Work with John
One-to-one coaching for people who make live entertainment happen.
What are you trying to work out?
You might have a decision you keep circling, a project that needs turning into a plan, too many possible directions and no clear place to start, or a way of working that no longer feels sustainable.
You may already be good at what you do. The difficulty may be that the plan is still in your head, everything has become fragmented, or you are so busy making the work happen that you have no space to decide what should happen next.
You do not need to know exactly what you want before we speak. Something real from your work that needs a proper piece of thinking is enough to begin with.
How coaching with me works
I work one-to-one with producers, creatives and performers across live entertainment.
We begin with what is happening in your work now. I ask questions, help you notice what matters, challenge assumptions where that is useful, and help you turn what you decide into action.
Sessions are structured, practical and often a lot of fun. You remain responsible for the project and the important decisions. My role is to help you become clearer about what you want, what needs to happen next and what you are going to do about it.
We look closely at how the work itself operates and, importantly, how you operate within it.
A place to begin
The place to begin is a one-to-one coaching session at £250, followed by a month of support.
It includes:
- a full coaching session over Zoom, focused on the situation you bring;
- support from me during the following month while you put what you decide into practice;
- access to weekly Blast Off sessions during that month.
You do not have to decide anything about longer-term coaching before you begin.
What do you leave with?
The aim is to make useful progress on the situation you bring.
That can mean a decision, a clearer goal, a plan you can actually use, a conversation you need to have, a boundary to set, or a next step you are ready to take.
Sometimes the most useful change is being able to see the situation differently enough to stop circling it and start doing something deliberate.
What happens after the session?
The session helps you decide what to do. The month afterwards gives you somewhere to bring what happens when you start doing it.
During that month, you can contact me by WhatsApp, email or voice note with short questions, updates and check-ins. That might be because something has become clearer, the plan has met reality, or you have reached a decision point you did not anticipate.
Most of the support happens through those brief exchanges. If something significant or time-sensitive comes up and it would be more useful to talk, we can arrange a call.
You can also join my weekly Blast Off sessions: short online sessions designed to help you get clear about what matters, get into a useful state and begin the work you have decided to do.
Is this for you?
I work with people who are already making entertainment happen and have something real in their work that they want to think through properly.
You might run a show, an act, a class or a small company. You might be a performer, creative or producer managing a career with several moving parts. You do not need a large team, a major production or a perfectly formed business to be “big enough” for this work.
What matters is that there is something you want to change, decide or move forward, and that you are prepared to take ownership of what happens next.
What has changed for other people?
One example is Tom Carradine, who already had a successful act and a busy diary. During our work together, he:
- negotiated approximately £2,500 in additional annual income without adding more work;
- created a six-piece live-band version of his show and staged a sold-out concert at Wilton’s Music Hall;
- designed his diary around the balance of performances, research and family time he wanted.
Tom’s is one example. You can read his full story, alongside more client experiences, testimonials and examples of what changed, on the Results page.
What happens after the month?
A session and the month of support that follows can form a complete piece of work. For some people, that will be all they need for the situation they brought.
For others, it becomes clear that there is more worth working on: a larger project, a period of change, or a set of goals that would benefit from having a regular place to think, decide, act and review what happens.
Towards the end of the month, we can look at what has changed and whether continuing to work together would be useful. There is no automatic next step.
The next step is a conversation
We begin with a short, free initial conversation about what you are working on.
We can talk about what has brought you here, what you would like to change or move forward, and whether a coaching session would be a useful next step.
The conversation is there to help us decide whether working together makes sense. There is no obligation to book anything afterwards.
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