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Career Options
We assist you in navigating career transitions, interview preparation and planning for the future with strategic clarity and professional precision.
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Personal Leadership
Enhance your personal leadership through tailored coaching that fosters resilience and authentic decision-making, with a strong focus on compassionate and inclusive leadership.
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Life Changes
We provide the strategic framework to examine and implement significant personal life changes with confidence, with specific expertise around adapting to long term health conditions.
Coaching Sessions
The Sinclair Pivot
The Sinclair Pivot approach aims to bridge the gap between strategic career planning and personal leadership. Our mission is to empower individuals to navigate life's most significant transitions with clarity, purpose, and precision.
Founder and coach is Dr Justin Varney-Bennett, an experienced senior leader with several decades of experience in the public sector, spanning health, local and national government and board level experience with voluntary and commercial organisations. He has led teams through major restructuring, navigated political environments, juggled his own personal health challenges and been a visible out leader for diversity and inclusion in the UK and internationally.
Justin has a long track record of diversity and inclusion in his leadership practice and has mentored and coached a wider range of clients at different career stages and facing different personal challenges.
Dr Varney-Bennett has an ILM7 Level 7 Diploma in Executive Coaching and Mentoring, as well as many years of coaching and mentoring experience in a range of different organisations and programmes.
Justin's approach is grounded in a focus on developing career and leadership potential, empowering compassionate and diverse practice and cultivating thriving despite challenging times.I believe that every pivot is an opportunity for growth, and we are here to guide you through the process.
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It has been hugely helpful. I've just had my hospital appraisal with a former senior clinical manager in our trust who had not seen me for a couple of years and felt there was a significant positive difference to my approach to things and my leadership development. Thank you so much it's been hugely helpful. I feel much more confident and self assured (whilst still being very honest abut my limitations and also not as worried to ask for help and not seeing this as a failing.... It definitely has given me the confidence and skills to take up a new role and consider a further new role. I am much more likely to put myself forward within my education role and believe that I have a valid voice as a result.
Senior NHS Consultant navigating professional leadership challenges and career opportunities
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My journey with you was really meaningful and I would encourage other public health professionals to consider investing in themselves in the same way. Of all the development activities I've done over the years, this has been the most useful for my public health career. I feel more able to articulate the value that I bring to the table, and I now genuinely believe that I actually deserve a place at the table. I have more tools in my toolbox to help me re-calibrate when imposter syndrome flares up the next time
Mid-Career Public Health Professional making career transitions and navigating multiple personal and professional pivots
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Early Career Local Government Professional
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Extremely grateful that Justin has helped me be more a compossed farther by reminded to stay in control and use the mindset that if I were dealing this in my professional life or coaching someone else how to handle it how would I approach it has been the game changer in how I conduct and approach whats ahead of me....If you want to climb Everest, Justin will get you to the summit. No doubt, Justin is world class and has all the makings to be a global leader within the mentoring and coaching space
Entrepreneur navigating life and career pivots
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I felt supported, guided and pushed on when needed at each stage I have been at. The experience was very much tailored to my needs and Justin met me where I was each time and each session I felt clear on how I could move forward - to reach the end and be in a calm place with lots of rewarding and enjoyable work, is something I didn't know was possible to achieve!
Experienced therapist moving from NHS to independent working
It has been essential and over a year it has really helped cultivate my confidence and professionalism. It made me understand the importance of being accountable, having to explain yourself and the decisions you took. It gave me confidence that I made the right decision
Leadership Coaching
The best leaders take time to regularly reflect on their leadership and management practice and doing this with a coach and mentor can be a great way of supporting your development.
Often as managers we can face some specific challenges where working with a coach/mentor can help think through options and explore solutions and then put them into action, these could be:
- managing challenging situations with people you manage
- navigating significant restructuring or downsizing of a team
- planning to leave a role well and start a new one effectively
- working out how to navigate an interim role effectively
- developing compassionate leadership
- being better as self care and finding the elusive work/life balance
Leadership coaching can be a great safe space to draw on a bit of mentoring and life experience as well as the tools and techniques of coaching to improve your leadership and professional practice.
Career Coaching
A career pivot is a big step, whether this is about changing career paths or navigating your next move between organisations or up the ladder, it's a good time to work with a coach.
One model that has been useful for clients is a three session approach with very specific elements:
1: Define your target jobs and understand the market
2. Applying with impact through knowing your strengths
3. Preparing for interview
Working with clients this three step model has supported several individuals to make a meaningful career pivot and step into a new role.
But sometimes career coaching is more in depth and you might have a strong sense that where you are isn't working but limited idea about where to pivot to and this can be a longer journey as we explore what is important to you and how you prepare to pivot to a better career future.
Personal Growth Coaching
Life is often about juggling the personal and professional and there are often periods when we know we want to pivot but struggle with taking action and making the change, this is where personal coaching can be really useful.
It's important to stress that coaching and mentoring isn't therapy and we do not offer clinical therapy, but coaching be a really useful way of working through how to pivot in your life and make the juggling of the day to day a bit easier.
One of the areas where clients often find this really useful is navigating the interface between the personal and professional, this could include:
- navigating a new health diagnosis and work
- managing the needs of family life and the job
- working out how to be your authentic self in the workplace
Personal coaching can be a great safe space to draw on a bit of mentoring and life experience as well as the tools and techniques of coaching to make your personal pivot.
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Packages
Initial Consultation
This is a free initial consultations for us to meet each other and discuss what you are looking to achieve through coaching and mentoring. When you book the initial consultation there is a form that will help capture some of your details and also your expectations.
Individual sessions (pay as you go)
Individuals sessions are £100 per hour and you can pay as you go or buy a package of sessions.
Session bundle
Most clients use at least six sessions to work through an important pivot, but this is a big outlay so the session bundle is in groups of 3 sessions for £250.
The session bundle can also be good for specific focused activity like job pivot coaching or career transition where three sessions may be enough to help you make the shift that matters to you.