Ruth Pearce
Ruth Pearce is an award winning coach for individuals, teams and groups. She loves coaching and loves developing her skills as a coach which is doing every day.
Coaching is a process in which your coach - your thinking partner - asks you questions to uncover what is important to you and how YOU want to tackle challenges and embrace opportunities.
I'm Ruth, and I specialize in unlocking the potential within individuals, teams, and organizations by refining the dual roles of leadership and followership. My coaching approach delves into the heart of these dynamic interactions, helping you and your team discover how to excel in both roles.
Together, we’ll explore pivotal questions such as:
How can I enhance my leadership effectiveness?
What aspects of being led make me feel most engaged and supported?
When do I contribute the most, and where do I face challenges?
How can I adapt my role depending on the context?
What are the best ways to communicate my needs and understand others'?
My background in corporate America, coupled with my experience in coaching, mediation, and law, gives me a unique 360-degree perspective on leadership and followership. I offer a customized approach, tailored to your needs, focusing on building strengths, fostering resilience, and embracing growth. My goal is to help you and your team become adaptable leaders who can navigate challenges with agility and confidence.
As an award-winning coach and speaker, I am dedicated to delivering impactful and thought-provoking learning experiences. Whether through speaking engagements, coaching sessions, mentoring, or writing, I strive to help individuals and organizations find their purpose and drive meaningful contributions.
I also recommend checking out two resources that deeply influence my coaching philosophy:
Peter Anderton's TEDx Derby talk on the two rules of leadership: "It is not about you" and "It is all about you" Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDsMlmfLjd4
Martin Gutmann's TEDx Berlin talk on the pitfalls of using outdated leadership models Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU06c7f9fzc
P.S. Looking for a keynote speaker who not only delivers but truly engages? I would love to connect and discuss how I can bring a unique perspective to your event. My specialty lies in closing keynote sessions, weaving insights together to create a memorable and cohesive experience.
Coaches listen, ask & uncover
coaching clients often come for coaching with one goal, problem or opportunity in mind. In the process of coaching they find that there is something else - often more foundational - they want to explore.
Coaches encourage & challenge
and at the same time we offer opportunities to reality check assumptions, and both take a broad and high level view and go into the details with you.
Coaches help you draw the map
but they don't bring a map. The route you take to get where you going is unique to you.
Coaches replay & reframe
we take things that seem to mean one thing and help you see that they can mean something else; often something more useful to you - something you can take actions to change.
Some examples might be:
- Nervousness & anxiety (e.g. performance anxiety) <> you should not do the thing = sense of responsibility and a focus on the experience of others.
- Imposter syndrome <> you don't belong = a mental reminder to reality check what we know, check that we are staying in our lane, and take steps to expand and deepen our knowledge.
- Frustration with others <> other people are not listening and I should work in isolation = opportunity to better understand what motivates others, and what strengths they are using that cause friction because they are different to yours
- Indecision <> character fault = lack of sufficient information to be able to choose wisely
- Procrastination <> laziness = a process whereby you are incubating your thoughts and ideas
- The test is hard <> I am not good enough to pass the test = the test is a means of consumer protection. It is intended to demonstrate to others that you are a good choice.
- My Inner Critic gets in my way <> I will never be good enough = my inner critic needs re-educating! He/she is stuck in the past and does not have the information needed to recognize that there is not as much risk as she/he believes. I can bring him/her up to speed!
- I don't know how/I have never been able to do that <> so it is hopeless = you don't know yet but you can find out!
- My leader/manager/supervisor does not support me <> they are not good at their job = they don't know what I want and need because I have not told them!
What is the difference?
A question I am often asked is "what is the difference between coaching and mentoring or coaching and counseling?"
Counseling
considers how the past causes our actions and behaviors in the present and works to change them for the future. There is often a sense of something needs fixing going forward. The counselor and the client have an end in sight. Counseling is more likely to be long-term ongoing support.
Coaching
considers how to get from the present to the future using past experiences only for the lessons that can be learned. Our client does not need fixing, they want clarity. Our clients is whole and is the expert in their own lives. The coach is the expert in the coaching process. The coach asks questions and the client explores options. Coaches are working to make themselves unnecessary. While a coach and client may work together for some time, or a client may have multiple coaches throughout life, the coach client relationship is by design a finite one. Coaches may or may not be experienced in your domain.
Mentoring
are often role-models, people who have trodden your chosen path previously. Mentors may or may not know they are mentors. The mentee asks the questions and the mentor answers. The mentoring relationship may be long or short, regular or intermittent based on the mentee's needs and the mentor's availability. Mentors are often established in the field or domain in which you want to advance.
Quotes:
A favorite quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald is
"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless yet be determined to make them otherwise.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Coaching is the journey from struggling with opposing ideas to embracing them. It is the journey from believing there is a right and wrong choice to understanding that there is only the best choice in the moment with the resources that we have in that moment. Coaching takes us from focusing on what we need to get to what we have to give. - Ruth Pearce
Find out more about our coaching services and speaking topics on our website. pearceinsights.com
| Intervention | Timeframe | Mindset | Practitioner's Approach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Counseling | Medium-long term | Counselor/therapist is the expert asking questions and suggesting new behaviors; observing
choices and behaviors that don't serve the client in terms of health, wellbeing, relationships and life satisfaction. Client knows how they feel and what their struggles are but needs guidance in how to express those feelings, make change and learn new ways of being. |
Expert in changing behavior
and how people "tick". Empathic but educational. Seeking specific outcomes |
| Coaching | 20 minutes - 2+ years | Coach is the expert in the coaching process, asking powerful questions, listening deeply, spotting thinking and language patterns, slowing things down, spotting energy shifts that the client may miss, creating time and space for the client to explore thoughts, feelings, choices and next steps.
Client is the expert in their domain, their life, their desires. Client determines success of the relationship. |
Expert in the coaching process.
Empathetic. Interested in the client's wellbeing AND disinterested in a specific outcome |
| Mentoring | Short term/ ad hoc | Mentor is experienced in the client's field of activity. They know how to succeed and what pitfalls
to avoid (and how). They offer guidance on how to succeed in a particular field or environment. Mentee is looking for a short cut to progress, wants to learn from someone who has gone before. |
Expert in the field. Wants to share knowledge and
offer a helping hand to others coming behind |
Contact us:
Email: Admin@allellc.org
Connect on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruth-pearce/
Connect on LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/pearceinsights
Website/Free Courses: www.pearceinsights.com
Book time with Ruth:
https://calendly.com/pearceinsights24
Speaking topics:
https://pearceinsights.com/speaking-training-ruth
Coaching programs:
https://pearceinsights.com/pearceinsightsservices-coaching
Order Ruth's Books:
be hopeful, be strong, be brave, be curious, (2024) Wiley
https://www.amazon.com/Hopeful-Strong-Brave-Curious-Meaningful-ebook/dp/B0CRMMZJS6/
Be a Project Motivator, (2018) Berrett-Koehler
https://www.amazon.com/Be-Project-Motivator-Strengths-Based-Management-ebook/dp/B07DTVZH56/