About me and my journey to coaching
Penny Layton
I’m an executive and leadership coach, specialising in helping passionate leaders and teams create real movement to unlock their potential. I champion people to rise to their challenges and become even more effective both as individuals and together.
I am also a Wife, Mum to two grown boys, a late-to-the-party fitness fan and lover of all things creative!
I have a background of over 25 years working in the financial services industry. With experience across Retail, Commercial, Wealth Management, Lending and Entrepreneurial businesses I have led and coached both local and regional teams. In 2018 I realised the part of running teams that really inspired me was coaching my people to exceed their own expectations. I took a leap, my first full time coaching role and have never looked back! As well as being an Executive coach in the Wealth and Commercial businesses in NatWest bank, I have also coached a diverse range of start-up and high growth founders in an Entrepreneur Accelerator. I am currently retained by Coutts bank as an Executive coach and absolutely love working with the senior leaders and teams throughout the business.
Outside of coaching I am passionate about finding new challenges, particularly fitness, to really push me and test my limits. Being outside and active is incredibly important to me. I have seen first-hand the impact this has on performance in all areas of life! Along with a few medals from kickboxing (which I am very proud of) I also love doing anything creative. I have worked on small films as a special effects makeup artist, competed in bodypainting competitions and made some weird and wonderful fairies and props for various events.
The company
Founded in 2022, Layton Potential was started to support clients from a wide range of industries and allow me to help and support teams and leaders outside of finance.
Part of our company values are to give back to the community and we do this through working with a chosen charity or social enterprise every 6 months, donating 6 coaching sessions for their leadership teams.
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