Ann became a leadership coach in 2003 after a long career in Human Resources (HR). She is particularly interested in how leaders show up in the world, and how their energy and Presence affect their ability to gain the trust, co-operation and support of those they work with.

Her experience of being bullied early in her career and of coaching people who have lost their balance at work have helped her to recognise her own energy challenges and to find effective ways to develop Presence. She has a deep understanding of how important it is for leaders to stay aware of their emotional responses to the ups and downs of their leadership role in order to remain balanced and effective.

Ann is an experienced coach and facilitator, with a Diploma in Advanced Executive Coaching from the Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC). She is also an AoEC Accredited Professional Executive Coach. She believes passionately that coaching can be a real help both in leadership development and in recovering balance. Her coaching is regularly supervised through the Coaching Supervision Academy.

Ann Lewis

Ann’s HR career started with manufacturing companies including Beecham Pharmaceuticals (now part of Glaxo SmithKline). She later worked for 16 years in the UK charity sector. From 1992 to 2002 she was Director of Human Resources for major charities including the children’s helpline ChildLine and the Peabody Trust. She is a Common Purpose graduate, a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and a member of the Association for Coaching and ANKLe (A New Kind of Leadership).

Ann loves theatre and believes a lot can be learned from how actors prepare and develop their Presence through body awareness and imagination. She now draws on what she has learned over the years especially from performance and voice lessons to support her work with clients. Ann sings in a local choir and used to be involved in amateur drama. (She still can’t quite believe that she once played Rosalind in Shakespeare’s As You Like It!)

Ann is married to Peter, an electronics engineer and lives on the Isle of Wight. As well as singing, she enjoys spending time with friends, walking, photography (she created the photographs for this and other websites), her garden (including the birds and red squirrels) and a little gentle cycling.

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