Shouldn't I know how to do this by now?

Sometimes the hardest promotions aren't about responsibility—they're about identity. It often shows up with scientists, researchers, and technical experts who have become leaders. If you're second-guessing every decision, you may be trying to solve leadership like a research question.

What does a session actually look like?

A conversation. Usually an hour to ninety minutes. No presentation, no homework, no performance. Just somewhere to put the things you're thinking about.

Can we do coaching while walking?

Yes. Sometimes by phone, sometimes side by side in person in Verona, Italy or across Europe. Moving through a landscape while thinking changes the conversation.

Do you have to know what you want before starting coaching?

No. Uncovering what you actually want rather than what looks good on paper is often the core focus of the coaching partnership.

Move.

Not every important conversation happens sitting across a table. Let the questions begin. Walk or cycle? Where you are; in the city or in nature.

Because movement changes the conversation.
Not every time.
Often enough.
There's something about walking beside someone, instead of facing them, that makes certain thoughts easier to catch.
No.
We can sit.
We can meet online.
We can talk by phone.
Walking is simply another way into the same conversation.
Yes.
Some people think more clearly when they're moving through their own familiar streets.
You don't need to be in Italy.
You just need somewhere to walk.
Definitely not.
The bike isn't the point.
It's simply another place where people sometimes become more honest—with themselves as much as anyone else.
Sometimes in Verona.
Sometimes wherever you are.
Sometimes the landscape matters.
Sometimes it doesn't.
No presentation.
No performance.
No pressure to arrive with the right words.
Just enough space for the thing underneath the obvious answer to appear.
Maybe lots of silence too.
Good.
That's a perfectly reasonable place to begin.
We choose a place.
Or a time.
Then we start walking.
[Let’s talk]