Do your Redundancy Differently
Redesign Redundancy
Be the company that is talked about for the right reasons
Redundancy is an inevitable part of business growth and change.
The damage it can create for the people involved need not be.
You have the opportunity to redesign your redundancy process — doing right by your people and your bottom line.
Because this isn’t just a business decision — it’s a human experience.
Too often, redundancy is handled like a robotic process, forgetting that it shapes people’s confidence, trust, and futures for years to come. Research suggests individuals can live with the effects of redundancy for up to a decade, impacting their confidence, decision-making, and career trajectory. Some of these people helped build your company into what it is today — you want the best for them, and you can create it.
What if redundancy was handled with care?
What if it set people up for success — whether staying or moving on?
What if you did it differently?
You have the opportunity to make a difference. To make redundancy different.
Taking proactive responsibility for how you handle redundancy changes everything.
I created Redundancy, Redesigned, to provide a tailored programme for Outplacement Support.
Redesign Redundancy
• Make your people leave feeling supported, respected, and ready for what’s next.
• Make them feel valued, secure, and positive influencers for the future.
• Build a reputation as the business that cares—even in tough times.
✨ Set a new standard✨
✨ Be the company people talk about for the right reasons ✨
“I was made redundant, and I was treated like a human in the process.”
If you’re ready to elevate how you handle redundancy with my certified, tailored Outplacement Coaching approach, you’re in the right place. Let’s talk!
People Coaching
Elevate Your People. Transform Your Culture.
I partner with forward-thinking organisations to unlock what’s already there — brilliance.
Whether it’s guiding teams through change, helping leaders sharpen their edge, or supporting talent to thrive, I work alongside your people to draw out their best ideas, their most collaborative instincts, and their unique ways of thinking, managing, and responding to stress.
With a background in corporate leadership, I speak your language and know the reality — but I also ask powerful questions, ones that spark reflection, energise culture, and lead to real, lasting shifts.
Through strengths-based, appreciative coaching, I help individuals and teams:
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Lead / manage with confidence and clarity
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Navigate restructuring, growth or uncertainty
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Build emotional intelligence and self-awareness
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Strengthen decision-making, communication and influence
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Move from good to truly exceptional
I bring a coaching approach that’s as strategic as it is human — shaped by 20 years in fast-paced organisations, and grounded in neuroscience, psychology and behaviour change. From bespoke redundancy support to leadership coaching, Elevate Coaching is here to help your people think sharper, feel stronger, and lead better.
Corporate Yoga, Elevated
I extend my Corporate Services to Workplace Yoga – events, weeklies, virtual – a moving meditation in all forms!
I’ve taken movement, enthusiasm and calm to boardrooms (Comic Relief), event spaces (HarperCollins), cafés (Dentsu), and warehouses! (L’Oréal).
With 12 years of experience and an ease with large audiences, I bring professionalism, encouragement and a (your-)brand-aligned experience to employees.
My corporate yoga events energise teams, reduce stress and create space for celebration, reward, or reset. Whether it’s a dynamic flow to boost energy or a grounding session to reset the mind, each class is tailored to your team—helping them move, breathe, and thrive.
I work with large businesses committed to doing Corporate Wellness the right way. I provide practical input on the process, including paperwork, logistics and key considerations (I’ve done this a lot of times before!)
I also provide mats.
If this is your first foray into corporate wellness, please, let me help…
Why Choose Elevate?
I bring the experience of a senior leader with the energy of someone freshly in love with what they do.
Your people are your biggest asset. Choosing the right partner to support them matters. Elevate is me: Kate Oates. Founder. Coach. Yoga teacher. Former Managing Partner. Nervous system nerd. Real human.
I spent 19 years in the high-pressured world of media strategy and leadership, running big accounts, navigating tough clients, and leading brilliant teams across London and Manchester. I now bring that same clarity, creativity and people focus into my coaching and workplace wellbeing work.
My coaching style is:
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Grounded in strategy, driven by outcomes
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Anchored in lived experience (19 years of deadlines, teams and 360s)
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Built on qualifications I self-funded and pursued while working full-time, because I knew this was the work I was made for
I support people on and off the mat, in boardrooms and breakout rooms, helping them lead themselves and others with confidence, clarity and ease.
Whether I’m coaching a new manager through sticky team dynamics or leading 250 people through movement at a company-wide wellness day, my aim is the same: unlock what’s already there, and help people feel better, lead better, and work better.
Let’s collaborate. I’m ready when you are.
Next Steps
- Curiosity Call – We start by establishing your needs and ambitions.
- Proposal – I provide a succinct, collaborative proposal for my services.
- Logistics & Delivery – Collaborate, confirm, execute.
Elevate Coaching:
Confidentiality is contractually agreed prior to commencing coaching.
Elevate Coaching adheres to a code of ethics followed by The Association for Coaches (AC).
Elevate Yoga:
I am a fully insured, Senior Registered Yoga Teacher, by the Yoga Alliance (professional body).
I can provide certificates, insurance documents, a contract template, and recommendation on the planning, logistical and delivery of your wellness event.
Let me help you elevate your people and your organisation