How coaching helped a managing director protect his wellbeing while increasing profit by 230%
Can protecting your wellbeing improve business performance?
Like a lot of high performers, Daniel Pope, Managing Director of Toro Recruitment, was feeling the pressure. As the company expanded at pace, so did his responsibility, and the demands on his time. The cracks were beginning to show.
Daniel came to GYST for support in meeting his professional goals and in steering the company through growth while protecting his wellbeing.
With one-to-one executive coaching, we helped Daniel establish manageable daily and weekly habits to keep stress levels in check and maintain the balance between his work and home life.
Industry
How We Worked
What We Delivered
What Changed
The Challenge
The UK recruitment industry is a highly competitive, fast-paced, multi-billion-pound market. To be successful, leaders need a mix of commercial discipline, people skills and personal resilience.
Toro Recruitment was entering a serious growth phase, and Daniel was facing more consequential decisions while putting together a larger team. In that type of environment, stress often becomes an ‘acceptable’ part of the routine.
But stress is neither acceptable nor sustainable.
To lead the company successfully to the next stage, Daniel needed to be on top of his game without allowing pressure to turn into stress. When stress builds unchecked, it can affect energy, focus, judgement and the way decisions are made. It can also make it harder to switch off, recover and maintain the relationships that matter outside work.
Daniel needed practical tools that could fit into real life, not another set of expectations to carry.
The GYST approach
At GYST, our coaching is firmly grounded in commercial reality. We don’t rely on theory or offer surface-level fixes.
Our approach goes deeper, helping leaders like Daniel recognise and understand their response to pressure and how it affects their performance and those around them.
We take that insight and turn it into small, sustainable changes that help high-performers lead more effectively.
Our coaching style is personable and direct. Daniel valued the fact that Katie took the time to properly understand his situation, conducted detailed research, and challenged his thinking.
Services delivered
One-to-one leadership coaching
GYST’s leadership coaching gives leaders the space and time to understand the drivers and mechanics behind their behaviour.
Our sessions with Daniel were one-to-one, bi-weekly over six months. The work included:
- understanding his personal stress patterns
- setting clearer priorities and healthier boundaries
- building healthy habits
The sessions gave him a regular space to step back, reflect and make more intentional choices about how he wanted to work, lead and look after himself.
Explore the full range of coaching and training we offer to help leaders and teams manage pressure and lead sustainably.
The result
Daniel recognised that his professional goals and personal wellbeing were dependent on each other. Thanks to his honesty and commitment to doing the work, the results have been exceptional.
During the six-month period he worked with Katie, Toro Recruitment grew by almost 200% in turnover, increased profit by 230% and added 10 new members of staff.
While that commercial growth belongs to Daniel and his team, it shows that leaders are better placed to support growth when they have the tools to manage pressure and protect their own wellbeing.
“I have been fortunate enough to work with Katie for over 6 months and consider her coaching invaluable. Katie helped put in several manageable daily and weekly habits to ensure my stress levels remained in check and I achieved balance between work and home life. Without hesitation, I recommend Katie Maycock to anyone looking to take a positive forward step in their life.”
Need help leading through growth without burning out?
If growth pressure, stress or leadership demands are affecting you as they did Daniel, GYST can help you understand what is really going on and what to do next.
Contact us today for more information on how we can help you protect your mental health while maximising performance.
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