Judith Martin
A UK-German citizen based in Munich, Germany, I’m an independent, experienced practitioner, master coach and trained supervisor. I bring a global, trans- and cross-cultural outlook to my work, drawing on 35 years of experience living and working internationally, in the UK, former Czechoslovakia, Spain, China and Germany.
I have extensive cross-sector experience in my field with culturally diverse clients up to Board level. And I have worked with a broad range of organisation, including multinationals, business schools, family enterprises, new ventures, hospitals and humanitarian projects. My first career was in book publishing in London.
I hold 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. Accredited as a Master Executive Coach (2023) with APECS (Association of Professional Executive Coaching and Supervision), I am also accredited as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation.
Additionally, I hold certificates in coaching supervision, action learning facilitation, and professional education and communication, including a Master’s degree in adult learning and language teaching.
How I work
I work in collaborative partnership with my clients based on mutual respect, trust and on equal terms – a working alliance in which we co-create a personalised journey and a learning space for co-inquiry, sense-making and action-planning. In this space, I offer both support and challenge, enabling my clients to expand their thinking and connect the dots as much as dig deeper and gain greater self-awareness.
My Structure & Flow approach combines clear contracting, process, frameworks, parameters and commitment, with agility, creativity, playful experimentation, joy and whatever’s emerging. It is practical in that it focuses on translating insight into meaningful action and desired outcomes, and also flexible so we can adapt to personal needs, contexts and learning styles.
My approach is often profound (also trauma-informed), holistic (connecting the past, present and future and the mind with the body, heart and spirit) and integrative. I draw on various methods and psychological models and disciplines, from neuroscience and AI to geopolitics and philosophy.
My global and systemic viewpoint, together with my local orientation, helps us to see helpful patterns and interconnections, creating value beyond the individual and enabling wider change.
Lastly, in line with the professional coaching bodies which have accredited my work, I aim to honour their codes of ethics and standards of excellence as I support my clients with their own ethical dilemmas.
