coaching and development services – mapping the journey together

Introduction

Through dialogue and thinking partnership, coaching and supervision, I support and guide individuals, as well as projects and enterprises, towards positive change, with a focus on personal and leadership development, lifelong learning and education, business and entrepreneurship, and sustainability.

By providing trustful spaces for co-inquiry, reflection, discovery, sense-making and action-planning, I enable my learning partners to gain clarity, new insights, fresh perspectives and a deeper understanding of their issues and context. I encourage them to leverage and build the capacities, abilities and relationships they need to accomplish their aspirations with meaning and purpose while contributing to the common good.

I am an independent, experienced master coach, a trained supervisor, facilitator and teacher, as well as a UK-German national and global citizen. Through my work, I foster international cooperation, solidarity and social progress, active citizenship, democratic values and human rights, healthy autonomy and personal freedom.

Profile

Judith Martin

Originally from Yorkshire in England, with dual UK-German nationality, self-employed, multi-lingual, and based in Munich, Germany

Has extensive cross-sector experience working with culturally diverse clients up to Board level, having worked and lived internationally for 34 years, in the UK, Germany, Spain, China and former Czechoslovakia

Has collaborated with a broad range of organisations, from large global enterprises to small family businesses and start-ups, from leading business schools to hospitals and humanitarian projects

Accredited as a Master Executive Coach (2023) with APECS (Association of Professional Executive Coaching and Supervision); also accredited as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation

Holds an Advanced Practitioner Diploma in Executive Coaching (2014), a Practitioner Diploma in Executive Coaching (2008), and a Systemic Team Coaching Certificate (2015) from the Academy of Executive Coaching, UK

Holds certificates in coaching supervision, action learning facilitation, and various qualifications in professional education and communication, including a Master’s degree in adult learning and language teaching.

How I work

My Structure & Flow approach is flexible and adaptive, which allows me to respond to my clients’ needs, contexts and learning styles. Personalised, it is also often deeply personal (also trauma-informed), combining clear contracting, frameworks, parameters and commitment with agility, creativity, experimentation, joy and whatever’s emerging. Holistic and integrative, my approach draws on various methods, techniques and disciplines as well as psychological insight, humanistic principles and pragmatism. I work in collaborative partnership with my clients based on mutual respect and trust and on equal terms. My systemic perspective creates value for multiple stakeholders beyond the individual, and I bring a global, trans- and cross-cultural outlook to my work.

What I value

My own journey has taught me the value of safe learning spaces for free expression, independent thinking and creative problem-solving. Openness, curiosity and resilience matter to me, as do encouragement and appreciation. Committed to my field for 30+ years, I value ongoing professional and personal development and sound ethical practice. Passionate about books and learning, my first careers were in publishing and adult professional education. Wanting to discover new cultures and build a new venture, I co-founded and ran a training and coaching company in Barcelona for many years, later in Shanghai.

My services

My services are adaptive, flexible and customised according to the needs, context and preferences of my clients. They are highly practical too, being designed and developed with real challenges, desired outcomes and broader organisational objectives in mind. For some services, I team up with professional associates in my international network.

Executive & leadership Coaching

Through collaborative thinking partnership, I provide challenge and support as well as confidential spaces for inquiry, dialogue, reflection, sense-making and action-planning. Read more

Supervision & mentoring

A UK-trained and certified coaching supervisor, I provide people professionals, including coaches, change agents, consultants, mentors and educators, with a safe and supportive space and trustful relationship to reflect critically on their work and to share any concerns. Read more

Team & group coaching

A trained, qualified and experienced systemic team coach, I enable diverse teams to improve their collective performance, to learn and develop as a team, and to collaborate effectively. Read more

Professional & personal coaching

I partner with clients on their professional and personal journeys, providing challenge and support and guiding our exploratory sessions according to specified objectives and desired outcomes. Read more

Contact

If you have questions about my services and how I might support you, your team and organization, perhaps together with my international associates, please feel free to get in touch. I will be able to provide you with more information, any references you need or a chemistry check for a possible coaching programme.