About Aileen

Background

Aileen has an extensive career in the public, private and third sectors. Starting as an editor in the publishing industry, where she worked for over a decade, she began voluntary work with homeless people, older people and people with mental health issues.

After being a volunteer for a mental health helpline, Aileen decided to leave the publishing industry and moved into the housing sector, initially working with people with mental health problems before going on to manage a range of services and then work with managers to help them run their services effectively.

That significant decision allowed her to leave a job that was causing her to suffer from burnout and enabled her to do something she is truly passionate about - helping people to have a successful and healthy career in third-sector organisations. The difference this has made to Aileen and how she felt about work was enormous, and feeling so energised and motivated led her to establish her own coaching company to help other people find their own fulfilling careers.

While managing services for people with mental health problems, learning disabilities and dementia, before moving on to senior management roles, she has gained an excellent understanding of the stresses of jobs at every level and the importance of a good work-life balance.

As well as her work with third-sector managers, Aileen is also an associate coach with Genius Within where she helps neurodivergent people identify workplace strategies to help them deal with challenges at work while making the most of their strengths.

Becoming a coach

Being passionate about working with people and having professional and voluntary experience in the third sector enabled Aileen to realise her purpose and provided her with a unique set of skills and insights into various types of third-sector organisations. 

Having experienced many of the same ups and downs most of us will face through our working lives – from workplace stress to redundancy to retraining and changing career – this has given Aileen valuable insights that feed into her outstanding coaching work.

“I think anyone who wants to improve should consider getting some coaching. I never knew what to expect but Aileen was easy to talk to, patient and very good at getting to the key issues. We worked through a lot and I got things done that I had put off over and over. I cannot recommend her enough. If you are considering coaching for work or personal reasons you should get on and do it. You won’t regret it.”

— Sandy, Senior Housing Professional