Use this template to write or speak with your manager to access funding support for coaching with Katy Murray.

Dear [your manager’s name],

I’m exploring 1-1 coaching support and I’ve decided I’d like to work with Katy Murray.

I think this will be an excellent opportunity for me to deepen my [name skills and development areas highlighted with your budget holder… and why these are valuable to your team/ department/ wider organisation…. eg personal resilience, elevate my leadership and change making skills].

In addition to strengthening my leadership and resilience I’ll also learn [add more here… you can link your learning to your organisation’s commitment to supporting women leaders and/ professional development support and/ or enabling positive mental health and wellbeing.]

Katy Murray is a leadership coach with 20+ years experience across 35 countries and coaching 1000s of leaders. She also consults in the specialist areas of organisational culture, equity diversity and inclusion.

[If you’ve worked with Katy before] I’ve worked with Katy Murray before and found that [add benefits/ impact you experienced.]

She is part of the coaching faculty for Advance HE, Allbright, Everywoman, Found + Flourish and her clients include Wates, Amnesty International, Plan UK, Concern Worldwide, Trussell Trust, Comic Relief, Wickes, BBC, House of Parliament, Logicalis, Slack, Spotify, Refugee Council, Trussell Trust, UNICEF and many more. 

I’m excited to bring what I learn back to [name of your organisation/ team] and I expect my learning to include [name the areas of professional development that you’d expect to bring back to your team and org context].

Katy’s coaching packages are listed HERE and I’m considering [name the coaching package] which is an investment of [name the amount]. Katy’s sessions are invoiced upfront and we can [clarify payment terms that will suit you e/g pay in instalments / pay by xx date]

I appreciate your support in resourcing me to stretch and grow, and I’m confident that my learning through coaching with Katy will enable me to be an even stronger leader at work.

Thank you for considering this investment and I look forward to discussing with you [when and where]

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