The Edge of Coaching

#39 Jo Birch: Suicidality, Supervision and Safe Practice

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 01:00:00 +0000

Jo Birch a highly respected supervisor, author, and long-standing contributor to the development of supervision in coaching and helping professions.

Jo has worked for many years at the intersection of practice, ethics, and professional standards, supporting supervisors and practitioners to think more deeply about their work and their responsibility within it.

She is widely known for her writing and teaching on supervision, reflective practice, and professional maturity, and for her steady, principled voice in a rapidly evolving field.

LinkedIn: Link here

Jo's Website: Link here

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#38 Helen Sieroda: Presence, Soul & The Wider Field

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 01:00:00 +0000

Helen Sieroda is an APECS-accredited Master Executive Coach with over 30 years’ experience coaching and mentoring senior leaders. She is founder and director of Wise Goose School of Coaching, a certified B Corp delivering executive coaching and accredited coach training.

Helen’s work is shaped by a lifelong commitment to inclusion, sustainability, and ethical leadership. Formerly a UKCP-registered psychotherapist, she helped establish a psychosynthesis academy in Stockholm and served on the Board of the Psychosynthesis and Education Trust in London for over a decade.

Her background includes roles in management, a degree in Comparative Religion, and a Master’s in Responsibility in Business Practice. She is passionate about the meeting point of inner and outer change, helping leaders and organisations align ambition with care for the wider world, recognising how small, thoughtful actions create lasting impact.

Helen's LinkedIn - Link Here

Wise Goose Coach Training - Link Here

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#37 Aubyn Howard: Depth, Systems and Psychosynthesis

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000

Aubyn Howard is the co-founder of Psychosynthesis Coaching Limited and author of Psychosynthesis Leadership Coaching - a psychology of being for a time of crisis (2020).

Aubyn holds an MA in Psychosynthesis Psychology with the London Institute of Psychosynthesis and an MSc in Change Agent Skills and Strategies with the HPRG at Surrey University. He draws upon more than 30 years’ experience as an organisational consultant, facilitator and coach, supporting change and leadership development within organisations across different sectors and cultures. He is a Certified Spiral Dynamics and NLP practitioner, an APECS Accredited Master Executive Coach, an EMCC Senior Practitioner and EMCC Global Coach Supervisor.

Aubyn lives in southern France with his wife Diana. He continues some organisational client work alongside his primary focus on the education and development of leadership coaches and supporting the psychosynthesis coaching community.

Psychosynthesis Coaching Ltd

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#36 Simon Western: Psychoanalysis, Desire & Eco-Leadership

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Simon Western is a leading academic and practitioner in coaching and leadership, and the author of several books and many academic papers. He is the host of the popular Edgy Ideas Podcast and blogs on Re-enchanting Our Worlds, Substack.

Simon brings an unusual depth of experience to the field of coaching and leadership. He has led Masters courses at leading universities, including tenure as Director of Coaching at Lancaster University Management School, and Director of the Masters in Organizational Consulting, psychoanalytic approaches at the Tavistock Clinic. He is also Past President of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations (ISPSO).

Currently, his portfolio of work includes coaching and consulting to CEO’s and international leaders in all sectors. He has also developed the Five-Frame Eco-Leadership Coaching System which he teaches. He offers ‘thought leadership’ to support strategic change in today’s ‘network society’, specializing in distributed leadership to ensure ethical and dynamic leadership occurs at the edge as well as the centre of organizations.

Simon’s work emerges from a critical and ethical perspective, and the purpose of the Eco-Leadership Institute is to help leaders work in ‘good faith’ to build the ‘good society’.

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#35 Ed Rowland: Systemic Constellations, Whole-Self & Whole-Systems Awareness

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0100

Ed Rowland is Founder of The Whole Partnership and a leadership catalyst and senior executive and team coach. A leading Systemic Coach and Constellations practitioner for both personal and organisational systems, he has delighted in co-pioneering this way of working in a leadership and work context for the last 20 years. He learned the work in the early 2000s from its 1st generation pioneers, notably Gunthard Weber and Judith Hemming.

With a background as a barrister, in creative industries and various psychological disciplines, he has over 25 years experience of helping leaders, teams and organisations in all sectors to unfold their unique potential and creativity. He co-founded the Centre for Systemic Constellations (CSC), the UK training body, and he has worked at various business schools and universities.

Links:

The Whole Partnership

Ed's LinkedIn

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#34 Anthony Eldridge-Rogers: Trauma, Addiction & Wellness in Coaching

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 08:00:00 +0100

Anthony Eldridge-Rogers is an executive coach, trainer and organisational consultant working at the intersection of wellbeing, recovery and leadership.
Founder of FRC Worldwide, he developed the Meaning Centred Coaching™ model and has championed coaching as a powerful yet underused resource for behavioural health and human flourishing.

Anthony’s career spans media, environmental work and leadership consulting, with clients from the BBC to Henley Business School. A Fellow of the RSA and Certified Professional Recovery & Wellness Coach, his work blends coaching psychology, self-leadership and meaning-based approaches to help people live and lead well.

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#33 Claire Pedrick: Presence, Playfulness & Powerful Coaching

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Claire Pedrick is an MCC Master Coach, Coaching Supervisor, and author of Simplifying Coaching and The Human Behind The Coach. With over 15,000 hours of experience, she facilitates others’ thinking and hosts The Coaching Inn podcast.

Claire believes coaching is simple - though it takes time to work that simply. In 2022 she walked 600km on the Camino in Spain.

She received the Outstanding Contribution to Coaching Award from Henley Business School (2022) and a Points of Light Award from the UK Prime Minister.

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#32 Nick Kitchen: Somatic, Systemic & Psychological Awareness

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 01:00:00 +0100

Nick is a senior executive coach, team coach, coach supervisor, organisational consultant, facilitator, and event speaker. He has more than thirty years of experience supporting the development and success of organisations, their leaders/executives, and coaches in the UK and many parts of the world, across a wide range of sectors.

He has co-led the Academy of Executive Coaching’s highly acclaimed Advanced Diploma in Executive Coaching for over 12 years, is a long-standing faculty on their Systemic Team Coaching programmes and a sometime guest lecturer on programmes at various Coaching and Business schools including London Business and Said (Oxford) Business school.

His great passion is supporting leaders/coaches in participating effectively in the interplay between their lived, embodied/somatic cognitive experience (their/their clients ‘aliveness’) and the wider system (relationship, team, organisation, world) of which they are both a part and a co-creator. Limited awareness in either (or neither!) domain, soma or system, becoming at least problematic and at worst, disastrous.

To this end he has run Somatic coaching and embodied leadership programmes on leadership programmes and coach trainings, for over 25 years, again in many different parts of the world with their distinct, inherited somatic patterns and challenges; from Estonia, Ukraine & Russia on one side of the world to senior Texan oil executives on the other.

nick@nickkitchen.net

Nick's LinkedIn

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#31 Wendy-Ann Smith: Ethics, Positive Psychology & Societal Concerns

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 01:00:00 +0100

Today’s guest, Wendy-Ann Smith, is a coaching psychologist working where coaching psychology, positive psychology, and ethics meet. She’s the founder of the Coaching Ethics Forum, the Journal of Coaching Ethics, and Ethical Edge Insights. Platforms dedicated to raising the bar on ethical practice and wellbeing in coaching. Her research looks at how coaches grow, weave ethics into their work, and sustain their own wellbeing. Through one-to-one coaching and workshops, she helps coaches and leaders deepen their ethical awareness, always bringing warmth, curiosity, and a passion for ethical growth.

Resources:

Wendy’s LinkedIn

Coaching Ethics Forum

Your Coaching Development

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#30 Yannick Jacob: Technology, Positive Psychology and Existential Coaching

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Committed to helping leaders and coaches do their best work and live their best lives, Yannick Jacob is a Coach, Trainer & Supervisor with Masters degrees in Existential Coaching and Applied Positive Psychology. He is part of the teaching faculties at Cambridge University and the International Centre for Coaching Supervision, and he’s the Course Director of the School of Positive Transformation’s acclaimed Accredited Certificate in Integrative Coaching, for which he gathered many of the world’s most influential coaches and earliest pioneers.

Formerly Programme Leader of the MSc Coaching Psychology at the University of East London, Yannick founded and hosts Yannick’s Coaching Lab which gives novice and seasoned coaches an opportunity to witness experienced coaches live in action. Yannick presents at conferences internationally, his book An Introduction to Existential Coaching was released by a leading academic publisher, and his self-study online course on the subject is now available for instant access. Across four seasons as host of Animas Centre for Coaching's popular podcast Coaching Uncaged Yannick engaged the thought leaders of our industry in dialogue, and he passionately hosts his own podcasts Talking about Coaching and Talking about Coaching and Psychedelics.

Links mentioned:

http://existential.coach/ - Yannick's website
https://rocketsupervision.com/ - Resources & supervision for coaches
https://gocoachinglab.com/ - Live & recorded coaching demos
https://rocketsupervision.com/podcasts - Yannick's coaching podcasts

https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/faf00ac1-9dc5-45a8-89dc-d6a3ab23b783/1/IJEBCM_22_2_19.pdf - Yannick's white paper on coaching and psychedelics

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#29 David Clutterbuck: Philosophy, Wonder and Conscience in Coaching

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0100

David Clutterbuck is one of the early pioneers of developmental coaching and mentoring and co-founder of the European Mentoring & Coaching Council.

Author of more than 70 books, including the first evidence-based titles on coaching culture and team coaching, he is visiting professor at four business schools. He leads a global network of specialist mentoring and coaching training consultants, Coaching and Mentoring International.

David's Website

David's LinkedIn

Your Coaching Development

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#28 Ernesto Spinelli: Uncertainty, Acceptance & Existential Philosophy

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Today, we’re joined by Professor Ernesto Spinelli, a leading figure in existential psychotherapy, coaching, and conflict mediation. A Fellow of the British Psychological Society and award-winning author, Ernesto’s work has shaped contemporary existential thought, and we’ll explore his insights on therapy, psychology, and the absurdities of life - and what this means for your coaching.

Links to Ernesto's Work

Tales of Un-Knowing - Link here

Practicing Existential Therapy - Link here

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#27 Pamela Larde: Joy, Creativity & Visibility in Coaching

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 08:00:00 +0000

Dr Pamela Larde is an expert in the science and practice of joy. Her roles include Professor of Leadership at Anderson University • Director of Education for the Institute of Coaching • Founder of Academy of Creative Coaching and Author.

She is committed to engaging in the work of advancing the reach and commitment of the coaching profession to serve and build up heart-centered leaders around the world.

Her research focuses on race and gender dynamics, self-motivation, joy resilience, and posttraumatic growth.

She written three books, contributed chapters to scholarly publications, and presented research extensively for national and international audiences.

Links:

Academy of Creative Coaching

Joyfully Single: A Revolutionary Guide to Enlightenment, Wholeness and Change

The Practice of Joy Workbook

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

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#26 Peter Hawkins: Ecology, Beauty & Human Consciousness

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 21:00:00 +0000

Professor Peter Hawkins is a leading consultant, coach, writer and researcher in organizational strategy, leadership, culture change, team and board development and coaching. He has worked with numerous leading organizations globally coaching executive teams and boards and facilitating major change and organizational transformation projects.

He has coached over 100 boards and senior executive teams, enabling them to develop their purpose, vision, values, collective leadership and strategy for the future, in a wide range of international companies, government departments, UK health services organizations, the professional services sector and charities.

He is the author of many best-selling books and papers on leadership, board and team coaching, systemic coaching, supervision, and organizational transformation.

His latest book, Beauty in Leadership and Coaching: And Its Role in Transforming Human Consciousness, explores how leaders and coaches can contribute to the urgent task to transform human consciousness to address the great interconnected challenges of our times.

Peter is Chairman of Renewal Associates, Emeritus Professor of Leadership at Henley Business School, co-dean and founder of the Global Team Coaching Institute, Honorary President of the Academy of Executive Coaching and Senior Fellow and Advisor to the Singapore Government.

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

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#25 Julia Vaughan Smith: Embodiment, Compassion & Trauma Informed Coaching

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Julia Vaughan Smith is a leading voice a the intersection of coaching and trauma. She is a Master Accredited Executive Coach and Supervisor with an MA in Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy. She has also been in practice as a Psychotherapist.

Along the way she has also published three books, ‘Therapist to Coach’, ‘Coaching and Trauma’ and ‘Daughters: How to Untangle Yourself from your Mother’. In the last 15 years she has focused on understanding and working with trauma, and applying that to coaching through her teaching and writing.

Julia's LinkedIn

Julia's Website

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

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#24 Ana Paula Nacif: Wellbeing, Self Care and Group Coaching

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Dr Ana Paula Nacif is an experienced executive and group coach, consultant and facilitator, who works with a range of clients in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors.

Ana has over 17 years of coaching experience, and she specialises in wellbeing, leadership development, women leaders, and personal development. She is a part-time senior lecturer at the Master of Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology at the University of East London, and the co-editor of the Philosophy of Coaching Journal.

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

If you’d like to explore supervision, mentor coaching, or training - for yourself or your organisation - let’s have a conversation:

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#23 Trevor Waldock: Eldership, Thresholds & Meaningful Conversations

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 06:00:00 +0100

Trevor Waldock is an author, social entrepreneur, and executive coach with over 30 years of experience in leadership development. He’s led teams, written books, been deep within the world of executive coaching for a very long time.

Trevor also developed the Integrated Global Leadership Model, a holistic framework for corporate leadership. In 2005, he founded Emerging Leaders, a global non-profit impacting over 100,000 people in 25+ countries, bringing leadership development to vulnerable communities. Today, his focus is on eldership through Emerging Elders and empowering young leaders via The Youth Compass Project.

Your Coaching Development

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#22 Nobantu Mpotulo: Presence, Unity & Ubuntu Coaching

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 08:00:00 +0100

Nobantu is a coach, mentor coach, facilitator and trainer based out of South Africa. Coaching individuals and teams, she holds an ICF MCC and is a sought-after facilitator for Leadership Development Programs and coaches internationally.

No matter what she does she gets to the HEART of the client and the HEART of the matter. As a Buddhist practitioner and teacher she supports her clients in integrating the head, heart, instinctual and spiritual intelligence. She does amazing heart work with clients based on the principles of UBUNTU ‘I am because we are’.

Nobantu is an accredited Enneagram Teacher (Narrative Tradition) and Enneagram Coach (Enneagram in Business and Deep Coaching). She is a Buddhist Teacher a Process Facilitator and Facilitator of Peace Circles. She trains, supervises and Mentor Coaches other coaches. She has experience in the private, public, NGO, NPO, Higher Education, as a coach and an OD Facilitator.

Nobantu developed the Ubuntu Coaching programme that assists coaches to connect at the heart level with their clients. Live coach demonstrations on Ubuntu Coaching have been done both locally and internationally.

Nobantu's LinkedIn
Nobantu's Website

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

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#21 Josie McLean: Systems, Sustainability & Systemic Coaching

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 08:00:00 +0100

Josie is internationally recognised as a pioneer of the Australian coaching industry and helps leaders apply the principles of complexity or living systems to their leadership challenges and lead effectively through uncertainty.

Josie’s portfolio encompasses her award-winning doctoral work Embedding Sustainability into Organizational DNA, the influential book Big Little Shifts: A practitioner’s guide to complexity for organisational change and adaptation
and the acclaimed collaboration with coaches worldwide Ecological and Climate-Conscious Coaching: A Companion Guide to Evolving Coaching Practice.

Links:

Josie's Website
Josie's LinkedIn
Josie's Instagram
Josie's Twitter

Climate Coaching Alliance
Association for Coaching Podcast with Josie, Eve & Alison
Ecological and Climate Conscious Coaching

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

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#20 George Warren: The Conscience, Advancement & Future of Coaching

Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:00:00 +0000

In today's episode, George enjoys the opportunity to have the questions posed to him.

We explore learnings and reflections from the first series of the podcast, and hear George's experiences and offerings from his wider coaching journey.

Podcast Links

'Getting started as a coach - AC Podcast - Link here

'Exploring the role of coaching for social justice' with Charmaine Roche, Animas Podcast - Link here

Rob's LinkedIn - Link here

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

If you’d like to explore supervision, mentor coaching, or training - for yourself or your organisation - let’s have a conversation:

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#19 Paul Lawrence: Complexity, Purpose & Systemic Coaching

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 04:00:00 +0000

Paul is a leadership development consultant, coach, coach supervisor, and researcher. He founded Leading Systemically in late 2021.

Paul has published more than a dozen academic articles and book chapters and written six books on change, leadership, and coaching/team coaching, as we get into in the conversation.

With over 5,000 coaching hours working with individuals, groups, and teams, he also supervises other coaches and designs/delivers leadership development programs.

He has taught coaching and leadership at the Sydney Business School, University of Wollongong, is an Honorary Research Associate at Oxford Brookes University, and established the Association for Coaching in Australia.

Paul's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/paullawrenceaustralia/

Leading Systemically - https://leadingsystemically.com/

The Wise Leader - Link here

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

If you’d like to explore supervision, mentor coaching, or training - for yourself or your organisation - let’s have a conversation:

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#18 Tabitha Jayne: Earth, Nature & Societal Change

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Tabitha is the creator and director of education at Earthself, a community interest company founded in 2015 with the purpose of optimising impact through EarthConnected coaching.

Earthself is a team and organisational development, coaching and coach training Community Interest Company, focused on the democratisation of coaching and a nature positive way of being and doing business.

Tabi is the author of number of books including ‘the nature process’ and ‘nature embodied’.

Tabi's Linkedin: link here

Earthself: NatureProcess Coach Training: link here

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Tabi & George's first podcast conversation can be accessed here

Tabi & George's second podcast conversation, with Lesley Roberts can be accessed here

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

If you’d like to explore supervision, mentor coaching, or training - for yourself or your organisation - let’s have a conversation:

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#17 Viv Chitty: Energy, Boundaries & Strong Emotions

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +0000

Viv Chitty is Director of the coaching and supervision consultancy Viv Chitty Associates, she has over twenty years’ experience in executive coaching and specialises in working with senior executives who have multiple challenges to face, across a spectrum of organisations in the UK and abroad.

Viv is an accredited coach at Master Practitioner level (EMCC) and has a degree in Psychology, a post graduate Diploma in counselling and an MA in coaching and mentoring. In addition, Viv is an accredited coach supervisor (CSA).

Recently, Viv has pioneered and researched a ground-breaking new methodology, Optimal Energy® Coaching, which is based on her MA research and book Coaching for Optimal Energy: A guide for executive coaches. This addresses client energy levels with a focus on how this influences how they perform, feel, behave, relate to and impact others.

Viv’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/viv-chitty-b938b912/

Viv’s Website - https://vivchittyassociates.co.uk/

Viv’s Book - https://vivchittyassociates.co.uk/coaching-for-optimal-energy-the-book/

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

If you’d like to explore supervision, mentor coaching, or training - for yourself or your organisation - let’s have a conversation:

📩 george@edgeofcoaching.com

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#16 Myles Downey: Effective, Modern, Psychological Coaching

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Myles Downey is one of the leading executive coaches in Europe, with global experience He has worked across the C-suite in many prestigious organisations over the last 30 years.

He is a recognized authority on Performance, Coaching and Leadership and the author of three classics in the coaching and performance arena: ‘Effective Modern Coaching’, (between them 300,00+ books sold); ‘Enabling Genius – a mindset for success in the 21st Century’; ‘The Enabling Manager – how to get the best out of your team’ published.

Myles has deployed his performance coaching programs with the Senior Coaches of the England Rugby Team and with the New Zealand Elite Rugby Coaches.

Website - https://mylesdowney.com/

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mylesdowney/

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

If you’d like to explore supervision, mentor coaching, or training - for yourself or your organisation - let’s have a conversation:

📩 george@edgeofcoaching.com

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#15 Robin Shohet: Love, Fear & Supervision

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 03:00:00 +0000

Robin Shohet has been a practicing supervisor since 1976 and written and edited several books on the topic.

As you will hear, his latest In Love with Supervision, which he wrote with his wife Joan, came out in 2020 and his next, Supervision as Spiritual Practice, is due out in late 2024.

In this episode, we will explore his interest and work with forgiveness, and his approach can be viewed on BBC iplayer: Humza: Forgiving the Unforgivable - Link here

Centre for Supervision & Team Development - www.cstdlondon.co.uk

Robin's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinshohet/

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

If you’d like to explore supervision, mentor coaching, or training - for yourself or your organisation - let’s have a conversation:

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#14 Iain McCormick: Clinical Psychology, Reflective Practice & Schema Coaching

Tue, 14 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000

Iain McCormick PhD is the founder of the Executive Coaching Centre in Auckland, New Zealand. He trained in clinical psychology, subsequently completing a PhD in work stress. Iain has been coaching and consulting for 30 years, working in Canada, Hong Kong and New Zealand.

Website - www.eccltd.co.nz

LinkedIn - https://nz.linkedin.com/in/iainmccormick

Email - iain.mccormick@icloud.com

Reflective practice for coaches - https://tinyurl.com/reflectivepracticecoaches

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

If you’d like to explore supervision, mentor coaching, or training - for yourself or your organisation - let’s have a conversation:

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#13 Steve March: Presence, Attunement & Unfolding

Tue, 31 Oct 2023 08:00:00 +0000

Steve March is the founder of Aletheia (integralunfoldment.com), an ecosystem of courses that support adult development. He is also the creator of Aletheia Coaching, a new coaching paradigm that offers support for unfoldment.

Unfoldment is an antidote to seemingly endless self-improvement projects and offers a way to navigate the complex metacrises we face. Aletheia Coaching is a trauma-sensitive and shame-sensitive approach to coaching. Steve has been a professional coach since 2000, a coach trainer since 2003, and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife Donna Chang.

Aletheia - https://integralunfoldment.com/

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

If you’d like to explore supervision, mentor coaching, or training - for yourself or your organisation - let’s have a conversation:

📩 george@edgeofcoaching.com

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#12 Laurence Barrett: Jung, the Unconscious & the Future of Coaching

Tue, 17 Oct 2023 05:00:00 +0100

'The sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being: C.G. Jung'

Laurence has coached senior leaders and led change programmes for international organisations for over 30 years.

He is currently the Founder Director of Heresy Consulting and works as a Practicum Supervisor on the INSEAD Executive Masters in Change.

He trained as a coach and a supervisor at the Tavistock Institute. He holds an MSc in Analytical (Jungian) Psychology from the British Psychotherapy Foundation and an MBA from Lancaster University, along with a Foundation Certificate in Group Analysis from the Institute of Group Analysis .

He also holds a post graduate certificates in Ecopsychology and Ecotherapy from the Pacifica Graduate Institute

He is the author of 'A Jungian Approach to Coaching: The Theory and practice of Turning Leaders into People'.

Laurence's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurence-barrett/

Heresy Consulting - https://www.heresyconsulting.com/

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

If you’d like to explore supervision, mentor coaching, or training - for yourself or your organisation - let’s have a conversation:

📩 george@edgeofcoaching.com

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#11 Sam Isaacson: Courage, Adaptability & Technology

Tue, 03 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +0100

Sam Isaacson is a coach and coach supervisor. He writes a popular LinkedIn newsletter and has written two books on the topic: How to Thrive as a Coach in a Digital World and Superhuman Coaching.

He is the founder of the Coachtech Collective, a global community of coaches grappling with technology, and works closely with the big coaching professional bodies on the development of thinking around technology and ethics.

His coaching consultancy practice Coachtech Ltd, based in London, supports clients across the planet, with a particular focus on maturing organisational coaching ecosystems and enhancing coaching using technology.

Sam's Website: https://www.isaacson.uk/

Sam's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samisaacson/

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

If you’d like to explore supervision, mentor coaching, or training - for yourself or your organisation - let’s have a conversation:

📩 george@edgeofcoaching.com

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#10 Emmy van Deurzen: Psychotherapy, Existentialism & Interconnectedness

Mon, 18 Sep 2023 18:00:00 +0100

Emmy van Deurzen is an existential psychotherapist and philosopher. She is the founder and director of the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling and the co-founder of the Existential Academy in London. She is a visiting professor with Middlesex University and the President of the worldwide Existential Movement.

Amongst her books are the bestseller Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling in Practice, Psychotherapy and the Quest for Happiness, Paradox and Passion and Rising from Existential Crisis.

Emmy's Website: https://www.emmyvandeurzen.com/

Emmy's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmy-van-deurzen-b5a0411b/

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

If you’d like to explore supervision, mentor coaching, or training - for yourself or your organisation - let’s have a conversation:

📩 george@edgeofcoaching.com

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#09 Simon Cavicchia: Paradox, Complexity & Connectedness

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 08:00:00 +0100

George is joined today by Simon Cavicchia.

Simon is an experienced consultant, facilitator, executive coach and coach supervisor. He is a former Programme Director on the MSc in Coaching Psychology at the Metanoia Institute with London South Bank University. And currently Faculty on Ashridge Masters in Masters in Executive Coaching.

As will unfold in this conversation, He is particularly interested in exploring relational perspectives on organisational life and consulting, and is committed to continually researching how these perspectives can be used to inform practice and learning in organisations..

He is the co-author of The Theory and Practice of Relational Coaching: Complexity, Paradox and Integration and, you might recall, was given a shoutout by Frances White on episode 2 of this podcast.

Simon's Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-cavicchia-1a6a521/

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

If you’d like to explore supervision, mentor coaching, or training - for yourself or your organisation - let’s have a conversation:

📩 george@edgeofcoaching.com

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#08 Aboodi Shabi: The Evolution, Diversity & Emotions of Coaching

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 09:00:00 +0100

In this podcast episode, we discuss Aboodi's work in the coaching industry, specifically in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. We delve into the need for shifts in the coaching industry and the challenges of addressing systemic issues. We also touch on the importance of emotions in coaching, the value of coaches doing deep work on themselves, and the role of coaching in providing solace and support. The episode concludes with a discussion on the future of coaching models and the importance of curiosity and playfulness in coaching.

Bio:

With over 25 years' experience as a professional coach and trainer, Aboodi has been working in executive coaching and coach training since the mid 1990s and has several years of international coaching, training and leadership development experience.

In addition to his executive coaching work, Aboodi is passionate about the development of coaches. He is lecturer in Coaching at Henley Business School, and also mentors individual coaches. He plays an active role on Henley Business School's Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

A regular speaker on the international coaching circuit, Aboodi has been an invited guest tutor on mastery in coaching at several European coaching schools. He has been on the ICF global board and was founding co-president of the UK ICF Chapter. He is currently on the editorial board of Coaching at Work magazine.

Website - www.aboodishabi.com

Linkedin - linkedin.com/in/aboodi/

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

If you’d like to explore supervision, mentor coaching, or training - for yourself or your organisation - let’s have a conversation:

📩 george@edgeofcoaching.com

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#07 Les Lancaster: Consciousness, Spirituality & Transpersonal Psychology

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 09:00:00 +0100

Today George interviews Les Lancaster in a fascinating and wide-ranging conversation.

Les’ research interests focus on the cognitive neuroscience of consciousness and the psychology of mysticism, with a specific focus on Kabbalistic Psychology. Over his career, Les has disseminated key aspects of consciousness studies and transpersonal psychology to a wide audience, both academic and more popular.

He is currently Chair of the Transpersonal Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society, and President of the International Transpersonal Association, as well as a member of the Society of Consciousness Studies.

In addition to many journal articles, Les’ published works include Mind Brain and Human Potential, winner of a Science and Medical Network Best Book Award, The Elements of Judaism, Approaches to Consciousness: the Marriage of Science and Mysticism, and The Essence of Kabbalah.

Les' Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/les-lancaster-58644b1b/

Alef Trust - https://www.aleftrust.org/

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

If you’d like to explore supervision, mentor coaching, or training - for yourself or your organisation - let’s have a conversation:

📩 george@edgeofcoaching.com

📅 Book a call here

#06 Clare Norman: Mentor Coaching, Mindset Traps & 'Being' as a Coach

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 08:00:00 +0100

George is joined today by Clare Norman, MCC.

With over 20 years of coaching experience, Clare is highly sought after by other expert coaches, as well as successful coach training companies as a Master Mentor Coach. Clare looks to continually sharpen individuals’ coaching edge and upskill mentor coaches so they can deliver high-quality feedback to their coaches-in-development.

Her laser focus on mindset shifts and her knack for spotting marginal gains has made her a go-to person for coaches looking for mentorship and practical, meaningful ways to improve their practice. With an international following of both her coaching peers and senior leadership, Clare is making a difference to the world of work via the professional application of coaching.

Connect with Clare at https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-norman-pcc or write to her at clare@clarenormancoachingassociates.com.

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

If you’d like to explore supervision, mentor coaching, or training - for yourself or your organisation - let’s have a conversation:

📩 george@edgeofcoaching.com

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#05 Christian van Nieuwerburgh: Positive psychology, Inclusivity & Optimal Wellbeing

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +0100

Today George interviews Christian Van Nieuwerburgh PhD - a coach, author, and academic who holds a number of teaching positions and fellowships around the globe.

Christian has written extensively in the fields of coaching and positive psychology. He is the author of An Introduction to Coaching Skills: A Practical Guide (now in its third edition), and as we will here, the co-author of Coaching in Islamic Culture.

Social media links:

Christian van Nieuwerburgh

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianvn/

https://twitter.com/ChristianvN

https://www.instagram.com/coachonamotorcycle

RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences

https://www.linkedin.com/company/rcsi-centre-for-positive-health-sciences/

https://twitter.com/RCSI_PosHealth

https://www.instagram.com/rcsi_poshealth/

Growth Coaching International

https://www.linkedin.com/company/growth-coaching-international/

https://twitter.com/gcieducation

https://www.instagram.com/growthcoachinginternational

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

If you’d like to explore supervision, mentor coaching, or training - for yourself or your organisation - let’s have a conversation:

📩 george@edgeofcoaching.com

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#04 Gina Lodge: AI, Tech & Today's Coaching Markets

Tue, 27 Jun 2023 09:00:00 +0100

George is joined today by Gina Lodge.

Gina has been an influential figure in the coaching industry, with roles including UK, Africa and India Chair at the Association for Coaching, Editorial Advisory board at Coaching at Work, Forbes Coaching Council Member and Contributor.

She has also served as a Council and Nomination Committee member and now UK Co- chair at the British Swiss Chamber of Commerce, Editorial Advisory Board at Open University Press, and as a member of the Climate Coaching Alliance and the core team of Coaching through Covid.

She was the CEO of the Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC) for 7 years and a member of the AoEC Executive Board for 12 years.

During her time at AoEC Gina built and led the team to exceed predicted growth and enhance the brand’s global reputation. She also built the capability to support organizations worldwide in building a culture of coaching.

World View Mentor - https://www.worldviewmentor.com/

Gina’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gina-lodge/

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

If you’d like to explore supervision, mentor coaching, or training - for yourself or your organisation - let’s have a conversation:

📩 george@edgeofcoaching.com

📅 Book a call here

#03 Tim Mart: Socially Driven Coaching & the Lifestyle, Business and Hustle of a Coach

Tue, 13 Jun 2023 11:00:00 +0100

George is joined today by Tim Mart.

During the first career in financial services, Tim benefited from a powerful coaching experience. It changed the direction of his career and led him co-found the social enterprise Know You More (KYM).

KYM’s mission is to equip young adults all over the World with the skills, behaviours and belief to make their impact. Their unique business model, coaching community and platform enables Know You More to deliver all things coaching into organisations and then invest back into communities by providing free coaching development opportunities through KYM’s’ ‘Level Up’ and ‘Build Up’ programmes.

Know you More - https://www.knowyoumore.com/

Tim’s Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/timmart/

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

If you’d like to explore supervision, mentor coaching, or training - for yourself or your organisation - let’s have a conversation:

📩 george@edgeofcoaching.com

📅 Book a call here

#02 Frances White: Relational Coaching, Presence & 'Not-Knowingness'

Fri, 02 Jun 2023 06:00:00 +0100

George is joined in this episode by Frances White. Frances has been supporting people as a professional coach, team coach and organisational consultant for over 30 years, providing relational, psychology-based coaching globally.

She works with those struggling with the stressful impact of high levels of uncertainty, ambiguity, complexity, change and overwhelm.

Her priorities are authenticity, playful creativity and a willingness to embrace sometimes uncomfortable realisations whilst engaging in dynamic reflection.

Her LinkedIn is - https://www.linkedin.com/in/franceswcoach/

More details about APECS - https://www.apecs.org/apecs-board-members-ambassadors

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

If you’d like to explore supervision, mentor coaching, or training - for yourself or your organisation - let’s have a conversation:

📩 george@edgeofcoaching.com

📅 Book a call here

#01 John Perry: Imposter Syndrome, Self Worth & Psychological Wellbeing

Sun, 14 May 2023 08:00:00 +0100

Welcome to the Edge of Coaching!

George is joined in this episode by John Perry a wellbeing consultant, counsellor, coach, speaker, facilitator and supervisor.

John has particular expertise in the areas of psychological wellbeing, stress management & resilience values exploration, overcoming imposter syndrome and promoting unconditional self-acceptance.

John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-perry-71490867/

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

If you’d like to explore supervision, mentor coaching, or training - for yourself or your organisation - let’s have a conversation:

📩 george@edgeofcoaching.com

📅 Book a call here

The Edge of Coaching - Welcome

Fri, 05 May 2023 04:00:00 +0100

Where is the coaching industry going? What are some of the most exciting coaches doing? What is the work we can do on ourselves to best serve our clients.

Join your host George Warren as he speaks to a fascinating collection of folks from inside and outside the coaching industry, to explore some of the most pressing issues and questions facing coaches and the coaching industry today.

Your Coaching Development

I’ve helped hundreds of coaches grow their confidence, impact, and presence.

If you’d like to explore supervision, mentor coaching, or training - for yourself or your organisation - let’s have a conversation:

📩 george@edgeofcoaching.com

📅 Book a call here