Our Team

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

Mary Oliver

“… very skilled at combining formal analytical and learning tools with a friendly, personal approach, and we all gained a great deal from working with her.”

Director of News Content, BBC

“It is a pleasure to work with a professional with such a solid grasp of the wider commercial and corporate realities. Jeanette has a rare ability to combine a functional focus with a wider strategic agenda.
Jeanette's approach is considered and personal yet sufficiently action-orientated to ensure a meaningful added-value contribution.”

Director, The Shareholder Executive

The team at Red Egg Transition Coaching - Jeannette Cowley and Terri McNerney

Our business model includes access to an excellent team of high level coaches, who specialise in the areas of change and transition. Together we can support you in achieving the results you want, in the most effective and sustainable way possible.

We are all trained in a range of assessment, coaching and development techniques. Each of us has international experience. Using this wealth of experience and expertise we provide you with knowledge to help you improve performance.

We are all committed to continuous development, shadow coaching on significant projects and working with charitable organisations. Each year around 15% of our time is devoted to learning new skills. Our dedication to self improvement and quality will strengthen your organisation.

Here are the profiles of the two partners.
Just click on a name for more details: Jeanette Cowley | Terri McNerney

Jeanette Cowley jcowley@redeggtransitioncoaching.comMBA FCIPD

Partner (Founding Director)

Photo of Jeranette CowleyJeanette Cowley is the founding director of Go For Growth Limited.

As an accredited mediator, transition coach and expert in executive team alignment, Jeanette is dedicated to delivering on two questions - What do you want? What do you care about?

One of Jeanette's core skills is helping organisations and individuals overcome difficult challenges involving sensitive and potentially costly people issues that can limit success.

Jeanette has extensive international experience gained over the last 20 years, operating at executive and board level for FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 companies.

Before founding Go For Growth Jeanette was the Group HR Director at Rentokil Initial where she was responsible for around 90,000 staff worldwide. Previous roles include Managing Director at Marsh, and Head of HR UK and EMEA Operations at American Express. She has also held significant roles with Grand Metropolitan (now Diageo), Thorn EMI and local government.

Jeanette’s approach is both strategic and practical; she started her career focusing on negotiation and has significant expertise in major transition and communication strategy, mergers and acquisition issues, governance, team and leadership development, dispute resolution, , talent and succession planning, executive and transition coaching, and senior level recruitment.

Jeanette is an accomplished conference speaker using her diverse background to speak on topics such as negotiation and active leadership.

Client work

BT, The Markit Group, Guy's and St Thomas' Charity, Harrods, Compass, Fortnum and Mason, KPMG, JP Morgan, The Heritage Lottery Fund, RWE, ED&F Man, SHELL, Withers LLP, BAE Systems, Consolidated PR, International Women of Excellence, a number of other SMEs, start up and growing businesses and charities.

Jeanette likes to find ways to help clients close the gap between strategy and implementation.