Client  profile (anonymised) Senior London-based leader. Established career. Strong reputation. Deep professional network. Relocated internationally due to a family decision. The Human Story We met two months before her move. The decision made sense. It was aligned. It was chosen. But she wasn’t settled. Not visibly distressed. Not second-guessing the logic. Activated. “I know I can perform. I just don’t know who I am if no one knows me.” That was the line she said, and that

Roanna Blacklock & Ankia Coetzer Two Business Owners. One High-Stakes Collaboration. The Context This is actually an ongoing business relationship and we view it as an ongoing, dynamic case study for dyadic dynamics. Some duo work stems from conflict and breakdown of relationships sure, but not all coaching engagements require repair. Some are strategically forward facing interventions. Roanna and I had already built trust under pressure years earlier. We had met working toge

Team Coaching Case Study Client profile (anonymised) Global HR team in a fast-scaling fintech. London HQ. Hybrid structure. Two remote members across time zones. Sponsor: Global Head of HR. The Human Story This was not a broken team. It was high-performing. Trusted. Close-knit. But there were signals: Residual trauma from previous leadership. Optimism bias. A tendency to move forward quickly without processing friction. In the sponsor’s words during prep: strong energy, but l