About Sally

About Sally Shuttleworth | Executive Coach & Team Coaching Specialist

Sally Shuttleworth is an ICF-accredited executive coach holding a Brain-Based Coaching Certificate from the NeuroLeadership Institute, a Teams Coaching Certificate from the Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC), and is completing her Advanced Coaching Diploma at Henley Business School (ICF PCC level).

About Sally

My approach

I work with leaders & teams where pressure is high and decisions matter.
I create a safe, confidential space where you can be honest and messy.
I bring calm when things feel heated, so thinking takes precedence over reaction.
I hold you firmly but kindly: high standards and clear agreements with the right support
We slow down just enough to get to what is true, without turning it into blame or therapy.
I stop looping conversations by naming what is happening and helping resetting the focus.
We move from personality friction and overwhelm to what changes outcomes.

Sessions can be structured or we can follow the moment, depending on what you need. In team coaching, I follow a systemic approach so the work has real business impact.

The work is practical and habit forming.

Expect warmth, straight talking (yes, South African), and a steady push toward clarity and follow through, with safety built in.

I work with leaders & teams where pressure is high and decisions matter.
I create a safe, confidential space where you can be honest and messy.
I bring calm when things feel heated, so thinking takes precedence over reaction.
I hold you firmly but kindly: high standards and clear agreements with the right support
We slow down just enough to get to what is true, without turning it into blame or therapy.
I stop looping conversations by naming what is happening and helping resetting the focus.
We move from personality friction and overwhelm to what changes outcomes.

Sessions can be structured or we can follow the moment, depending on what you need. In team coaching, I follow a systemic approach so the work has real business impact.

The work is practical and habit forming.

Expect warmth, straight talking (yes, South African), and a steady push toward clarity and follow through, with safety built in.

My Story

I was born in South Africa and have lived much of my life in the UK, which probably explains a lot about me. I am described by friends as someone who is a good mix of warmth, directness, resilience, energy and optimism. I’m naturally extremely curious, highly energised by being around and others, and am endlessly fascinated by what makes us tick.

My career has always revolved around people. I’ve built businesses, led teams, navigated growth and change, and learned that success is very shiny from the outside and very human on the inside. Coaching has been woven into my leadership, long before I ever called myself a coach. I’ve always been more interested in helping someone find their own answer than giving them mine.

In 2015, I experienced coaching for myself in a way that shifted something fundamental. It taught me personal responsibility in a way nothing else had. I learned that I can’t change other people, but I am completely in control of how I show up. And when one person experiences this level of change, everything around them moves too. That insight stayed with me and ultimately led me to train formally as a coach.

What I love most about coaching is the thinking. It’s that tiny moment when someone pauses, looks at something differently, and you can almost see the penny drop.

That’s magic to me and it’s transformative to them.

I care deeply about helping leaders succeed without losing themselves in the process. We aren’t just job titles. We are partners, parents, friends, ambitious professionals, tired humans, hopeful dreamers, and very often all of these people in the same day. Work, health, relationships, money, purpose are all more than just connected, they are interlinked. When one wobbles, the others are affected too. Helping people build success that’s sustainable, not just impressive, is something I’m deeply passionate about.

Wellbeing isn’t just theory for me, it’s core to my existence. I lost both my parents when I was in my twenties, both as a result of unhealthy lifestyle choices, and this loss has impacted my whole approach to life and parenting. I ran my first marathon at 38 (I am absolutely not a natural runner), and went on to run many more, I love cycling both on road and gravel, I practice calisthenics religiously (the world looks very different upside down), and I am obsessed with nutrition. I also bake sourdough, make homemade jam, and happily leave most of the cooking to my husband of 26 years. Balance, always.

Professionally, I hold an ICF Level 1 Brain-Based Coaching Certificate through the NeuroLeadership Institute, a Teams Coaching Certificate through the Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC), and I’m also completing an Advanced Coaching Diploma (ICF PCC). My approach blends neuroscience, real-world leadership experience, and deep curiosity about being human.

At heart, I believe people are far more capable than they realise. Sometimes they just need space, challenge, and someone willing to ask the question they haven’t yet asked themselves.

I was born in South Africa and have lived much of my life in the UK, which probably explains a lot about me. I am described by friends as someone who is a good mix of warmth, directness, resilience, energy and optimism. I’m naturally extremely curious, highly energised by being around and others, and am endlessly fascinated by what makes us tick.

My career has always revolved around people. I’ve built businesses, led teams, navigated growth and change, and learned that success is very shiny from the outside and very human on the inside. Coaching has been woven into my leadership, long before I ever called myself a coach. I’ve always been more interested in helping someone find their own answer than giving them mine.

In 2015, I experienced coaching for myself in a way that shifted something fundamental. It taught me personal responsibility in a way nothing else had. I learned that I can’t change other people, but I am completely in control of how I show up. And when one person experiences this level of change, everything around them moves too. That insight stayed with me and ultimately led me to train formally as a coach.

What I love most about coaching is the thinking. It’s that tiny moment when someone pauses, looks at something differently, and you can almost see the penny drop.

That’s magic to me and it’s transformative to them.

I care deeply about helping leaders succeed without losing themselves in the process. We aren’t just job titles. We are partners, parents, friends, ambitious professionals, tired humans, hopeful dreamers, and very often all of these people in the same day. Work, health, relationships, money, purpose are all more than just connected, they are interlinked. When one wobbles, the others are affected too. Helping people build success that’s sustainable, not just impressive, is something I’m deeply passionate about.

Wellbeing isn’t just theory for me, it’s core to my existence. I lost both my parents when I was in my twenties, both as a result of unhealthy lifestyle choices, and this loss has impacted my whole approach to life and parenting. I ran my first marathon at 38 (I am absolutely not a natural runner), and went on to run many more, I love cycling both on road and gravel, I practice calisthenics religiously (the world looks very different upside down), and I am obsessed with nutrition. I also bake sourdough, make homemade jam, and happily leave most of the cooking to my husband of 26 years. Balance, always.

Professionally, I hold an ICF Level 1 Brain-Based Coaching Certificate through the NeuroLeadership Institute, a Teams Coaching Certificate through the Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC), and I’m currently completing the Advanced Coaching Diploma at Henley Business School (ICF PCC). My approach blends neuroscience, real-world leadership experience, and deep curiosity about being human.

At heart, I believe people are far more capable than they realise. Sometimes they just need space, challenge, and someone willing to ask the question they haven’t yet asked themselves.

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