Claim OwnershipCoaching Conversations with the AoEC
Subscribed: 5Played: 12
Subscribe
© 2026 Coaching Conversations with the AoEC
Description
Welcome to the AoEC podcast series where we explore some of the latest trends and topical issues facing the workplace, coaching, leadership, and people development fields. Coaching skills are a new currency for the 21st century workplace and are increasingly crucial in unlocking potential, supporting wellbeing, and making businesses more viable and sustainable. Join us as we highlight how coaching can help individuals, teams and organisations scale the complex and fast paced change facing the world of work as we delve into topics including wellbeing, job design, talent management, engagement, L&D, management, change management and working with teams .If you have a subject you would like us to highlight, or want to share your thoughts on our podcasts, please use the hashtag #AoECPodcasts.
26 Episodes
Reverse
In this episode, host Neil Mackinnon is joined by Louise Nicholson, head of AoEC Ireland and Northern Ireland, executive coach, faculty member and AoEC alumna, to explore her journey into coaching and the experiences that have shaped her professional practice. Louise reflects on how her early years competing in equestrian eventing fostered a deep interest in performance, resilience and human potential. She shares how these formative experiences, combined with a successful career in lea...
In this episode, host Neil Mackinnon is joined by Sharon Tan, head of AoEC Asia, executive coach and organisational development practitioner, to explore her journey from finance and auditing into leadership development, coaching and systemic change. Sharon shares how her experience of building teams across global organisations sparked a fascination with organisational effectiveness and ultimately led her into coaching. Along the way, she discusses the powerful role of Gestalt coaching, ...
In this episode, host Neil Mackinnon is joined by AoEC faculty member Joan van den Brink to explore the experiences and influences that have shaped her coaching practice over more than two decades. Joan reflects on an eclectic career journey spanning chemistry, marketing, operations, consulting and leadership development before discovering coaching. She shares how formal coach training transformed her approach, helping her move away from providing answers and towards creating space for ...
In this episode, host Neil Mackinnon is joined by AoEC faculty member John Gray to explore the experiences, beliefs and influences that have shaped his approach to coaching over the past decade. John reflects on a career spanning mediation, consultancy, international development and community work, sharing how these experiences led him towards coaching and continue to inform his practice today. He discusses the role of silence, self-awareness and curiosity in coaching, as well as the c...
In this episode, host Neil Mackinnon is joined by AoEC faculty member Sudhir Daya for a lively conversation about his journey into coaching and what continues to shape his approach today. Sudhir shares how his background in healthcare – working with trauma, pain and performance – sparked a deep interest in human behaviour and the mind–body connection. That curiosity now sits at the heart of his coaching, alongside a strong drive to make a meaningful difference. He reflects on how his practice...
Comments
Download from Google Play
Download from App Store
United States