thinking partnership & coaching – mapping the journey together

Introduction

Through international leadership coaching, mentoring and supervision, I support individuals on their development journey towards positive change, enabling them to broaden and deepen their thinking and vision so they can see more of the challenges and context from different perspectives. From this viewpoint, I enable them to create more possibilities and new opportunities, to gain greater awareness and clarity of purpose and direction, and to leverage and build their best human capacities – their curiosity and intuition, their adaptability and resilience, their wisdom and empathy.

Bringing humanity to the heart of my work, I collaborate with clients in partnership, providing a reflective space for dialogue, co-inquiry, sense-making, discovery and action-planning. I enable them to translate insight into meaningful outcomes, to think creatively and critically and challenge “business as usual”, while encouraging them to experiment with new ways of acting, relating and working. In my work, I foster well-being, fulfilment and healthy ageing, as much as lifelong learning and contribution to the common good.

Profile

Judith Martin

A UK-German citizen, I am an independent, experienced practitioner, master coach, trained supervisor, facilitator and trainer, based in Munich, Germany. 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 CEO level. And I have worked with a broad range of enterprise, from multinationals and leading business schools, to family businesses, new ventures, hospitals and humanitarian projects.

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

My Structure & Flow approach is flexible and personalised so I can adapt to varying needs, contexts and learning styles. It combines clear contracting, process, frameworks, parameters and commitment with agility, creativity, playful experimentation, joy and whatever’s emerging. It is often deeply personal (also trauma-informed), holistic (connecting mind, body, heart and spirit; past, present and future) and integrative. I draw on various methods, psychological models and disciplines. My systemic perspective creates value for others beyond the individual and enables wider systems change.

What I value

Through my work, I foster international cooperation, unity and solidarity, social progress, active citizenship, democratic and humanist values, healthy autonomy and personal freedom. Co-creation in partnership based on mutual respect, trust and equality matters to me, as does appreciating and leveraging diversity, being open-minded and curious, and living authentically and with integrity. I aim to uphold good professional and ethical standards, as well as to stay pragmatic, realistically optimistic, and to focus on purposeful action and desired outcomes.

My services

I offer thinking partnership for change based on dialogue, co-inquiry, critical thinking, ideas-generation and planning for action. My approach combines big-picture thinking with depth and detail, analysis and logic with intuition and feeling. And my services are adaptive, flexible and customised according to personal needs, context and preferences. They are practical too, being co-designed and developed with real challenges and desired outcomes in mind.

Leadership & career coaching

Through collaborative partnership, I provide support and challenge to midlife leaders and professionals who wish to think about and reflect on… Read more

Professional & personal coaching

I provide coaching support towards sustainable change to individuals on their professional and personal development journey who might be at a crossroads… Read more

Systemic team coaching

With a systemic approach and solid, practical framework, I enable and energise small, diverse team members to learn, develop and change together… Read more

Supervision & mentoring

A UK-trained and certified coaching supervisor, I provide people professionals, including coaches, change agents, consultants, mentors and educators… Read more

Contact

If you have questions about my services and how I might support you, your team, enterprise or organisation, please get in touch. I’ll do my best to provide you with more information, any references you need, or possible dates and times to talk or meet in-person for an exploratory conversation.