In this episode of MentorMeet Stories, Jennifer Layburn sits down with Clare Walker, MCC transformational coach, coach supervisor and global corporation lead for coaching and mentoring, to explore the changing world of coaching and what coaches need to pay attention to.

Clare shares what she's seeing as sessions get shorter and time gets tighter, and how coaches can still go deep quickly without losing the silence that makes coaching work. She gives her take on the AI debate, including why people are trying AI coaching and then returning to human coaches, where AI genuinely helps, and the ethical questions around consent, confidentiality and client data.

The conversation also covers recent changes to ICF accreditation, whether credentials matter to clients and organisations, how younger professionals are shifting coaching towards a blend of coaching and mentoring, and why mentor coaching and supervision are essential for keeping coaches safe and sane.

A thoughtful conversation for coaches, mentors, supervisors and anyone commissioning coaching in a fast-changing world.

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Clare Walker: https://mentormeet.com/profiles/clare-walker/

Jennifer Layburn: https://mentormeet.com/profiles/jennifer-layburn/

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In this episode of MentorMeet Stories, Jennifer Layburn sits down with disability coach and inclusive leadership coach Michelle Scicluna to explore how we think about disability, inclusion and the world of work.

Michelle shares her experience of acquiring a disability while working at the Financial Times and how that experience changed the way she approached work, identity and performance. She explains why disability isn't always visible, why the same support won't necessarily work for everyone, and why being disabled should not mean being defined by what others assume you can or cannot do.

The conversation explores the medical, charity and social models of disability, Michelle's Disability Force framework, and the role coaching can play alongside medical and workplace support. Jennifer and Michelle also discuss reasonable adjustments, organisational culture, disability-informed coaching, lived experience and the importance of helping people understand and articulate what they need to perform at their best.

A thoughtful conversation about inclusion, agency and creating the conditions for people to thrive at work.

Connect with Michelle and Jennifer:

Michelle Scicluna : https://mentormeet.com/profiles/michelle-scicluna/

Jennifer Layburn: ⁠https://mentormeet.com/profiles/jennifer-layburn/⁠

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In this episode of MentorMeet Stories, Jennifer sits down with Mo Khan, enterprise agility coach, Forbes Coaches Council member, and co-founder of MentorMeet, for a conversation about what actually accelerates growth, at work and beyond it.

Mo shares his Three Pillars way of thinking: technical skill, soft skills, and knowing how to navigate the room you're in. Using career as the lens, they explore why "work smarter, not harder" often misses the point, why interpersonal fluency rarely gets taught directly, and why coaching and mentoring still get treated as remedial support rather than the acceleration path they actually are, in careers and in life.

The conversation moves from the workplace into something more personal: a health scare in his late 30s, the mentor who kept asking him "why not you?", and the Cambridge application Mo almost didn't send. It's a look at the parts of growth that don't show up on a CV, and why so few people talk about them openly.

This episode is useful for anyone thinking about how to grow faster, whether in their career or their wider life, how to read the unwritten rules of the environments they're in, or how coaching and mentoring can shortcut years of trial and error.

Connect with Mo Khan: https://mentormeet.com/profiles/mo-khan/

Connect with Jennifer Layburn: https://mentormeet.com/profiles/jennifer-layburn/

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