In their book, Good Bye, Leading Executive Coaches Alison Lucas (https://www.randolphpartnership.co.uk/) and Lizzie Bentley Bowers (https://www.lizziebentleybowers.com/) provide this missing piece of the change leadership puzzle: a way of leading yourself and others through change in a respectful, emotionally agile way. Their intention in writing Good Bye was to start more conversations about Endings in organisations. Here on the Good Bye podcast you can hear them in conversation with each other, and with guests, about why a Good Bye matters, how to be better leaders of Endings, and the impact of leading a Good Bye.
Because better endings mean better beginnings.
Alison and Lizzie are professionally accredited coaches and facilitators, working predominantly at board level and across all three sectors, who love to enrich their practise by working and learning together. They are passionate about staying continually curious and paying attention to their clients individual and commercial needs and outcomes.
Good Bye began as an article and a series of podcasts called Endings For Beginnings. You can also hear those early conversations here.
You can find out more, or contact Alison and Lizzie at www.GoodByeCoach.co.uk (http://www.goodbyecoach.co.uk/).
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There is a myriad of endings every day in organisations.
In the Myriad series, authors of Good Bye Alison and Lizzie, explore one specific ending and the challenges and opportunities that come with it. Using their REAR model—Reality, Emotions, Accomplishment and Ritual—they also offer some practical ways to help leaders end and begin well.
This episode focuses on retirement, an ending loaded with personal significance, challenge and opportunity.
The conversation includes:
Unhelpful language, including the word retirement
How to manage shifting identity
Structure and purpose before and after you retire
The importance of meaningful ritual and the ripple effect of that
A brighter future
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11 Dec 2025
The Myriad Series: Merger
There is a myriad of endings every day in organisations.
In the Myriad series, authors of Good Bye Alison and Lizzie, explore one specific ending and the challenges and opportunities that come with it. Using their REAR model—Reality, Emotions, Accomplishment and Ritual—they also offer some practical ways to help leaders end and begin well.
This episode focuses on mergers, whether it’s teams or whole organisations, this is one of the most complex events we can experience in organisational life and is rife with opportunities to increase the strength and success of the merger
The conversation includes:
The role of transparency
Navigating the challenge of different information being available to different people at
different times
Hidden pitfalls and ways to avoid them
History matters – acknowledging the past as you celebrate the new
Losses, opportunities and assumptions
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11 Dec 2025
The Myriad Series: Promotion and Progression
There is a myriad of endings every day in organisations.
In the Myriad series, authors of Good Bye Alison and Lizzie, explore one specific ending and the challenges and opportunities that come with it. Using their REAR model—Reality, Emotions, Accomplishment and Ritual—they also offer some practical ways to help leaders end and begin well.
This episode focuses on promotion and progression and how we might miss opportunities to have even brighter beginnings by giving more time and thought to ending well.
The conversation includes:
Approaching all endings as opportunities rather than boxing them in to positives and
negatives
Unexpected complexities, including rivals for the role
Purposeful planning for the full reality
The impact of longer careers
Confidence and imposter moments
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11 Dec 2025
The Myriad Series: Redundancy
There is a myriad of endings every day in organisations.
In the Myriad series, authors of Good Bye Alison Lucas and Lizzie Bentley-Bowers, explore one specific ending and the challenges and opportunities that come with it. Using their REAR model—Reality, Emotions, Accomplishment and Ritual—they also offer some practical ways to help leaders end and begin well.
This episode focuses on redundancy, one of the most emotionally charged endings in organisational life.
The conversation includes:
The isolating impact of redundancy on both sides of the table
The ripple effect of redundancy on the individual, organisation, family and friends
Finding ways to end well through complex legal and HR processes
Navigating the liminal space between roles
Restoring confidence
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15 Apr 2025
Good Bye Dear Reader
Alison and Lizzie explore the four steps of ending well—reality, emotions, accomplishments, and ritual—as they conclude the process of writing their book, offering listeners insights into effective closure; this is an interview episode.
8 Nov 2021
In Conversation 2
Alison and Lizzie interview Iona Lawrence, founder of the Jo Cox Foundation, about her work at Stewarding Loss, which supports better endings within the not-for-profit sector.
19 Oct 2021
In Conversation 1
Alison and Lizzie interview Sally Chessman, Rosie Ferguson, and Shoshana Boyd-Gelfand about transition and change, exploring the importance, benefits, and implementation of their work in organizations.
2 Nov 2020
Endings for Beginnings
Hosts Alison Lucas and Lizzie Bentley Bowers explore how leaders can better manage organizational endings, from project completions to colleague departures, to improve team motivation and future success; this is not an interview.
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Iona Lawrence
Sally Chessman
Rosie Ferguson
Shoshana Boyd-Gelfand
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