Ep 252: The Missing Piece in Leadership Development with Robert Stephenson

The Coaching Hub Podcast · Sep 3, 2026 · 29m

No elite athlete wins alone, so why do so many leaders try to?

That question sits at the heart of my conversation with Robert Stephenson, a coach, mentor, supervisor and leadership facilitator. We explore the crucial role of coaching and support in modern leadership, and why it's so often the piece leaders neglect.

Robert shares his unconventional route from acting and theatre into coaching, and why leaders are quick to offer support to their teams while denying it to themselves. As he puts it, no athlete ever succeeds without a strong support team behind them and leaders shouldn't have to…