The Coach's Journey - build a coaching business with integrity
Robbie Swale
114 episodes
1 week ago
What can coaches and leaders learn from the people who have mastered the art of appearing on stage and screen? And what can coaching give back to the creative industries?
Answering these questions through his work at the intersection of coaching, corporate leadership and on-screen presentation skills is Gareth Davies, renowned executive television producer of shows like Strictly Come Dancing and Top of the Pops, who is now one of the industry’s leading presenter coaches.
Gareth co-founded The Presenter Studio with fellow executive producer Leon Campbell in 2013, and since then the company has honed and nurtured talent at every level of the TV and film industry, working with the likes of Hugh Grant and Madonna, all the way through to aspiring actors and presenters just starting their careers.
In this episode of The Coach’s Journey Podcast, Gareth shares insights from a glamorous world that he believes has everything to gain from a coaching approach, and he reflects on what it takes to help people embody their authentic selves and communicate to audiences of all sizes.
With media skills being something every business needs in an era dominated by screens, Gareth works with corporate businesses to help them find their voice, and he can still be found practising what he preaches in his ongoing work as a presenter and public speaker.
Gareth and episode host Alex Swallow also talk about:
How to identify the aspects of your personality that reflect who you are in a relatable, interesting way
The concept of hustle and the benefits of going the long way round
How to leverage the power of Instagram to build your audience and grow your business
Presentation skills, tips and approaches that can help you communicate with authenticity and impact
Gareth reveals the huge gaps that exist in creative industries, highlighting the opportunities there are for coaches to help nurture skills and develop talent.
THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN:
- The MOE Foundation coaching programme https://moefoundation.com/certified-coach-training-course/
- The Presenter Studio http://www.presenterstudio.com/
- The Presenter Studio on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thepresenterstudio
- Gareth’s LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/in/garethdavies2408/
- Gareth’s business partner, Leon Campbell https://www.linkedin.com/in/leon-campbell-58bb583/
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What can coaches and leaders learn from the people who have mastered the art of appearing on stage and screen? And what can coaching give back to the creative industries?
Answering these questions through his work at the intersection of coaching, corporate leadership and on-screen presentation skills is Gareth Davies, renowned executive television producer of shows like Strictly Come Dancing and Top of the Pops, who is now one of the industry’s leading presenter coaches.
Gareth co-founded The Presenter Studio with fellow executive producer Leon Campbell in 2013, and since then the company has honed and nurtured talent at every level of the TV and film industry, working with the likes of Hugh Grant and Madonna, all the way through to aspiring actors and presenters just starting their careers.
In this episode of The Coach’s Journey Podcast, Gareth shares insights from a glamorous world that he believes has everything to gain from a coaching approach, and he reflects on what it takes to help people embody their authentic selves and communicate to audiences of all sizes.
With media skills being something every business needs in an era dominated by screens, Gareth works with corporate businesses to help them find their voice, and he can still be found practising what he preaches in his ongoing work as a presenter and public speaker.
Gareth and episode host Alex Swallow also talk about:
How to identify the aspects of your personality that reflect who you are in a relatable, interesting way
The concept of hustle and the benefits of going the long way round
How to leverage the power of Instagram to build your audience and grow your business
Presentation skills, tips and approaches that can help you communicate with authenticity and impact
Gareth reveals the huge gaps that exist in creative industries, highlighting the opportunities there are for coaches to help nurture skills and develop talent.
THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN:
- The MOE Foundation coaching programme https://moefoundation.com/certified-coach-training-course/
- The Presenter Studio http://www.presenterstudio.com/
- The Presenter Studio on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thepresenterstudio
- Gareth’s LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/in/garethdavies2408/
- Gareth’s business partner, Leon Campbell https://www.linkedin.com/in/leon-campbell-58bb583/
#108: Shruti Sonthalia – Awareness Combined with Action is the Key to Creating Change
The Coach's Journey - build a coaching business with integrity
1 hour 49 minutes 38 seconds
2 months ago
#108: Shruti Sonthalia – Awareness Combined with Action is the Key to Creating Change
Shruti Sonthalia says purpose is her superpower. A strong sense of purpose helped Shruti to demolish seemingly insurmountable barriers to becoming a Master Certified Coach and a globally renowned industry figure, and in this episode of The Coach’s Journey Podcast, she implores all coaches to find their ‘why’.
Shruti began her journey without coaches around her to learn from, living and working in a culture that assumed expertise was the preserve of men with white hair. Believing it was her purpose to create sacred spaces in the workplace, Shruti grafted with steadfast resolve to defy the gatekeepers and doubters who stood in her way.
By taking the path less travelled and proving herself time and again, Shruti developed a work ethic that took her to the top of her profession, empowering leaders across global markets to embody a coaching mindset.
She pays forward her expertise in the training curricula she devises and delivers to the next generation of coaches, founding her structured, evidence-based approach on the values and principles she speaks about in this episode.
In this conversation, Shruti invites us all to ask: which parts of our journeys do we struggle to own? And how might addressing them enable changes within us that ripple out to the ecosystems we operate within?
Shruti and host Neil Mackinnon also talk about:
- Whether coaching has the same effectiveness in different areas, geographies, and realities
- Accessibility of supervision as a vital aspect of coaching’s growth and integrity
- The learning we can take from our own procrastination
- How a coaching mindset can help us embody shared power
- The principle that says that which you focus on expands, and how to harness it
THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN:
- AoEC - Academy of Executive Coaching https://www.aoec.com/
- ICF - International Coaching Federation https://coachingfederation.org/
- ICF Foundation https://foundationoficf.org/
- Shruti's paper on effectiveness of coaching in emerging markets https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/08d2850c-51fe-42ab-aeea-e7ec829bc5a9/1/IJEBCM%2022_1_10.pdf
- London School of Economics https://www.lse.ac.uk/
- Yannick Jacob on The Coach's Journey Podcast https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/97-yannick-jacob-going-beyond-blueprints-to-challenge-the-status-quo-of-coaching
- Richard Layard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Layard,_Baron_Layard
- Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4069.Man_s_Search_for_Meaning
- Martin Seligman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Seligman
- David Foster Wallace, This Is Water https://fs.blog/david-foster-wallace-this-is-water/
- Theory U by Otto Sharma https://www.amazon.co.uk/Theory-Learning-Emerges-Futures-Business/dp/1576757633
- Robbie Swale’s writing on resistance https://www.robbieswale.com/the-12-minute-blog/2025/3/28/the-more-resistance-we-feel-towards-a-call-or-action-the-more-important-that-call-or-action-is-to-our-souls-evolution
- The War of Art by Steven Pressfield https://www.amazon.co.uk/War-Art-Through-Creative-Battles/dp/1936891026
- IFS, parts work, what’s in the way is the way https://matthewharwood.uk/ifs/
- RUHCO https://ruhco.org/
The Coach's Journey - build a coaching business with integrity
What can coaches and leaders learn from the people who have mastered the art of appearing on stage and screen? And what can coaching give back to the creative industries?
Answering these questions through his work at the intersection of coaching, corporate leadership and on-screen presentation skills is Gareth Davies, renowned executive television producer of shows like Strictly Come Dancing and Top of the Pops, who is now one of the industry’s leading presenter coaches.
Gareth co-founded The Presenter Studio with fellow executive producer Leon Campbell in 2013, and since then the company has honed and nurtured talent at every level of the TV and film industry, working with the likes of Hugh Grant and Madonna, all the way through to aspiring actors and presenters just starting their careers.
In this episode of The Coach’s Journey Podcast, Gareth shares insights from a glamorous world that he believes has everything to gain from a coaching approach, and he reflects on what it takes to help people embody their authentic selves and communicate to audiences of all sizes.
With media skills being something every business needs in an era dominated by screens, Gareth works with corporate businesses to help them find their voice, and he can still be found practising what he preaches in his ongoing work as a presenter and public speaker.
Gareth and episode host Alex Swallow also talk about:
How to identify the aspects of your personality that reflect who you are in a relatable, interesting way
The concept of hustle and the benefits of going the long way round
How to leverage the power of Instagram to build your audience and grow your business
Presentation skills, tips and approaches that can help you communicate with authenticity and impact
Gareth reveals the huge gaps that exist in creative industries, highlighting the opportunities there are for coaches to help nurture skills and develop talent.
THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN:
- The MOE Foundation coaching programme https://moefoundation.com/certified-coach-training-course/
- The Presenter Studio http://www.presenterstudio.com/
- The Presenter Studio on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thepresenterstudio
- Gareth’s LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/in/garethdavies2408/
- Gareth’s business partner, Leon Campbell https://www.linkedin.com/in/leon-campbell-58bb583/
