Empower World: The Coaching And Leadership Podcast

Systemic questions in coaching are an invaluable way to support clients on a deeper level. These questions are designed to reveal the interconnected dynamics within a client’s personal, professional, internal, and external systems. By examining relationships, patterns, and unconscious influences, they help clients gain profound insights into how their actions, beliefs, and environments inspire them to create change and shape their goals and challenges. In this podcast episode, we’ll explore the transformative power of systemic questions—how they foster awareness, inspire fresh perspectives, and empower clients to achieve sustainable change. Whether you’re a coach looking to expand your ability to support clients or someone curious about finding clarity in complex situations, don’t miss this episode—listen now!

In this insightful episode, we sit down with Pia Ault, an expert in horse-assisted learning and coaching, to explore the transformative power of working with horses in personal and professional development. Pia shares how these majestic animals help individuals and teams enhance communication, build trust, and unlock their leadership potential. We explore the unique dynamics of human-equine interaction and share stories of individuals of breakthroughs in the arena. Whether you’re seeking to enhance your emotional intelligence, foster collaboration, or simply curious about this innovative approach to coaching, this conversation will inspire and enlighten you. Tune in for a journey into the world where leadership meets nature—and discover how working with horses can lead to extraordinary growth.

At the beginning of 2025, Empower World explores themes of reflection, gratitude and growth, sharing stories of navigating joy and challenges, uncovering wisdom in darker times and celebrating the light in our lives.  Tune in to be inspired to embracing life's duality: finding lessons in difficulties and joy in achievements, as well as cultivating gratitude and self-awareness for personal and professional growth. Step into the New Year with wisdom, resilience, and hope!

In a world filled with noise and constant distractions, the art of deep listening is often overlooked. But what if simply offering someone your undivided attention could be transformative—or even life-saving? We explore the concept of "listening like a Samaritan" with special guest coach Barry Phillips - an approach rooted in empathy, compassion, and deep listening skills- in this podcast episode. This means providing the space to others to process their thoughts and emotions which can be an act of profound kindness and a way to support healing and provide hope. You'll hear how this practice has made a difference in people's lives and learn practical tips to become a better listener in all parts of your life. Whether you're supporting a friend in crisis, deepening your relationships, or seeking to foster a more empathetic world, this episode will inspire you to slow down, tune in, and connect on a deeper level.

Ever wondered how Lego can support powerful coaching conversations? Hands On Thinking Coach Paul Sanbar explains how Lego bricks can be utilised powerfully when coaching clients by unlocking unconscious thoughts and patterns in a playful yet meaningful way. Paul is a Certified Lego Serious Play facilitator whose passion lies with coaching clients one-to-one using Lego bricks. In this podcast, Paul demonstrates how the bricks can 'talk' in support of being able to articulate thoughts, ideas and so much more...

We speak with Influencer and coach, Alex Swallow, about his life and work experiences and how living authentically is important for how he shows up and impacts his world. We get curious about what it means to be an authentic influencer: exploring the importance of aligning our values with our actions, staying true to your purpose, choosing to live in fulfillment, and how - as coaches - doing our own personal work is just as important as supporting others to do theirs.

Presence is foundational to deep and effective listening, as well as asking powerful, thought-provoking questions that provoke deeper insights, ideas, and new ways of being and doing. By practicing deep presence, we become better receptors—not only for the words we hear and how they are shared, but also for powerful non-verbal, unconscious language. With this awareness, we can support our client to create curiosity, understanding, new choices and therefore change experiences. In this podcast we share what deep presence is, how it can support our clients and what we can do to create that presence.

We dive into the art of embracing cultural differences in coaching practices to connect deeply with coaching clients from diverse backgrounds. This means understanding and honouring the unique cultural perspectives that shape their identities, values, and visions of fulfilment as well as exploring traditions, such as spiritual and well-being practices and culturally significant processes. Learn how you can build curiosity and respect into your coaching process by encouraging open conversations about how cultural influences impact your clients' views of the world, success, and personal growth.

Some rules guide us positively, while others can hold us back from becoming highly effective coaches. New coaches often create stories about needing to follow a process or use a tool, ask complicated questions, complete numerous coaching courses, or even build a website and have business cards, etcetera, which can prevent them from coaching in a way that truly embodies the core competencies of coaching—the ways of being and doing as a coach—that foster transformation and life-changing experiences. In this podcast, we discuss some of those rules and how to potentially move forward.

Marie speaks with Dr. Kate Jenkinson about her journey from Scientist to HR Professional to poet. As someone with Aphantasia, Kate invites us to a greater curiosity about others and how we experience our world. This can lead to a much deeper understanding of self and others, which impacts every area of our life, work and relationships.

The Journey To ACC, PCC And MCC. Practice Insights from ICF Assessors’ with Tracy Tresidder. Join ICF MCC coach Tracy Tresidder, a respected leader in the coaching field and contributor to the book Becoming an ICF Credentialed Coach. In this episode, Tracy discusses how the book supports coaches and leaders in mastering essential coaching skills for transformative conversations. She also shares her personal insights on the significance of embodying these skills for impactful, life-changing coaching.

Asmaa Al-Kuwari is at the forefront of professional coaching in Qatar as a Qatari national and a woman who supports and coaches executives and women to become better leaders in their professional and personal lives. Before embarking on this journey, Asmaa had to face many of her own limiting beliefs and challenging experiences growing up in an expat world and returning to her homeland, which is very different in its culture. Asmaa provides fascinating insights to navigating different expectations and ways of being and doing to find a way forward that is authentic and true to how she wants to show up in the world.

Dr. Mark Setch MCC, Senior Lecturer/Course Leader MBA and Coaching, is passionate about combining leadership and coaching. In his roles as a senior academic leader and a professional coach, he is a strong advocate for coaching skills as part of a leader's ability to support and empower people and teams: to bring out the best in people to create highly effective outcomes and experiences.

Marie speaks with Brinsley Kazak about how coaches can effectively communicate their services and share content that is both honest and meaningful. Join us as we explore strategies for marketing with truth and authenticity to build trust and connection with your audience.

Join Marie and Robbie Swale from “The Coaches Journey” in this long form podcast as they meander through a fascinating conversation filled with discovery and connection. Exploring living and leading with values, Robbie's 12-minute method and so much more.

In this episode, Marie speaks with Roger Fielding about his journey to becoming an ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC). Listen in to hear lots of tips, procedures and processes to support you on your ICF credentialing journey.

Most coaches are taught about the different levels of listening but what does this really mean? In this episoded Jeanine and Marie discuss practical ways to increase our presence and our listening to support our conversations to be even more impactful.

In this episode, Velvey Blocker, Director of  Executive Coaching Black and Veatch who has been leading global leadership development programs for professionals, supervisors, managers, and executives for over 25 years shares his thoughts and experience on how coaches can move into the world of executive coaching. What experience is required,  how organizations choose executive coaches, what the onboarding process is, how organizations measure the success of a coaching engagement and so much more.

In this episode, Christina Zini, an ICF-credentialed coach with extensive leadership experience with some of the world's leading organisations, shares her vision of what a modern successful leader is and how coaching can support that success in numerous ways. As Christina describes in this podcast, a modern leader can engage, inspire and invite their team to tap into their resourcefulness, wisdom and talents to identify ways forward and navigate the ongoing opportunities and challenges all teams face today effectively and ecologically.

In this episode, Marie and Tony Adamson explore Tony's first year of working as a full-time coach and the questions he has been asking himself about staying true and authentic to who he is when bombarded with so many different coaching models and philosophies. They begin with talking about Tony's focus on Voluntary and Community Sector managers who are feeling exhausted, to help them avoid burnout so that they get their mojo.