Professional Lifevision Coaching | Transition Coaching

I'm a big fan of Bill’s approach to coaching - he seem to 'get it' where others I have experienced are very textbook. I get a sense of real care and experience from Bill’s coaching that is somewhat lacking in others

Whilst being coached by Bill I noticed my creativity growing and also my long-term desire to fulfil what I believe to be my purpose in life i.e. music. I have begun to start to take full responsibility for my own life and realise that in the end it all comes down to me, and the actions that I need to take to fulfil my dreams.

Bill's approach to coaching is holistic, very compassionate, non-judgemental and understanding. Through my work with Bill I have enhanced clarity towards my future goals and renewed sense of energy to fulfil them.

I feel very privileged to have worked with Bill on this stage of my life journey and would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending him to anyone whether they are 'in transition' or otherwise.

Kim, Office Manager

Coaching with Bill has changed my life in so many ways. I achieved my overall goal and I am now headed in the direction of a career that I am enthusiastic and passionate about and this happened well within the six sessions arranged. I have reconnected with the things that I enjoy most in life, I feel organised, healthy and on top of things for the first time in a long time. Bill is incredibly inspiring, intuitive and supportive as a coach and the coaching process is a fantastic way to achieve goals that are otherwise proving difficult. I am delighted that I decided to go for the six sessions with him and would recommend him highly to anyone.

Ian McLellan - Marketing Manager, Aylesbury

I was considering taking early retirement but not clear about what to do.

So I entered the coaching "experience" with some trepidation. I was looking for change, but not sure that employing a coach was the best way for me to find it. My initial introductory discussion with Bill reassured me that not only was the process very valuable, but that Bill was someone who I could trust and work with.

His good humoured, but firm style draw out my core values against which I could then make the right decisions about going forward with my life.

Bill's coaching allowed me to examine both the restraints and the opportunities that I was facing and he gave me the tools to manage them.

There has been great benefit from Bill's input and coaching, and I now look forward to putting what I have learned into action.

Chris Mandale , IT Consultant

Bill is a great guy, what first struck me of course is that he's got a wicked sense of humor and has that steady, considered patter that makes you stop and listen. I liked Bill instantly and knew he was the right person to lead me on 'the journey'.

I started out with all sorts of ideals and fanciful end goals but Bill listened intently, nudging my thought process along the way whilst politely filtering my outpourings for later reference. Occasionally he would swoop in like a keen eyed bird of prey to pick up on some disparity in my logic or remind me of something I had said with such genuine conviction at a previous session but which now melted under his gentle cross examining.

My sessions were a great success. My story is no doubt very typical, I was unhappy at work and had a mixture of career and personal issues which were grinding me deeper into the abyss, but the journey that Bill started me on was, and is, the right one for me. Bill winkled out my core values and beliefs, then honed in on what really interested and motivated me and expanded my concept of what I thought was possible until I got to a place which I knew was right.

Bill is a great life coach and I would recommend him to anyone. But you will need your wits about you and a sense of humor. The journey he will take you on will twist your reality and flip your logic but ultimately you will land on terra firma, not only knowing that the place you find yourself in is the right one but also knowing that the end of your road trip with Bill is just the start-line for a more important journey, the rest of your life!

Linda Gregory, life-coach and entrepreneur

My main reason for contacting Bill was to work through some career and life-purpose issues and this was definitely worked on. Bill helped me re-align my values, which was very powerful for me, and many other personal insights occurred during our sessions that increased my self-awareness substantially. He also provided several tools and templates that were of great use.

I would recommend Bill to anyone who is going through a transition in life, or seeking to find new meaning and purpose and need unbiased support.

Steve Pryce, Artist, Birmingham says:

Bill's coaching has helped me move from a place of fogginess and confusion and unproductively to a place of focus and clarity.

I have been able to take some practical steps towards achieving my goals. Also I now feel optimistic about achieving my long-term goals. The coaching has guided me towards solutions that really work for me.

Harry Hewat, Pastor, Riverside Church, Birmingham says:

I have found life coaching with Bill very helpful. It has helped me to focus on some of my most important life issues and to develop strategies for the future.

Bill has been very good at listening and facilitating our times together. He has let me set the agenda and determine my own goals. In the process he has been very affirming and never judgmental or condemning.

I'm grateful for Bill's gentle but strategic input and help. I look forward to continuing the process with him and reaping the benefits. I would certainly recommend him as a life coach.

Rob Barker, Solicitor, Birmingham says:

Bill's coaching sessions provided a non-judgemental approach which helped me to see how dissatisfied I was with the status quo at work and how strongly motivated I was to initiate change. Each session was a real encouragement to realise my dreams.

They also enabled me to clarify and formulate the attributes of stimulating/fulfilling work and how to differentiate this from the kind of work which I am keen to avoid.

Bill inspired confidence, as he was very attuned to the whole process and the resources at his disposal.

Charles Strohmer, author, speaker, and independent researcher says:

I've known Bill Gordon for many years, and we have had literally hundreds of in-depth discussions on many important topics which have helped me to see life, and my role in it, more clearly.

Bill's life itself reveals a far-ranging intellectual and spiritual maturity, as well as a playful wisdom. I can easily recommend Bill if you're thinking about a lifecoach."

Anita Ramanial, Mother and Housewife.

I have found the coaching that I have received from Bill to be excellent. His coaching has propelled me towards my original goal, and beyond.

Bill's coaching has allowed me to explore the different areas that I was interested in and to commit myself to starting a course. I know that I wouldn't have come to this decision as quickly had I not had Bill's help as a coach.

Phil Jackman: Director Agape Workplace Initiative(Birmingham) UK says

Bill helped me to see first in the formation of my goal, and then in the outworking of it, that a less cognitive approach might be more helpful in releasing the power of my unconscious.

My goal was to "dance better with my wife" - i.e. the dance of intimacy and autonomy. By the sixth week of our coaching, I had written a poem/word picture, expressing six different ways to "dance".

It is hard to know what long-term impact this will have on our relationship but certainly in the short term, I recently enjoyed a delightful two-week holiday with my wife, and I continue to live with a sense of optimism about the future.

The sensory-based images in the word picture I have written feel like they are giving me both an underlying vision to pursue as well as a less confrontational basis to talk to my wife.

Bill has helped me a lot, and the anxiety I experienced when we first started to explore some of these issues has dissipated.

Julie Kerr, entrepreneur

I 'felt' Bill's experience in his coaching (I'd read his profile) however he did not project his knowledge on to me, but I felt understood.

He set some terrific homework that had me thinking 'outside the box'. His gentle, supportive way masks his insightful, challenging questions so that I felt safe to explore what was hidden from my view; a childhood vision that I'd been running from. In fact I'd all but forgotten the vision or that I was running, however with Bill I felt safe to express what I had been embarrassed to say.

I really got that he took me seriously and that it was actually achievable with some work on myself.

In creating a clear goal and the journey steps, as I take the actions my concerns and doubts either disappear or I feel the fear and do it anyway and I haven't 'died' yet!!!

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Chris Beecham , musician and song-writer, London