Developing leaders and coaches who make a lasting difference.

Our purpose is simple.To put people at the heart of leadership. Because that is where performance, retention and lasting culture change begin.

Our vision and values.

01

We believe the best leaders and coaches listen as deeply as they question. Curiosity is not a soft skill. It is the foundation of everything we do.

Curiosity.

02

Everything we do is evidence based. Grounded in psychology, behavioural science and research. We hold ourselves to the highest standards.

Rigour.

03

People are at the heart of everything we do. Every programme, conversation and coaching relationship starts with genuine curiosity about the whole person.

Humanity.

04

Real change requires courage. The courage to have honest conversations, to challenge assumptions and to do deeper work that make a difference.

Courage.

Organisations where people feel genuinely valued are:

2x as likely to meet and exceed financial targets;

6x as likely to be innovative and agile, and

8x as likely to achieve better business outcomes

(BITC ESG Factsheet, 2023)

Mastering Your Power was founded on a simple but powerful belief. That organisations do not have to choose between high performance and genuinely human leadership. That the two are not in tension. They are the same thing.

We were one of the first ICF accredited coach training providers to build a whole person, systemic lens into the heart of every programme. Not as an ad on. As the foundation. That pioneering approach is still what makes MYP distinctive today and it is why the leaders and coaches who train with us develop a depth of practice that others simply do not reach.

We are proud of where we started and clear about where we are going. Building the next generation of leaders and coaches who understand people deeply, lead with courage and create organisations where every person can perform at their very best.

Meet the team.

At MYP we collaborate with people whose values align to our own to ensure these are shared with the organisations and individuals we work with.

  • Salma Shah

    Salma Shah is the Founder of Mastering Your Power and has been coaching clients and delivering workshops for over twenty years. She is also the author of the ground breaking book, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in Coaching.

    Favourite Film: The Graduate

    Favourite Book: Are you there god? It’s me Margaret?

  • Sukhy Bains

    As a coach supervisor and facilitator Sukhy has, over 20+ years, mentored a multitude of professionals. She has an innate ability to help people to access their own internal wisdom to create solutions.

    Favourite Film: The Notebook

    Favourite Book: The Invitation

  • Rita Symons

    Rita Symons is the former president of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC). She has a natural ability to coach and facilitate which stems from her intense curiosity, and her very rich career in the NHS.

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  • Mandy Garner

    Mandy is a highly experienced journalist with a background is in human rights and research. She also head up Talk2Nish, a mental health charity for schools, which she set up in memory of her daughter.

  • Sabina Bennett

    Sabina is very organised and has the innate skill to find and create effective structure and process out of even the most complex of scenarios. This makes her the perfect person to head up our MYP operations.

Meet our associate coaches and advisory group.

Community and connection are one of our core values and we are proud to work and collaborate with our partner and associate coaches. Many are also Alumni of Mastering Your Power Coach Training.

  • Shagufta Sharif

  • Emily Catlow

  • Judith Chen

  • Basirat Agboola

  • Jas Deogan

  • Sty White

  • Benish Mirza

  • Mike Taylor

  • Manisha Pathak

Why MYP?

At Mastering Your Power we are passionate about empowering people to support forward. Demonstrating behaviours that build positive connections, leave lasting footprints and create a pathway to sustainable change.

As a company and as individuals we hold true to core values that influence our work to support the organisations and people that we work with to make positive change happen.

Kindness matters, Compassion matters and having the courage to be bold

To have the humility to know that we haven’t walked in everyone else’s shoes and that we do not have all the answers and to continually strive to make long lasting connections that will take root, develop and establish behaviours that will be passed on to others.