Barbara Nixon
Success and Leadership Coaching for Business Leaders
Welcome I’m Barbara Nixon, a Success and Leadership Coach, Consultant and speaker and founder of Smash Your Own Ceiling.
This is a place for success driven, ambitious business owners and leaders to Grow, Elevate, and live their fullest potential.
If you’re ready to up-grade your mindset, up-level your habits and take action with confidence, so you can get the success you really want, you’re in the right place.
"I know it sounds cliche, but barbara has truly changed my life"
— Heather Patterson, business owner
Here’s my official bio…
Barbara Nixon is a global Success Coach, award winning speaker, Leadership Consultant, and founder of Smash Your Own Ceiling.
With nearly 3 decades in the Personal Development and Leadership arena, 13 years in senior 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 Managers and Business Owners and is passionate about helping leaders to remove the blocks that are holding them back, and elevate.
Barbara is the author of The Boss Hat, and the host of the Smash Your Own Ceiling podcast.
She is a 2x qualified Coach, has a BA(hons) in Psychology and Journalism, is an NLP Practitioner, Regional President for the Professional Speaking Association, a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, and is currently studying for her MSc in 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 was a radio presenter on Harrogate Hospital Radio.
Behind the scenes Barbara is married to Dave, has 4 children, a fab dog called Nellie and is a lover of travel, growing veg, comedy, reading autobiographies and a lot of decaf tea.
