Mentor Coaching for Career Development · Eddie Quinlan Coaching
Mentor Coaching for Career Development · 10 sessions

You have the experience.
Now build the leadership
to match it.

A structured blend of evidence-based coaching and experienced mentoring — designed for professionals who are ready to grow deliberately into their next career chapter.

10
sessions · 75 minutes
5
months · 2 per month
1:1
fully personalised
2×
validated assessments
Is this you?

You are good at what you do.
You are ready for what comes next.

This programme is for professionals at a career inflection point — people who have built real depth of experience and are now ready to grow deliberately into a bigger role, a new direction or a more senior level of leadership. Whatever your next chapter looks like, this is a structured, supported way to pursue it with clarity and confidence.

01
The contractor going permanent
You have built significant breadth of experience across organisations and sectors. Now you want to move into a permanent senior management role — and you want structured support developing the leadership identity, presence and narrative that will make that transition compelling.
“I have the experience. I need help translating it into a leadership story that lands.”
02
The professional stepping up
You are in a permanent role and ready for the next level — more responsibility, more influence, more leadership. You want to develop deliberately rather than wait to be noticed, and you want a safe space to reflect on who you are as a leader and what you stand for.
“I know I am ready for more. I want to pursue it with intention, not just ambition.”
03
The entrepreneur or founder
You are building or scaling a business and finding that leading people is a very different challenge from the technical or commercial work that got you here. You want support developing your leadership capabilities alongside someone who understands both the evidence base and the real world.
“I can build the business. I want to become the leader my team deserves.”
04
The professional at a crossroads
You are not necessarily looking for a specific role change — you are looking for greater clarity, purpose and direction in your career. You want to understand your values and strengths more deeply and use them as the foundation for decisions about where you go next.
“I want to make my next move from a place of clarity, not just opportunity.”
A different kind of support

Not coaching. Not mentoring.
The best of both.

Standard coaching asks powerful questions and holds space for your own insight. Mentoring shares experience and gives direct guidance. This programme does both — deliberately, transparently and in service of your specific career goals.

The coaching element
— Values clarification and leadership identity development
— VIA Character Strengths assessment and application
— A safe space to reflect honestly on where you are
— Goal-setting grounded in your values and strengths
— Resilience and psychological flexibility for the journey
The mentoring element
— What senior roles actually require from the inside
— How to translate your experience into compelling leadership evidence
— Direct, honest perspective from someone who has hired at senior level
— How hiring decisions are really made — and how to stand out
— Sector-specific insight from 20+ years in financial services

Most career coaches have never hired a business analyst, led a project team in a financial services firm or sat in the room where senior management decisions are made. I have — for over 20 years. That experience sits alongside an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology & Coaching Psychology, CAPPC certification and ICF ACC accreditation.

The programme

Ten sessions.
Five months.
One clear direction.

Ten 75-minute sessions over five months, moving through four progressive phases — from building self-awareness and leadership identity, through developing your narrative and readiness, to planning and sustaining the transition ahead.

Sessions are longer than standard coaching to allow space for both the reflective coaching work and the more direct mentoring conversations — and to move between both fluidly within a single session.

Format One-to-one, online via video
Sessions 10 × 75 minutes · 2 per month
Duration 5 months
Assessments VIA Character Strengths · PERMA baseline & close
Between sessions Reflection prompts, resources & email support
Phase 1
Sessions 1–2
Foundation
Who you are & where you want to go
Values, strengths and building a clear picture of your next chapter
  • — Deep values clarification — what matters most to you in your career and life
  • — VIA Character Strengths assessment and debrief — building your strengths-based leadership narrative
  • — Establishing goals for the programme and a clear picture of what success looks like
Focus
Coaching-led. Building the inner foundation everything else rests on.
Phase 2
Sessions 3–5
Development
Developing your leadership identity
From practitioner to leader — building awareness, presence and a leadership philosophy
  • — What senior leadership actually looks like from the inside — honest mentor perspective
  • — Building a personal leadership philosophy grounded in your values
  • — Self-awareness and presence — the gap between intention and impact
Focus
Blended coaching and mentoring. Building identity and deepening awareness.
Phase 3
Sessions 6–8
Preparation
Getting ready & telling your story
Translating your experience, setting goals and preparing for what comes next
  • — Translating your experience into compelling leadership evidence
  • — Goal-setting from a strengths and values base — the right next step, not just any next step
  • — How hiring decisions are really made — and how to stand out at senior level
Focus
Mentoring-led. Practical, direct and focused on readiness.
Phase 4
Sessions 9–10
Transition
Resilience, vision & the road ahead
Sustaining momentum, navigating uncertainty and closing with clarity
  • — Resilience tools for managing the uncertainty of a significant career transition
  • — Final PERMA review — measuring progress and celebrating growth
  • — Personal development plan and leadership vision to carry forward beyond the programme
Focus
Coaching-led. Integration, momentum and a clear plan for what comes next.
What you will gain

By the end of the programme,
you will move forward with clarity.

A clear sense of who you are as a leader
Your values, your strengths and a personal leadership philosophy that is genuinely yours — the foundation for every career decision that follows.
A compelling leadership story
Your experience translated into leadership evidence — a confident, coherent narrative that positions you credibly for the roles and levels you are pursuing.
Goals grounded in values and strengths
A concrete, meaningful plan for the next chapter — not just ambition, but direction. The right next move, pursued with intention and a clear sense of why it matters to you.
Greater self-awareness and presence
A deeper understanding of how you show up — the gap between intention and impact, and the tools to lead with more consistency, authenticity and confidence.
Practical readiness for what comes next
An honest, experienced perspective on how senior roles and hiring decisions actually work — and the practical preparation to approach them with confidence rather than uncertainty.
Resilience for the journey
The inner resources to navigate uncertainty, setbacks and the identity shift of a significant career transition — without losing your sense of self or your momentum.
What clients say

“What made this different was that Eddie had actually been where I was trying to go. He understood the environment, the pressures and what good looked like from both sides. The coaching gave me clarity about who I am — the mentoring gave me an honest picture of what I was moving toward.”

Senior Business Analyst · Career transition client

Your coach & mentor

I have been on both sides
of the table.

Over more than 20 years in senior leadership across financial services and investment management, I hired and led hundreds of people — business analysts, project managers, consultants, developers. I know exactly what we were looking for at senior level, what separated the candidates who got the role from those who didn’t, and what the first 90 days of a leadership role actually feel like.

That lived experience sits alongside an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology & Coaching Psychology, CAPPC certification and ICF ACC accreditation. In this programme you get both — the evidence-based frameworks of positive psychology coaching and the direct, honest perspective of someone who has navigated the environment you are moving toward.

This programme exists because I have seen too many talented professionals undersell themselves, mistranslate their experience or pursue the wrong next step — not for lack of ability, but for lack of a structured, honest, supportive process. That is what this is for.

More about me →
MSc Applied Positive Psychology & Coaching Psychology, University of East London
Certified Applied Positive Psychology Coach (CAPPC)
ICF ACC Accredited Coach
20+ years senior leadership in financial services & investment management
Extensive experience hiring and leading BAs, PMs, consultants and technology professionals
Certified Mindfulness & Meditation Teacher Trainer · Certified Breathwork Leader
Ready to begin?

Your next chapter
deserves a plan.

A free 30-minute discovery call is the best place to start. We will talk about where you are, what you are working toward and whether this programme feels like the right fit. No obligation — just a conversation.

Or email directly: eddie@eqcoaching.uk  ·  +44 7722 926545