Fiona Partington

Career Coach – London

With a background in client-facing roles and as an HR generalist, relationships have always been important to me. I see coaching as an extension of that. We all know life isn’t simple. My coaching is focused on people navigating work/life balance decisions, making life changes around career, family and location and finding confidence during transition – especially after illness or long-term leave or career breaks.

Career Experience & Highlights: I am an experienced HR and Learning professional with 20 years’ service in the learning and communications industry delivering to internal and external clients; an award-winning senior project manager in digital learning and, from 2010 to 2018, a strategic HR Business Partner. In 2019, I joined Citibank went back to Digital Learning and Leadership Development.

I have always used coaching in my roles in HR and working with clients but, in 2020, was delighted to complete my Diploma with the Academy of Executive Coaching. I have experienced the benefits of coaching in my career and in the careers of those I have been working with. What is particularly fascinating about coaching, for me, is how change can happen through what seems to be a simple conversation that allows time to think and reflect.

I am interested in coaching in times of change and challenge – starting out in a career, those returning to work after childcare leave and illness – as a cancer survivor, that is an area of particular interest.

• Qualified Executive Coach (AOEC 2020)
• 10 years’ experience at senior HR level
• MSc in HR Management
• Strong understanding of how culture and communications connects with Learning to deliver results
• Strong believer in the value of trust and relationships to build a successful business environment
• Consultative approach to management and learning
• Skilled at supporting people through change
• Passion for people development
• Understanding of large and small organisations (small vendors, City and Guilds, Citigroup)

Subject Matter Expertise:
• Career development
• Project and programme management
• HR Generalist
• Working in the digital environment
• Return to work
• Understanding recovery and wellness. Currently a ‘Moving Forward’ coach at Future Dreams – a dedicated breast cancer charity that provides vital support services to help those affected by the disease. The focus here, as a breast cancer survivor, is moving forward in whatever shape that takes and empathy as a survivor myself.

Coaching Qualifications, Accreditations and Experience:
• Diploma in Executive Coaching with the Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC)
• Recovery to Wellness Coaching (AoEC)
• Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Systemic Coaching (Murphy Bishop)
• ICF accredited