Coaches On The Couch

About Coaches On The Couch

Coaches On The Couch is the podcast from the coaches behind Step Up (stepuplondon.com) the leadership development programme for architects and built environment consultancies. Co-hosts Rachel Birchmore and Louise Rodgers bring their experience and knowledge of the sector and coaching insights to explore the world of work and progressive leadership through conversations with special guests. Our publication 'Learning from Lockdown' marking 12 months of the podcast is available at http://www.stepuplondon.com/shop/cotc-the-book Produced by Aral Sea Sounds https://www.aralseaproductions.com/

Publisher

Rachel Birchmore and Louise Rodgers

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Jun 2020

Latest episode

15 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

100 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Oct 2026

   Yemi Aladerun LB Ealing “Joy for me creates perspective, it stops uncertainty becoming the only thing in the room”

   “Reclaim the Joy” is our 100th episode Louise and Rachel are joined by Jo Bacon of Allies and Morrison, Matt Mason of Crosstree, Sam Elbahja of ISO Collective, Noris Ojibiaku of TheDesignSuite, Yemi Aladerun of LB Ealing, Jay Morton of Bell Phillips and a live audience to reclaim the joy! “Reclaim the Joy” explores whether our capacity for joy helps us cope with uncertainty, whether joy is temporary wholeness and how leaders create the conditions for joy in their teams. Thank you to Allies and Morrison for hosting and PMK Consult for sponsoring the event. https://www.pmkconsult.com/ (https://www.pmkconsult.com/) Coaches On The Couch is co-hosted by Louise Rodgers and Rachel Birchmore who are exec and leadership coaches. They design and deliver bespoke leadership development programmes and coaching for architects, engineers and other consultancies across the built environment. For more information, please visit www.StepUpLondon.com (http://www.stepuplondon.com)

2. 

   17 Sept 2026

   Maria Loreto Flores, Eleni Stathi and Rachael Davidson of Women in Architecture "Behaviours that potentially I experienced ten years ago are not appropriate now."

   Louise and Rachel are joined by representatives from ZHA, HTA and SMITHS to explore mentoring. We hear more about Women in Architecture’s mentoring programme and learn how mentoring is structured in these three very different organisations. Coaches On The Couch is co-hosted by Louise Rodgers and Rachel Birchmore who are exec and leadership coaches. They design and deliver bespoke leadership development programmes and coaching for architects, engineers and other consultancies across the built environment. For more information, please visit www.StepUpLondon.com (http://www.stepuplondon.com)

3. 

   10 Sept 2026

   Dorian Proudfoot, CEO of Donald Insall Associates “I know I don’t know all the answers, I know I need to navigate through using others’ skills too”

   Rachel and Dorian explore how leadership of conservation projects informs his approach to leading practice and people, and why this experience is particularly important in our increasingly uncertain world. Coaches On The Couch is co-hosted by Louise Rodgers and Rachel Birchmore who are exec and leadership coaches. They design and deliver bespoke leadership development programmes and coaching for architects, engineers and other consultancies across the built environment. For more information, please visit www.StepUpLondon.com

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 29 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

26

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

81

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