In this episode, Sam’s guest is Katharine St John-Brooks.Katharine loves variety and recently embarked on a fourth career as a thriller writer but her heart, for the past 22 years, has been in coaching. While she was an external executive coach herself, her research interest has always been internal coaching. She says: “I am so full of admiration for people who coach on top of their day jobs. Internal coaches are very special.”
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Episode 29 - Brian O. Underhill
In this episode, Sam’s guest is Brian O. Underhill, Ph.D. and PCC. Brian is an industry pioneer in the executive coaching field for the past 30 years. He is the founder and CEO of CoachSource, the world’s largest “pureplay” executive coaching firm, with over 1200 executive coaches. He’s the co-author of 3 books in the field, numerous articles and is a frequently sought-after public speaker.
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Episode 28 - Brian Cox
In this episode, Sam’s guest is none other than Brian Cox! Born in Dundee, Brian began his career in 1961 at the Dundee Rep and in a stage and screen career spanning more than dix decades, he has appeared in both the West End and Broadway, numerous acclaimed films and television and most recently, in his role in the award-winning HBO drama Succession.
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Episode 27 - Georgina Woudstra
In this episode, Sam’s guest is Georgina Woudstra. Georgina is a pioneering voice in the field of team coaching, known for her high impact, emergent approach to working with senior leadership teams. She is the founder of Team Coaching Studio and the author of the acclaimed book Mastering the Art of Team Coaching, now in its second edition. With a career spanning executive coaching, entrepreneurship and thought leadership, Georgina champions the transformative power of teams to shape a better, more collaborative world.
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Episode 26 - Paul Folan
In this episode, Sam’s guest is Paul Folan. After 20 years of working for a major UK high street retail bank, Paul jumped ship to retrain as a group fitness instructor, personal trainer, sports therapist, sports nutritionist...and other things! Specialising in Phase IV cardiac rehab and special populations, Paul developed his businesses, opening his own Personal Training studios with his then business partner. After 17 years together, Paul now has his own Personal Training gym, continues to run group exercise classes and personal training sessions online and uses his NLP skills to continue to support his clients both inside and outside their training sessions.
Based on the ground breaking book, Coaching Stories - Flowing and Falling of Being a Coach, guests are invited to share their successes and disappointments of being a coach.
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