Paul Starbuck & Associates

Executive coaching can be especially valuable when leaders are already experienced, capable and carrying significant responsibility.

Because at senior level, the challenge is not always knowing what to do.

It is often creating enough space to think clearly about what is really happening.

How decisions are being made.

Which conversations need more attention.

Where pressure is being absorbed.

And what impact leadership is having across a team, culture or organisation.

Our upcoming Executive Coaching Webinar is designed for leaders, HR professionals and organisations who want to understand how coaching can support clearer thinking, stronger leadership capability and more sustainable performance.

It will explore what executive coaching can make possible when it is practical, reflective and connected to real leadership challenges.

Join us on Tuesday 22 September.

Scan the QR code, or click the link in the comments below to register.

Moving into NED work requires more than interest in board-level contribution.

It takes clarity about the role, the expectations, the value you bring and how to position yourself for the right opportunities.

Our 6 Week NED Transition Programme has been designed to support that move in a structured and practical way.

Delivered live across six 90-minute sessions, the programme brings together expert input, peer learning and a comprehensive workbook to help participants build the key components of a strong board transition.

The September 2026 cohort starts on 9 September.

Full dates and registration details are included in the graphic below.

Career transition is rarely just about the next job.

For experienced leaders, it is often much deeper than that.

It can involve identity.
Confidence.
Purpose.
Energy.
Contribution.
And the question of what work needs to look like next.

After years of leading, delivering, building or supporting others, many people reach a point where success starts to need a different definition.

Not because they have lost ambition.

Because the shape of that ambition has changed.

Some are exploring portfolio careers.
Some are thinking about coaching.
Some are considering NED roles.
Some are simply trying to understand what would feel meaningful, sustainable and aligned now.

Our Career Transition Information Live Webinar with Paul Starbuck MCC is designed to help people begin that exploration with more clarity and less pressure.

Booking link is in the comments.

What do you think people underestimate most about career transition?

A quiet leadership team is not always an aligned one.

Sometimes silence means agreement.

Sometimes it means the conversations that matter most are not happening.

Team effectiveness is shaped by how well people communicate, challenge, listen, repair and make decisions together.

Our free live Team Effectiveness and Culture information webinar with Paul Starbuck MCC explores what helps teams work more effectively and build healthier cultures.

Booking link in the comments below.

Executive coaching gives leaders space to think more clearly about the impact they are having.

Not just in terms of performance.

But in how they make decisions, hold conversations, manage pressure and influence the people around them.

Our upcoming Executive Coaching Webinar explores how coaching can strengthen leadership capability, support strategic thinking and help leaders create more sustainable impact.

It is designed for senior leaders, HR professionals and anyone thinking about how executive coaching can support leadership development inside an organisation.

Join Paul Starbuck MCC on Tuesday 8 September at 1.00pm UK time.

Full details are included in the graphic below.

The strongest leaders are not always the fastest speakers in the room.

Sometimes, the strongest leaders are the ones who can pause.

Listen.
Ask the question that changes the conversation.
Notice what has not been said.
Help others think more clearly.
Create the conditions for better contribution.

That is why coaching skills are becoming so relevant inside leadership.

Not only for those who want to become professional coaches.

For leaders who want to communicate with more intention.

For managers who want to support people without immediately taking over.

For organisations that want healthier conversations, stronger trust and better decision-making.

Our ICF Coaching Craft Information Live Webinar with Paul Starbuck MCC will give an introduction to the pathway and the value of developing coaching capability professionally and organisationally.

Booking link is in the comments.

What coaching skill do you think leaders need most right now?

A quiet leadership team is not always an aligned one.

Sometimes people agree.

But sometimes they are avoiding the conversation that really needs to happen.

They know which topics feel difficult.
They know where tension usually appears.
They know when it feels easier to nod, move on and raise concerns elsewhere.

That is where artificial harmony can creep in.

Everything looks calm on the surface, but important thinking is being lost underneath.

Healthy teams do not need constant conflict.

They do need enough trust to challenge well, disagree constructively and work through tension without damaging relationships.

Our Team Effectiveness and Culture Information Live Webinar with Paul Starbuck MCC will explore how organisations can build stronger teams, healthier conversations and more effective cultures.

Booking link is in the comments.

What are the signs that a team is avoiding the conversations it needs to have?

The way services are designed and delivered has an environmental impact.

As part of our 2025–2026 B Corp Annual Impact Statement, we have shared the progress made across the Environment impact area.

At Starbuck & Associates, our work remains primarily digital-first, enabling us to reduce travel and paper usage.

Our leadership programmes and coaching work continue to be delivered through hybrid and virtual formats where appropriate, while still supporting meaningful collaboration.

Over the past year, we have also installed solar panels at our office, contributing renewable energy and reducing the environmental impact of our operations.

We continue to prioritise modular digital programme resources, helping reduce printing and create reusable learning materials.

Our next steps include beginning light-touch tracking of travel-related emissions, continuing to prioritise hybrid and digital delivery where appropriate and exploring further opportunities to improve energy efficiency across operations.

A good leadership tool should not stop with the person who reads it.

It should create a ripple effect.

One reflection question can help a leader notice a pattern they had been missing.
One model can help a manager approach a difficult conversation with more clarity.
One prompt can help a team pause, think and speak more openly.
That is the purpose behind the latest direction of COACHED Magazine.

It is not only about sharing ideas.
It is about creating practical insight that leaders can use with the people around them.

Because leadership development is rarely isolated.

When one leader thinks differently, conversations change.
When conversations change, teams experience leadership differently.
And over time, those small shifts can influence culture, trust and performance.

That is the ripple effect good development work should create.

Link to COACHED Magazine in the comments.