Coach Conversations Podcast

Welcome to Coach Conversations, the podcast where thoughtful coaches, leaders, and learners come together to explore what great coaching really looks like in practice.

Hosted by Brendon Le Lievre, each episode features rich, honest conversations with experienced coaches who share their approaches, insights, and lessons from the real world. Together, we explore the craft of coaching, the business of coaching, and the inner work that supports sustainable, ethical practice.

Whether you are a practising coach, an aspiring coach, a leader using coaching skills at work, or someone curious about personal growth, this podcast is designed for you. Every conversation is an opportunity to deepen your awareness, strengthen your presence, and sharpen your ability to listen, question, and connect.

Brendon brings his background in leadership development, supervision, and improv-informed practice to create a space that is reflective, practical, and human. Expect thoughtful dialogue, useful frameworks, and stories that illuminate both the challenges and rewards of coaching.

Coach Conversations is for anyone who wants to have better conversations, build stronger relationships, and make a positive impact in their teams, organisations, and lives.

Coach Conversations Podcast

Episodes

Supervision Series #3: Engaging with risk in coaching.

Supervision Series #2 - Coaching presence - How to stay present and recover when we're distracted

Supervision Series #1 - What is Coach Supervision?

Rob Hills - Mindfulness, Leadership, and Sustainable Success

Sara Harrup - what makes good coaching good, coaching neurodivergent people and coaching as a board director.

Dianne Flemington - making decisions for longevity, creating behaviour change and the professionalism of coaching.

Kylee Leota - lessons from adversity, self compassion, insights through feedback and holding space for conversations.

Irene Riad - Supervision, remaining present and becoming who we are.

Brendon's thoughts on motivation and inspiration in coaching (solo episode).

Peter Scott, CSC - Coaching as a leader, reflections on resilience, life as a sub mariner and the process of writing Running Deep

Jason Wong - modern dads, our changing roles and associated implications, kind leadership, the importance of finding time for self, facilitating effectively online and how to coach people with similar experien

Nicole Karagiannis - using parental leave to explore coach training options and navigate ICF ACC credentialling, building an internal coaching capability, preparing effectively for coaching sessions and how to quickly fill up your cup.

Deanna Beaumont - moving from being alive to thriving, a trauma informed coaching approach and why we should review the decisions our 16 year old selves made about our career.

Emma Gibbens and Rhys Paddick - authentic Acknowledgements of Country, putting people before business, writing a book in a morning and using fun as a lens for selecting business opportunities.

Lisa Gaines - contracting, managing emotions within coaching sessions, using Team Coaching to improve training outcomes, getting SCARFed and how to recover and the importance of processing feedback.

Swagata Bapat - listening, drawing on previous experience as you build your coaching skill, finding time for quiet in our busy days and reframing how we think about our differences into being our super powers.

James Young - Entomologist (Insect Scientist) to facilitator and coach, reaction to the word Blue, what Business Writing looks, feels and smells like and how the perfect organisational structure should be based on a jellyfish.

Phil Preston - the importance of purpose, how it motivates us and how to find it in the shades of grey between staying in your current role and becoming a solopreneur.

Rho Sandberg - how child dreams influence us as adults, state changes, the importance of play and having fun with coaching, and accessing whole body intelligence.

Anna Marshall - challenges leaders taking a coaching approach can experience, how to get things done by locking squirrels (ideas) in a cage and her book ‘On your marks, get set… LEAD!’ w

James Samana - finding your authentic self, the power of silence and the privilege of working in a sacred way to help others quieten the noise.

Amanda Horne - Lessons from 18 years of coaching, reflective practice and coaching teenagers to help them open up.

Liz Tilley - the importance of not stuffing around, selecting a coach training program, media experience as a coach and growing women's circles.

Chris Huet - changing the world with poetry, prepping for coaching sessions or speaking and the importance of communication and making sure we hear what was said.

Kylie Holyland - blending other disciplines, the support network required to be successful and business and team coaching.