Last week I had the privilege of running two leadership coaching sessions, one co-facilitated with Katherine Powell for 14 leaders from an academy trust and another with 24 emerging leaders as part of the Clore Leadership programme.

Two very different groups, two very different contexts but similar questions surfaced as they often do with kind of work. A big one:

“How do I know when coaching is the right approach… and when it isn’t?”

It’s a question leaders don’t ask often enough. And it’s the heart of why coaching in leadership is less of a formula and more of a dance.