I'm Rachel Hughes, an executive and team coach and leadership development consultant who helps people reach their full potential. With 30 years in the maritime industry across many roles—from the Royal Navy to port owner, to global shipping companies, running small specialised and large globally distributed teams—I understand leadership challenges firsthand. I am a parent to 3 teenagers, with a small menagerie of cats, dogs and a lizard. As a frustrated explorer, I enjoy adventure travel, mainly hiking and swimming in locations where there are big skies and mountains.
My coaching creates a supportive space where we work together to overcome obstacles and build your confidence. My coaching is not about theory—it’s about transformation. Together, we turn ambition into action and reflection into growth.
I especially enjoy helping women leaders advance in male-dominated fields, having navigated similar paths myself.
What makes me different is my combination of real-world leadership and life experience with a warm, personal approach to coaching backed by robust training. I truly care about your growth and success. I trained at Henley Business School (Professional Certificate in Executive Coaching), I am an EMCC Senior Practitioner and a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership, and I undertake regular supervision and CPD to enhance my skills.
Oceanus Leadership Development offers tailored leadership and team coaching designed to support you & your team to meet your unique career goals and fulfil your collective and individual potential. We offer bespoke team development programmes, to accelerate performance and engagement.
Take your leadership to the next level with our executive coaching services. Oceanus Leadership Development helps you uncover insights and strategies that empower you to make impactful decisions, increase your executive presence, and enhance your professional impact.
Enhance teamwork and collaboration through our customised team-performance activities. We create engaging experiences that strengthen relationships and help foster a positive work environment for you and your team. We can also support teams with whole team and individual coaching to help embed the behaviours and ways of working while will deliver a high performance culture.
We can work in partnership with The Bureau Consultancy to develop bespoke, high impact simulations related to your industry, to really accelerate team forming and performing.
Utilise our career assessment tools to gain clarity on your strengths and development areas. Oceanus Leadership Development offers resources that help guide you in making informed career choices and increase your personal presence and performance.
