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Day: April 1, 2025

My invisible Coach: A Father’s Journey Through Coaching, Parenthood, and Neurodiversity

They say hindsight is 20/20. Looking back, I can laugh with my 22-year-old son about the many parenting missteps I made, all while navigating the uncharted waters of neurodiversity. But if I’m being truly honest, I didn’t do it alone. There was a hidden coach by my side the entire time—my wife. Patient, persistent, and wise, she guided me not with lectures or reprimands, but with quiet nudges, subtle insights, and infinite compassion.
Unbeknownst to me, I was being coached all along

Growth Stages S.à r.l.
68 rue de Wormeldange,
Gonderange
Luxembourg 6180

LBR: B151350

TVA: LU23899429

Jan Randell

Counselling Supervisor

Initially trained in all aspects of Retail Management with leading UK retailers. I changed career 12 years ago to train as a Psychotherapist. I worked mainly for the charity sector as an Adult Counselling Manager, recruiting counsellors, delivering training, supporting therapists with clinical supervision as well as supporting clients with complex issues.

I would now like to offer my skills to people and organisations looking to develop and grow in the following areas:

• Counselling for clients on a 1-1 basis, group counselling (face to face or online)
• Training for professionals on Understanding Trauma, Anxiety & Depression plus many other associated workshops.
• Clinical Supervision for Therapists
• Safeguarding in the workplace
• Dealing with organisational conflict.

Qualifications

• BA degree in French & Linguistics
• Foundation Degree Science in Counselling (Person-Centred)
• Postgraduate Practitioner Course in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Introduction to Transactional Analysis
• Certificate of Professional Development in Addictions
• Certificates in Safeguarding Essentials
• Certificate in Internal Family Systems
• Certificate qualification in Attachment-Focussed EMDR
• CPD certificate in Clinical Supervision

Mei: July 2024

My first experience with a licensed coach, and it was a complete revelation! Lynn was the perfect combination of professionalism, patience, courtesy, and kindness. I found her coaching style to be pragmatic yet compassionate, in helping to guide my partner and I towards to an amicable balance between our absorbing business life, complex family obligations, and impending retirement plans.

As an added benefit, she helped us to develop new ways in how to effectively communicate and set mutual goals together. I would recommend Lynn without hesitation. In fact we plan to continue with her coaching services on a regular basis, because her impact is immense, and her methods sustainable for our long-term happiness!

Libby: May 2022

I felt safe and found it easy to share. We kept going back to my original goals and keeping it in mind. Although I had a hard time choosing priorities for each session with so much going on, but Lynn was helpful in setting goals for the session. It was super helpful to have accountability and something to work on between sessions.

I realise the aim of coaching is to help people find their own answers, but I struggle to listen to my gut/talk/feel etc all at the same time. So this was a challenge. I wouldn’t have been offended by more advice or input. You’ve been a terrific coach and friend. I look forward to working together in the future.

John Pritchard

Founder

Founder of Growth Stages, John was President and CEO of GE’s €300M+ European Automation business headquartered in Luxembourg.

On leaving GE, John founded Growth Stages in 2010 and undertook a number of interim CEO positions around Europe, before Growth Stages purchased MAC solutions.

John currently enjoys the fruits of his labour in semi-retirement and actively supports Nick, Jan and  Lynn when they need to call upon his many years of blue chip leadership experience.

He is actively involved in his local community, being a keen amateur tennis player.

Nick Frank

Change Catalyst

Nick embarked on a consulting career in 2010, having worked in leadership roles for over 25 years in companies & industries as diverse as XEROX, Textron Inc and Husky Injection Molding SA.

Through his consulting experiences he has developed into a catalyst for change, actively supporting industrial companies transform from their traditional product focus to service/customer centric business models. He is Co-MD of a Si2 GmbH (www.si2partners.com), a group of experienced professional that consult in this area.

More recently his has focused on team facilitation & mentoring creating highly interactive learning programmes for a diverse range of organisation:

  • Working with Service teams of $3bn US Technology business across US, India, Singapore and EMEA regions on Trusted Advisor, Problem Solving and Leadership
  • Luxembourg public training organisations on Leadership, Change, Agile, Design thinking, Visual Data Analytics
  • University MSc programmes at Cranfield University, Warwick University and the Henley Business School.

Nick is a Chartered Engineer, has a Mechanical Engineering degree, an MBA as well as is a Tableau certified User. He is President of Touch Luxembourg specialising in Youth and Women’s sport development

Lynn Frank

Coaching Psychologist

As Growth Stages pivots from Business Consulting to Personal & Team Development Coaching, Lynn Frank applies MSc  level Psychology practitioner qualifications with a life- time of Speaker/Trainer/ Facilitator experiences to bring impact to teams and people.

Lynn’s has built an impressive list of qualifications that support her many years of hands on experiences:

  • BSc in Psychology from the University of East London (UEL)
  • MSc in Health Promotion from Brunel University London
  • MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Applied Coaching (UEL): Her project on ”How to use Arts based coaching methods for to achieve one’s Best Possible Self’ earnt her a distinction and was so well regarded that it will be published in the next 12 months

 

Before having a family, Lynn worked for leading UK counselling & advisory organisations such Brunel University Students Union, Drinkline, the UK National Alcohol helpline as a counsellor and RELEASE as a Volunteer Coordinator and Helpline manager. She was also an executive director for the Telephone Helplines Association.

As a mother she has guided her autistic son through to degree level education, using many of the coaching and arts based visioning tools she has honed through her recent MSc. This  experience inspired her to co-found Passage asbl (www.passage.lu), the parent support group for English speaking parents in Luxembourg and retrain to pursue a career as a Coaching Psychologist.

At Growth Stages she started working as the PA and office manager for the Growth Stages MD and has since developed training and leadership programmes for local mid -size businesses, KJT the National  Children’s and Parents Helpline in Luxembourg, as well as a trainer for the BEE secure programme for internet security. She is a licenced trainer for the SPARKS resilience in the Workplace program.

Outside of work she has been a fully trained adult scout leader across all age sections for 16 years. Currently she leads the  Explorer Scouts Young Leadership programme for scouts over 14 years. She also specialises in teen yoga, taking great joy in watching young people develop.