Let’s Talk About Coaching – Détails, épisodes et analyse

I'm Executive Coach David Alcock and welcome to my podcast, Let's Talk About Coaching!

In this first episode of the podcast, I am joined by Organisational Psychologist Cat Tarbuck to examine what purpose actually is, how to find your purpose and how other people can be helped to find their purpose.

Drawing on our years of coaching experience, Cat and I discuss how powerful purpose can be, once it is discovered!

About the contributors:

David Alcock is ICF PCC accredited (International Coaching Federation Professional Certified Coach) and works with clients across all sectors and at various levels in their careers, supporting them to unlock their inherent potential.

Before retraining as a coach in 2018, David worked for 30 years in leadership and business change roles across all sectors.

Cat Tarbuck is an Organisational Psychologist, Coach, part-time business owner and full-time mum.

She has been working within talent and leadership development for over a decade, and in recent years has focused particularly on supporting women’s leadership progression and with parents to create thriving careers around caring for their children.

In this episode of Let’s Talk About Coaching, BeyondAutism Chief Executive Officer Tracie Coultas-Pitman discusses what sponsoring coaching entails with your podcast host, David Alcock.

Sponsoring coaching involves a three-way relationship between the client, coach and sponsor. During this episode, Tracie talks about her own experience of coaching and how that influences her sponsorship of coaching for her leadership team. 

In this new episode, David and Tracie also discuss the topic “It’s lonely at the top”.

About David Alcock

⁠David Alcock⁠ is an Executive Coach and is ICF PCC accredited (International Coaching Federation Professional Certified Coach).

He works with clients across all sectors and at various levels in their careers, supporting them to unlock their inherent potential.

 Before retraining as a coach in 2018, David worked for 30 years in leadership and business change roles across all sectors.

 He has also held a number of charity trustee roles and is an Institute of Directors Chartered Director.

About Tracie Coultas-Pitman:

Tracie is the Chief Executive Officer at Beyond Autism. She has a wealth of leadership and management experience within the field of special educational needs and disability; she worked for Scope for over 20 years, where she held two headships and ultimately rose to the position of Regional Director for the South of England.

Previously, Tracie was Executive Head of the Autism Schools Trust, where she led on setting up a Free School. 

Tracie has experience in developing early years provision, establishing outreach and training services, providing strategic leadership to schools and developing post-19 and adult services.

In this episode of Let’s Talk About Coaching, NSPCC CEO Chris Sherwood discusses developing and delivering a successful leadership style with your host, David Alcock.

What is leadership style? How is it built and communicated successfully to staff, and how do individuals in leadership roles develop their own leadership style?

Chris Sherwood, CEO at the leading charity NSPCC, shares his perspective on this topic and his experience of developing his leadership style over the course of his career in this episode of the podcast.

About David Alcock

David Alcock is an Executive Coach and is ICF PCC accredited (International Coaching Federation Professional Certified Coach).

He works with clients across all sectors and at various levels in their careers, supporting them to unlock their inherent potential.

Before retraining as a coach in 2018, David worked for 30 years in leadership and business change roles across all sectors.

He has also held a number of charity trustee roles and is an Institute of Directors Chartered Director.

About Chris Sherwood:

Chris joined the NSPCC in January 2025 from the RSPCA, where he had served as CEO since 2018.

He was previously CEO of Relate, having been promoted from Director of Policy and External Affairs, and has also held senior roles at Nesta and Scope.

With over 20 years’ experience in the voluntary sector, Chris is a trustee of NCVO and Chair of The Charity Awards. He has served on several boards, including the World Federation for Animals, Eurogroup for Animals and the Centre for Ageing Better.

In 2025, he was recognised by Attitude magazine as one of its 101 LGBTQ Trailblazers.

In this episode of Let’s Talk About Coaching, charity CEO Cherrie Bija discusses authentic leadership with your host, David Alcock.

What does being authentic mean and what influences it

Cherrie shares her experiences of becoming a leader as a woman from a working-class background and the role that executive coaching played in becoming comfortable in her authentic self. 

If this journey is important to you, feel free to reach out if you would like to discuss anything covered here. 

About Cherrie Bija:

Cherrie Bija is CEO of the Faith in Families charity. 

Faith in Families supports families and children facing poverty, trauma and crisis. Its wide range of services includes parent and toddler groups, 1-2-1 child therapy, parental & child support, outreach work & home support.

About David Alcock

David Alcock is an Executive Coach and is ICF PCC accredited (International Coaching Federation Professional Certified Coach).

He works with clients across all sectors and at various levels in their careers, supporting them to unlock their inherent potential.

Before retraining as a coach in 2018, David worked for 30 years in leadership and business change roles across all sectors.

He has also held a number of charity trustee roles and is an Institute of Directors, Chartered Director.

In this episode of Let's Talk About Coaching, I am joined by Simon Antrobus, CEO at RNIB, to talk about the reality of organisational transformation and how that sits with individual ambition.

Find out more about ⁠⁠my work as an Executive Coach⁠⁠.

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In this episode of the Let's Talk About Coaching podcast, I am joined by Occupational Psychologist and Executive Coach ⁠Cat Tarbuck⁠ to explore the common coaching goal of confidence-building and its relationship to imposter syndrome.

Cat and I also discuss what we can do as coaches to support clients to understand what influences their confidence, as well as share some techniques to develop an individual's confidence.

Find out more about ⁠my work as an Executive Coach⁠.

Plus, if you would like to get in touch, contact me!