Coaching Conversations with the AoEC
Episodes
19 episodes
Episode 19 - Meet the faculty: Lucy Tulloch’s coaching journey
In this episode, Neil Mackinnon, senior faculty at the AoEC, is joined by Lucy Tulloch, head of faculty and coach education – global, AoEC, for an open and reflective conversation about coaching practice, coach education and what truly makes co...
Episode 18 - Leading with Purpose in a Climate Changed World
As climate pressures intensify, leaders across every sector are being asked deeper, more urgent questions about the role of their organisations and the values guiding their decisions. In this special
Episode 17 – The Strength Report: Why coaching shouldn’t be a perk
In this episode, we sit down with Sam Heighway, founder of Be Business Fit and author of The Strength Report 2025, to unpack what 170 UK leaders and professionals told h...
Episode 16 – Why executive coaching belongs in your portfolio career
In this episode, we explore how executive coaching can become a powerful and versatile strand in a portfolio career. Joined by two graduates of our Practitioner ...
Episode 15: Understanding strong workplace cultures in B Corp Certified® organisations
In this special B Corp Month episode, we delve into the stories of some of the UK’s top-performing B Corp certified organisations in the Worker category...
Episode 14: Coaching in action at Wavelength Connect
Join us as we go behind the scenes of Wavelength Connect, which is a unique executive education and leadership development programme focused on the theme of The Future of Business.Each year they bring together a cohort of 60 leaders from...
Episode 13: Navigating career change: overcoming fears and embracing new paths
In this episode, we explore the emotional challenges that come with career change, especially when making bold moves such as leaving corporate life to become an entrepreneurial coach or transitioning into a new line of work.We'll dive in...
Episode 12: Overview of executive coaching and coach training in the UK: past, present, and future
Over the past 25 years, the UK’s executive coaching industry has evolved from a niche service into a cornerstone of leadership and people development. The AoEC has played a pivotal role in this transformation by setting high standards for coach...
Episode 11: Leading by Nature with Giles Hutchins
Marking Climate Coaching Action Day 2024, the AoEC’s George Warren is joined by Giles Hutchins to discuss his work in helping organisations and leaders learn to attune with the rhythms and ways of nature, so they are better able to adapt to cha...
Episode 10: Coaching for social impact - the handprint of benefit
What does social change mean in today’s world and how does it relate to individual development through coaching?How can coaches act as agents of social and systemic change? We look at how the scope of coaching can impact beyond the indiv...
Episode 9: Anti-slavery Day 2023
Anti-Slavery Day is an opportunity to raise awareness of the fact over 49.6 million people in the world today, and an estimated 136,000 people in the UK, are trapped in conditions of modern slavery. But it doesn’t have to be this way.The...
Episode 8: Coaching With and Within Nature
Marking Climate Coaching Action Day 2023, the AoEC’s George Warren is joined by Tabitha Jayne from Earth Self and Lesley Roberts from Coaching Outdoors to look at coaching through the lens of nature.They will explore how coaching practit...
Episode 7: The Future of Coaching
Coaching Conversations with the AoEC – PodcastEpisode 7 – The Future of CoachingJoin us as we take at look at how coaching is evolving and ponder what its future looks like.In this episode we explore the topic through a len...
Episode 6: Democratising the Coaching Experience for Young Professionals
Executive coaching has historically been linked with senior business leaders and high-potential employees who are being fast-tracked through the management ranks of organisations. However, recent events have created a new dialogue between emplo...
Episode 5: Resilience coaching in a pandemic
With statistics such as one in five people experiencing moderate to severe depression in 2020, what has the Covid-19 pandemic meant for individual and organisational resilience? We look at how resilience coaching has been used to su...
Episode 4: Successful coaching outcomes – how to measure and evaluate investment in coaching services
As an organisation how do you know you are getting the best return on your investment from the coaching interventions you commission? What value can be demonstrated to the organisation and to the individual or team and can it be truly measured?...
Episode 3: Team coaching in the new world of work – why you need to be team literate
John Hill, commercial director of the AoEC is joined by two expert team coaches to explore how teams have performed in the wake of Covid-19. Join them as they discuss their experiences of the changing needs of teams with a look at h...
Episode 2: Dual relationships – the Coach-Manager: Exploring the boundaries between being a manager and being a coach
Gina Lodge, CEO of the AoEC is joined by special guests David McLaughlin from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and Katherine Tulpa from the Association for Coaching (AC) to look at manager as coach. As one of the biggest areas of intere...
Episode 1: International Stress Awareness Week 2020
Gina Lodge, CEO of the AoEC is joined by special guests Carole Spiers from the international Stress Management Association (ISMA) and creator of International Stress Awareness Week and Claire Farrow from makeadifference/MADWORLDSummit to explor...