“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Senior Level Leadership & Conflict Resolution
Peter Cawley
Head of Department Mechanical Engineering Imperial College London
She is just the sort of coach staff find helpful – she is approachable, enthusiastic and full of good ideas that go with the grain of the application. With her heartfelt and intelligent heart & mind approach she nurtures talent and builds confidence so people demonstrate that they can be leaders and winners. Her work…
Monica Bettencourt-Dias
Director Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC)
I succesfully applied for a £2M research fellowship with Magdalena´s help at the interview stage. Magdalena came highly recommended by several colleagues who had been successful in obtaining the same grant after being coached by her. Magdalena critically helped me to shape my vision and pitch (slides, delivery, etc). She really helped me to aim…
Tim Ruthven
Head of Marketing and Communications
“I have had the privilege of being coached by Magdalena for over five years and she has been an excellent sounding board and instrumental to my professional development. Her strategies for team productivity have helped me and my team to really make time count. She has certainly helped me to convert ideas into meaningful strategies…
Peter Vincent
Leader in Aeronautics
“It is hard to express in one or two sentences how good Magdalena is – however, I will say the following: Magdalena is not your average ‘presentation guru’ – she is a world leader in her field. Consequently, working with Magdalena makes a REAL and CONSIDERABLE difference. My time spent working with Magdalena was characterised…
Gina
Founder, Ojos que Sientes
Magdalena has been a truly honest leadership coach who by observing, listening and challenging me, guided me to discover and act on all that I had to offer as Gina and as the leader of my organisation Ojos que Sienten A.C The process hasn’t been easy, but thanks to Magdalena’s experience, I made it. I…
John
Finance Manager
She challenged, disturbed and yanked me out of my long winter of complacency and procrastination. I have achieved so much and faced many demons along the way. I don’t think anyone else would be able to tell me the honest truth the way she did. It meant I was able to work on things that…
Integration and Healing
“Without some people who listen, it is hard to hear oneself.” – Eugene Gendlin
Jonathan Carter
Engineer and Professor Faculty Research Centre in Fluid and Complex Systems, Coventry University
I first came into contact with Madalena in 2010 after my self belief in my ability to deliver high quality research and teaching had been shattered. Being dignosed as having an Autistic Spectrum Disorder had created barriers in my mind which made it difficult for me to engage with students and researchers. Over many months…
Chris Andrews
MD Personal Touch Fitness
I have attended several Make Time Count Retreats over two years. I will continue to attend these retreats to: 1. Take time for myself to reflect, heal, learn and grow. 2. Magdalena and Make Time Count team create a safe space to share with others. 3. Magdalena is experienced, kind, caring, knowledgeable and her skill…
Rev Grace Baverstock
Church Minister
I sought coaching because I knew that the way I was working and living was not sustainable or life-giving. I entrusted the sacred task of coaching to Magdalena because I’d read her book: ‘The Get Productive Grid’. Her Grid method deeply resonated with me – at last a method that acknowledges that we are holistic…
Paul
Headmaster
“Magdalena is amazingly gentle yet really intense. We worked for six hours in total on our first session and in the end, I walked away with massive clarity, a vision board, and an action plan. I felt as if a ton of bricks lifted from my shoulders when we debriefed my collage. It was like…
Mike
Media & Communications
“I met Magdalena through a mutual connection. I was about to get back on antidepressants but I chose to work with her instead. It was tough and raw but so worth it! Today my life is far better than I could imagine. My relationship with my partner is strong and my team recently nominated me…
Anne
Social Change Activist & Lawyer
Magdalena won’t let you skirt around the edges. She goes for the jugular! I cried in our first session as she helped me realise that I was confident enough to sell a vision to world’s key leaders while being scared to let anyone get to know the real me. I escaped my loneliness by having…
Productivity & Wellbeing
“Man surprised me most about humanity. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.” – Dalai Lama
Lucy
Female Academic
I came to Magdalena feeling I was drowning in work, struggled with prioritizing and finding focus and also having to deal with a one-year-old kid at home. I’ve done courses before but coaching was amazing. I no longer feel stuck and frustrated. Thank you for helping me get on top of my work and securing…
Ian
Performance Coach
I coach entrepreneurs and business people and I came to Magdalena because I saw her give a workshop for coaches in London. I needed to get a handle on my own productivity and her warmth and shrewd observations hit deep. Our work was life-changing. I can seriously say our work helped save my marriage and…
Estelle
Medicine
As a medical doctor and a mother, my life can be incredibly hectic. Magdalena helped me get on top of my many roles and I simply love her Grid system. Thank you for your patience and humour. I think back to our sessions and I giggle inside. You brought sunshine into my life and the…
Tracey Stead
Independent Training Consultant & Facilitator
Magdalena is an incredibly perceptive coach – she can articulate what is going on very quickly to get to the heart of the matter. Using a very warm and supportive approach, she brings an expertly used range of tools, theories and intuition to help and challenge her clients. She is 100% with you every step…
High Stakes Interviews and Public Speaking
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou
Peter Cawley
Head of Department Mechanical Engineering Imperial College London
She is just the sort of coach staff find helpful – she is approachable, enthusiastic and full of good ideas that go with the grain of the application. With her heartfelt and intelligent heart & mind approach she nurtures talent and builds confidence so people demonstrate that they can be leaders and winners. Her work…
Monica Bettencourt-Dias
Director Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC)
I succesfully applied for a £2M research fellowship with Magdalena´s help at the interview stage. Magdalena came highly recommended by several colleagues who had been successful in obtaining the same grant after being coached by her. Magdalena critically helped me to shape my vision and pitch (slides, delivery, etc). She really helped me to aim…
Daniel Dini
Professor Mechanical Engineering
I was most fortunate to cross Magdalena’s path at the right time for my career and personal development. She coached me when preparing for my EPSRC Established Career Fellowship interview and she revolutonised my way of thinking about delivering a talk to non specialists in my field of expertise. Incredibly focused and hard-working she just…
Prof. B. Pal
Engineer
Magdalena very fast gauges the expectations of the people. Accordingly she suggests how to and what to pitch in. She helped me in expressing my research vision to people from different scientific backgrounds and in giving me the confidence needed for a successful interview.
J. Jeffers
Leader in Mechanical Engineering
The coaching sessions with Magdalena were hugely valuable – she was able to identify my strengths and weaknesses and made me much more confident dealing with questions probing what I thought were weaker areas. My proposal was ranked 5th before the interview stage, but this improved to 1st after the interview, and the coaching certainly…
Omar
Medical Research Scientist
Magdalena specifically coached me in my approach, presentation style and delivery for a Career Development Fellowship from the UK Government Department of Health, guiding me on visual, eye-catching, memorable content. Her strategy for me was to use tactics akin to a ‘Dragons Den’ ‘Apprentice’ approach to captivate, enthuse and entrance the Panel [while] simultaneously highlight…