Do you know you want to change career, but find you’re going round in circles?
I’m Tom. I help mid-career professionals get unstuck and move towards work that truly energises them and supports the life they want. So that they become people who light up talking about work, get paid to do something they enjoy, and bring their best selves to the people they care about most.
Together, we’ll work out what’s keeping you stuck, explore what could come next, and help you actually take practical steps towards it.
EMCC Coach Practitioner
Psychology BSc
Corporate Leadership Background
A chance to talk about where you are and whether I can help. No obligation.
You’re good at your job. You’re just not sure you want it any more.
You’ve built a career. It pays for a life you value. But you’re coming home drained, and the thought of doing this for another ten years is getting harder to ignore.
Perhaps some of this sounds familiar:
You worry that a change could mean starting again, putting pressure on your family, or giving up things you enjoy.
You keep scrolling through jobs. You save a few. But most look like another version of what you already do. A few weeks pass. Repeat.
An interesting idea gets you excited. Until you start wondering whether you could earn enough doing it. The idea, and the energy for it, fade like that houseplant you always forget about.
You can stay consistent at work. You stick to the gym. But your own next career steps don’t seem to happen. Then you wonder whether you just need to be more organised. You organise getting more organised.
Someone asks “How’s work?” and you get that uncomfortable feeling inside, and pull a funny face as you say something generic, and move the conversation onto anything else.
Deep down you know Celebrity Traitors is not a long term strategy for taking the edge off work. You consider watching the American one, though.
The longer it goes on like this, the less sure you are it can change.
You realise you’d like some energy left on Friday for the people and things you love.
The question is: doing what, and how to get there while taking your income and responsibilities seriously.
Hello.
I know what it’s like to do well in a career you don’t really want to keep doing.
My own career took me through sales and corporate leadership. I loved developing people, but gradually realised that the career I’d built wasn’t where I wanted to stay. Leaving the familiar felt frightening, even when I knew something needed to change.
That experience helped lead me into coaching.
I’m an EMCC-accredited coach with a degree in psychology. My work brings together understanding what matters to you, building self-belief, and taking action on it.
I’ll listen carefully, ask questions that help you see things differently, and challenge you when you’re getting in your own way. There’s also room for a laugh along the way, too.
How we’ll work together
Through one-to-one conversations, exercises and practical steps between sessions, we’ll work on three things.
1. Understand what’s keeping you stuck
We’ll untangle the doubts, assumptions and practical concerns that keep bringing you back to the same place. You’ll get clearer on what needs attention and what you can do about it.
2. Explore work that could fit
We’ll look at what you enjoy getting absorbed in, what you want more of, and what your work needs to provide—including income. Then we’ll explore directions worth investigating, whether you have several ideas or very little idea yet.
3. Turn possibilities into practical steps
We’ll get you talking to people, investigating options and trying things out. You’ll build evidence to make decisions, with support to follow through when the doubts return.
You can begin this work while you’re still in your current job (phew).
Client Experiences
“ The coaching Tom gave me, involved the most impactful conversations I have had in many years, which enabled me to significantly improve my working life. This has led to me being appointed to a new role, which has been an enormous improvement for me personally and professionally.…”
Global Head of Corporate Sustainability
“ As I transitioned from being employed to self-employment I needed support to stay on track and work through difficult blocks and emotions that I anticipated would come up. Over my time working with Tom he has helped me work through all of that, and so much more! Always able to see the bigger picture, the practical work has enabled me to stay focussed whilst in the deep work of self discovery…”
Georgie, Cheltenham
“ I spoke to Tom when I felt stuck and not taking action on my business idea. His process helped me overcome my limiting beliefs and step into my new identity to pursue my wildest dreams. I am now building my own business. Coaching with Tom has been an amazing journey worth every penny. Without Tom, it would have possibly taken me years to make the necessary changes.…”
Project Design Lead
“I’ve found coaching with Tom an incredibly valuable experience, helping me become more focused and in control of my life. I’d become a passive passenger in life’s journey and had let daily life dull my professional ambition and restrict my motivation. Coaching has been about me driving accountability and me doing the work with the support and insight of Tom to help stay focused on the goals and objectives we had defined together. Pre Tom I was very much “I’ll do that tomorrow” or “maybe I’ll take up a new hobby”. Now I’m “No time better than the present” and I’ve just signed up to a new professional creative course and career direction.”
Senior Channel Leader, Apple
Reckon I could help? Let’s talk.
Imagine being one of those weirdly enthusiastic people who lights up when someone asks, “How’s work?”
Imagine being proud of what you do, excited by what you’re learning, and earning a living that supports the life you enjoy. You come home with stories, ideas and energy for the people you love.
And underneath it all is a different feeling about yourself: you took what you wanted seriously, backed yourself, and made it happen.
If you know you want a career change and keep getting stuck on what to do next, I’d be happy to talk.
In a free initial conversation, we’ll talk about what’s happening with work, what you’d like to change, and whether working together feels like a good fit for you.
You don’t need to have your next career figured out before we speak :)
Drop me an email at tom@tgm-coaching.com or book in below.