Alison Outred

I am a fully qualified, experienced, professional coach based in Edinburgh. I work with people as unique individuals to make positive change and get the results they want in their personal and professional life.
I have been coaching and developing people for over 25 years and set up Bright Thinking in 2009 to help people make positive changes in their life and live happier, more purposeful lives.

Previously I spent ten years with financial services company Aegon as a training consultant and management development coach and four years before that running my own IT Training consultancy. During that time, I helped literally thousands of people, across a wide variety of businesses to develop their skills, but it was only when I started coaching people one-to-one around 2006, that I feel I really started tapping into people’s potential and making a real difference to their lives.

I spent my last few years with Aegon, coaching managers as part of a wider management development programme and was amazed at how effective coaching was at helping people resolve their issues, usually around dealing with people, work/life balance, career direction, confidence and assertiveness.

I have since spent my time coaching private clients on many of the same issues and, whether it’s for business or life, coaching is still the most effective personal development and change tool I’ve come across.