Stepping into leadership — whether for the first time or into a bigger role — often means learning fast while everyone is watching, which can often feel daunting when work is so focused on the task at hand.

As a new leader, you may be known for being reliable, hard-working, and getting the job done well and on-time. But with organisational resources being crunched, most of your time with your boss is spent discussing work priorities, rather than building your leadership skills.

You might get sent on a leadership development course, but these standalone trainings are rarely enough to build you into the leader you know you can be.

This one-on-one coaching can provide new and emerging leaders the skills to build confidence, the space to clarify your leadership style, and develop the self-awareness that sustainable leadership is built on.

What this coaching offers:

• Move from reactive to intentional leadership, through understanding your leadership style

• Navigate the pressure and visibility of a new leadership role

• Build confidence in decision-making and difficult conversations

• Develop habits that build sustainable ways of working to prevent burnout

Most professional development focuses almost entirely on thinking — analysing problems, setting goals and developing strategies. While these are important, research across neuroscience and psychology increasingly shows that the body also plays a significant role in how we process information, respond to stress and make decisions. Somatic coaching pays attention to this dimension.

This is something I learned the hard way. For years, I approached work and decision-making in an entirely cognitive, intellectual way, disconnected from my body. It led to burnout, and it was only by learning to listen to my body again that I found my way back to myself.

Somatic coaching works with what the body already knows. Sessions stay conversational, but weave in attention to the body as it comes up - noticing where physical tension is currently held and what it might be responding to; using breathwork to settle the nervous system before a hard conversation or during a sustained period of pressure; or tracking a physical sensation as it surfaces, rather than moving straight past it to problem-solve. By noticing physical sensations, patterns of tension or ease, and how the nervous system responds under pressure, people often gain insights that are difficult to reach through thinking alone.

What this coaching offers:

• Recognise stress patterns before they become reactive decisions

• Build resilience and emotional regulation

• Reconnect with your breath, values and internal signals

• Make considered decisions rather than pressured ones

Leading a diverse team requires the skills to lead inclusively.

Drawing on almost 20 years working in equity and inclusion, specifically in multicultural, LGBTQA+ and youth spaces, this coaching supports leaders to build that capability, whatever the starting point, so they can get the best out of every person on their team. My professional and lived experience helps shape how I support leaders to strengthen their inclusive practices and provide a safe environment for their team to succeed.

What this coaching offers:

• Recognise your own blind spots and assumptions as a leader

• Build psychologically safer environments for diverse teams and team members

• Navigate difficult conversations around equity and inclusion with confidence

• Lead with cultural humility rather than a one-size-fits-all approach

Tanawin provides consultation and project management for not-for-profit and public sector organisations, particularly in areas related to leadership, organisational culture and equity and inclusion.

This may include:

• strategic planning

• policy and project design and implementation

• organisational development and transformation

• equity and inclusion strategy