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Executive 1:1 Coaching – Mental Health & Burnout
Why Now?
Today’s leaders are under relentless pressure — navigating growth, crisis, and transformation while carrying the weight of expectations. Burnout is no longer a personal issue; it’s a systemic leadership challenge with direct consequences for performance, decision-making, and culture.
Why Work with Jay Atara
- Unique blend of C-suite leadership experience and lived recovery from burnout.
- Professional ICF coaching expertise offering both professional expertise and authentic, empathetic guidance.
- Decades of executive leadership across finance, transformation, and governance.
- Passion for building sustainable leadership cultures that balance performance with well-being.
What It Offers
- A confidential, judgment-free space to address stress, overwhelm, and leadership fatigue.
- Support to:
- Recognize early warning signs of burnout.
- Build resilience and energy management strategies.
- Reclaim clarity, balance, and purpose in leadership.
The Coaching Experience
- Discovery Session – understand your goals, challenges, and triggers.
- Personalized Strategy – tailored plan for resilience and sustainable performance.
- Practical Tools & Habits – embedding recovery, clarity, and leadership balance.
- Ongoing Reflection – accountability and growth through confidential dialogue.
Outcomes You Can Expect
- Greater self-awareness and resilience.
- Improved clarity and decision-making under pressure.
- Renewed energy and focus.
- Alignment of personal well-being with organizational impact.
- Leadership that inspires trust and sustainability.
C-Suite 1:1 Coaching
The Space Behind the Role — Present, Unfiltered, and Without Judgment
Senior leadership today comes with unprecedented demands. Executives are expected to be strategists, visionaries, and communicators — balancing growth, ESG, digital transformation, and social impact. At the same time, every decision is under scrutiny from boards, investors, employees, regulators, and the public. This constant visibility takes a toll not only on performance, but also on health, family, and personal wellbeing.
A Different Kind of Support
Jay Atara combines 30+ years of board-level leadership with ICF-accredited coaching expertise and lived experience of executive pressures. He offers a rare, confidential space where leaders can:
- Bring challenges — professional or personal — without judgment
- Be vulnerable, real, and honest about the issues they face.
- Engage in courageous conversations that unlock clarity and new perspectives.
- Strengthen presence and resilience both at work and at home.
What You Can Expect
- A trusted partner to help navigate complexity and ambiguity.
- Clarity on priorities and confidence in decision-making.
- Support to prevent burnout and sustain resilience.
- Alignment of personal values with professional purpose.
- Stronger executive presence with boards, investors, regulators, and teams.
The Benefits
- A confidential space to say what cannot be said in the boardroom.
- Freedom to face uncomfortable truths without fear of judgment.
- Practical tools to manage stress, pressure, and isolation.
- Renewed energy, clarity, and balance to lead effectively and sustainably.
C-Suite 1:1 Coaching: Your Space to Lead with Clarity
CFO 1:1 Coaching – A Space for You
Today’s CFO role has never been more demanding. Beyond the numbers, finance leaders are expected to steer organisations through uncertainty, lead new generations of talent, and balance ESG, digital innovation, resilience, and trust. It’s a responsibility that stretches even the most capable leaders—often at the expense of wellbeing, family, and personal clarity.
I know this world because I’ve lived it. After more than 30 years in senior finance leadership—guiding organisations through the 2008 crash, COVID-19, and over £1bn in financing—I experienced first-hand both the opportunity and the toll of being a CFO.
That’s why I created CFO 1:1 Coaching: a confidential space where finance leaders can pause, reflect, and regain clarity. As an Professional ICF coaching expertise and former CFO, I offer something unique—professional coaching expertise combined with lived experience of the role.
What I Offer
- Safe, judgment-free conversations where you can bring anything—professional or personal.
- Courageous reflection that sharpens decisions and strengthens leadership presence.
- 60- or 90-minute sessions designed around you, with an initial no-obligation 45-minute discovery session.
Why Work With Me
I bring a rare blend of executive experience and coaching insight. I’ve built high-performing cultures, aligned finance with strategy, and championed ESG and sustainability—always balancing performance with responsibility.
The Benefits
- Clarity in decisions and boardroom dynamics
- Resilience to handle constant pressure
- Confidence & presence at work and at home
- A safe space to speak openly, without judgment
CFO 1:1 Coaching gives you the space behind the role—to lead with clarity, resilience, and renewed energy.