Helen and Mark Skuce had a comfortable life with well paid, satisfying jobs, working for major multi national companies.  Happily married and living in a prosperous suburb of Manchester, everything was good, and easy.  Too easy.

 

Knowing that life is best when you are challenged they set out to get more, without initially knowing what "more" meant.  What radical steps could they take?

Both Helen and Mark enjoyed their careers most when they were coaching employees with a drive to succeed.  Whilst managing and mentoring were satisfying, they didn't compare with the pleasure of coaching an individual who wanted to improve their whole life.  Helen researched the coaching industry and identified a coaching model that addressed the whole being of an individual, a model far superior to other coaching models investigated - the Co-Active Coaching model.

 

Wanting to ensure that their education was of the highest standard, a provider of education was sought who were accredited to the International Coaching Federation (ICF), US based leaders of Life Coaching.  The Coaches Training Institute (CTI) are ICF accredited and stood out as the leaders of Co-Active training, and Helen started her education.

 

The training programme was superb, and Mark quickly followed.  Both successfully completed the 6 month programme, with incredible consequences.

The Co-Active Coaching education that Helen and Mark received from the CTI changed their lives.  Neither Helen nor Mark wanted to remain "comfortable", they both wanted to grow in their personal as well as business lives.

 

Enjoying a typical Sunday visit to the country they came across a small church in Kirby Lonsdale with a sign warning about the radical steps required to access the church, though advising that the radical steps were worth taking.  This was the eureka moment they had waited for - radical steps were required and Radical Steps Ltd was born!

 

Within 3 months their house in the city was put up for sale, sold, and a property requiring massive renovation was purchased in the country.  Radical Steps Ltd was created, and they embarked on their new life as Co-Active Coaches.  A once terrifying prospect of giving up what was comfortable had become the most exciting and rewarding journey of their lives.

A majority of the Co-Active Coaching delivered by Radical Steps Ltd is conducted by telephone, with face to face training also provided at a location agreed with the client.  One or two day workshops are delivered for groups of up to 10 clients at the clients workplace or an off site location.

 

The personal satisfaction that Helen and Mark gain from sharing in their clients development is incredible, a direct consequence of the powerful relationships they build with their clients.

A bespoke Coaching Suite is currently being built, enabling Radical Steps workshops and one to one coaching to take place in the calming , tranquil environment of Rivington in the West Pennine Moors, only 25 minutes from Manchester and just 4 miles from Junction 6 of the M61.  The Coaching Suite will be available from April 2008

 

The near future will see Radical Steps Ltd continue growing until it becomes the premier Co-Active Coaching business in the North of England.

 

In the medium term Radical Steps Ltd will create and deliver a curriculum for training potential Coaches, fully accredited to the ICF.

 

In the longer term Radical Steps Ltd will be recognised as the premier
Co-Active Coaching business in Europe.

 

We believe the future is now, it is up to us to make it happen.

It's happening already.