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About Me
Nicky Forster is a UK-based leadership and life coach working internationally with senior leaders,
founders, and high-performing professionals operating under sustained pressure.
With over 20 years in elite professional sport, as both a player and a manager, Nicky brings a rare blend of performance insight, lived experience, and strategic clarity to leadership development, resilience, and sustainable high performance.
Across a professional football career spanning 721 games and 221 goals, followed by senior leadership roles in sport and business, Nicky understands what it takes to perform under pressure, when the stakes are high and there’s nowhere to hide.
From Performance to Pressure
I didn’t arrive in coaching through theory alone.
For two decades, goal setting wasn’t just an exercise, it was a daily part of my life.
Performance was measured relentlessly, and excuses had no worth. Longevity in that environment required more than talent. It demanded internal drive, emotional control, and the ability to perform under pressure regardless of external noise.
After retiring from professional football, I moved from the pitch into management, leading over 100 games across three teams, including taking one to a Wembley final in 2011. That transition deepened my understanding of leadership, not just the performance of myself, but the responsibility of leading others.
Business, Wellness, and the Human System
In 2016, I stepped fully into business, founding The Spot Wellness Centre, where I spent eight years supporting individuals through a holistic approach to health and performance. Running an SME gave me first-hand experience of the pressures leaders face, decision fatigue, uncertainty, cash flow stress, and the invisible load carried home at night.
It was during this time that my coaching work evolved from passion to profession.
In 2018, after qualifying as a Level 5 Life Coach and Mentor, I launched Nicky Forster – The Goal Setting Coach, working with leaders, teams, and organisations navigating growth, change, and pressure.
In early 2024, I sold The Spot Wellness Centre to focus fully on my coaching practice.
How I Work
With a background spanning elite sport, leadership, wellness, and business, I design and deliver coaching and wellbeing programmes that go beyond surface-level initiatives.
I not only understand how the human body works under pressure,
I understand how it feels under pressure.
My work integrates performance psychology, physical wellbeing, leadership clarity, and environment design to help individuals and organisations operate at their best without burning out.
Who This Is For?
If you’re leading on the outside but stretched on the inside.
If success hasn’t brought the clarity or fulfilment you expected.
If you know you’re capable of more, but want a sustainable way to access it.
This work is for you.
I believe environment shapes behaviour, and leadership shapes environment.
When leaders change how they think, act, and recover, the ripple effect moves through teams, culture, and performance.
“Success is never by mere chance. It’s the result of a vision and a plan.”
"Success is never by mere chance... it’s the result of a vision and a plan"
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