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MRA’s Courageously Candid Coaching Podcast takes listeners beyond the polished corporate profiles that exist in organisations globally, and instead explores the pivotal moments that shape extraordinary leaders and professional coaches.
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Why Team Coaching Is a Completely Different Discipline | MRA Executive Coaching Team | S02 E08 (opens the original)
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In this episode, Matthew Radley is joined by Sophie Taylor and Lorna Miles from MRA to explore the shift from individual coaching into the very different discipline of team coaching. Together, the team challenge the assumption that a qualified individual coach can simply apply the same skills to a team. They explore why team coaching requires a fundamental shift in mindset: moving away from coaching several individuals and instead working with the team as a single entity. The conversation examin
If You Don’t Challenge, You’re Not Coaching | MRA Executive Coaching Team | S02 E07 (opens the original)
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In this episode, Matthew Radley is joined by Hilary Farrington and Sophie Taylor from MRA to explore one of the most important - and often underdeveloped - competencies in professional coaching: the ability to challenge. Together, they examine why challenge can feel uncomfortable for both coaches and clients, and why that discomfort can cause coaches to lean too heavily into support. They discuss challenge as an act of care rather than confrontation, the importance of curiosity and positive inte
Gut Health Really Does Shape Leadership Performance | Gut Health Dietitian Orla Stone | S02 E06 (opens the original)
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In this episode, host Matthew Radley is joined by Orla Stone, gut health dietitian and science lead at Deeply Foods, to explore the powerful connection between the gut, the brain and our ability to perform well at work. Orla explains how the gut microbiome influences stress, anxiety, emotional regulation, memory and decision-making through the gut–brain axis. She shares why physical health is not simply about how the body looks on the outside, but about what is happening internally, and how poor
Why the Coaching Profession Must Become More Diverse | Director & Leadership Coach Shan Saba | S02 E05 (opens the original)
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In this episode, host Matthew Radley is joined by Shan Saba, Director at Brightwork, board member, founder, trustee and leadership coach, to explore the lack of diversity within the professional coaching industry and what needs to change. Shan reflects on his own route into coaching through MRA’s first diversity and inclusion cohort. What began as an unfamiliar development opportunity became a life-changing experience that gave him greater confidence, purpose and a new way of supporting others.
Mental Health Awareness Is a Leadership Essential | Mattel EMEA General Manager Joel Sidney | S02 E04 (opens the original)
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In this episode, host Matthew Radley is joined by Joel Sidney, General Manager for Benelux and the Nordics at Mattel EMEA, for an honest conversation about mental health, vulnerability and the responsibility leaders have to recognise when someone may be struggling. Joel reflects on his own experiences of grief, mental health and leadership, including the fear he felt before sharing his personal story with his organisation. What friends and family warned could be “career suicide” instead became o
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