In this coach developer podcast, UK Coaching Senior Coach Developer Tom Hartley speaks to Richard Cheetham MBE (Coach Developer of the Year at the UK Coaching Awards 2018) about his journey through coaching and coach development. Richard discusses what an innovative and creative approach to supporting coaches looks like. Coming into coaching from a teaching background, via rugby, Richard talks about the importance of always being open to learning new things, about not taking the people you coach for granted, and where exactly his creative approach to coach development comes from – and why it works.

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