Mind and Performance
Adrian Cole MBE
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My aim is to be useful to people who wish to operate at their best. This can be in any area of their life. I have sought out highly competent people in the field of sub-conscious emotional work been trained by them. These are not people who say they have great competence but people who can demonstrate great competence. I continue to do this. What I offer, over and above conventional coaching and other cognitive approaches, are specific processes, working with the sub-conscious, that produce results and a level of skill and experience that allows me to make good use of them.
I have invested in myself by, firstly experiencing the sort or work I now offer and secondly, training to the highest level available. I am now experienced enough to be effective with some of the most seemingly complex clients.
My level of experience is, of course, always growing and there is learning in every interaction. Experiencing emotional work myself, apart from vastly increasing my capacity, resilience and confidence, also allowed me to make sense of my past experiences. As a result, these experiences, rather than weigh me down, now have become much more useful to me.
I was brought up in the Midlands, and now live in Devon with Jac, the love of my life. I have three children; Eleanor (26), Daniel (23) and Joseph (20).
I am a former Royal Marines Commando of 20 years service, finishing my time at the Commando Training Centre in Devon. My last post was as Chief Instructor of the Physical Training Department.
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In 2000 I was awarded the MBE for my part in a mountaineering expedition during which I became the 10th Briton to summit the world’s third highest mountain. Kangchenjunga, in the Eastern Himalaya stands 8,586m or 28,186ft above sea level and to date, this remains the highest altitude ever reached without oxygen by a British Serviceman. I remain very proud of this achievement which was made possible by the military as a whole and in particular, the great team I was part of.
I left the military in 2004 and have enjoyed being employed on a freelance basis in the corporate ‘High Performance Team Development’ sector as well as assisting in or running many different projects, programmes and
Sometimes coaching involves helping to put things in place to help us and sometimes it involves removing things that have been holding us back; often it is both and the great thing is, with the effective methodologies on offer now, there is always a way forward whoever we are.
Fundamentally I am a 'results' person. Working with people, delivering measurable change and positive results, is how I now earn my living.
competitions, all over the world. I have worked with professional athletes and sports teams and I am convinced that this work is so advantageous to performance that eventually all teams and athletes will engage with such processes, that remove resistance to performance at the subconscious level, as a matter of course
Most or our work is on a one:one basis, either with self-funding clients or clients paid for by their employers. We are also doing more and more work with teams, delivering training that underpins performance behaviours, to create measurable transformation and thus longevity of effect for team trainings. I have been able to incorporate the lessons I have learned through my individual work and an ever increasing understanding of behaviour and the workings of the subconscious mind, to make a much greater difference to those clients who see and understand the value of transformational work over transactional work that has little life beyond the time of delivery.
I have been a fulltime mountaineering instructor and continue to use the outdoors as a vehicle for personal development when opportunities arise.
For some years, I was heavily involved with a programme delivering personal development to wounded, injured and sick military personnel on behalf of The Royal British Legion. It is during this time that I gained some insight into how challenging trauma can be for service personnel (and civilians) and their families. I have long been passionate about the benefits of the outdoors and how sport and challenging environments can be used to develop skills but more importantly, confidence and character. I am convinced of the benefits of subconscious work to release emotions and change beliefs properly and I use this type of coaching in conjunction with conventional coaching and training to help those who are troubled emotionally in whatever form. This includes anyone who finds their performance affected negatively and anyone who finds themselves lacking the inner confidence they would really like.
Qualifications:
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Platinum Practitioner of Spectrum Emotional Coaching and Therapy.
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Licensed Trainer of Spectrum Emotional Coaching and Therapy.
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ILM Level 5 Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring.
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Master Practitioner and Licensed Trainer of Neuro Linguistic Programming.
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100 hours of training with Dr John Butler (One of the World's most respected practitioners and teachers in the world of hypnosis)
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Sometimes relevant - Mountain Instructor Certificate (MIC).
