The Coaching Podcast

Emma interviews Melbourne's Steve Simpson, a world authority and conference presenter on workplace culture and customer service.

In this special episode, Emma interviews 3 Scottish high performers for their perspectives on the impact of coaching on their careers. They include Judith Ralston , former singer and current BBC Scotland Weather Presenter; Lee McConnell , former Scottish Athlete & 3 time Olympian & Colin Fleming , Current Scottish National Tennis Coach & former Professional Tennis Player.

Emma Doyle interviews Melbourne's Aiden M. A. Thornton who is a leadership scientist and practitioner. Dr Aiden M. A. Thornton is a PhD qualified leadership scientist, a principal management consultant with 25+ years of international business experience, and an amateur epistemologist.  He loves collaborating with social scientists and senior leaders to collaboratively navigate systemic issues...

Simon interviews Behavioural Strategist, Warren Kennaugh.

Emma Doyle interviews Scottish Master Performance Tennis Coach, Kris Soutar. She has also been a guest on his excellent Podcast ( Kris Soutar’s Tennis Journal ) and his insights are always pushing the envelope in coaching. Kris Soutar is a coach with a difference, he can work at every level of the game with equal ease. Kris acknowledges every level of the game has to be treated with equal importan...

Simon interviews Customer Experience & Contact Centre Coach, Jim Rembach. Jim is the host of the long-running 'Fast Leader Show' podcast.

Emma Interviews Adam Gard'ner, who at the time of the interview was Tennis New Zealand Coach Development Manager. Adam is an extraordinary human and his story is one worth sharing. Adam Gard’ner is an advocate for the value of play and physical activity as contributors to wellbeing and resilience. He has enjoyed travelling the world with the sport of tennis, and now relishes the opportunity to ret...

Emma Doyle interviews the host of The Tennis Files Podcast, Mehrban Iranshad. Emma has been a part of Mehrban's Tennis Summit for the past few years and he is such a humble guy. Mehrban is a former Division I college tennis player and nationally-ranked junior. In 2015, he founded Tennis Files, a website devoted to helping people become better tennis players. Mehrban is also the host of The Tennis...

Simon interviews Manu 'Swish' Goswami, one of the worlds top youth entrepreneurs, public speakers and venture capitalists. A coach and mentor for young, up and coming entrepreneurs looking to make their mark in business and to impact the world. Speaker Manu Swish Goswami, is the CEO of Trufan, a social intelligence platform that helps over eighty of the world’s biggest brands and celebrities sell...

Emma Interviews Motivational Speakers, Commentators and recent Authors on how to deal with issues facing Teenagers and Families, Sonya Karras & Sacha Kaluri. Check out this cool episode with lots of laughs and serious questions: Sacha Kaluri – When you are frightened, and you feel like, 'I don't know if I can do that' what tips you over the edge that makes you say, 'Yes I can'? Sonya Karras –...

Emma and Simon explore how to deal with fear around things like public speaking and the technique Emma uses to make her speeches more effective. Emma reveals to Simon how she first met Bill and they discuss how his sliding door moment and his passion changed his life. Simon then plugs his singing before they jump into dissecting Bill’s question about the challenge for kids and adult learning and d...

Simon interviews Shelley Flett, Melbourne based leadership development coach and consultant. Shelley provides tremendous insight and value with highlights including her take on what makes a great coach and a stand-out, controversial question for Emma and Simon to debate and ponder.

Emma Doyle interviews Gigi Fernandez, tennis coach and winner of 17 Grand Slam doubles crowns & two Olympic Gold Medals. Gigi reveals how she once got on the wrong side of Billie-Jean King and learnt an important lesson for the rest of her career. Simon and Emma explore the importance of instruction and method, the credibility of coaches and maintaining positive psychology when confronted with...

Travis Bell, 'The Bucket List Guy' is interviewed by Emma Doyle. With an episode chock full of interesting discussion and moments, including Simon revealing his musical 'talents' and Emma providing a fascinating insight to her previous adventures into the world of competitive dance. Trav Bell also turns the tables on The Coaching Podcast by asking 'What makes a great coach?' as his question for th...

Emma Doyle interviews the most famous tennis mum in the world and a champion of girls and women's tennis, Judy Murray. Judy and Emma have a wonderful friendship and coach relationship focusing on empowering the next generation of women in coaching. Scottish tennis coach and motivational speaker, Judy Murray OBE, is no stranger to cultivating success in others. The mother of Andy and Jamie Murray,...

Simon interviews Claude Silver, Chief Heart Officer for Gary Vaynerchuk's company VaynerMedia. Early in the interview, Claude reveals her worst coaching experience which somehow combines climbing a mountain and Nine Inch Nails! Claude reveals the essence of what makes her, and VaynerMedia tick and how through her coaching she strives to help people light up and bring their best to work every day....

Simon interviews business coach Ali Minbashian from ActionCOACH. Ali reveals insights into a particularly challenging week early in his career that was certainly bittersweet. He also details his 3 elements of 'What makes a great coach?' in a uniquely visual way which stimulates Emma to create a test for our audience. Simon and Emma have a great debate over what's more important to motivation and a...

Emma interviews world-leading sports performance coach, Allistair McCaw where he reveals how failing every day is a major weapon in his own coaching success and the satisfaction that comes when those he coaches reach out with gratitude. Both Emma and Simon reveal quite a number of stories from their own coaching experiences that is sure to both entertain and inform. Allistair McCaw is an internati...

Tim Simons from Build Coaching is interviewed by Simon Blair and he reveals a challenging story of a major incident in his first year as a professional coach and gives us the 3C's of coaching success.

Emma interviews Jeff Salzenstein, former top 100 ATP and founder of tennisevolution.com. Emma and Simon discuss some great concepts thrown up by Jeff including the importance of the coaches search for those 'aha' moments and in having a 'growth mindset'. Jeff's question for the 'The Coaching Podcast' provides the chance for Emma and Simon to delve deep into personal insights and methods they use f...

Simon interviews his first business coach, Dr. Steve Barlow from 'The Change Gym'. Steve specialises in helping individuals and teams with their change fitness and change readiness. As an experienced consultant and published author on organisational change management, Steve throws up plenty of great topics for Emma & Simon to sink their teeth into.

Emma spent a number of weeks in the United States attending various tennis events and conferences where she managed to interview some terrific leading coaches in the sport. Our first ever interviewee on The Coaching Podcast is Kyle LaCroix, Assistant Director of Tennis at The Oaks in Boca Raton, Florida. Kyle LaCroix – Chief Education Officer at SETS Consulting Growing up in the tennis rich enviro...

In this first ever episode of The Coaching Podcast, producer Jane Nield interviews the show's hosts Simon Blair & Emma Doyle. Find out what got Emma and Simon started in coaching, what brought them together to do a sports and business podcast, and what plans do they have for the show? You'll hear what Roger Federer thinks makes a great coach and also Emma's connection between the Pope and a go...