We are a coaching consultancy for all talent.
Talking Talent is the coaching consultancy that gets to the heart of what’s really holding talent back – and does something about it.
Our Connection Audit helps organisations explore the factors that influence engagement, wellbeing, retention and overall team performance.
We should talk about that.
Trusted by the world’s leading global organisations
Leadership
Development
Leaders are often promoted for competence, then left to navigate complexity without enough clarity, challenge, or support. We deliver both executive coaching and leadership development programmes across departments and locations focused on delivering positive, measured impact.
Inclusive Cultures
We work with some of the world’s highest‑performing organisations, often at pivotal moments of change; new leadership, acquisitions, or periods of rapid growth. Through coaching, we help reshape the conditions for trust, inclusion and stronger day‑to‑day decision‑making for better performance.
Talent Acceleration
High-potential talent doesn’t stall because ambition disappears. It stalls when progression is unclear, support is patchy, and expectations rise faster than development. Through tailored programmes, we create the structure, visibility and leadership support that keeps talent moving.
Employee Wellbeing
& Life Transitions
We’re pioneers in working parent coaching with unrivalled experience in creating and running programmes that address challenges at every life stage. We help organisations support employees through change in ways that protect performance, retention, and human energy.
Digital Coaching
Our award-winning online coaching platform was designed using the Centre for Humane Technology’s principles of ethical design to support wellbeing and inclusion practices. Created to mirror the coaching journey, it helps affordably scale initiatives, making coaching accessible to all employees.
Why we do it
The impact of coaching is measurable.
When people are under-supported, the effects show up quickly: in retention, decision-making, engagement, and performance. When coaching is designed intentionally, those outcomes begin to shift.
See where connection may be breaking down.
Take our Connection Audit to assess how connected your culture feels across leadership, talent, culture, and everyday working life.
Up to 20% higher retention
Clear expectations and consistent support reduce avoidable exits. People stay when they can see what’s next, and trust the system around them.
6× more innovative and agile
Organisations that prioritise connection move faster. Information flows. Decisions improve. Risk is surfaced before it becomes failure.
£100m saved each year
Retention isn’t a soft metric. Our clients collectively save over £100m annually by reducing churn caused by poor role transitions and unclear leadership systems.
Profitability rises by 36%
Inclusive cultures outperform because they remove friction. When people feel supported, performance becomes sustainable, not accidental.
70 %
Manager effect33 %
Cost of turnover23 %
Profit upliftLatest innovation
Where we’re challenging
assumptions right now.
We should talk about that.
Your delivery team
Experts who understand how pressure shows up, and what to do about it.
Getting to Better: Five Strategies For Encouraging Belonging in the Workplace
One of the quirks of enabling belonging in the workplace is that it is obvious and challenging, but not obviously challenging. As a result, the importance and urgency of working to develop belonging are often overlooked or ignored by an organization’s leadership.
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The ROI of Human Connection: Why Business Leaders Can’t Afford to Ignore It
Employee disengagement is costing businesses more than most realize. While companies invest millions in digital transformation and workplace policies, a fundamental problem persists: people don’t feel connected to their work or each other. The cost? A staggering $8.9 trillion in lost global GDP. In the U.S., only 33% of employees report feeling engaged at work. Over half are actively looking for new jobs.
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What Neverland Can Teach Us About Navigating Change
If you’ve ever read or seen Peter Pan, then you’ve gotten a glimpse into life in Neverland. We learn, for example, that “[fairies] look tremendously busy… as if they had not a moment to spare, but if you were to ask them what they are doing, they could not tell you in the least.”
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Whatever the weather: Finding your footing in imperfect conditions
What do you need in this moment? Do you need to be courageous, empathetic, clear? And which ones are better left outside the room? Impatience. Self-doubt. The need to be liked at all costs.
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2025: The Year We Pressed Pause
2025 will be remembered as the year we hit pause.
Not the standstill of a global pandemic, but a quieter, more deliberate pause. Because leaders and organizations realized they couldn’t keep sprinting through the noise without stopping to ask some very big questions.
How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome: Your 7 step action checklist
Ever feel like you’re one meeting away from being “found out”? Like your success is just a lucky streak that’s about to run dry? You’re experiencing imposter syndrome—and you’re far from alone.
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Find what’s relevant to you
Leadership for the realities of modern work
We help your talent find their purpose, hone their leadership style and define what success looks like.
Using a blend of one-to-one, group and digital coaching – plus manager interactions – participants get support from us and their peers, right when it’s needed.
Teams
Workplaces where all talent can thrive
We help teams turn ambition and potential into high performance, while strengthening skills and creating a safe space to share experiences.
At the same time, we improve the wider workplace.
We make sure there’s support, clarity of direction and understanding from managers and senior leaders.
Managing life transitions
Support families to strengthen your workforce
Using our 20 years of experience, we help working parents and carers navigate complex life-stages and offer support as they integrate their professional and family lives.
By coaching individuals, managers and senior leaders, we help you build a workplace that’s inclusive, flexible and family-friendly.
HR & People
Aligning organisational goals
We support HR and People leaders to design systems that hold; through growth, change and everyday complexity.
Our work helps initiatives land, leaders feel supported and people strategies deliver lasting impact without adding to the load.
High-potential Talent
Next generation leaders
We support high‑potential talent with the coaching, clarity and feedback they need to grow.
Strengthening confidence, judgement and performance as roles expand and expectations rise.
Organisations under change
Leading through change
Growth, transformation, new leadership and moments of scale bring new demands and possibilities.
These transitions highlight where systems need to evolve so decision‑making stays clear, roles stay aligned and leaders feel supported.