Jude Elliman is an innovative executive coach, supervisor, and co-founder of the Listening Partnership, a business dedicated to executive coaching, supervision, and leadership development. She creates the space for professionals to navigate complexity, develop resilience, and drive meaningful change.

About Jude

With over three decades of experience, Jude has worked with leaders across diverse sectors, helping them develop clarity, confidence, and effectiveness in high-stakes environments. In 2012, she created Listening Partnership alongside Nick Isbister, and developed narrative coaching, an integrated approach that explores both individual and organisational narratives.

Jude's commitment to coaching grew from a desire to enable leaders to connect their personal narratives with the strategic stories of their organisations, and lead with greater purpose, presence and impact. Her coaching is both supportive and challenging, tailored to each individual. It is designed to create space for rigorous thinking and fresh perspectives and increase resilience. Her approach is built on systemic thinking, intuition, and an understanding of how authentic conversation and courageous action leads to sustainable change.

Coaching approach

Jude's coaching is grounded in deep listening, meaningful dialogue, and a systemic view of leadership. She works with leaders to uncover patterns, clarify their thinking, and navigate complexity with confidence. Her coaching is:

  • Systemic and relational: exploring leadership within a broader context
  • Reflective and insightful: creating the conditions for new awareness and perspective shifts
  • Practical and action-orientated: translating insights into tangible steps for development

Drawing on Gestalt psychology, narrative coaching, and systemic methodologies, Jude adapts her approach to the needs of each client. As a co-developer of Transformational Narrative Coaching, Jude is a master TNC practitioner and has an MSc in Executive Coaching.

Supervision

Jude provides coaching supervision, offering a space for professional reflection and coaching development. Her supervision practice is thought-provoking and structured, supporting executive coaches in navigating complex coaching scenarios, to build confidence and resilience and ensure ethical and professional standards are upheld.

She works with both established and newly qualified coaches, to create 'super vision', enabling coaches to think more systemically and enhance their coaching impact.

  • “From the first meeting with Jude, I knew she was the right coach for me. She had such an engaging and positive approach to everything and she immediately grasped the core issues of the situation I was in. She was incredibly insightful. Jude made such an amazing impact on my ability to be resilient during the most difficult time of my career. I’ve not only survived but am thriving, and I’m certain I would have struggled much more without her input and wisdom.”
    Kirsteen Coupar
    Executive Director, Higher Education

Qualifications and credentials

MSc in Executive Coaching – Hult Ashridge International Business School
Advanced Certificate in Executive Coaching Supervision – Hult Ashridge International Business School
BEd in Education – Southampton University
Senior Accredited Coach & Mentor (EMCC)
Accredited Coaching Signatures Supervisor (ACSS)
Member of the EMCC – adheres to EMCC Global Code of Ethics
Gestalt and ACT trained
NLP Master Practitioner
Qualified ‘Time to Think’ Facilitator
IFS Informed Coaching

Published author:

The Story So Far: Introduction to Transformational Narrative Coaching
Story-Making Leadership: A Guide
Organisational Stories & Leadership Sensemaking: A Guide
Teams & Story-Making Leadership: A Guide