Coaching for communication leaders
The most successful leaders have coaches – it’s what takes them from good to great. A focused discussion with an experienced, objective coach solves problems, and is a proven method for elevating your work and improving your leadership.
Coaching can also have a huge impact on your team – increasing their motivation, building resilience, and boosting loyalty and engagement.
As a Kademy member, you’ll get access to our team of certified, expert coaches, who all have extensive practical experience as senior-level communication professionals.
The power of communications leadership coaching
Coaching offers a deep level of personal and professional development. Read six ways it can bring you and your team closer to where they want to be.
Our Coaches
Jean Burke
Jean Burke is an accredited executive coach with over 30 years of experience in communications and change management across public and private sectors. Jean’s style is characterised by empathy for her clients, intellectual curiosity and an aptitude for connecting and working at a deep level to create lasting shifts in perspective and behaviour.
Jenna Clarke
Jenna is an accredited ICF coach and trainer, with 20 years of journalism and communications experience. Her deep empathy, humour, support and drive for results inspires clients to confidently expand their comfort zone for transformation. She challenges her clients to explore different perspectives to break chronic and unhelpful thought patterns with a concrete and achievable plan of action.
Ann-Mari Freebairn
Ann-Mari Freebairn has 20 years’ marketing and communications experience. She brings warmth, energy, and deep connection to the coaching relationship, as well as the ability to challenge clients and hold them accountable.
Helen Humphreys
Helen is an experienced strategic communication director with expertise in culture and behaviour change. Having advised large, global organisations on employee communication and engagement, Helen provides support and advice to comms leaders to help them successfully navigate times of significant change.
Karen Smith
Karen has over 25 years’ experience supporting comms leaders and teams around the world to develop, navigate change and create great results for their organisations. She brings deep presence and a compassionate approach to coaching, helping clients connect with sources of energy, curiosity and authenticity to create sustained change.
Justine Williams
An accredited leadership coach, Justine has more than 20 years of senior communications experience in the US and UK. She brings empathy, insight, and challenge to the coaching relationship.
Kademy has been my first experience with coaching. What I find most valuable is being in contact with first-class professionals, highly skilled in my area of interest. It’s priceless to have a mentor to guide me over my professional development, share struggles, and brainstorm strategies together.
[My coach] has been fantastic, asking provoking and challenging questions which get some really insightful answers. She’s let me to positive ideas and actions for how I can improve things and think more clearly.
