Tim Coates

Experienced in leading projects at c-suite and enhance performance within the corporate business sector and leading global organisations, as well as, working with elite sport professionals to improve performance levels. Visible leader who is adept at coaching, motivating and developing team members across the sporting / business sector and mentoring leading courses for c-suite delegates on VSI's/GIS Executive Education's prestigious courses. Highly accomplished therapist who has established an exceptional record of providing patient centric MH support.

Including CBT, EMDR, NLP and counselling, coaching and mentoring.

Founder - The Mind Experts

(2016)

• Developed business plans through utilising coaching and development of leaders that enhance stakeholder engagement and improve productivity
• Talent identification and recruitment for various sporting and business organisation to improve, sustain and implement detailed transformative change strategies that enhance performance, streamline operations and create alignment
• Implement interventions that up skill Senior Executives to support development and facilitate their talent pipeline
• Manage and monitor numerous projects simultaneously, ensure that they all are delivered within a designated timeframe and budget
• Utilise industry experience to implement coaching methodologies to improve business operations and performance
• Deploy practical approach to therapy and coaching to identify cause of mental health issues and barriers to achievements

Program Lead - CEO of a sporting organisation - Global Institute of Sport / VSI Executive Education

(2020 - 2023)

Headhunted for role to design, develop and deliver VSI MSc Sporting Director programme and VSI Masters of Business Administration CEO of a high performing organisation programme

• Develop the ability to delegate through challenge thinking and fostered debate and engagement in critical discourse
• Provide executive coaching through extra curriculum support
• Review course content and material and update accordingly, as well as, blend face-to-face and online learning
• Develop teaching techniques to engage learner motivation through creating interest, understanding and enthusiasm
• Monitor all courses to ensure design and delivery of lectures comply with quality standards of educational establishments
• Plan, prepare and deliver course curriculum, as well as, coach and mentor all cohorts

Associate Lecturer - University of Salford / VSI Executive Education

(2018 - 2021)

Sports Psychologist - The British Psychological Society

(2003)

• Effectively coach and enhance performance levels through conducting research into athlete's mental, emotional and physical attributes
• Work with elite athletes on one-to-one basis, as well as, collective squads
• Design, develop and implement mental strategies which enable athletes to cope with and overcome setbacks or injury
• Identify mental strengths and weaknesses which inhibit or contribute to an athlete's performance levels
• Plan, prepare and facilitate counselling sessions and/or workshops for elite athletes, which focus on goal-setting, visualisation and relaxation to optimise their performance
• Utilise visualisation techniques and apply modern and improvised concepts to enhance an athlete's physical potential
• Designed and delivered U18 fitness programmes and coaching for Manchester City FC in the Community charity

Director - Mindlife Dynamics

(2015 - 2017)

Partner - S+ The Real Leadership Company

(2011 - 2015)

Non-Executive Director / Consultant - JJB Sports

(2010 - 2012)

Non-Executive Director / Consultant - PC World (Dixons Group)

(2007 - 2010)

Masters - Business Administration - Manchester Business School (2010)

MSc (Hons) - Sport & Exercise Psychology - University of Bolton (2006)

Degree - Sport Science - Stockport College (Alsager Campus) (2003)