Mike O’Dell

I specialise in two areas: coaching to individuals and teams, from Executive level to middle management; and providing strategic HR planning and execution to fast-growth companies The basis of my coaching experience is derived from years of leading HR at a number of firms ranging from blue-chip to start-up. I’ve also worked within executive search and HR consultancy. I have coached and guided a significant number of peers and colleagues in a variety of real situations. As a coach I use my natural open, honest, positively challenging style to engage with clients and to agree with them their goals. We then jointly work so that the client understands him or herself better, so that they can address whatever challenges they face and to adapt and develop. I typically use two tools to help clients with their self-understanding. One focuses on showing people how they prefer to make an impact in a working scenario (the GC Index) and the other focuses on showing emotional intelligence levels, which are the foundations of any relationship with people (EIP3). The coaching philosophy is that the more you understand yourself and “what makes you tick”, the more you can choose how to behave to get the best from any situation, rather than just reacting and risking negative outcomes. In terms of me as a person, I really enjoy catalysing people and teams to do the best they can – hence my favoured working approach of “Playmaker”. And I love to spend time with my grown-up daughters, travelling and exploring with my wife, keeping myself fit in the gym and going nowhere fast (but not as fast as ten years ago!) on my rowing machine, in between enjoying all kinds of foods and drinks, whether that’s having it prepared for me, or rustling something different up in the kitchen. Go to GC Partner