Andrew Weakford Coaching
Hi There
My name is Andy (He/Him), I’m 46 years old, I live outside Reading with my amazing wife and our 4 teenagers. They are fantastic and challenging at times! Coaching has helped me with them whether it be exams, friendship or emptying the dishwasher!
I am a sporty person, playing any sport if I get the chance, mainly cycling, walking and football.
As well as playing, I also volunteer as a football coach at my local grassroots football team. I have been coaching my team since they were 5 and now we're playing 11 a side. I’ve coached them to utilise my motto ‘Be the best you can be in everything you do’; this has instilled great values for life with them to take forward.​
My Journey
Counting Numbers
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My career started out within a blue chip company and a will to become an Accountant. I achieved that back at the start of the 2000's. This set me on a great path, understanding the corporate world within a number of functions (Sales, Marketing, HR, Property, Legal and Customer Care to name a few) inside blue chip organisations, analysing the commercial impact of company decisions.
After 15 years of accounting I progressed into Customer Experience and then Customer Design. My main passion in these roles was Coaching and supporting individuals and building high performing teams.
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Be The Best You Can Be
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Managing teams led me to start living and breathing my motto 'Be the best you can be', which came from a book by Stephen Covey 'The 7 habits of highly successful people'. I've always found the most rewarding part of my career was developing other people. I want to help people be the best they can be. This was my life for twenty plus years until an opportunity arose to change for the better.
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A New Start.......Coaching
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I’ve been through tough times in my life, speaking to people really helped me see clearly and make fantastic decisions. I'm fully aware that coaching and developing people is something that enriched my life, therefore a new start had to be made.
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At the end of 2024 I took the plunge and started my coaching journey with Animas and I've never looked back. The course opened my eyes to the power of Transformation Coaching and how this can really help people make a change in their life for the better. ​ Since making the decision to become a Coach, I've helped many people within several areas - Wellbeing, Careers, Corporate issues, Family life to name a few. I've had positive feedback from each client, citing me as friendly, a good listener, professional, non-judgemental, easy to talk to whilst helping them prioritise their goals. (See the references on the home page).
I'm only at the start of my new journey and I already know it's one I'm going to love and enjoy.