thinking partnership & coaching – mapping the journey together

Introduction

Through dialogue and thinking partnership, professional coaching and supervision, I support and guide individuals and ventures towards positive change, focusing on midlife personal and leadership development, lifelong learning and education, business and entrepreneurship, longevity and sustainability.

With my learning partners, who might be in transition or at a turning-point in their lives or careers, I create a trustful working alliance and reflective space for co-inquiry, discovery, sense-making and action-planning. I enable them to address their issues and challenges in a way that deepens their understanding and expands their thinking so that they can see more options and gain clarity, commitment and enthusiasm.

On their development journey, I encourage them to build and leverage the capacities and skills, as well as resources, resilience and relationships, they need to accomplish their aspirations. As companion and critical friend, I help them see their own blind-spots and assumptions while moving forward with a sense of purpose, fulfilment 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 teacher, 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 Board 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, 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 is appreciating and leveraging diversity, staying open and curious, and living authentically and with integrity. I aim to honour good professional and ethical standards, as well as to keep things practical and focus on purposeful action and desired outcomes.

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.