Roxana Bacian Coaching
Team, Leadership & Organisational Coaching
For navigating complex change sustainably
Roxana Bacian ACC
Organisational and Leadership Coach
Associate Certified Coach with ICF
Hello, my name is Roxana. I'm a coach committed to supporting leaders and teams to approach change at depth, yet with ease; so they can effectively target organisational efforts. I hope that in doing this work, together, we may effect the deep positive changes we want to see in the world. I work independently and as an associate with clients and organisations across the world.
In the last couple of years, I’ve supported four teams as an associate with NEON. The results speak for themselves: one team shifted from a hierarchical governance model to a flat structure; another shifted from one director to a co-directorship model; and another successfully re-started activity after a period of low activity during the pandemic.
In leadership, I’ve coached headteachers in Scotland as an associate with Know You More. I helped them increase their confidence in sustaining their wellbeing and that of their teams by 43%. I bring 7 yrs expertise in lead designer roles with startups and social enterprises in the UK, alongside having built a 6yo international coaching practice.
“Roxana has been a fantastic organisational coach for our
team as well as coaching individual team members.
She has helped us navigate a time of significant organisational change and we have come out of the other side a more cohesive team with stronger shared sense of - and processes for - working together.”
- Mark Walton, Founder and Prev Executive Director,
Shared Assets
Podcasts
Hear me in conversations with leading coaches
and social entrepreneurs:
Conscious Leadership
with The Breakout Room,
Tim Mart, Know You More
Jan 2024
Talking on leadership that brings people together.
In the Arena: Equity
with The Coaching Inn and Kirsty Elderton
Aug 2022
Exploring the power of equity in coaching and beyond.
Effective Coaching Relationships
with Kruti Shah
Jun 2021
How to best prepare for and get the most out of coaching.
Vision & Methods
This is what drives me in coaching and some of the tools I bring into the work:
Leadership Coaching:
I want to work towards a world where truly owning and making our visions for the world a reality is possible for everyone. I believe that coaching can support people to unearth latent potential, break limiting beliefs, reclaim authority and joy in order to contribute to bettering the world.
Team Coaching:
I want to work towards a world in which team members know how to learn, listen and collaborate. A world in which we prioritise being there for our colleagues, whilst taking care of our own wellbeing. So that together we can shape the world we want.
How I do this:
In leadership, I do this by helping leaders be honest with themselves about what is going on, learn to further stretch their belief in their power to influence their organisations and take the actions required to bring their unique contribution to the team’s purpose.
In team coaching, I help teams build the skills they require to find their way forward through difficult times, hold onto their collective purpose in the face of challenges and learn to identify, mark and celebrate progress in the pursuit of complex and multi-stakeholder endeavours.
Methodology:
My coaching methodology rests on three main pillars: partnership with the client/team, invitations towards the client/team’s next level of growth and marking and celebration of their progress. I am trained in a variety of coaching models and follow the ICF coaching code of ethics. I bring work experience of employing traditional service design tools from previous work with NEC Digital, organisational development tools and radical anti-oppression and liberatory tools from previous work with NEON.
Approach to Change:
I hold a developmental and process-oriented stance to working in coaching.
This means that I work at greater emotional depth to enable greater degrees of change in behaviour and outlook. The work itself still revolves around outcomes,
as this is inherent to making change happen. This way of working is supported by my personal work in psychotherapy, working in supervision with a dual trained supervisor (therapist and coach) and attending recognised, relevant and ongoing CPD.
Lived Experience:
Originally from Romania, I moved to the UK in 2009 and bring experience of navigating cultural differences on a daily basis. I also bring experience of changing careers having shifted from working as a designer to working as a coach. On a personal level,
I bring experience and a life-long commitment to healing from complex trauma.
Teams
Coaching Programmes for Teams
About your team:
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You are a team/organisation going through change, whether the change has to do with processes, team dynamics or shifts in governance and strategy;
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You have struggled to make change take hold in the past and want to ensure that your investment in change management support delivers sustainable results;
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You are keen to put in place the conditions that will enable your team to make the most out of successfully navigating these uncertain, yet crucial periods of transition.
How I Can Support:
Over the last five years, I’ve honed a coaching process that supports teams to make change stick: which means they come out of a coaching session or programme with actionable steps and a roadmap to sustainable momentum.
I do this by helping teams build the skills they require to hold onto their collective purpose in the face of challenge, take effective steps and experiment with new behaviours whilst learning to identify and celebrate progress.
Previous Success:
“Roxana has been a fantastic organisational coach for our team as well as coaching individual team members. She has helped us navigate a time of significant organisational change and we have come out of the other side a more cohesive team with a stronger shared sense of - and processes for - working together.”
- Mark Walton, Founder and Prev Executive Director, Shared Assets
Find a case study of this work in the team coaching programme info document below and book a free call to meet each other and explore working together.
Leaders
Coaching Sessions & Programmes for Leaders
About you:
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You are a leader, whether in your first or n-th role, looking to better serve your team as your organisation as it looks to respond to current external and internal pressures;
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You have already done some of this thinking yourself but need a neutral source of support where you can be honest about uncertainties and challenges you are facing;
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You are looking to identify what changes you might need to make to your current leadership approach so that you can show up more efficiently and fully to your team.
How I Can Support:
Over the last five years, I’ve honed a coaching process that supports leaders and teams to make change stick: which means they come out of a coaching session or programme with actionable steps and a roadmap to sustainable momentum.
I do this by helping leaders get honest with themselves about the changes they need to make, to learn to further stretch their belief in their power to influence their organisations and take the actions required to bring their current contribution to the team’s purpose.
Previous Success:
Pippa was moving into a senior role in a new part of the social impact sector. She was looking for a space to unpack her insecurities about returning to a leadership role as well as looking critically at the position of power that came with being a funder.
“Roxana helped me to identify the issues I needed to consider, how I could make progress in my thinking and how I would know I had reached clarity on an issue. I’d recommend her for anyone who wants to take a step away from their day-to-day life and find a way to move their thinking forward."
- Pippa Smith, Head of a Grantmaking Foundation”
Credentials
The experience, skills and presence I bring to this work are shaped by the relationships I’ve been blessed with, the people who aren’t afraid to keep growing. They include my therapist, supervisor, coaching managers and colleagues, long-time friends and most of all, the clients
I work with who are brave to cross the bridge of their lives and of their organisations.
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> 180hrs of ongoing live coaching CPD and 333 coaching sessions (1-2-1 and team);
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7 years designing visuals, programmes and services with Shift Design, Snook (The Scottish Government, NHS24, Edinburgh University, Stirling Council) and FutureGov;
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2.5 years organisational coaching with teams in land justice, anti-detention, youth mental health and climate justice; Associate at New Economy Organisers Network;
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1.5 years facilitating and training coaches with Simply Coaching and 3.5 years supervising coaches on MOE Foundation's coaching course;
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5 years leadership, career and wellbeing coaching with social entrepreneurs, creative freelancers, designers, climate specialists, researchers, creative arts practitioners, curators, consultants, headteachers, heads of grant-making foundations and directors of charities;
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8.5 years of weekly psychotherapy identifying unhelpful patterns of behaviours, finding alternative responses, increasing relational skills and emotional regulation;
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Previously coaching associate with New Economy Organisers Network, Learnest, She Leads Change and Simply Coaching. Currently coaching associate with Know You More and Kokua Hub.