About
I’m Natalie, the founder of Quiet Space.
I’m a leadership, neurodiversity and career development coach, accredited workplace mediator and higher education consultant. I hold a BA (Hons) from the University of York and an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, alongside a PGCert in Career Development and Coaching Studies, a Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring, and a Certificate in Psychological Coaching. I’m also a Registered Career Development Professional with the Career Development Institute, an accredited Facet5 and Teamscape practitioner, and a certified Fearless Organization Scan practitioner, working as an associate with Caerus Change. In my spare time I climb, lift weights, and dabble in yoga.
Understanding, compassion, respect and integrity are at the core of my coaching ethos, and my work focuses on supporting my clients to not only perform optimally at work but also lead happier and more fulfilling lives. I have a special interest in equality, diversity, inclusion and belonging, and some of my key areas of focus are, accordingly, the provision of neurodiversity and executive function coaching to neurodivergent clients in support of their attainment and performance goals, neurodiversity awareness and allyship, and helping to increase the representation of underrepresented groups (e.g. disabled, ethnic minority, LGBTQUIA+) at senior leadership level within the UK HE sector.
My coaching integrates a variety of tools and techniques grounded not only in traditional behavioural coaching but also career development theory and psychological coaching, and I adopt a trauma-informed approach in all my work. Through coaching I have supported both individuals and teams through transformational mindset and behavioural change, career development and transition, effective leadership and management, building better resilience and wellbeing, building and developing teams. and more effective communication and conflict management.
My approach is simultaneously empathetic, compassionate and challenging. In our sessions you’ll have the space to talk and the time you need to think. I will listen. And then I’ll help you to bring structure and focus to the issues you want to deal with, identify strategies for dealing with them, and work out a plan for action — and support you in achieving that plan.
Alongside my coaching work, my consultancy work (delivered through HEdSpace Consulting and based on more than 20 years of experience within the UK higher education sector) focuses on supporting universities to deliver realistic and sustainable, yet transformational and people-focused organisational change. Recent and ongoing HEdSpace projects have included operating model review and redesign, process improvement, skills frameworks and career progression pathways, quality and compliance frameworks, building psychological safety, and culture change.
Get in touch now so we can talk about how I can help you.
Natalie Snodgrass RCDP MAC CertPsychCoach
BA (Hons) York, MPhil Cantab
Find me on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/nataliesnodgrass and Instagram at www.instagram.com/quietspacecoaching
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. — Lao Tzu