Episode 54

Ep 54: Making Coaching Scalable: Insights on Diversity, Leadership, and Global Trends with Lisa Stone

Published on: 18th March, 2026

What does it really take to build a thriving coaching culture inside organisations today and where does technology like AI fit in? In this episode, co-hosts Sarah Bramall and Rebecca Daniel sit down with Lisa Stone, Head of Coaching at Right Management and senior consultant at Talent Solutions, for an honest, wide-ranging conversation covering the real opportunities and challenges facing coaches and organisations in 2026.

Lisa shares her personal journey from balancing a long career in talent development with motherhood and adoption, to finally pursuing her formal coaching accreditation after starting out with informal guidance years earlier.

The conversation explores finding your ‘secret sauce’ as a coach and what’s changing in the coaching landscape. The rise of group and peer coaching, the growing push for diversity and inclusivity (including lived experience and neurodiversity), and how organisations can make coaching more scalable without losing the magic of human connection. This episode is packed with reflection, strategy, and practical inspiration for the future of coaching.

Highlights:


01:01 Lisa’s professional & personal story

04:19 Why Lisa was drawn to coaching and how her journey links parenting and professional development

08:09 The reality of juggling qualifications, motherhood, and career

12:23 How coaching is being integrated and how to make it scalable

14:09 Why “space” and “presence” are powerful for leaders

18:17 Where are the coaching opportunities?

21:19 Global coaching trends: AI in coaching, cultural competence, coaching sector specialisms, and neurodiversity in coaching

24:03 Being clear on what you can offer as a coach

27:08 Harnessing the power of AI in coaching

33:10 The impact of coaching for organisations

36:54 Leadership challenges: building neuroinclusive teams through coaching

40:04 The value of mentor coaching, supervision, and reflective practice

42:58 Two-word checkouts.


Key words:

Coaching, coaching cultures, global trends, leadership, mentor coaching, neurodiversity in coaching, global coaching, AI in coaching, coaching in organisations, leadership coaching, diversity and inclusion in coaching,

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About Lisa Stone

Lisa is a Fellow of the CIPD and has worked as a Senior Consultant with

Right Management since 2007. Lisa has been providing development,

career and performance coaching to clients for the past eighteen years

both in the UK and globally. She works with all levels of seniority including

board level and frequently uses psychometrics and 360 feedback tools in

her coaching.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisastone01/

Website: https://www.right.com/en/

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With a combined thirty years’ teaching and leadership experience in the education sector, they create change through transformational coaching, supervision and training.

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