Burning Potential
Corporate Coaching
Leadership Development and Training for Organisations
Converting Goals
Into Plans
Most challenges are rooted in identity — and they cannot be resolved from the same thinking that produced them. Coaching is the key to uncovering and closing the gaps that are holding you back.
No obligation. A conversation about your organisation's goals and where a tailored programme could take you.
Corporate CoachingA corporate coaching practice founded by Katie Beckett. We design bespoke leadership programmes and training for organisations that want their people to perform — built around your specific challenges, not a fixed curriculum.
All problems are identity problems
Whatever the problem, the solution is always a shift in personal identity. How you see yourself is the key to making every change that you think your life requires.
We all get stuck at times. Sometimes we know exactly what we want, but can't gain traction. Other times, we struggle to pinpoint what it is that we are trying to achieve and feel at a crossroads. The benefit of coaching is that it gives you room to think and to explore your own mindset in order to gain fresh perspective and insight.
Read more about my approachBuilt around your organisation
Why coaching works: If we knew the solution personally, we would have implemented it already. More often than not, when we are working alone, we are addressing the wrong problem and approaching it from the incorrect direction. By discussing the issues and challenges openly, we make room for new insights and fresh thinking.
Tailored Leadership Programmes
Bespoke programmes designed around the specific struggles and goals of your organisation. Built with your leadership team, delivered face-to-face, and structured to create lasting change in how your people lead, decide and perform.
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Workshops and Training
Face-to-face workshops for your teams, built around the situations your people actually face. Practical, participative sessions that change what happens afterwards — not a day out of the office.
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Executive Coaching
One-to-one coaching for senior leaders, offered as a component of a wider programme. Confidential, structured support for the people carrying the weight of high-stakes decisions.
Book a Discovery CallA structured engagement, start to finish
Every programme follows the same clear process, so you know exactly what you're committing to at each stage.
Discovery Call
We start with a conversation about your organisation — the challenges you're facing, what you've already tried, and what success would look like. No obligation, no sales pitch.
Programme Design
I design a programme around your specific goals, audience and timescales. You receive a clear proposal setting out format, structure and outcomes before anything is committed.
Delivery
Face-to-face sessions with your leaders or teams, delivered at your premises or an agreed venue. Practical, candid work on the situations your people actually face.
Review and Embed
We review progress against the outcomes we set, and adjust. The aim is change that holds after the programme ends, not a one-off event.
Business owner, parent, and a dreamer of big dreams
I am a lawyer, a parent, a coach and a dreamer of big dreams. There are huge things that I want to do in the world, but I also have my feet firmly on the ground. I understand the realities of running a business and a family, managing finances, people and logistics.
I believe that we are all here to do brilliant things and to change the world for the better in our own unique ways. But before we can truly prioritise our passion projects, we need to have taken care of the four key areas of life — money, people, body and lifestyle. When these four aspects are properly addressed, we can create the freedom to utilise our true potential.
Katie Beckett — Founder, Burning Potential
Read my full storyThoughts on identity, leadership, and growth
What I learnt from publishing a business book
Writing a book is hard. It was far more difficult than I thought it was going to be. Generating ideas and getting words down was the easy part — the part that I found brutal was reconciling the vision with the reality.
How to manage time like a lawyer
One of the hardest concepts to grasp as a trainee solicitor was the idea of time recording. Professionals convert time into invoices by tracking how long tasks take — a discipline that transforms how you value every minute.
All problems are identity problems
Whatever the problem, the solution is always a shift in personal identity. How you see yourself is the key to making every change that you think your life requires. Don't get bogged down in fixing surface-level symptoms.
Let's discuss your programme
Tell me about your organisation and the challenges you're facing. I'll come back to you within one working day to arrange a discovery call.
Location
Windsor House, Cornwall Road, Harrogate, HG1 2PW
Response Time
Within 24 hours, typically sooner