Barbara Nixon is an Executive Success and Leadership Coach, Leadership Consultant, speaker and founder of Smash Your Own Ceiling®️.

With 3 decades in the Personal Development and Leadership arena, 13 years in management positions for two of the big 4 retailers in the UK, and running her own business since 2010, Barbara has worked with thousands of leaders, from CEO’s and Managing Directors, Senior Leaders and Business Owners and is passionate about helping leaders elevate so this can then ripple down into their business.

She is a 2x qualified Coach, has a BA (hons) in Psychology and Journalism, is an NLP Practitioner, a Professional Member of the Professional Speaking Association, a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, and is currently studying for her MSc in Applied Positive Psychology.

Barbara has also been featured in Addicted2Success, Tut.com, Training Zone, BBC Radio Leeds, BBC Radio Sheffield, BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, and BBC Radio 2 The Jeremy Vine Show, and is the author of The Boss Hat, and the host of the Smash Your Own Ceiling podcast.

Behind the scenes Barbara is married to Dave, co-owner of Pebble and Pine Coffee Roastery has 4 grown up children, a fab dog called Nellie and loves travel, stand up comedy, growing veg, reading autobiographies and is never far from a cup of decaf tea.