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Authentic leadership begins with the simplest and hardest of questions.
Who am I, really, when I lead?

Authentic Leadership Coaching provides a space to explore that question deeply. This isn’t about learning a style or applying a model. It’s about uncovering the part of you that already knows how to lead with honesty, courage, and care.

Within an Integral Development Coaching framework, we address the whole of you. Beliefs, emotions, values, body, relationships, and spirit all shape your leadership skills and executive presence.

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Why leadership coaching matters

Many leaders seek executive coaching when something inside feels misaligned. Strategies still work, but the fit is off. Others come when the world changes faster than their leadership development can keep pace.

Together, we pause long enough to listen beneath the noise. We focus on what is true, what is shifting, and what is ready to be lived differently.

Our process blends reflection and practice. We talk, notice patterns, and experiment with new ways of being in real situations. Integral frameworks act like a compass rather than a map. They help you see your inner world and its connection to the systems you lead.

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As awareness deepens, your leadership becomes less effortful and more natural. It becomes less about control and more about coherence.

Coaching sessions unfold over several months, online or in person, sometimes complemented by half-day immersions or Walk & Talk sessions outdoors.

Whether you lead a business, a creative team, or a community organisation, our leadership development coaching adapts to your context and pace.

Clients often notice subtle but unmistakable effects. Confidence is rooted in clarity rather than bravado. Relationships are built on trust rather than role. Decisions are made from values rather than fear. These changes ripple outward; teams become steadier, conversations more honest, results more sustainable.

Authentic Leadership Coaching is not about becoming someone else. It is about becoming more yourself. Steady enough to stand in uncertainty, open enough to listen, and brave enough to act from what you truly believe. When leadership grows from authenticity, it becomes a form of service: clear, compassionate, and unmistakably human.

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A lot of executive coaching takes place online through video calls that fit naturally into your life wherever you are. Distance does not matter. Presence translates well through the screen. When geography allows, we sometimes meet in person for a longer half-day session.

These moments bring depth and stillness to the work, grounding what has been unfolding in conversation. Over a three-to-six-month leadership coaching journey, this blend of online and face-to-face sessions offers continuity and the richness of shared time in the same space.

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A two or three-day group executive coaching event offers space for teams of leaders to pause, reflect, and connect with themselves, each other, and the work they share. Away from daily demands, conversation deepens, and new perspectives emerge.

Guided sessions blend reflection, dialogue, and gentle structure, creating the conditions for real change. Whether held in the countryside or a quiet venue close to home, the retreat environment allows time for rest and insight. Participants return to work renewed, with clearer purpose, stronger relationships, and a shared sense of what truly matters.

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Walk and talk coaching takes place outdoors at a leisurely pace, where movement and conversation unfold together. Some journeys last a single day, others stretch across a season with walks spaced weeks apart. For deeper immersion, multi-day walks trace rivers, hills, and coastlines over several days with evenings spent resting and reflecting.

Walking side by side brings clarity and calm. The rhythm of the path loosens what is held tight, opens new perspectives, and reconnects you with yourself and the world. One step, one conversation, one landscape at a time.

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An invitation to be curious.

If you feel drawn to something you cannot yet name or have questions about executive coaching, a free chemistry call is a good place to start.

No obligations, no pressure, no sales. Just a chance to talk, explore leadership development coaching, and see what is there.

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What is Authentic Leadership Coaching?

It’s a form of Integral Development Coaching that helps you lead from who you really are. We explore the connection between your inner world — values, beliefs, emotions, and presence — and your outer world of relationships, decisions, and action. The aim isn’t to perform better by pretending, but to lead more naturally by being real.

Not at all. Authentic leadership isn’t about titles — it’s about influence, responsibility, and integrity. You might be leading a team, a project, a classroom, a family, or simply yourself through change. The work meets you wherever leadership is being called for.

Many coaching models focus on performance, behaviour, or strategy. Authentic Leadership Coaching looks deeper — at who you are when you lead, how you make sense of complexity, and what becomes possible when your actions and values align.

No. Some clients arrive with a clear challenge, such as a difficult transition or a team that’s lost its spark. Others come with a quieter question: How can I lead in a way that feels more like me? Either way, the work begins where you are.

We talk, reflect, and sometimes pause to notice what’s happening in real time — in your body, emotions, and thoughts. We might use simple frameworks or practices that help you see patterns and test new ways of responding. The process is conversational, experiential, and human.

Mostly online, though in-person or half-day sessions can be arranged where geography allows. Some clients also include Walk & Talk sessions outdoors to deepen reflection.

 

Usually between three and six months. That allows enough time for genuine change to take root and become part of how you live and lead.

Greater clarity, steadier confidence, deeper trust, and a renewed sense of purpose. Many leaders find they communicate more honestly, connect more easily, and experience less strain in the process of leading.

No. It can feel restorative, but it’s developmental rather than clinical. The focus is on awareness, growth, and applying insight to everyday leadership situations.

Integral development coaching. It’s a whole-person approach to coaching that includes everything you bring — thoughts, feelings, body, relationships, work, meaning. It’s called integral because nothing is left out. We explore what matters most to you, and together, discover new ways of being that bring clarity, ease, and fulfilment. Have a look here for more information.

It is important that an exchange of value is part of any coaching relationship. This kind of work, for you and me, is about exactly that, exchange. It is not about extraction as so much is today. The energy contributed by each of us should match. To that end I adopt a sliding scale of pricing to help meet your needs financially as well as developmentally. We discuss what price feels like a exchange that values us both. Get in touch if you would like to know some details and starting points.

We start with a short chemistry call to meet and talk about what’s happening in your world. There’s no obligation — just a conversation to see whether this way of working feels right for you.

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