“Walking is a natural phenomenon that allows us to access parts of our brain we don’t have access to when just sitting there”
Lennie Noiles joins us from Denver, Colorado, to continue the international theme of series 3 of the Coaching Outdoors Podcast.
Lennie is passionate about co-partnering with nature to create great outdoor coaching experiences for his clients. He steps back and lets nature do the coaching, providing context and moments of inspiration, realisation and clarity.
Lennie is also an avid learner, gathering a wealth of research around why nature is so beneficial to us and, therefore, what the benefits are of coaching in nature, sharing some of the insights he’s learned along the way. Whilst also setting a challenge and a call to arms for budding researchers….how do we research the intangible aspects of outdoor coaching?
With a route to coaching that was a series of “switch backs”, Lennie is an example of an outdoor coach who’s childhood affinity to nature, and accidentally becoming a coach, guided him to realise he could put the two together and take his coaching practice outdoors.
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Lennie is a leadership coach passionate about helping organisations, teams, and individuals seek, find, and realise their potential. Working with leaders who want to create the organisation of tomorrow today, Lennie is a master at blending traditional methods and alternative approaches to facilitate the exploration of new perspectives and possibilities on the leadership journey.
Combining traditional leadership coaching with his love for nature, Lennie created a unique coaching programme specifically for leaders – The Nature of Leadership which merges Leadership Coaching, Ecopsychology, Art Therapy, Serious Play, and Nature-based Coaching into a customisable programme. Leadership Coaching Walk and Talks combine light to moderate hiking with professional one-on-one individual, team, or group coaching with a focus on listening. On these walking talks, nature becomes the catalyst and metaphor for discovery, transformation, and growth. The Nature of Leadership is an invitation to change your relationship with yourself and your world.
