ACE Insights: Between Sessions

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Coaching practice has moved fast in the last few years with more and more people seeking coach training and education. Not only this, the evidence base underpinning our practice is developing, professional bodies are raising their standards and coaches are being asked to account more clearly for what they do and why.

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Insights: Between Sessions is a page where we write about all things related to coaching and coach development.

Here you'll find a growing library filled with tips and tricks, practical guidance on professional requirements, short reviews of research worth knowing about, thought leadership musings, interesting things we've been engaging with, and of course reflections from our partner faculty on the questions that shape advanced coaching.

We aim to be clear about what we know, push the boundaries and appropriately challenge assumptions, so that we can collectively raise the standards of coach development.

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Rebecca brings extensive experience and deep expertise to her work facilitating learning with leaders and professionals across a wide range of roles, sectors, career stages, and cultural contexts. Her approach is highly adaptable, grounded in a strong evidence base, and carefully shaped around the goals, challenges, and realities of those she works with.

Those who work with Rebecca value her ability to create thoughtful, psychologically safe learning spaces that invite honest reflection, dialogue, and deep self awareness. She combines academic rigour with real world relevance, offering supportive challenge while remaining approachable and grounded in her style. Her facilitation is characterised by curiosity and humility, enabling participants to engage openly with complex issues without feeling judged or directed.

Rebecca is particularly skilled at guiding individuals and groups to notice patterns in their thinking, behaviour, and interactions that are often taken for granted. By helping people slow down and make sense of their experiences, she supports meaningful insight and learning that can be translated into purposeful action and sustained change.

Rebecca is a Professor in Coaching and Behaviour Change and is internationally recognised for her research on learning and development in coaching and leadership contexts. She has published extensively in leading academic journals on coaching effectiveness, alongside a second stream of research focused on equality, diversity, and inclusion, including inclusive leadership, group based learning for women in leadership, and menopause at work.

She is the author of three books, Coaching with Research in Mind, Key Topics in Coaching Psychology, and Simplifying Inclusive Leadership, which translate research evidence into practical insight for leaders, practitioners, and organisations. Outside work, Rebecca enjoys countryside walks, weightlifting, and time with her two sons. She also serves on the Advisory Board of a non profit CIC dedicated to making high quality coaching and development accessible to all.

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