The Thinking Environment seems to me to be the pinnacle of coaching approaches and I would encourage anyone, however experienced a coach or not, to see how powerful thinking for oneself can be.

Sophie is not only a superb teacher and facilitator of the Thinking Partnership; she also embodies the Ten Components of a Thinking Environment, creating the perfect conditions for people's learning, discovery and thinking. And her sheer delight in life permeates it all.

Experiencing and learning the Thinking Environment from Sophie is a privilege. She embodies the Ten Components as a professional and as a person. She also sustains both expertise and exploration, a rare and essential quality in this work.

On this course, having the experience of being a thinking partner and truly (for the first time?!) thinking independently has reinforced this and I think it is something that would benefit everyone in everything they do! So I am hooked. 

The 2 days offered a space to learn about the elements which will enable me to hold my classes / meetings / 1-2-1s in a Thinking Environment. I saw what I had learned from reading the 2 Time to Think books in action, in more specific detail with the chance to ask when I was not sure I had understood something correctly.

A powerful and experiential learning experience where you are fully immersed in the building blocks that helps to create a thinking environment for both individuals and teams. The course also provides you, as the participant, with valuable time and space to think for yourselves. I would highly recommend it!

The entire course was useful and it’s rare that so much of a course provides this. It will be life changing in terms of how I treat people when they are speaking which hopefully will impact on them. Sophie was an excellent tutor and so knowledgeable about the underpinning concepts and theory; absolutely nothing phased her.

Very enjoyable and learned an amazing amount, which will have very practical and ‘useable’ outcomes. It has already improved my coaching style and meetings.

 It is a gift to have the time to think and already the incisive questions are making a significant difference, for the better, in how I coach and facilitate meetings! A differentiator for me is that Sophie modelled the TE for us beautifully.

Sophie does such a good job of creating a genuine thinking environment for all her participants that everyone shines.

It was a good mix of theory and practical; small, informal group where you felt safe. If you want to learn how to be more effective and have more impact in your work, this is the course for you both personally and for your team.

Completely changed my approach to coaching moving to a method which to me is far more effective. Dynamic thinking environment which teaches you how to be an effective listener and thus work with coaches to establish change. The most effective method of coaching I’ve experienced.

What you learn is so useful for so many aspects of your life that it is well worth investing the time.

This course allows you to practically explore the power of thinking clearly for yourself.  It is very different to other coaching approaches and seems to bring about more significant shifts in thinking and understanding than I have come across elsewhere.

It has enabled me to develop much more as a coach but also as an independent thinker. It has made me realise the power of true listening, without interruptions, to enable productive independent thinking. 

What you learn is not just a tool you can use at work, but one that can change how you approach your life, bringing more possibilities and choice than you realised was possible.

It has transformed my thinking and approach to coaching and mentoring and I want to share that with other people who might fine it useful.

For me it was priceless to have space to explore and develop my coaching practice through the lens of the Thinking Partnership approach. The course gave me the confidence to immediately put the Thinking Partnership into practice with my clients and for myself as a Thinker.