Gai Foskett MCC

• Executive, Personal Leadership and Performance Coach
• Facilitator and Presenter
• Trainer and Mentor

Gai’s passion for spreading the word on coaching and thinking skills for executives, managers and entrepreneurs includes her work as a coach, a coach trainer and a coach mentor. She has been working in this field globally since 2001, completing over 3000 hours of coaching and delivering training to more than 350 new coaches and executives.

Qualifications:

• Master Certified Coach (MCC) with International Coach Federation (ICF)
• Master in Business Administration(MBA) MacQuarie University, Sydney
• Diploma of Business (major Marketing) Victoria University, Wellington, NZ
• Certificate of Professional Coaching Skills with Results Coaching Systems
• Master Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
• Recipient of Results Coaching Systems ‘Professional and Personal Development Award 2010′

Local and Global Clientele

Gai’s Local and Global clientele includes leaders in the following fields: Government Departments; Insurance companies; Banks and other financial institutions; Academics, Entrepreneurs, Manufacturing, Professionals in law and accounting, Graphic Design, and a myriad of small to medium sized businesses.

As well as coaching individuals and teams, Gai is always increasing her knowledge in personal leadership, neuro science, positive psychology and thinking, as well as researching how various philosophies can help transform and inspire people to achieve the life and business they want. Gai has developed and delivered many leadership development workshops ranging from goal setting for businesses through to influencing and motivating people to achieve greater success and happiness.

Prior to living the inspired life of a great coach, Gai spent almost 20 years in the fast pace of corporate life at senior levels. Starting on the bottom rung of her chosen journey as a commission salesperson Gai rapidly moved through local and district manager level to national and executive level. Having personally experienced the highs, lows, challenges and stresses as well as the ‘trappings’ of life in corporate lane, she is able to bring lessons learned from that experience, helping others to understand that there is a way to breakthrough to new levels of thought, transformation and actions.

This is what you experience when you work with Gai:

Support
A personal cheerleader – who walks alongside you invisibly keeping you on track to what YOU want.  Someone to stretch your imagination and thinking and keep your vision alive.

Communication
Really open honest communication in such a way you may not have ever experienced before. You will be able to access new ideas because you will be able to think in a way totally new to you.

Listening
You are centre stage and Gai will listen to you – to what you are saying, and not saying.

Questions
Through appropriate and powerful questions and communication Gai helps you become aware of your possibilities, talents, strengths and sabotage patterns that you use to stop yourself achieving what you want.

Boldness
That will inspire and challenge you.

Time
Space and respect to reflect and think things through.

Humour
Just because something is very important does not mean we have to be serious! Fun is important in working with Gai.

Inspiration
Motivation at a deep level.

Testimonials:

“Gai has an innate and very well honed ability to get to the heart of a matter,
facilitate decision making and inspire confidence to move ahead. I am thrilled
with the growth Gai enabled for both my business and for me personally and
have since recommended Gai to a number of my friends and colleagues.” B.C
Director, MyInvites

“The reason I chose Gai was her professional attitude, clever inquiry and measured approach
– I felt safe and as if there was a good chance I would get somewhere better than the
place I was in. From the very first session until the end I could feel myself becoming
stronger and more positive. I have come from a lack of self-belief to a healthy optimism for
the future. I reached my goal to become the achiever (I had forgotten/not realised I was).”
Dr.C.P,Scientist

“Working alongside Gai to create a better work-life balance for me has been one
of the most rewarding, challenging and inspiring experiences I have had. I would
encourage anyone contemplating a career change while simultaneously wishing
to “spice” up one’s overall quality of life, to make contact with Gai as soon as
possible. Gai is a great listener, very intuitive and always positive and at the end ofour three months together I am convinced I made better decisions both in terms of my career and family life, than I would ever have done alone. The rewards are worth every dollar spent. Thank you Gai!” M.T, General Manager Health Trust, NZ

Here is feedback from some training courses and workshops Gai has delivered:

• “Gai helped me to be open in my thinking”
• “Gai helped me learn from listening then working with role play, to consolidate what I had learned.”
• “Helped with my confidence, I like the interactive style”
• “All inspiring, encouraging, lots of practice”
• “The trainer established and maintained a safe and kind environment from go to wo”
• “Trainer lead by example as a great mentor.”
• “Gai rocks!”