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Dr Gill Graves is a UK team coach and a co-owner of Iridium Consulting, the practice behind iridiumconsulting.co.uk. The site presents her as one of the UK's leading team coaches for organisations and describes Iridium as a team coaching specialist serving London, Northampton and clients UK-wide. Her role combines direct coaching delivery, coach supervision and running the business alongside a fellow co-owner.
Her position at Iridium
Iridium describes itself as a small organisation with more than 25 years of experience providing bespoke solutions. Because it is not a large firm, one of the co-owners manages each client project — so Gill's role is not limited to coaching sessions. She is involved in scoping and overseeing the work, with the stated aim of exceeding client expectations.
The practice's services fall into three areas:
- Coaching, development and supervision — executive coaching, team coaching and development, coaching skills and coach development, and coaching supervision
- Solutions — Insights Discovery and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
- Bespoke design — every engagement is tailored rather than drawn from a standard programme
What backs her coaching work
The site's evidence of her expertise comes from three places: her published writing, her long-running supervision relationships, and client testimonials.
Author of Team Coaching With Impact at Work
Gill's book, Team Coaching With Impact at Work, is promoted on the homepage as available now. For a buyer comparing coaches, a published book on team coaching is a concrete, checkable credential — you can read it before committing to an engagement.
Coach supervision experience
Testimonials describe supervision work sustained over years rather than single sessions. Lisa Hallam of the University of Leicester says Gill has provided coach supervision for their internal coaches for over six years, adapting sessions to the group's varying levels of coaching proficiency and sharing her own coaching stories and insights. That detail matters if you are looking for supervision rather than direct coaching: it shows a track record of developing other coaches, not just coaching teams herself.
Client testimonials on her style
The testimonials sketch a consistent picture of her approach:
| Client | Context | What they highlight |
|---|---|---|
| Deborah Nunnink, The Nature Conservancy (Wyoming) | Group sessions | Relationship-building with each group, listening skills, thoughtful insight |
| Lisa Hallam, University of Leicester | Coach supervision, 6+ years | Adapting to mixed proficiency levels, knowledge, energy, reflective sessions |
| Una Rice, NHS Gloucestershire ICB | Support into a senior leadership role | Personalised approach, structure and purpose, growing confidence |
| Julia Farro | Coach development course | Warm and supportive but stretching and challenging; confidence carrying into other work |
The recurring theme is a balance of support and challenge — warm and accommodating to how a client shows up, but with structure and purpose behind each session.
How to judge whether she fits your needs
Use the site's own claims as a starting filter, then verify:
- Check the service line. If you need team coaching, executive coaching, coach supervision or accreditation in Insights Discovery or MBTI, these are the named specialities. If you need something outside them, ask directly whether it is in scope.
- Read the book if team coaching is your focus — it is the most detailed public sample of her method.
- Ask for references in your sector. The published testimonials come from a US conservation charity, a UK university and the NHS; ask for a client closer to your context.
- Confirm who manages your project. The site states a co-owner will manage each project, so clarify at the outset whether that will be Gill or her fellow co-owner.
Pricing and availability are not published on the site, so treat cost and scheduling as questions for a direct enquiry rather than assumptions.