Career coaching
Clear goals and a practical, tailored plan to move your career forward.
Ask about this: Career coachingCareers Coach and Life Coach. Better decisions. Stronger futures.
Meet your coach
I help high-achieving professionals and organisations move from potential to performance.
As a careers and life coach, I work closely with individuals, and sometimes their families, to define clear career goals and build practical, tailored strategies to achieve them. By combining emotional intelligence with coaching techniques built with only you in mind, I help you bridge the gap between where you are now and where you want to be.
Whether you are navigating a career or life transition, seeking progression, or refining your direction, I provide honest guidance, accountability and a plan built around you specifically, because one size doesn't fit all.
What you can expect
- Personalised career and life strategy
- Clear positioning of your needs, circumstances, skills and experiences
- Practical steps to accelerate your progress
Successful people build others up.
- Nicier since
- 2003
- Sectors
- Formula 1, MotoGP, wider motorsport, automotive and IT
- Sessions
- Remote, wherever you are in the world
How I can help
Executive coaching
Honest guidance and accountability for senior professionals.
Ask about this: Executive coachingLife coaching
Support through life transitions, built around you and your circumstances.
Ask about this: Life coachingInterview preparation
Be ready for the questions, and clear about the value you bring.
Ask about this: Interview preparationCV and LinkedIn profile writing
Your experience positioned clearly for the roles you want.
Ask about this: CV and LinkedIn profile writingCareer change and relocation
Guidance for big moves, including moving countries for a role.
Ask about this: Career change and relocation
Also available: training, business consulting and management consulting.
Sessions are remote, wherever you are in the world.
Contact for pricing. Book a free coaching consultation to start.
My experience
Retained and high-value mandate level work across Formula 1, MotoGP, wider motorsport, automotive and IT, and a no-nonsense, outcome-focused approach to coaching.
Present
Careers coach and life coach
Nicier
Across motorsport, automotive, IT and most sectors. Since 2003.
May 2012 to present
Careers Coach and Headhunter
F1, MotoGP, motorsport, automotive and IT.
July 2012 to present
Creator and author of the Paul the Pilot children's books (part-time)
In English, French, Spanish, Mandarin and Pinyin.
Nicier since 2003.
What clients say
Ray Wilkins is more than just a recruiter; he's a dedicated career coach with deep motorsports expertise. He offered invaluable, personalized guidance and made me feel truly supported. His genuine desire to help is what sets him apart. Ray didn't just give me a template; he invested time in understanding my needs and crafted a strategy that felt truly personal. He genuinely cares about your career success. Ray comes highly recommended, and a 10/10 is what he deserves.
Delanoye BrandtCareer coaching client He has an innate ability to put one at ease right in the beginning and then build up a professional relationship based on trust and honesty.
Ranjith WarrierCareer coaching client Working with Ray is such a breeze. He is a breath of fresh air and is never afraid to tell you how it is constructively. He goes above and beyond to help in any way he can and is so accommodating that nothing is too much work for him.
Amy CampbellClient Ray is what I would call a 'sustainable headhunter'. For him recruitment is not about placing as many candidates as quickly as possible.
Andrei BgatovClient Ray offered extremely sound advice and gave up his time to talk to help me. A great guy who has a no nonsense approach which is ideal as you know his advice is what it exactly needs to be - helpful and constructive.
Rick ShoulerClient It was a pleasure to speak with Ray as he truly helped me to narrow my focus and begin to point my career along a successful and exciting path.
Adam LemmonCareer advice
Trusted by leading organisations
- United Grand Lodge
- London United Busways
- Engelhard Corporation
Frequently asked questions
Who is coaching for?
Coaching is for adults who want a clearer next step in their career or life: a change of direction, a move up, a return to work, or a decision they keep putting off.
What is the difference between career coaching and life coaching?
Career coaching focuses on work: roles, direction and how to get there. Life coaching takes a wider view, including how work fits with everything else. Many conversations touch on both, which is why they sit together here.
How does coaching work?
You send an enquiry through the contact form, Ray replies to arrange a first conversation, and you decide together whether working together makes sense. [RAY: confirm your first-step process]
How do sessions take place?
Sessions are remote, so you can work with Ray wherever you are in the world. [RAY: say whether by video call or phone, and how long sessions last.]
How much does coaching cost?
Contact Ray for pricing. Fees depend on what you need, and Ray discusses them with you before anything is agreed. You can book a free coaching consultation to talk through your goals, with no obligation to continue.
Does Ray's recruitment background help?
Yes. Having worked in recruitment, Ray understands how employers read applications and make decisions, and can talk this through with you honestly. [RAY: confirm and add detail]
Is what we discuss confidential?
[RAY: state your confidentiality approach in your own words. Do not publish a promise you have not confirmed.]
How do I get started?
Use the contact form, choose Coaching enquiry and tell Ray a little about what you are looking for. A few lines is enough.
Ready to take the next step?
Send a short message about what you want to change.