coaching for Career Fulfillment

Video transcript

Are you feeling a lack of fulfilment in your career? Do you feel like you're capable of more, but something is holding you back? You're not alone. Many of the professionals I work with are experiencing the same thing. They're looking for their career purpose, but they're struggling with work-related stress and anxiety that's getting in the way. Here at Steve Wilshaw Consulting, I help you to unlock that potential I provide solutions focused and goal-orientated coaching to help you clarify and achieve your aims. We'll work together to enhance your emotional intelligence and build effective interpersonal relationships, helping you to reach your goals with less stress. To do this, we will use the award-winning software, The Curve, from New Level Results. This isn't just another productivity app, it's a powerful tool that we use to map out your journey, track your progress and ensure you have the motivation and accountability you need to succeed. The Curve helps us to create a one-page plan together that gives you clarity and direction from the start and that's accessible on any device, anytime. The Curve really is a game changer for accountability and performance. It allows us to measure the impact and effectiveness of your coaching so you can see the real return on your investment. We'll use it to help you improve your time management, stay on track with your goals, and maintain a learning log to support your growth and development. So, if you're ready to move past that feeling of being stuck, find your purpose and achieve the results you've always wanted, I invite you to schedule a complimentary coaching experience with me. Let's work together to unlock your potential and get you on the path to success.

Using the award winning, The Curve, we will define your successful outcome, clarify your values and identify the goals that will help you deliver high levels of performance and accountability. You will find and refine your career purpose, identify and minimise causes of work-related stress and anxiety and improve your time management.

Life And Wellness Coaching

14 years of experience

Transform Your Life: From Surviving to Thriving with Steve Wilshaw Consulting

Transform Your Life: From Surviving to Thriving with Steve Wilshaw Consulting

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Are you feeling stuck? Are you juggling endless demands? Feeling like you're just surviving? Do you wish you had the tools to navigate life's changes with a bit more confidence and ease? Well, it's time to move from just surviving to thriving. At Steve Wilshaw Consulting, we specialize in life and wellness coaching to help you do just that. I believe that everyone has the potential to lead a fulfilling life. My coaching is designed to help you unlock that potential. We'll work together on improving your emotional intelligence so you can understand and manage your emotions and connect better with others. We'll focus on setting boundaries that protect your energy and wellbeing. Imagine being empowered to say yes to what truly matters and no to what doesn't. Through personalized goal setting, we'll create a clear roadmap for your ambitions, turning your dreams into achievable steps. We'll build your resilience, giving you the strength to bounce back from setbacks and embrace challenges as opportunities for growth. Key part of my approach is functional fluency. This powerful model helps you to understand your behavior and to communicate more effectively. It's not about changing your personality. It's about giving you the skills to build better relationships and use your energy, your finite energy wisely, both personally and professionally. So it's time to invest in your life and wellness. Stop just getting by. Start truly living. If you're ready to take the first step, then book a free discovery call. Let's start your journey from surviving to thriving today.

Do you need to move from surviving to thriving? Are you keen to increase your emotional intelligence, set clearer goals and boundaries and build your resilience? Then my Life and Wellness coaching is what you need - book a free chemistry call now and get started on the path from surviving to thriving!

Career Coaching

14 years of experience

Transform Your Career with Motivation Button Survey Coaching

Transform Your Career with Motivation Button Survey Coaching

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Hello. I'd like to talk to you today about your career. Are you at a point where you're questioning things, perhaps feeling like you're in a midlife crisis, or maybe you're considering transitioning between careers, but don't know where to start? Do you ever feel like you're a fraud, that you're not good enough for your role? This imposter syndrome is incredibly common, but also something we can work on. Maybe you're dealing with conflict resolution in the workplace and it's draining your energy. Or perhaps you're a high performer, but you're struggling with the mental strength required for high performance to maintain your edge. And then there's procrastination, an old friend that stops you from achieving your goals or making the career change that you really know you need to make. If any of this resonates with you, I can help. Through my coaching we can work together to address these challenges. A key tool I use in this is the motivations buttons survey. This is a scientifically backed assessment that helps us understand what truly drives you. It's not about putting you in a box but about giving us a clear objective starting point. By understanding your core motivations we can tailor a coaching plan that's specific to you. We can identify what's holding you back and develop strategies to overcome them. We can work on building your confidence, improving your communication skills and developing the mental resilience you need to thrive in your career. The motivation button survey provides invaluable insights that can transform the way you lead and inspire others. It can help you understand why you react to situations in certain ways and how you can manage your responses more effectively. This can be a game changer when it comes to conflict resolution and building stronger, positive relationships in the workplace. So if you're ready to take control of your career, to move past the self doubt and the procrastination, then I invite you to get in touch. We can explore how my coaching and the powerful insights from the motivation button survey can help you achieve your professional goals and create a career that you love.

My career coaching uses the Motivation Buttons survey to compare what motivates you with C level executives from across Europe. This allows us to create a personalised coaching plan for you, whether your issue is imposter syndrome, procrastination, midlife crisis, managing conflict resolution or maintaining high performance.

Videos

Experienced Executive Coach and Mentor in EN

Introduction video

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Hello, my name's Steve Willshaw and this is an introductory video just to tell you a little bit more about me. For a long time I was a teacher. I taught secondary English in schools first of all in Tower Hamlets in London and then in the Midlands. I was head of English in a couple of schools there. Then I became the senior school improvement consultant for Lincolnshire working across English departments up and down the large county of Lincolnshire, travelling around quite a lot. And during the course of that work was lucky enough to be trained as a provider for something called functional fluency. And the woman who created that, Susanna Temple, and created the Temple Index of Functional Fluency, trained me and a bunch of colleagues to use that tool to help people to fulfill their potential and to thrive at life. The model is all about how we use our time and energy, which is finite, and helping us to make sure that the behavior decisions that we make, the behavior choices that we make on a daily basis, are as effective as possible. And I found that work really, really helpful to me, helpful to the clients that I was working with, the headteachers that I was working with, the teachers that I was working with, heads of department, were all gaining from that. So I was clear that that was really what I wanted to be doing. So when the opportunity came to become self-employed, I took that opportunity, I added to my qualifications by doing the Institute of Leadership and Management, ILM seven level seven course in executive coaching and mentoring and became an accredited EMCC executive coach. Since then I've also become an associate coach of a company called New Level Results and also use their award-winning software The Curve and additionally I'm trained to use a program called Motivation Buttons which looks at how our motivation compares with that of C-level executives across Europe. So I feel as though I've got a wide range of experience to draw upon. I've worked with lots and lots of teachers using these coaching techniques. I've worked with teams of people across schools but also in social work settings and in medical settings and I've worked with individuals in a wide range of different industries. and I feel as though I've got the capability to really develop people's skills in both executive coaching of individuals as well as group and team coaching. So I really look forward to working with you and if you want to look through some of my individual programs that you can see on the platform then maybe you would want to book a chemistry call and we can discuss working together in a bit more detail. Thank you very much.

Bio

Steve Willshaw is a highly experienced Executive Coach, working with individuals, groups and teams to help them have their best year ever. He works with clients to define what their successful outcome could look like and then supports them to identify their values and the limiting beliefs which have held them back in the past. Out of this process comes a new empowering belief and a set of goals which will enable you, the client, to fulfil your successful outcome and have your best year ever. Steve is an Associate Coach with New Level Results and uses their award winning platform, The Curve, which enables clients to track their progress towards their goals. The Curve is unique in providing clear data on return on investment so that clients and their employers can see the impact of their investment.

Steve is highly qualified, having completed an ILM Level 7 qualification in Executive Coaching and Mentoring. He is an accredited practitioner with the EMCC and has been a licensed Functional Fluency and TIFF (the Temple Index of Functional Fluency) provider since 2011. Since 2021 he has been the UK Connector for Functional Fluency International, bringing together and growing the network. He is also a trained facilitator for the Functional Fluency 'Get on the Mat' tool. . Steve works with clients to help them see that their patterns of behaviour are not fixed and that the positive patterns can be maximised and the negative ones minimised, helping them to make better use of their finite time and energy.

Additionally Steve is an accredited provider for a tool called Motivation Buttons, which identifies what motivates a client to work to their full potential and compares this with the results of C level executives from across Europe. Thus means that Steve can pick from a range of very different tools to ensure that his approach best matches the needs of every client.

Steve has worked extensively with school leaders in the past, including Headteachers and Executive Headteachers. He has also worked with social workers and leaders in the medical profession as well as with SMEs and entrepreneurs. He is experienced in leading group facilitation sessions and helping teams to focus their work more effectively. He provides a range of individual, team and group coaching solutions to help you and those around you to thrive.

So, work with me and gain:

Clarity: Identify your core motivators and align them with your goals.

Confidence: Embrace your strengths and address areas for growth.

Connection: Build stronger, more meaningful relationships with your team.

Empowerment: Lead with a renewed sense of purpose and direction.

Experience

CURRENT SELF-EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS

UK Functional Fluency Connector for Functional Fluency International (2021 - now)

Associate Coach with New Level Results (2024 - now)

Executive Leadership coach, Greenwood Academies Trust (2025 - now)

Our Lady of Lourdes Trust leadership coach (2025 - now)

Headteacher coach with Hexagon Care Services (2024 - now)

Headteacher coach with Lincolnshire Gateway Academies Trust (2024 - now)

Associate Consultant (secondary English) with NASBTT (2021 - now)

Leading the Secondary Subject Networks and recording videos with educational thinkers for Myatt and Co platform (2021 - now)

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE 2021 - 2024 Leadership training coach for Northamptonshire Children’s Trust (2021 - 2024)

2016 - 2023 Secondary academy headteacher performance management external adviser

September 2015 – August 2021 Senior Lead for English, the Priory Federation of Academies Trust. Responsible for English teaching across the Trust’s 6 secondary schools. Developed the Trust’s approach to teaching and learning, Maximizing Learning and CPD, Maximizing Effectiveness. English Subject Lead and Programme Tutor for the Lincolnshire Teaching School Alliance’s SCITT. Senior Leader with the Lincolnshire Teaching School Alliance, planning, publicising and delivering CPD programme for 25 secondary schools and running the Alliance Headteacher Performance Management programme. Peer Improvement Pathway Hub Lead for LTSA.

September 2013 – August 2015, Education Officer, The States of Guernsey, responsible for three 11-16 schools in Guernsey and the 5-16 school on Alderney

September 2006 – August 2013, Senior School Improvement Consultant, Lincolnshire School Improvement Service. Responsible for achievement and attainment in English, which have consistently improved faster than national rates. Organised Heads of English Forum meetings, training provision for English teachers and work with English departments on contracts of targeted support. Contribute to planning and delivery of range of courses for senior managers and headteachers.

1996-2006 Head of English in two comprehensive schools

2003-4 whole school KS3 Co-ordinator and 2004-6 Assessment for Learning and Leading Edge Development group Co-ordinator

1990-1996 Second in English in three comprehensive schools

1989-1990 Teacher at school for emotionally and behaviourally disturbed boys

1985-1989 English teacher and Head of Year 9 at comprehensive school in inner London

Qualifications

BA (Hons) in English from University College, London

Postgraduate Certificate of Education, Westminster College, Oxford

MA in Education Management, Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln

ILM Level 7 in Executive Coaching and Mentoring

Trained Functional Fluency and TIFF provider

Reviews

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Anonymous

Throughout the coaching plan, Steve has guided me to set personal and professional goals that have directly impacted how effective I am as a leader. Steve’s calm and insightful approach to the sessions gave me the space and time needed for this happen, in what is an extremely busy schedule as a leader!

J Bailey

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Steve’s coaching was superb. He used a range of techniques as well as intuitive chats to help me explore how I could create the books I want to and to get them into the hands of people who might read – and buy – them. I have come away with a new focus and a new way of structuring my days and weeks and months. Simple things that have had a massive impact. As a slight cynic about coaching, I was delighted with the outcome and the process. ​ Tom Palmer, author of Resist and After the War.

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Functional Fluency and TIFF have been very positive for my school, enabling me and my colleagues to grow as teachers, leaders and people. It has clarified what I feel, helped me to see the bigger picture and given me things to work on but it has also helped me to have belief and certainty in my “be yourself” approach. As a result, I am going to try and stop taking things too personally and, instead, provide good structure to help colleagues solve their own problems. ​ Simon Evans, Headteacher, The Priory Pembroke Academy, Lincoln

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Working with Steve on Functional Fluency has made such a positive difference in both my work and personal life. It’s helped me focus on my strengths and use them to improve in areas where I wasn’t as effective. I’ve become a better leader and communicator, and overall, it’s really helped me grow.

Kellie Knight, Acting Headteacher, Sycamore House School