Henny Flynn

About

Henny Flynn
PCC
Executive & Life Coach

An empathic and challenging coach, Henny is known for building strong rapport with her clients - supporting them in gaining personal insight to create deep transformation. She combines practical expertise with compassion for every individual and respect for the collective wisdom of a group.

As a coach, author, podcaster and retreat host, Henny is focussed on deepening self-awareness with self-compassion to make and manage change. She has specific additional expertise in working with women experiencing menopause and is the founder of The Compassionate Menopause community.

Her corporate career has spanned HR, marketing communications and consultancy, with start-ups through to multi-nationals. She has sat on boards, managed extensive teams and led £multi-million brand change programmes. Prior to training as a business and personal coach, she spent ten years in educational publishing, in the UK and overseas, followed by 20 years in insurance, both within brokerages and global insurers, including senior brand roles at AXA and Aviva Insurance.

Since 2017 she has run her own coaching practice, with a special interest in the significance of self-awareness and self-compassion in creating deep and lasting personal and professional change.

An experienced speaker, facilitator and trainer, she delivers leadership development programmes, webinars and coaching-skills training programmes.

Training and qualifications
Henny is an accredited Professional Certified Coach (PCC) of the International Coach Federation (ICF), she completed her post graduate qualification in coaching with Chester University and is a graduate in Sociology, with Psychology, from Nottingham University. She is trained in Systemic & Constellation Coaching and has previously been an Approved Person under the FSA.

Coaching style
Henny uses her extensive experience in creating and managing corporate change, combined with her expertise as a transformational coach, to support her clients through their own processes of change. She recognises the critical importance of creating personalised balance - and the challenges when it’s not aligned.

She specialises in creating a foundation of self-awareness on which to build successful change with clarity, calm and confidence and manage key life stage changes, such as the menopause, return to work, leadership development, career shifts and role transitions.
What her clients say

"Working with Henny across three sessions brought about life changing results for me. It wasn’t easy – far more challenging than I anticipated as I think on reflection I wanted someone to give me the answers. In retrospect the important thing is to trust Henny and her process. I can honestly say I feel happier and clearer than I have for a long time and know how to use the coaching sessions in the future to keep me on track.”
Business Founder - Public Relations Firm

"What was a very painful career timeline session with Henny has already paid off. I’m giving a 30 minute ‘inspiration’ speech to our first group of women on our brand new women’s development programme and I find myself so enthusiastic and positive about what I can  bring to the speech because of the work we did! I do believe I needed to exorcise a few demons to allow me to be able to tell my story with joy and pride and am so grateful for the help Henny gave - amazing coaching.”
HR Director - Global Recreation Brand

"I enjoyed the sessions I had with Henny very much indeed. It was a cathartic process to go through for me. I feel as though I am on the verge of being excited and really driving forward with the business whilst achieving acceptance and calm in relation to my home life and the very first session certainly started me down a new path towards achieving this. I was feeling overwhelmed and I feel less so now. I enjoyed the fact that the sessions enabled me to put tasks and challenges into manageable chunks and work through them. It made an overwhelming challenge feel like something I could actually tackle. Thank you!"
Board Director - Brokerage, Financial Services / Deputy Chair of industry body

“I can’t recommend Henny highly enough. Whether you are on a personal journey or just need some ‘me’ time her workshops are a perfect dose of inspiring self care. Henny’s gentle wisdom and kind enthusiasm is so infectious and supportive that you can’t help but leave the workshop reenergised and enthused”
Senior Advocate - Local Authority

“I would thoroughly recommend Henny as a coach. Through our honest conversations, Henny helped me focus on opportunities for my career as well as a healthier work life balance. She is an honest, friendly and down to earth person who focuses on developing the whole person rather than simply focusing on their career or work challenges.”
Marketing Director - Investments, Financial Services

- Experienced well-being & change coach
- Guest speaker & retreat host
- Post-graduate Certificate in Coaching
- Degree in Sociology with Psychology
- Qualified, accredited coach (ACC)
- 30 years senior corporate career

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