'Jan has supported and developed my reflective skills and through her support I have been much more able to analyse, understand and respond more effectively to challenges. My leadership skills have been particularly enhanced through coaching and have had a direct impact on improving my performance and confidence as a leader and have made me much more able to be authentic.' Susanne Millar, CEO, Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership
'Jan's a hugely experienced, knowledgeable and human coach, whose obvious knowledge of psychology, people and personalities means that every coaching session has been insightful and impactful. Additionally, she is such a wonderful and interesting human being who is genuinely interested in people and the world. Couldn't recommend Jan highly enough.' Anna Cook, Director of Customer Service, Sky
'Whilst Jan is an expert in her field, her great gift is her warmth and humour which make the coaching space really safe. Jan's skill, drawing on a range of great tools, helped me uncover my own path. Jan brings a wonderful creativity to her coaching conversations and I left each encounter with a renewed sense of strength, serenity and joy.' Clare Cable, Chief Executive & Nurse Director, Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland
'Jan is a very credible person. At the outset, she instils confidence in her abilities through sharing her experience. I found that Jan had a range of techniques, exercises and frameworks of thinking to offer during the process and therefore the coaching I received felt tailored to my unique personal needs.' Amanda Cotton, Consultant Psychiatrist, NHS Borders
'I have gained hugely from my coaching sessions with Jan. I would thoroughly recommend her skills to anyone who is undertaking this process.' CEO, Scotland
'Very personable and engaging, I really enjoyed working with Jan and felt her style was perfectly suited to my expectations.' David Robertson, East of Scotland Regional Director, Scottish Ambulance Service
'Jan has a really positive forward-looking style where her patient listening and probing allowed me to find the answers myself and recognise my own strengths and weaknesses.' Donald Cameron, Director of Planning & Corporate Resources, NHS Scotland
'Jan's great strengths as a coach are: great listening, openness, honesty, calm positivity and, most of all, an obvious humanity.' Dr Sandy Rough, GP, NHS Scotland
'Key strengths of Jan are: flexibility in the moment; powerful questions that challenge; a wide range of techniques and approaches; invitation to be the best you by encouraging awareness and potential.' Janice Gibson, Head of Organisation & Workforce Development, Care Inspectorate
'Jan was very warm, personable and not afraid to share some aspects of her own personal life. This made it easier for me to open up myself and to identify and start resolving the stresses in my life.' Dr Damian McGrory, GP, NHS Scotland
‘Jan is an amazing individual, if you have the opportunity to work with her grab it with both hands.’ Gary Groom, Interim Principal, Newcastle College
'Jan is a genuine, skilful and deeply committed coach, drawing as she does on academic, ethical, artistic and philosophical teachings. Her ability to flex to meet my developmental needs with great sensitivity to my capacity and resilience has made for a deep, open and meaningful coaching relationship.' Dr Brian Robson, Executive Clinical Director, Healthcare Improvement Scotland
‘Jan’s highly professional approach manages to capture the balance between a space that is safe and supportive and a space that offers challenge and is solution focused.’ Hugh Masters, Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Scottish Government
'Thank you, Jan, for a fun, joyful and interesting journey. It has been a very different of communication – compared to what we are used to.
We have learned that we can have different perspectives and it’s ok and that our relationship needs a balance between simplicity and complexity. We've also learned that we have common values and are stronger and more powerful together. Thanks to Jan's coaching, we now know that we need to nourish the small and the big world!' Agna & Konrad, Denmark
'Jan can very quickly work with you to identify what the issues are and to challenge your thinking where necessary. She makes you sit back and reflect on your own behaviour and the impact this has had on given situations. She also helps you to identify perceived problems and impact on self to overcome them.' FE College Principal and CEO
'Jan has great chemistry, authenticity and integrity. She is highly qualified with a large range of theories to draw on, and she's generous with sharing her knowledge.' Pauline Howie, CEO Scottish Ambulance Service
'I was able to develop a trusting relationship with Jan in the first telephone session. She was empathic, genuine and very skilled.' Bill Troup, Head of Mental Health, Angus CHP
'Jan has a very open, engaging and client focused approach. She has supported me in thinking differently, which has enabled me to develop a more flexible leadership approach.' Professor Marion Bennie, Chief Pharmaceutical Adviser, National Services Scotland
'Jan is a gifted coach, with the ability to develop trust and confidence. She supported me in gaining clarity of my thinking on key issues and challenges.' Calum Campbell, Chief Executive, NHS
'As a coach, Jan has always seen the real me behind the mask and encourages me at every turn to live up to my deeply held beliefs and be my best self. With Jan I can be both my best and worst self with no fear of judgement or feeling foolish. Altogether, she is a GREAT coach.' Tilla Brook, Organisational & Change Team, Leeds Teaching Hospital’s Trust
'Jan got me back in touch with my values and what makes me ‘tick’ and what is important to me. I got to understand what being a reflective practitioner is all about, not by reading about it but by doing it.' Rob Worrall, Programme Director, National School of Government
'Jan is a great combination of compassion, clarity and strength. What I really liked about Jan's style was her absolute positive regard and natural curiosity about me.' Chris Reed, Assistant Director Operations, Four Housing Group
'Jan showed great empathy and insight. She took time understanding my issues and personality and building trust. She challenged my ways of thinking and gave me a variety of tools and techniques – often taking me out of my comfort zone, to improve my confidence and presentational skills.' Florence Lea, Client Relations Director, Child Support Agency
'Many thanks, Jan, for your inspirational leadership. I guess the question on my lips is what are you going to shake up and shape up next? Whatever it is, no doubt it will be cutting edge and create an impact on people's lives: it is what you do best.' Joss Kang, Regional Coaching Contact, East Midlands
'I have gained hugely from my coaching sessions with Jan. Benefits include: improved confidence and reflection skills; greater insight into my own behavioural impact and a greater focus on the task in hand. I would thoroughly recommend Jan's skills to anyone who is undertaking this process.' CEO, Scotland
'I am pleased to commend Jan Portillo as a professional coach.These conversations have helped me to respond more effectively to key personal and professional decision scenarios than would otherwise have been the case. I believe this coaching relationship has enhanced my capacity to seize opportunities for productive activity in both my personal and professional life, above and beyond the support brought to my work by other reputable professional consultants.' Gerry Rogers, Programme Manager, Edexcel
'I would recommend Jan because she is very professional, effective at what she does, very conscious that each session meets your needs and she makes you feel that you are in an open, fun and trustworthy environment.' Gavin Petch, Snowboarding Instructor