Ruth Fraser

Ruth established her executive coaching practice in 2008 and has 15 years dedicated 1:1 coaching experience. She brings personal experience as a senior leader, having worked in the corporate and voluntary sectors for over 20 years. This included a career in banking and subsequent roles as HR Director & Executive team member within a Global Humanitarian organisation with 1500 international staff and a team of 35. She was also a Charity Board trustee member.  

Ruth is interested in people and organisational effectiveness, having worked with a wide range of individuals in a variety of situations. Her experience includes organisation development, leadership, culture, behavioural change and learning & development.  

She trained with Coaches Training Institute (CTI) and Academy of Coaching Excellence and is a member of the Association for Coaching (MAC).  

Ruth is enthusiastic about working with executives and leaders to achieve their fullest potential and high performance, tasting more of their own success. Her insightful approach enables them to clarify what’s important to them now and in the future, whilst navigating demanding aspects of their role /life.  

Each coaching client is important and unique. Ruth seeks to form a relationship based on trust, respect and confidentiality. Her warm coaching style and intuitive process create an environment tailored to each individual client, supporting them to explore possibilities and creative solutions. Sessions give headspace allowing the opportunity to get somewhere different or faster. Clients take away clarity, insight and commitment to action, achieving tangible outcomes.  

Ruth has a wide range of coaching clients from a variety of sectors and business and professional backgrounds: a privilege and hugely rewarding. Clients have said that it’s Ruth’s insight, creativity, intuition, warmth and pragmatic approach that makes the whole coaching partnership a very enjoyable and worthwhile experience. 

Areas of focus: executive coaching, leadership development, emerging leaders, career transition, life changes, personal crisis management. 

She has cross-cultural experience, having travelled in a work capacity to teams and employees in Afghanistan, Peru, Honduras, India, Nepal, Tunisia, and South Sudan.  

Ruth has Scottish roots, which mean a lot to her – maybe that’s one reason why she loves the countryside, wide open spaces and beauty.  Like many, Ruth is a collector of books (sometimes has time to read them!) loves coffee shops and chatting with friends.  Gardening has many happy memories attached to it and recently she’s doing this more. Simple pleasures! 

Words of Warrior Wisdom:

Get to know what you really want, be more of yourself, keep taking small steps, be prepared to explore, try things out and notice your life and career flourish in ways that give you real satisfaction.