Coaching Conversations with the AoEC

About Coaching Conversations with the AoEC

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.

Publisher

The AoEC

Category

business · business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Oct 2020

Latest episode

13 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

26 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Oct 2026

   Episode 26 – From competition to coaching: Louise Nicholson on performance, potential and personal growth

   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...

2. 

   15 Sept 2026

   Episode 25 – Coaching beyond the cognitive: Sharon Tan on Gestalt, systems and leadership awareness

   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, ...

3. 

   18 Aug 2026

   Episode 23 – Beyond business as usual: John Gray on coaching for a changing world

   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...

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Podcast Authority Score: 20 / 100

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Social presence

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YouTube

0

Engagement

27

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