Our Story
The past guided us to today which informs our future
Success Coaching & Development was founded in 2008 by Alison Griffiths and Kenneth Dixon.
Alison’s second successful coaching venture, after establishing and growing Unicus C&D early 2003.
After a decade of self-coaching, great mentors and two career pivots, Alison
defined and achieved career fulfillment - supporting and enabling others to do the same.
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Roots:
Filling an R&D gap: Offering career coaching and personal professional development to
enhance the essential technical skills required in highly regulated, scientific organisations
inspired other sectors to get involved through employment advisory resources.
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Initially pioneering and educating companies and professional bodies on what coaching is
and what it can deliver for them, led to consistent repeat and referral business based on
excellent results balanced with exceptional customer service
delivering face-to-face and telephone coaching.
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​Growth:
With a sound reputation in developing leaders, our business evolved
into new areas - designing and delivering bespoke team development events,
resilience, change, MBTI™ and emotional intelligence workshops.
Believing in affordable coaching for all, Coaching Surgeries provided the means.
Online coaching was introduced.
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With clear values, we followed three core principles:
Listening to the needs and wants of sponsors and clients
Providing honest feedback to enable individual and team growth
Believing in the potential each and every client brings
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In 2012 Alison became an Accredited Master in Executive Coaching.
Credibility among peers led to coaching and supervising coaches.
​Our standard of excellence was further evidenced as a registered volunteer for
Project5 - supporting the NHS in response to COVID-19.
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Legacy:
In 2016 we launched walnut™ leading wisely our authentic leadership coaching framework and resource
bringing the story full circle by enabling others to self-coach.
From Founder to Fellow Member of Association for Coaching (FAC),
actively supporting the coaching community.
Coaching is now integrated into most corporate L&D portfolios and we are honoured to have played our part.
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Today:
Now a Fellow Member of AC, authentic leadership remains at the heart of our
holistic services, resources and activities.
walnut™ leading wisely continues as a coaching framework of choice for individuals and teams.​
Future:
Our commitment to grow continues through CPD as coaching evolves and organisations
continue to reinvent themselves with new ways of working.
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