Coaching In Organisations

Lead with clarity when the stakes are high.
Sharpen your thinking, align your narrative, and drive performance through challenge and change.

Working With Coaches

Strengthen your practice. Expand your impact.
Training, development, and supervision to deepen your coaching and work at the highest level.

Coaching For Individuals

Space to reset, refocus, and move forward.
Coaching to support your next step, strengthen your leadership, and navigate complexity with confidence.

Listening Partnership was founded by Nick Isbister and Jude Elliman after decades working with senior leaders. They saw that traditional coaching focused too narrowly on individuals—missing the wider story of teams, organisations, and the systems leaders operate within.

They developed narrative coaching to change that – creating space for leaders to sharpen their thinking, shape their story, and lead forward with clarity. These skills – narrative, clarity, leadership in complexity – are rarely taught. Yet they are the skills that drive action and change.

Today, CEOs and senior teams turn to Listening Partnership for that space – to think clearly, act decisively, and shape what’s next. We are senior executive coaches – listeners, challengers, and narrative architects – creating the space to lead.

What Coaching Opened Up

“I was not fully aware of the power of story-telling until working with the Listening Partnership. Now not only am I aware of the impact of story-telling but fully believe that as your career progresses, story-telling is one of the most important aspects of effective leadership. It is a powerful tool that will enable you to get your message across to different diverse audience and stakeholders. “
Asako Takaheshi
Head of Global Supply Chain Management, Dominoes Pizza
“The Listening Partnership have skilled team coaches, each with an expert and sensitive approach. We found that they had a great way of working with teams to help them address their core issues and build solid foundations for team success.“
Lucy Almond
Director and Chair - Nature4Climate
“I have worked with the Listening Partnership over the last 10 years and it’s been a fantastic journey of discovery, incredibly rewarding and at times provocative. I am absolutely convinced that my professional development, clarity of personal brand and overall career fulfilment have all benefited significantly since working with Nick and the team.“
Barry McNeill
Founder and CEO - Bloom Sports Partners