Newcastle City Learning

Print

Page Traffic

FE Week Articles

Google Page

Service Manager

Newcastle City Learning Gillian Forrester

Gillian ForresterThere is no biographical profile of the Principal on the College's website. This one is from Gillian's own website.


I am an experienced senior leader who has a passion for developing outstanding practitioners and providing a high-quality learning experience for all students. With over 29 years’ experience, I have worked in a wide range of settings and roles within FE, including Colleges, Independent Learning Providers and Community Adult Education. I have also run my own consultancy business which saw me coaching and mentoring others within the sector. A large part of my career has involved workforce development and the effective leadership and management of highly successful teams and departments.

However, I have also experienced and witnessed some of the worst of working in competitive environments where the stakes are always high, and where this can have a great toll on people’s mental and physical well-being. Where burnout is too common, and where many women (and sometimes men too) can struggle to juggle the demands of modern-day life as a senior leader.

I have experienced much success in my career. However, when experiencing a redundancy situation just as I was turning 50, my world was rocked and the feelings of rejection, low self-esteem took over and I had to face some of the most difficult challenges in my career.

But I also learnt so much from those challenges.

Three years ago, I started my own journey of improvement and discovered a wealth of resources and people who provided wonderful support and information on how to reach a better work life balance and quality of life, whilst still performing well at work,

I am now a much better version of myself. I am calmer, more confident, and less stressed and certainly operating at a much better level in my role as a strategic and operational leader, as a result of my journey.

Through my love of coaching, I want to share this knowledge and journey with you to support you to find your happier place in the world.

I show professional women how to have it all.

https://gillianforrestercoaching.com/about/