Drawing on her experience of introducing coaching across three organisations, Vanessa shares the lessons learned from four cohorts and almost 30 accredited internal coaches. She explains why qualifications alone are not enough, and why senior leadership buy-in, protected time, ongoing supervision and clear professional standards are essential if coaching is going to become embedded rather than gradually disappear.

This conversation explores the difficult realities behind creating an internal coaching pool: securing commitment from busy leaders, maintaining ethical boundaries, supporting coaches across different countries and cultures, and knowing when someone needs to step away from active coaching.

Vanessa also reflects on how internal coaching can create wider organisational value by building empathy, connecting people across teams and providing leaders with a clearer view of what is really happening throughout the system.

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This conversation goes deep into the emotional and psychological work behind a career change. Carolyn reflects on the power of coaching to build self-awareness, manage triggers, and lead with compassion. It’s a candid look at what it takes to let go, step forward, and stay grounded through every move.

This conversation unpacks the tension between insight and implementation, between human capital and commercial outcomes. Andrew invites us to think differently about what coaches and consultants can learn from each other, and why behaviour change sits at the heart of both. It’s a candid look at the power of long-term partnership, radical feedback, and the courage to be coached.

This conversation goes beneath the surface of leadership. James invites us to let go of the mask, reconnect with purpose, and lead with more truth. It’s a powerful reflection on what happens when leaders stop chasing capability and start becoming who they really are.

This conversation challenges the idea that ADHD is something to work around. Instead, Sarah invites us to coach and lead with curiosity, not correction, helping clients build confidence, find their rhythm, and lead in ways that work for them. It’s a powerful look at how coaching can empower ADHD minds to stop masking and start owning their strengths.

This conversation offers rare insight into the human side of mentoring. From mentor self-belief to the complexity of doing it well, Gemma reveals the stretch, stillness, and courage it takes to raise the bar. It’s a candid look at what happens when leaders stop assuming and start investing in what good really looks like.

Linda and Matthew explore the realities behind the prestige: the accountability, the pressure, and the purpose that define effective leadership at the top. Through moments of stretch, courage, and reflection, they reveal the human side of board-level influence. The truths that never make it into the governance papers.

This episode is a must-listen for current and aspiring board members ready to challenge their own motivations and redefine what impact really means.

This conversation offers rare insights for board members, executives, and aspiring leaders into the human side of board-level decision-making. The dilemmas, lessons, and turning points that don’t make it into the annual report. It’s an unfiltered look at what it really takes to lead at the top.

Hosted by Matthew Radley, CEO of MRA Executive Coaching, each episode uncovers moments of shift, stretch, or stillness that reveal the turning points defining their journeys.

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