Our Mission
wE HELP YOU CREATE THE WORLD YOU WANT TO LIVE and work IN.
aUSTIN bLAIR & jERRY lOWE - fOUNDERS
At Halse we create momentum and deliver results through action orientated strengths coaching as well as providing flexible consultancy services.
Our journeys have seen us launching well-known brands and businesses here in the UK and across the globe. From Start-Up to Multi-National and almost everything in between, Jerry and Austin have worked in Marketing, Sales and C-Suite roles. They joined forces because of their shared passion for the transformative power of coaching.
Their strengths coaching programme is backed by science and refined by experience. With International Coaching Federation, Association for Coaching, Gallup CliftonStrengths and Neuro Linguistic Programming Qualifications, this team blend the best of all their resources with a pinch of pragmatism.
At Halse, we are dedicated to helping you create a clear vision of your future, facilitating flexibility in the ever changing world and giving you the deep roots that you need, to sustain high levels of personal and professional growth.
Our FOunders
A little insight into Jerry and Austin, you can never really get to know someone by reading a bio, so please get in touch if you’re interested to know us better.
We’d love nothing more than to have a quick chat or answer your questions by email.
Jerry Lowe
With over 15 years of experience in business, from public sector to PLC, from family business to academic institution, I have a wide and varied portfolio. I have worked across both sales and marketing teams, always with a strong focus on communication and creativity.
Almost a decade since my first coaching training, I have used those techniques daily in the corporate world. Working with some of the biggest FMCG businesses in the UK.
I’ve grown and launched brands both nationally and internationally, however, the work I am most proud of is the teams that I have helped to create and the personal growth journeys that I have had the the privilege of supporting.
Creating teams that are stronger and more dynamic than the sum of their parts is my passion.
What can I do for you?
Focus - finding space to align business and personal mission with individual goals and objectives
Understanding - conducting engagement surveys and facilitating 360 feedback
Strengths - ascertaining learning styles, equipping people to deliver their best
Solutions - developing actionable insights and deliverable steps to achieve your targets
Skills - a practical toolkit, beat imposter syndrome, developing self-confidence or learning to listen
I am a member of the Association for Coaching and have my Accredited Award in Coaching training. I have International Coaching Federation Level 1 qualification and I am an Accredited Performance Coach.
I hold qualifications in NLP and Hypnosis, I am an ABNLP accredited Coach Practitioner and and An ABH Hypnosis practitioner.
I undertake regular CPD and I enjoy learning new skills, so who knows what will be next in the portfolio!
austin blair
I have over 40 years of business experience, working in many countries around the world, at various levels, most recently as CEO of an International Insurance Company.
Having created several industry leading companies, I have over 15 years experience in business at a C-suite level, creating successful, Corporate Management teams, supervising Board Governance and driving employee development, alongside my experience in coaching.
My coaching approach uses a strengths based, dynamic framework, to facilitate personal and corporate development, using my business and coaching experience to help you to grow and thrive.
I am an accredited Executive Coach, with the Association for Coaching. I have experience in coaching both individuals and executive teams.
What can I do for you?
Values - defining your corporate and individual values
Clifton Strengths - identifying your personal strengths using Gallup StrengthsFinder analysis
Tools - using a variety of coaching tools to help you understand your purpose and paradigm
Measurement - measuring and understanding employee engagement
Growth - taking individuals and businesses to the next level (and the one after that…)
Unconditional positive regard leads to a non-judgemental stance in relation to the coachee, allowing the coachee to present openly and honestly. This creates a safe and trusting relationship, between coach and coachee, where vulnerability and authenticity can thrive.
OUR PERSONAL STRENGTHS
We’d love to introduce you to the Clifton StrengthsFinder
This is what it says about us
Our Wolrd
A little scrap book of some of our favourite places, top 3 moments and the adventures we’ve had along the way
The view from Austin’s farm over the Taunton Vale, turn up your sound for the full sheep sound track
Jerry & Tom buying a speciality cafe, it all started when Jerry was using the laundrette next door…ask the story when you see her, it’s a good one!
The house in a field that Jerry & her husband Tom built, it took 3 years, lots of people said it was impossible. Then the biggest turn of events, they moved from it
Jerry captaining the AQHA UK Euro Cup Team while representing the UK in Le Pin France
The image below is one of Austin’s current building projects, it’s not just a stock photo!
