Introducing the North West Coaching Collaborative

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We are delighted to launch the North West Coaching Collaborative, a new regional partnership bringing together:

  • NHS North West Leadership Academy
  • North West ADASS
  • North West Employers

Our shared ambition is simple but powerful: To make coaching accessible to everyone working across the North West public sector.

Why form a coaching collaborative?

The North West Coaching Collaborative (NWCC) has been established in response to a clear and shared ambition across our region to build a vibrant cross‑sector coaching community that strengthens leadership, supports workforce development, and enhances the quality and reach of coaching. As public services face increasing pressure, the need for innovative, cross-sector approaches has never been greater.

There is strong evidence (1, 2, 3, 4) that by investing in coaching, we can improve service outcomes, enhance leadership capability, staff engagement, and support behaviour change.

Key advantages

A key advantage of a collaborative is the ability to share and scale resources. Individually, the collaborative partners have developed high-quality coaching offers and frameworks. Collectively, these can be expanded and accessed more widely. This reduces duplication and ensures more efficient use of resources across health, social care, and local government.

Each sector brings unique perspectives, challenges, and innovations. By creating a shared coaching community, the NWCC enables practitioners to exchange ideas, reflect, and build capability together, overall strengthening the quality and accessibility of coaching across the region.

The collaborative also plays a critical role in supporting more integrated ways of working between health, social care, and local government.  Effective collaboration between these systems is essential for delivering joined-up care. By building a cross-sector community of coaches, the NWCC helps to break down organisational boundaries and develop a shared language and understanding.

Our vision

We want to create a North West where:

  • Coaching is understood, valued and widely used.
  • It is easy to access for everyone, at all levels.
  • Leaders use coaching to improve outcomes, performance and wellbeing.
  • A strong, connected coaching community drives system-wide impact.

Be part of it

Coaching is for everyone. Whether you’re looking to access coaching, develop as a coach, or embed coaching in your organisation, the online Coaching and Mentoring Hub is the gateway to coaching across the region.

Through the Hub, you can:

  • Register as a coach or coachee.
  • Access coaching opportunities.
  • Sign up for events and development sessions.
  • Connect with colleagues across the North West.
  • Stay up to date with insights, learning and opportunities.

If you’re a coach looking to be part of the North West Coaching Collaborative, please ensure that you opt in to the collaborative at registration. You will find this in stage 1 of the registration form, after you have selected the organisation you belong to.

If you’re already registered on the Hub, you will need to edit your profile and opt in to become part of the North West Coaching Collaborative.

Click here to visit the NHS Coaching and Mentoring Hub

References

1Halliwell, P.R., Mitchell, R.J. and Boyle, B. (2023) Leadership effectiveness through coaching: Authentic and change-oriented leadership. PLOS ONE, 18(12), e0294953. Available at: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10699640/

2Phillipson, J., Pinto, A.C., Kingsley-Smith, H., Krachler, N., McGivern, G. and Lyons, O. (2025) Leadership training in healthcare: a systematic umbrella review. BMJ Leader. Available at: https://bmjleader.bmj.com/content/leader/early/2025/06/16/leader-2025-001269.full.pdf

3Wang, Q., Lai, Y.-L., Xu, X. and McDowall, A. (2022) The effectiveness of workplace coaching: a meta-analysis of contemporary psychologically informed coaching approaches. Journal of Work-Applied Management, 14(1), pp. 77–101. Available at: https://www.emerald.com/jwam/article/14/1/77/254662/The-effectiveness-of-workplace-coaching-a-meta

4NHS North West Leadership Academy, Building a coaching culture: Research report. Available at: https://flippingbook.com/account/online/1037289077/1