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Ruth Wood

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Director at Resonate LeadershipⓇ
📍 Abbots Langley, England, United Kingdom

Ruth Wood is the Director and Founder of Resonate Leadership, an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) who specializes in transforming leadership and culture. Drawing on a 16-year career in diplomacy and policy at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, she now coaches senior leaders to drive growth and engagement. Colleagues describe her coaching as challenging, supportive, and transformational.

Outside of work, Ruth is a parent to three adopted children, a role she prepared for by taking a career break to study developmental psychotherapy. She is passionate about preventing burnout and maintaining balance between a demanding career and family life. A 2021 article described her as an "intrepid adventurer and people-lover. "

Unique fact: Her career has taken her from the shop floor as a teenager to meeting world leaders and dining with royalty during her time as a diplomat.

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Abbots Langley, England, United Kingdom
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Women in Leadership
Hosts the "Frustrated and Exhausted" podcast, which focuses on helping women in leadership thrive and achieve their ambitions without sacrificing their well-being.
Leadership Coaching
As an ICF-accredited coach, she helps leaders navigate complexity and build high-performing, resilient teams, focusing on challenges like conflict resolution and impactful communication.
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Career

Work history

4-2023
Director
Resonate LeadershipⓇ
9-2021
Associate Consultant
Insightful Exchange
2-2021
Founder
Ruth Wood Coaching Limited
9-2016 - 3-2020
Full-time parenting
Career Break
10-2013 - 8-2016
Head of Strategic Change
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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Education
ACTP Professional Coach Diploma
Optimus Coach Academy
8-2021 - 8-2021
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