Episode #2: Phil Bolton - From Forensic Accountant to the Go-To Career Coach in London... and on to work with CEOs, MDs and Founders

Phil Bolton is an International Coaching Federation Accredited Master Coach. After training as a forensic accountant and then working as an in-house coach at Deloitte in California, Phil moved back to his native UK and set out to become the go-to career coach in London. Then, after supporting hundreds of clients to take control of their career and find work they love, he started his second coaching business: supporting leaders and organisations that are pushing the boundaries, innovating and aiming to creating a better and more joyful world.

Phil was also fundamental in Robbie’s (and many others’) development and learning as a coach through his now ‘resting’ coach training organisation, The Coaching School. Through that experience and others, he carries a wealth of experience in how to create amazing coaching experiences for clients on everything from holding boundaries with clients, to co-creating and partnership, to sales.

In this episode, we talk about:

- How he transitioned from forensic accountant to the go-to career coach in London, including how he created and developed that niche.

- What he learned about how to structure a coaching engagement for someone changing careers from coaching hundreds and hundreds of people going through transition.

- Why he left behind a full practice working with career changers to shift to working with MDs, CEOs and owners not just coaching them but supporting them across their businesses.

- The ‘hard’ third or fourth coaching session: why his favourite bit of coaching engagements is the moment where clients doubt if the change they want is going to happen.

- What Phil has learnt about sales from 13 years of running his businesses.

- Why building a business that supports his lifestyle and self-care is fundamentally important to Phil.

For more information about Phil, visit www.phil-bolton.com or find Phil on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/lessordinaryliving/

For full show notes, an extended biography of Phil and more about the podcast’s host, Robbie Swale, The Coach’s Journey podcast as a whole and The Coach’s Journey group programme, visit www.thecoachsjourney.com.

For information about Robbie’s wider work and writing, visit www.robbieswalecoaching.com.

Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQg

Things and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in):

IPEC coaching training: https://www.ipeccoaching.com/

Rich Litvin: http://richlitvin.com

The Coaching School: http://www.thecoachingschool.co.uk