Eye-Think
Original leaders need innovative methods. The Coaching Studio is the only company to combine Coaching with Visual Thinking to allow original thinkers to unearth the essence of their growth challenges.
Rachel Smith (the Coaching Studio lead) is an accredited coach and award-winning architect who uses her visual mind for deep listening and to reflect back pointed insights to leaders, entrepreneurs and businesses around the world.
As a result, past and current clients have accomplished incredible things, from Olympic-level success to authoring books and establishing seven-figure businesses.
Coaching unlocks a persons potential. Traditionally, the client talks, the coach listens, and together they circle until insights become available and action can be taken. Can you imagine what happens when you add live sketching to the mix?
You’ll find that ideas, thoughts and dynamics are translated onto the page, allowing you to see things in new ways as connections become visible. In the Coaching Studio sessions, there is an infinite canvas, letting you to branch your thinking into many directions. One of the benefits is that you can easily return to your initial enquiry.
Rachel Smith
rachel@eye-think.co.uk
Hey there, I'm Rachel Smith, and I run Eye Think. I spend my time helping clients realise their ideas for the future. I have 15 years of experience, as an architect and designer and now as a Coach and Visual Thinking consultant.
Boundary-pushing leaders and teams bring significant progress to our world, though their different way of seeing can make them feel like an outlier. I know because I am one of them. I see how energising it is for these people to be supported and go on to achieve phenomenal success.
Clients have described my approach as intuitive, insightful and empathetic and of “repeatedly getting to the essence of any topic”. They quickly feel at ease in the trusted space we create together. There isn't a client that hasn't benefited from using the drawing process to support their success. It seems we are just hard-wired for images.
I am a qualified architect (ARB) and a professional coach (EIA qualified with the EMCC). It's a bit of an unusual combination, but my exceptional results prove that this is something a little bit special.
"I wouldn't be as good a leader without Rachel"
"Working with Rachel was a real turning point in how I thought about myself, my work and my relationships with others."
"Coaching with Rachel was a way for me to find a new path. Her ability to listen, reframe my thoughts and experiences, softly challenge my own self doubt, led me to feeling stronger, more grounded and ready to take on the world. "
- Holly, Design leader
"Her coaching is extremely effective in challenging the limiting beliefs that hold us from our dreams."
"Rachel has been my coach for nearly 2 years and I cannot speak more highly of her style and approach. She has played an integral part in a major transition period in my work life. As I have navigated my way from a busy business life to a more creative, fulfilling path, Rachel has supported me to find a mindset and practices to support me on this important journey. She uses her intuition to challenge and probe and never shies away from the hard questions. I would recommend Rachel to anyone looking to write a new story in their lives."
- Jill, Leadership development CEO
"I love her unique approach using drawings, to see things mapped out on paper clarified how to overcome the blocks"
"She has exceeded all my expectations. I’m not only much happier and living my best life but I’m more powerful and taking responsibility for my actions in a way I never did before. Rachel has guided me to a place where I’m fulfilling dreams that I had suppressed for a whole host of reasons and I’m now more self-confident, empowered and surprising myself with my new found sense of ambition."
- Lucy, Author
"Every session with Rachel moves me closer to where I want to be."
"Her ability to draw the coaching conversation as it’s happening captures things that aren’t quite said. It provides immediate perspective which she uses to gently challenge and fiercely encourage. Her coaching has helped me psychologically recover from cancer, and step out once more to lead a new business. Unreservedly recommended.""
- Kate, PR Director
"Rachel’s coaching has had a significant and sustained impact on my personal and professional life."
She supported me to unearth underlying motivators and harness them to create positive impact. Challenged me to confront limiting beliefs and reduce or eliminate their limiting powers. Held me to my commitments, ensuring I followed through to action
I found that Rachel seamlessly adapted her coaching approach to support and often accelerate my realisations and commitments. From challenger to supporter to co-pilot and acting as my conscience, Rachel had an intuitive ability to play the right role in any given moment.
- David, CEO
"I took so much from my experience of coaching – the personal growth I saw in myself within four months was significant"
"Together, we were able to unpack the triggers and patterns which drove my behaviours. This helped me re-balance my interactions at work, and improved my capability as a leader. Rachel has a fabulous toolkit to support this improved self-awareness and I benefitted from the way she used drawing and immersive experiences with me."
-Naomi, Senior leader, Bank