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Leadership Performance Coach for trainee Head Teachers studying for their NPQH (National Professional Qualification for Headship)

Leadership Performance Coach

Leah Tomlin Executive Coaching

Leah Tomlin Executive Coaching is an award-winning business. As the founder, I am in the Brainz 500 Global list for the top business leaders and entrepreneurs of 2021. I run my online coaching company with a mission to transform quality of life and enhance performance for women leaders and their organisations. As a result of working with me, my clients see transformations in their self-belief, behaviours, leadership, strategy and organisational culture. I empower women to leap equality hurdles, value wellbeing, transcend current circumstances and achieve greatness as women leaders. I am a published neuroscientist, qualified head teacher and writer. My expertise lies in leadership, business, neuroscience and learning. I am passionate about gender equality, helping women to excel in life and leadership, feel inspired in their roles and achieve personal and business goals beyond their expectations. 

www.leahtomlin.com

Executive Leadership Coach for Leah Tomlin Executive Coaching

Brainz Magazine Official

As an Executive Contributor, I write monthly articles for Brainz Magazine, on my professional passions: 
- Leadership
- Business
- Neuroscience
- Mindset
- Coaching
- Gender Equality

Executive Contributor Writer

Self-employed

Executive Leadership Coach

NATIONAL ELF SERVICE LIMITED

Edited, wrote and published health research blogs for The National Elf Service (https://www.nationalelfservice.net)- part time associate.

Blog Editor

HENLEAZE JUNIOR SCHOOL

- Developed an organisation-wide coaching approach, improving accountability and culture
- Ran coaching workshops for leaders at conferences, who were then inspired to incorporate organisation-wide coaching cultures
- Developed leadership capacity of female staff that built their confidence as leaders and allowed them to gain promotion/ lead more successfully
-Trained staff in leadership styles and development theories 
-Tackled and a culture of staff bullying and low morale to create a happy, productive team
- Restructured staff, leading to greater teamwork, productivity and sustainability
- Led transformation of the curriculum to achieve an OFSTED grade of ‘outstanding’; This leadership journey was published in a QCA document that was rolled out to every primary school in the country. 
- Developed an active agenda for pupil voice, leading to happier and more engaged children
- Created and implemented a whole-school strategy for the Every Child Matters agenda
- Developed a philosophy curriculum across the school 
- Trained and ran workshops for teachers across Bristol, who described my training as ‘exciting’, ‘inspirational’ and ‘thought-provoking”
- Led whole-school improvements in teaching and learning that saw significant improvements in: outcomes for children, target-setting, lesson planning, assessment... Teaching and learning was then graded ‘outstanding’ by OFSTED
- Used my neuroscience  knowledge to implement a meta-cognitive ‘learning to learn’ initiative across the school 
- Enhanced the lunch-time experience for children, meaning happier and more active children, improved behaviour and pupil relationships
- Created community networks involving all stakeholders, seeing an improvement in inclusion & wellbeing
- Networked with various agencies to improve child protection and safeguarding across Bristol
- Shortlisted, Interviewed and employed staff
- Developed a performance-management cycle that led to greater accountability and organisational relevance

Assistant Head Teacher

COLSTON'S PRIMARY SCHOOL, Henleaze Junior School and Strand on the Green Junior School

Henleaze Junior School, Bristol; Colston’s Primary School, Bristol; Strand-on-the-Green Junior School, London
Consistently graded to be an “Outstanding” (or equivalent) teacher from time of training, through being newly qualified and as an experienced teacher. My classroom practice was based on positive relationships, nurturing with empathy and emotional intelligence, having high expectations of myself, my colleagues and the children I taught. Pupils made excellent progress across the curriculum, with exemplary standards of wellbeing and behaviour.

Teacher

UCL, KCL and Imperial College London

Researched brain science and neuronal development, disseminating my research nationally and internationally at conferences. Published several research papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Key Science Publications 
(Maiden name Leah Toole)
Eddison, M., Toole, L., Bell, E. and Wingate, R.J., 2004. Segmental identity and cerebellar granule cell induction in rhombomere 1. BMC biology, 2(1), p.14

Toole, L.J, Eddison M. and Wingate R.J.T., 2001. Overexpression of HoxA2 in dorsal rhombomere 1. In: Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 27, 1, p.1228

Toole, L. and Wingate, R.J.T., 2000, January. Molecular and cellular correlates of midline fusion in the chick cerebellum. In EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE (Vol. 12, pp. 301-301). 

Grammatopoulos, G.A., Bell, E., Toole, L., Lumsden, A. and Tucker, A.S., 2000. Homeotic transformation of branchial arch identity after Hoxa2 overexpression. Development, 127(24), pp.5355-5365.

Toole, L., Belai, A., Shochina, M. and Burnstock, G., 1999. The effects of hibernation on the myenteric plexus of the golden hamster small and large intestine. Cell and tissue research, 296(3), pp.479-487.

Toole, L., Belai, A. and Burnstock, G., 1998. A neurochemical characterisation of the golden hamster myenteric plexus. Cell and tissue research, 291(3), pp.385-394.

Neuroscientist

Helping You to Propel Your Productivity

I truly understand the challenges of juggling it all and balancing hectic life & leadership! As a single mum to 3 young children, an award-winning certified Executive Coach, a business owner and magazine writer, I have nailed productivity.  I can help you do the same. I am on a mission to equip women leaders with a warrior mindset and productivity strategies for calm, motivating and fulfilling lives. 

We can only be amazingly productive if we first build strong foundations of wellbeing, energy and mindset. Only then are we able to take on productivity systems, prioritise, set boundaries and develop the best habits. As a published Neuroscientist I am well-equipped to help you to understand your brain, master your mindset, hone your habits, smarten your systems and propel your productivity. 

Through supportive 1:1 coaching and my Propel Your Productivity Program, your journey to productivity will be fun and engaging. You will have a clear roadmap to feeling calm, in control, motivated and loving your life and leadership. 

⭐️Click on the link below my profile photo ⬆️ to assess your current productivity.


Helping You to Level-Up Your Leadership

I understand the demands and expectations of leadership. As a qualified Head Teacher and business owner, my leadership experience is wide and varied. What’s more, my career as a published Neuroscientist gives me an understanding of the brain and learning that will help you in your mission for leadership excellence. 

My scientific approach means that the impact of your leadership journey will be measured and clear, starting with a baseline assessment that raises self-awareness of your leadership strengths and areas for development. Progress is tracked and impact for you and your team is measured so your success is tangible. 

My masters-degree level qualification in Executive Coaching, and my many years of outstanding coaching experience, ensure that you are in safe expert hands. My client testimonials speak reams as I’ve helped many women leaders to excel way beyond their expectations. 

Together, through a supportive 1:1 coaching relationship, I will help you create ambitious and meaningful goals, built from a place of real desire and purpose. Together, we can uncover hidden challenges and create true leadership excellence that’s targeted to your needs and to those of your organisation. 

⭐️Take the Level Up Your Leadership assessment:
https://levelupyourleadership.scoreapp.com/

⭐️Book a FREE strategy call: 
https://calendly.com/leah-tomlin-/30min

Leah Tomlin

Leading successful projects in employee experience, digital transformation and enterprise-wide Cloud adoption. This involves taking a strategic or tactical view of an organisation’s total business, working proactively with clients to refine their current business strategy or develop a new strategy in line with competitive and market forces. Roles have included identifying best practices and client performance gaps, alongside strategic capabilities needed to create and sustain sources of competitive advantage.

Managing Consultant

Senior Business Consultant

Business Consultant

Mental Health Innovations

Volunteering as a Crisis Counsellor, supporting those in a time of crisis.

Shout Crisis Volunteer

Lane4

Working to manage the administration and reporting of:
- Strategic Talent Management projects
- Recruitment Transformations
- Leadership and Development Programmes
- Competency Framework Design
- 360 Assessments
This involved completing statistical analyses, writing programme evaluations and aiding product development and user guides.

Talent Management and Assessment Coordinator

↪️ Passionate about using psychological theory and research to improve people's working lives and bring about real and valuable change to organisational performance. 

↪️An experienced mentor and coach, working to unlock people's potential to maximise their own performance through understanding their barriers and building the confidence they need to take action and find new and more effective routes through challenges.

↪️ A confident leader, delivering successful projects in digital transformation, experience-led design, and enterprise-wide Cloud adoption, bringing a unique set of expertise through an understanding of how people operate within a business context. 

↪️Experience in behavioural change management, known for innovative use of Design Thinking and Agile Delivery, as well as leading engaged, collaborative teams to deliver at pace. 

↪️Awards:
-2023 Current nominee for Hero of the Year at Women in Tech Excellence Awards
-2023 Client and Partner Award
-2022 IBM Industrial Sector Award
-2022 Finalist for Rising Star at WeAreTheCityAwards
-2021 IBM Service Excellence Award for demonstrating exemplary consulting performance
-2019 IBM Early Young Professional of the Year for Account Cluster

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