Meet your team

Scaffold Coaching supports technically brilliant professionals, specialising in the consulting, construction, engineering, education, government and the creative industries to grow into confident, capable, compassionate leaders.

These sectors often promote technically skilled individuals into leadership roles without always equipping them for the people side of leadership.

That’s where we come in. Supporting technically brilliant professionals to become confident, capable leaders.

Two people. One purpose.

We combine data-led insights with practical, people-focused development. Because when leaders understand themselves better, they lead better.

Our purpose is to help people better understand themselves so they can create better outcomes for their people, organisation and society.

Meet John

John Tattersall has over 35 years business and people experience, having started his career in Commercial Financial Services. For over twelve years John’s value based coaching has helped people use their values as a foundation to their self development.

John facilitates personal development to create more personal choices and better decision making capability, helping clients achieve their goals and increase their self confidence. John is a passionate golfer, football fan, runner and mountain biker.

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Meet Rachael

Rachael Sullivan spent 15 years carving out a career in marketing communications.. Her last role role was learning and development manager for the north's largest advertising agency, developing and delivering internal leadership development programmes.

Rachael’s coaching ethos focuses on building self awareness, self-insight and perspective taking capability. Rachael has a Masters Degree in Coaching Psychology, Bachelor of Science in Marketing, is Hogan Assessment certified and has completed an Introduction to Transactional Analysis - TA 101.

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A better approach

Tune into our Building Better Leaders podcast and LinkedIn newsletter. Thorough these free resources we provide practical insights including coaching tips, leadership tools, and fresh perspectives to support your leadership journey.
With over 50 years combined corporate experience, we understand the demands, pressures and politics of modern leadership – and how to navigate them.
Our work is grounded in coaching psychology and behavioural science. Rachael holds a Master’s in Coaching Psychology, which we apply in practical ways to support real behavioural change and high performance.
As a small consultancy, we work closely with you to understand your culture, people and context – designing bespoke programmes that truly fit.
You get two expert trainers, facilitators and coaches – bringing diverse perspectives, more dynamic discussion, and a balanced female/male facilitation team.
Our Building Better Leaders programme has an average Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 73, based on 240 submissions – well above industry benchmarks.
We also offer pre and post programme evaluations, giving you real data on progress on the impact.