Executive coaching, leadership and team development, coaching supervision, author and speaker.
Dr Benita Mayhead partners with leaders, organisations and coaches worldwide, to develop people through personalised one-to-one coaching, dynamic group programmes and coaching supervision. With extensive experience in helping leaders navigate contemporary complexities, she brings a pragmatic and supportive coaching philosophy to her work. Her approach fosters trust and delivers lasting results, leading to enduring relationships and meaningful growth.
“People learn best through doing”
Her programmes and one-to-one coaching are deeply practical and rooted in real-world experience and theory-backed research. Designed to stretch and support, they create meaningful shifts in perspective and drive better performance. By pairing hands-on action with thoughtful reflection and feedback, they deliver tangible, lasting results.
She collaborates with both in-house and independent coaches, offering ethics training and coaching supervision. In addition to her academic work on ethics and duty of care in coaching, she is a published author and speaker.
Unlocking Potential
Investing in people - through coaching, leadership development, or team programmes - is an investment in your organisation’s future. It boosts individual awareness and effectiveness, strengthens teamwork, and empowers leaders to bring their full humanity into their roles.
“A huge thanks to Benita for organising and moderating our leadership training. My approach to management training has always been sceptical, covering the same old principles and techniques - this was not the case with Benita!
The course combines a modern, research-based course of work with true coaching. The programme focuses on guided learning and well-moderated debate, to help individuals not just become better leaders but to understand and develop a style that is personal to them.
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Published Author on Ethics and Duty of Care in Coaching
Available from September 2025, Benita’s book on duty of care in coaching explores the ethical and legal responsibilities of coaches. Grounded in evidence-based research, it brings theory, real-world experience, and critical insight to the conversation on ethics and professional standards.
Benita is published in peer-reviewed journals, contributing to the academic and practical understanding of ethics in coaching, and acts as a peer reviewer for other journals.
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Get in touch with Benita to find out more about all things leadership, coaching, supervision and ethics. It’s always good to talk and share thinking.