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Welcome to Cocoon Development, where we pride ourselves on delivering highly effective personal development services to our private and corporate clients.
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Using our combined skills in coaching, learning and development, resilience, mindfulness, neuroscience, psychometrics, and hypnotherapy, we provide a range of programs that focus on supporting you holistically. In the words of Aristotle ‘the whole is greater than the sum of its parts'.
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We deliver our services virtually and through digital media, so you can access them from your home, your office, or wherever you feel inspired to grow. Your development space is your cocoon, and it is our privilege to help you emerge from yours feeling, inspired, confident, and ready to take flight.
OUR STORY
Cocoon Development is brought to you by husband and wife team, Lee and Amanda Leonard-Embury
With 40 years of combined experience supporting the development of peers and colleagues within the corporate sector,
they decided to branch out to follow their passion for working with clients who were independently seeking personal growth.
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With a strong focus on helping people discover their authentic selves (both professionally and personally) and live more fulfilling lives,
their dream was to create a safe space for exploration, insight, and transformation that could be accessed globally.
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They were also keen to ensure that their services could be adapted to meet the needs of their audience, which led to the development of their
blended programs making the most of current technologies to deliver live coaching, video and audio content, and self-led learning activity.
The Privilege of a lifetime
is to become who you truly are
Amanda Leonard - Embury
(ACIPD)
Amanda is an experienced Executive Coach and Learning & Organisational Development professional who is passionate about helping her clients discover their authentic selves, build confidence and fulfill their goals.
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With a direct and honest style, she believes that any topic can be explored with the right level of respect, warmth, and sensitivity. She is equally comfortable challenging her clients to explore their inner game and the limiting beliefs holding them back from realising their true potential or experiencing life to its fullest.
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She is a skilled facilitator with professional interests in well-being, resilience, mindfulness, neurodiversity, transactional analysis, personal effectiveness, and team/leadership development. Qualified in a range of psychometric tools she is committed to helping her clients discover their strengths and explore their development needs as much as possible.
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Amanda has over 20 years of experience in a range of public and private sector settings including Medical Regulation, Banking, Utilities, and Insurance. During this time, she held a number of management and leadership positions (focusing the last 10 years of her experience on learning & organisational development). She also freelanced as a muralist and illustrator in the late 90s, running two successful small businesses. She now uses her creative strengths to develop innovative development solutions for her clients.
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Currently based in the High Peak she spends her spare time with her husband, three children, two big dogs and a cat. She enjoys cooking, jewellery making and spending time at the families ‘bolthole’ in the Murcia region of Spain.
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Lee Leonard - Embury
(Dip.Hyp.HWHP, JP)
Lee is a Qualified Coach and Hypnotherapist, with a passion for personal development and helping others find peace and self-fulfillment. He developed an interest in well-being during his time working within the corporate sector as a coach, mentor, and manager. He noticed that taking a holistic approach to developing his team resulted in happier, healthier colleagues who demonstrated high levels of commitment and empowerment.
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This helped him realise his true passion was helping others grow, build confidence and attain work/life balance. He also observed that many people struggled with their mental health and self-esteem as a result of societal pressures and limiting self-beliefs. Having overcome his own mid-life disenchantment he was keen to help as many people as possible find joy in their lives, feel good about their achievements, and reevaluate what 'success' means to them.
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Lee has a professional interest in cognitive behavioral therapy, neuro-linguistic programming, and using visualisation techniques to help his clients rewrite negative subconscious scripts. He has a warm, non-judgemental style, using humour and sensitivity to put clients at ease.
Lee has over 30 years of experience in a range of public and private sector settings including Medical Regulation, Civil Service, Banking, and Telecoms. During this time, he has held a number of management roles and led large-scale change projects. He uses this experience to develop Cocoon's unique programmes and strategies that deliver outstanding customer service to our clients.
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Born and bred in Manchester, Lee is an ardent City supporter, animal lover, and reader. In his spare time, he is learning to play the harmonica and works on his historical fiction stories.
Combined Education, Accreditation
& Professional Membership
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Certificate in Learning & Development Practice (CLDP)
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ILM Level 5 Certificate in Coaching & Mentoring
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ILM Level 7 Certificate in Executive Coaching & Mentoring
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Transactional Analysis 101 Certificate (MIP)
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Accredited LoA Coach Practitioner (CTAA)
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Accredited NLP Practitioner & NLP Master Practitioner (CTAA)
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Accredited EQi 2.0 & EQi 360 practitioner
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Accredited BELBIN Practitioner
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Certified Hypnotherapist (National Hypnotc Council)
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ILM Certificate in Leadership & Management
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Accredited 360 Insights Feedback (Talent Innovations)
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Associate membership of the CIPD (membership number 82970002)
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Member of the International Coaching Federation (membership number 009558879I)
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CBT Practitioner Diploma (IWA)
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Hypnotherapy practitioner diploma (Achology Certified)
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Certified NeuroMindfulness® Practitioner
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Certified Mental Health First Aider (MHFA England)
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