Embodied Leadership for Modern Workplaces
Thinking alone isn’t enough anymore.
Helping leaders and teams perform with clarity, confidence, and resilience by integrating physical awareness with practical coaching.
People don’t make decisions from a detached mind. They make them from a body that is either steady, overloaded, or running on empty.
Traditional coaching — focused only on thinking and insight — is no longer enough. Modern organisations recognise that how people function physically shapes how they lead and communicate. This is the foundation of embodied leadership
“I could not do this job without physical and mental health”
– Bob Iger, CEO of Disney
Why Embodied Leadership is now standard at the top
Senior leaders at Google, Apple and Microsoft have been using coaching and embodied practices in leadership development for many years. This reflects a simple reality: leadership is not shaped by thinking alone.
In practice, how you show up at work is influenced by:
- How regulated your nervous system is
- Whether you are sleeping and recovering properly
- The level of fatigue and tension you are carrying
- How much cumulative stress your body is holding
When these are ignored, insight and intention don’t translate into behaviour.
Our Services
For senior leaders and professionals with significant responsibility.
For organisations that want to support physical wellbeing and focus across the wider workforce.
For leadership teams who need to work more effectively under pressure
How the works is delivered
My work combines movement-informed regulation with focused coaching.
The movement element is informed by my training as a qualified Pilates instructor. This is not fitness work. It is used to help people settle physically, reduce tension and stabilise their internal pace.
Once the body has steadied, I use NLP-based coaching to work with decision-making, communication patterns and habitual responses under pressure.
This structure allows coaching to happen from a clearer, more grounded state — so insights translate into action rather than staying theoretical.
What embodied leadership supports
Embodied leadership isn’t about wellbeing trends or fitness. It’s about how people show up when the stakes are high.
Leading with confidence
Clarity under pressure
Resilience during change
Energy management
Presence & communication
Physical activity is essential to modern leadership. It sharpens decision-making and keeps me grounded under pressure
– Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft
Who is this work is for
I work with leaders, senior professionals and teams operating under sustained demand and responsibility. This work is for capable, thoughtful people who don’t want surface-level solutions, motivational hype, or another framework to think their way through.
How we works together
In-house workshops & programmes
Small group sessions
Leadership retreats
One-to-one work (where appropriate)
Contact us
If this way of working resonates, I’d be glad to talk.
I work with a small number of organisations and individuals each year and begin with a simple conversation to explore fit.
