Coaching

This programme saved me thousands of pounds.

I have been in my industry for over 20 years and I have achieved a good level of success. I have multiple sites and over 40 people within my organisation.

I am the sole director of my company and I take on all the stress and strains that running a small business creates.

I decided to work with Bert as there are some aspects of my job that I struggle with and I feel it is to the detriment of my business.
When I first embarked upon this process I was very open minded and did not know what was wrong or how I needed to fix it, all I knew is that I needed some help.

The combination of cognitive hypnotherapy and business coaching is quite remarkable, and one I feel brings about amazing results.
It is amazing how certain aspects of my life have affected how I deal with situations within my working environment, and now I know how to tackle them and use them as an advantage rather than a weakness.

One area that needed to be addressed was a confidence and personal perception issue. This was blocking me in meetings and hindering me in achieving my goals. With Bert’s help I now feel I can approach any situation with clarity, perspective and with the confidence to tackle negotiations in a polite but strong way.

One such negotiation was a recent rent review on a property that houses the main part of my business. I opened my business before the area when through gentrification. My original rent represented this and the hike in recent rents could put my business under immense strain.
Understandably I was very concerned and I knew I did not have the tools to handle this situation. If I under performed in this meeting it could cause problem in keeping my business open.

Bert not only gave me the confidence to deal with this but also valuable insight into my own value which allowed me negotiate on an equal rather than subordinate position while working towards my end goal.

Going in to my rent review I felt totally in control and was able to put forward my position with clarity and conviction. The end result was very favourable to my organisation and saved me a considerable amount of money over the next three years.

This was a massive step forward for me personally, and since then I have totally changed my thinking towards such problems and have dealt with other new situations with ease.

I am so grateful to Bert for giving me this gift and new-found confidence and the most powerful tool box I have every had.

I cannot recommend Bert’s services enough. Even if you think you are at the top of your game there is always a higher plane to reach.

My name is Morten Pharo Halle. I currently live in Norway, but I met Bert whilst living in London, some four years ago, in relation to a project I was working on at the time. I recently had four coaching sessions with Bert, using FaceTime on my phone. We worked on some lifestyle issues that I had, like weight loss, sleep routines, and all that affects these aspects of my life. I’m happy to say that working with Bert on these issues helped me a lot.

Bert combines academic insight with great pedagogic skills in a quite impressive way, which creates trust, calm and confidence with his clients. His advice is based on experience and academia, and he manages to find solutions that are suitable to you, by really listening to you, and understanding your situation. The fact that he’s a genuinely nice chap also helps, with a great sense of humour, making him able to better connect to his clients.

I would (and will) highly recommend Bert Stemarthe to anyone!

Morten
Banker and Entrepreneur

Bert instantly put me at ease at the outset of our first meeting. Not knowing exactly what to expect from our coaching sessions I was slightly apprehensive, but I needn’t have been. He has a very calming, no-nonsense demeanour. In practical terms it meant that I found him totally credible and that I could have a genuine, open conversation with him.

What I liked about my sessions with Bert is that there were no gimmicks or unrealistic techniques to remember or practise. Instead, the approach was very much about him guiding me so that I could determine my own course of actions. Bert was fantastic at asking me the right questions and building a framework to help me figure out the answers for myself.

I walked away from my sessions with Bert with a huge amount of confidence, a concrete plan and a much more targeted set of priorities. We agreed at the outset to address some specific challenges I was facing and even after the first session I was able to make immediate changes in my behaviour that had a positive impact.

Overall, Bert is great to work with; he has the balance of challenge and support just right, he truly listens and the end-results are hugely beneficial. He really helped me figure out my professional priorities and then put in place the right plan to see them through.

Richard Jago

Global Head of Audit and Compliance

I’ve found Bert’s coaching approach highly effective. Bert listens with attention and offers accurate engagement.
He has helped me to focus and empower myself to achieve my business and personal goals. He has also 
encouraged me to create a vision of success and to identify issues.

My sessions with Bert have been of immense value to me and my business.

Through our sessions I have really been able to look at how I operate on a personal level and how I run my business. To recognise the patterns and habits I have created and to see which are working to serve me best and which ones it would be helpful to address.

Having had my business for 14 years and at a bit of a junction as to the best way to take the business forward I found Bert gave me the tools to be able to step back and see clearly where I really wanted the business to go and where I personally felt I needed to make any changes.

I have found that since our session I regularly look back on my notes and think back to conversations we had where I could clearly see that there was a better, more time efficient way to run my business along side being a wife and mother.

Time management and planning have been the ‘game changing’ techniques that Bert has equipped me with. It has allowed me the time to really take the Business forwards.

In the months since our sessions I have put into practice these new techniques and that has allowed me the time to bring out a new collection and a re brand along side the day to day running of the business, which I would never have imagined I would have been able to do. The business has already hugely benefited because of this.

I can not thank Bert enough for how much he has helped me and I would highly recommend Bert to anyone who feels that they want to improve on how they are performing or needs help moving forwards in a new direction.

Working with Bert has been truly life-changing. At the start of our first coaching session, I confided in him that I was feeling aimless and short-sighted, just tackling each day as it comes along. By the end of just our first meeting, Bert had helped me develop a complete vision for my professional career that is perfectly aligned with my values, strengths, and purpose.

His coaching style is similar to that of a wise friend who helps you see the greatness that’s already within you. I left every coaching appointment feeling fully energized, renewed, and confident in my chosen direction in life. His genuine enthusiasm and care for my success and well being has propelled me forward in such a powerful way, putting me on the fast-track to my major professional goals.

After only three sessions, I feel fully equipped to execute on my vision and have already taken huge steps forward that wouldn’t have been possible without his thoughtful coaching and encouragement. I am eternally grateful to Bert for playing such a large role in ushering this new chapter in my life’s story.

Do or do not, there is no try’  words spoken by Yoda & Bert Stemarthe!

Bert has become an invaluable resource for me both personally and professionally.

I came to Bert as he had helped me greatly in the past as a therapist so I was incredibly excited to work with him again to develop my business.

His holistic approach allows him to draw on a range of resources in order to work with each individual client.  He encourages me to see things from new perspectives, reframing how I see and react to situations.  He very quickly identifies new approaches to challenges giving me much needed insight and clarity.

Coaching with Bert is an investment into becoming a better human, I couldn't recommend him highly enough.