14. EMMA DOYLE AND NATALIE ASHDOWN

Emma Doyle and Natalie Ashdown What Makes a Great Coach? Emma is a coach, mentor and keynote speaker who is sought after around the world. She can help turn your motivation into action. She is a former Division 1 US College Tennis Player and has represented Australia as a World Team Coach on 20 occasions. Emma is deeply qualified to know What Makes a Great Coach because she asks the question of all her guests on The Coaching Podcast as the host of that show. She has interviewed over 500 expert sport and business coaches with over 30,000 downloads to date. Emma is a TEDx speaker(Unleashing Female Potential) and her clients say she is the real life female version of Coach Ted Lasso. Natalie is one of Australia’s most senior and experienced coaches and a recognised speaker and author. She is one of the small group of coaches in the world to hold the International Coach Federation Master Certified Coach credential. Natalie is the CEO of Open Door Coaching and her clients include among many, The Australian Defence Force. Together Emma and Natalie authored and wrote What Makes a Great Coach with the goal of using lessons in Sport to translate to business and life in general including being a parent and a grandparent. Calling upon Emma’s vast amount of data from her life’s experiences and over 500 interviews on The Coaching Podcast asking great coaches and elite athletes, what makes a great coach in 3 words or less. When these athletes include some of the most renowned number 1 current and former world champions the results become very interesting. What is refreshing about their book What Makes a Great Coach, there are 10 Chapters, but they are not called Chapters they are called Practices. Both Emma and Natalie are all about action. The Practices can be read in any order, whatever you have going on in your life at that moment. That makes the book a life time resource. These Practices are Decision Making Belief Purpose Passion Energy Empathy Listening Curiosity Communication Resilience You will be blown away about how dynamic Emma and Natalie are together and I hope you enjoy the interview as much as I did they are warm hearted, energetic leaders who seek to provide the environment for people to do their absolute best making them an ideal guest on The Courage to Lead Interview Series.