In this episode, Sam's guest is Professor David Clutterbuck. David is one of the original pioneers of coaching and mentoring and co-founder of the European Mentoring & Coaching Council, EMCC Master Practitioner and author or co-author of 80 books. He holds visiting academic roles at several universities and has been recognised as a Coaching Legend by Thinkers 50 in 2024 amongst numerous other awards over the decades. David is practice lead for Coaching and Mentoring International Limited - a global network of researcher-trainer-consultants specialising in coaching and mentoring across 100+ countries. 

In this episode, Sam’s guest is Michelle Lucas.

Michelle is an established coach and coach supervisor who has run her own business, Greenfields, since 2006. A frequent speaker at Oxford Brookes International Supervision Conference, she has enjoyed challenging some of the myths which have found their way into our coaching supervision community as we have borrowed from our helping profession colleagues. She surprised herself when she discovered the joy of writing, sharing her expertise in the community and has published 4 (soon to be 5) titles relating to coaching supervision and reflective practice with Routledge. 

In this episode, Sam’s guest is Will Linssen.

Will’s Triple Win Leadership Coaching has a 95% success rate confirmed by coworkers, based on 100,000 leaders coached. Will has been recognized as a LinkedIn Top Executive Coaching Voice, serves as advisor to Harvard Business Review, has been ranked World’s #1 Leadership Coach by Global Gurus (USA), World’s #1 Coach Trainer by Thinkers50 (UK), and has attained the highest accreditation—Master Certified Coach—from the International Coaching Federation (ICF). With 30 years of leadership experience across North America, Asia, and Europe, Will serves as CEO of the Coach Group, the world's most renowned international leadership coaching network.

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.”

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.

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.

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. 

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.

In this episode, Sam’s guest is Dr Jane Freeman Hunt. Jane is a specialist neurodivergence coach working in a variety of organisations to deliver one to one sessions, client/manager sessions and awareness presentations. She has an initial background working at senior levels in the IT industry before re-training in psychology and coaching. Her goal is to help neurodivergent clients achieve in the neurotypical world that dominates the workplace and to help this group realise their full potential and experience success.

In this episode, Sam’s guest is Jonathan Passmore.

Jonathan is professor of coaching and behavioural change at Henley Business School and Senior Vice President at EZRA Coaching. He is a chartered psychologist, coach, team coach and supervisor and holds five degrees He has published widely and is one of the most cited coaching researchers in the world, while also being listed as one of the world top coaches on several coaching lists.