About Dr Elizabeth Crosse

I am fortunate to be doing work I love as I focus on learning every day. As a supervisor, mentor, and coach, I am privileged to accompany someone like you on a phase of your developmental journey.   My journey of learning and development started with educating teddy bears at age three. Since then, I have navigated the challenges of dyslexia and dyspraxia in a career with incredible highs, spectacular failures and opportunities to work with amazing individuals.  

Incredible Highs

  • Teaching biology and seeing young people develop their thinking and reasoning skills
  • Heading up leadership development initiatives for the Bermudian Government and preparing Bermudians for senior positions.
  • Collaborating with like-minded individuals to create an internal coaching offer for the Civil Service
  • The joy of being an entrepreneur and running a viable business  

Spectacular Failures 

  • Training as an accountant when my dyslexic brain cannot differentiate between £100.00 and £10000.
  • Staying too long in a research assistant role for a charming academic psychopath because I thought the problem was me, not him.
  • Losing a contract for £50k because I made assumptions and misread the situation
  • Being made redundant from a role I loved. 

Amazing Organisations I have Worked With

Professional Qualifications and Personal Growth 

My academic qualifications reflect my joy in learning and demonstrate the value I place on the need for professional and ethical rigour in the unregulated field of coaching. Reframing failure as an opportunity for learning sounds like a cliché. The personal work I do to process difficult experiences life throws at me significantly impacts how I show up as a coach, mentor, or supervisor.

Acquiring new knowledge, engaging with supervision, and enhancing my skills are vital for my work. However, when I ask myself, ‘What does my soul currently need?’ my answer is, ‘Focus on well-being; keep running and get better at cooking.’

Offering you a holistic approach to your development 

Whether supervising, mentoring, or coaching, our starting point is to understand what you need to learn and how you need to learn it. Our aim is to gain clarity on your challenges and help me understand your context and frames of reference. From there, we design a way of working together to address the unique nature of your developmental needs.

My approach

My style works well if you are curious, like directness, and are willing to be constructively challenged.  I hope we will engage in a creative, meaningful, fun process that provides a productive space for critical reflection and enables commitment to action.

As a supervisor, I work with coaches at all stages of their careers, including coach mentors, supervisors, and educators who want to develop a more critically reflective practice. As an ICF mentor coach, I support you in building your core coaching skills and confidence to meet the required standards for an ACC, PCC, or MCC credential. As a coach, I specialise in academically focused coaching for busy professionals studying for a postgraduate degree or other qualifications.  
Professional Qualifications
  • Professional Certificate of Advanced Study in Coaching Supervision, Oxford Brookes University  (2024)
  • Doctorate in Coaching and Mentoring, Oxford Brookes University (2023)
  • Masters in Coaching and Mentoring, (Distinction) Oxford Brookes University (2019)
  • Certified Wellbeing Coach (Institute of Health Science) (2018)
  • MCC Master Certified Coach, International Coaching Federation (2013)
  • Advanced Diploma in Coaching Supervision, University of Middlesex (2010)
  • BPS Level A and B Certification (MBTI, FIRO, Hogan, 16Pf, DiSC) (2009)
  • PCC Professional Certified Coach, International Coaching Federation (2004)
  • NLP Master Coach International Teaching Seminars (2003)
  • CIPD Fellow (2001)
  • NLP Certified Coach and Master Practitioner (1998)
  • Professional in Human Resources (PHR) USA (1998)
  • Masters in Counselling Psychology, (Distinction) University of Indiana (1995)
  • Masters in Education, (Distinction) University of Maryland (1990)
  • Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development – Fellow (2001)
  • Post-Graduate Certificate of Education, University of Cambridge (1982)
  • Bachelor of Science (Botany) University of Liverpool (1979) 
Awards
  • Janice Cook Prize (2024) Joint Winner. The award is presented to Oxford Brookes doctoral students who overcome adversity to complete dissertations.
  • Coaching at Work (2024) Joint Winner with Julia Cardin Editor’s Award for Article Series ‘Putting the personal into CPD’
  • The MA Coaching and Mentoring Student Prize (2019) Oxford Brookes University
  • CIPD (2010) Best Talent Innovation Programme Runner Up
  • Learning and Development Professional of the Year (2009) Joint winner, Training Journal and Conference Awards.  
Publications
  • Carden, J. and Crosse, E.(2024) ‘Upgrading your system, rather than adding more apps: the move from CPD to CPPD’, Coaching at Work, 19(3) pp.30-33.
  • Crosse E. and Myers, A. (2024) ‘Research matters: An Evidenced Based Typology of Developmental Strategies’, Coaching at Work, 19(4), pp.54-57.
  • Carden, J. and Crosse, E.(2024) ‘Getting Personal: Exploring the Personal in CPPD’, Coaching at Work, 19(4) pp.30-33.
  • Carden, J. and Crosse, E.(2024) ‘Invested Development: a developmental approach to CPPD Personal Development, rather than adding more apps: the move from CPD to CPPD’, Coaching at Work, 19(5) pp.42-46.
  • Carden, J. and Crosse, E.(2024) ‘Upgrading your system, rather than adding more apps: the move from CPD to CPPD’, Coaching at Work, 19(3) pp.30-33.
  • Crosse, E. (2024) Executive Coaches’ Views on Continuous Coach Development: A Q Methodological Study. International Journal of Evidence-Based Coaching and Mentoring, 22(2), pp.98-114
  • Crosse, E. (2024) Executive Coaches’ Views on Continuous Coach Development. A Q Methodological Study, International Journal of Evidenced Based Coaching, (details as published in August.
  • Crosse, E. (2024) Using Q Methodology to Harness Dyslexic Strengths for a Doctoral Study, International Journal of Evidenced Based Coaching 18, pp.57-66.
  • Crosse E. and Myers, A. (2023) ‘Research matters: a considered approach to continuing professional development’, Coaching at Work, 18(4), pp.55-57.
  • Crosse, E. (2023) A journey to expertise: how executive coaches identify their development needs. DCM thesis. Oxford Brookes University
  • Crosse, E. (2023) ‘Developmental Mindset Inventory’ In Passmore, P., Day, C., Flowers, J., Grieves, M. and Moon, J.(Eds.) Coaching tools. Oxfordshire, Libri Publishing pp.2-4.
  • Crosse, E. (2021) ‘How do we foster a collaborative coaching relationship?’ In Passmore, P.(Ed.) Succeeding as a coach: Insights from the experts. West Sussex, Pavilion Publishing pp.90-226.
  • Crosse, E. (2021) ‘The energy battery’ In Passmore, P., Day, C., Flowers, J., Grieves, M. and Moon, J.(Eds.) We Coach! Please handbook of tools, techniques, experiments and frameworks for personal and team development. Oxfordshire, Libri Publishing pp.2-4.
  • Crosse, E. (2019) ‘A Q Methodology Study: How Do Coaches Foster the Coaching Relationship?’ International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring, (S13), pp.76-93.