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JOURNEYS OF WELLBEING AND TRANSFORMATION

UnfoldThinking

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UnfoldThinking

Unfold thinking is a minds-on hands-on way of working rooted in its commitment to equitable culture, authentic transformation and wellbeing.

We believe in joined up analysis and action, co-creating thoughtful strategies and solutions for individuals, teams or organisations to help you get where you need to be.
We offer coaching, consulting and training services in the areas of leadership, wellbeing at work, EDIB, communication, allyship, resilience, growth and change in all its forms.
We specialise in designing intelligent, spirited and agile journeys that meet our clients precisely where they’re at through a culturally nuanced lens. And then helping them move forward.

In today’s changing and challenging world, this is work that matters. This work is now. If you’re ready to lean in and learn more, come on in… switch on, let’s get free.

Katya Langmuur PhD FRSA

Founder

Katya has a pre-eminent professional reputation as a coach, consultant and trainer working at an international level and across multiple industries, often at a senior level. She relishes partnering with leaders and their teams in psychologically-informed yet genuinely compassionate approaches to enable positive transformation for individuals and team communities alike. A creative disrupter at heart, she is known for bringing sessions to life with a spirited, agile and creative style and has a knack for making complex topics accessible and as practically relevant as possible. Katya’s unique perspective is the result of her unusual combination of skills and career experiences.

Once a professional opera singer, Katya subsequently spent almost 20 years as an academic, therapist, coach and facilitator. With an MA in phenomenology (2003) and a PhD in leadership studies (2010), paired by genuine fascination with human development, she now has particular practical expertise in ethics, allyship, cross-cultural tension and mindfulness as a tool in both wellbeing and generative thinking. Katya is an ICF-accredited coach, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, by whom she was recognized for her professional contribution.

A very hands-on sort of person, Katya concurrently spent 17 years serving as a key member of a central London NHS therapeutic team in HIV+ care, running specialist community, palliative care and addiction clinics – an experience she cites as her training ground in understanding resilience, wellbeing and the need for allyship as a tool to achieve both. She continues to be motivated to play her part in achieving a just and equitable society.

Katya lives in Surrey with her partner and two young sons.

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Where do you need to be?

If you slow down to reflect, what does success look like? How do you move forwards?

WHAT ARE YOUR FIRST STEPS?

Unfold Thinking can co-create intelligent pathways to help you move towards your goals. Whether you come as an individual or think on behalf of a team, authentic transformation and growth requires dedication and different approaches. We’re ready, willing and able to meet you where you’re at and then take it forwards.

Below are some of our services but we appreciate that, like life, people are complex. We can make what we offer fit your needs like a glove. Get in touch to find out how we can do this. Switch on… let’s get free.

COACHING

Many people strive to implement strategies to achieve success, but it’s easier said than done. We support you through periods of challenge and transition and help build solutions into your world where you might feel stuck or afraid to dive in.
Unfold Thinking offers coaching partnerships for individuals or for entire teams and for the period of a defined goal or over more extended time. Coaching primarily happens through focused reflection and conversation, but we are also certified to execute DiSC psychometric evaluations to assist in understanding personal and team dynamics that might be getting in the way. And then see what we already have to move things forwards.

Coaching goals are as individual as our clients, however we specialise in Leadership and Executive Presence Coaching, Transition Coaching and Equitable Leadership Coaching.

Leadership and Executive Presence Coaching

“When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge.” Tuli Kupferberg

Leaders live complex and demanding lives. Making time to think outside the box in a judgement free space can be liberating. It stimulates both personal growth and organisational change. Knowing who you are and how you want to show up as a leader creates a clear and powerful message for the teams who look to you. In times such as these, investing energy into being the best leader you can be is essential.

Transition Coaching
“You can’t control the waves, but you can learn to surf.” Jon Kabat-Zinn

Wherever you find yourself on your personal or professional path, change can feel tricky to navigate. How can you proceed with clarity and surety that your next steps are the right ones? At times hand-holding, at others more confrontational, Transition Coaching centres on supporting you as you move forwards with your life.

Equitable Leadership Coaching

“I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.” Martin Luther King Jnr

Where in your professional life have you been a positive disrupter this year? Where have you been part of maintaining the status quo? How are you creating space where your teams experience genuine belonging? These are key questions for modern leaders and this remains unexplored territory for most. This pioneering coaching approach supports and guides you in modelling allyship and championing justice in many forms and in many contexts.

CONSULTANCY

Wondering where to start with your team? Unfold Thinking can advise organisational leaders and sports management in equity, ethics, wellbeing and development frameworks fit for the evolving challenges and scrutiny of today’s world.

We tackle tricky group challenges by identifying the existing structures, patterns and gaps that are preventing you from being as future ready as you need to be. We then set actionable courses to leverage the tools your company already has towards becoming a more inclusive and culturally-responsive team environment.

We believe in amplifying the voices of team community members whilst developing leaders’ skills to hear and respond to these more deeply. Through the co-creation of increased respect and tolerance, we seek to accelerate the sense of togetherness and unified team performance.

TRAINING

Unfold Thinking can provide exceptional training solutions both face to face and virtually. Our very varied client list will attest to how flexible we can be to adapt our sessions to your precise requirements and through the cultural lens of your industry.

We work with the principle of being minds on – hands on at all times: bringing together psychologically-informed frameworks with experiential learning, locating research and theory in the context of our own lives. We use relationship building as a springboard for greater understanding and respect the need for being helpful and hopeful in approach whilst bringing energy and spirit to the conversation.

We offer sessions in:

Leadership and team development
Ethics and EDIB
Wellbeing at work
Respectful Communication skills
Presentation skills
Change management

Please get in touch for more information on any of the above.
Switch on… let’s get free.

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TESTIMONIALS

I first met Katya when she was facilitating a Board programme for us in 2018. She is a terrific Executive and Team Coach, engaging perceptively and deeply with each individual and working really effectively to help the board as...
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Peter PhilipsChief Executive, Cambridge University Press and Cambridge Assessment UK
Katya combines a delightful blend of intelligence, humor, and competence in her sessions that will leave you inspired. She seemingly effortlessly blends her intellectual prowess with a great sense of humor, challenging your assumptions...
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Roosmarijn EmmeringDirector, Result Learning Solutions Singapore
I just wanted to say a big thanks and to share my deep appreciation for your excellent work in the Pilot sessions. You have been super professional and fun to work with (as always), the level of engagement was incredible...
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Michelle WhittlePeople and Capability L&D Lead Department of Work and Pensions, UK Government UK
Working with Katya has illuminated my skills inventory as well as highlighted the blocks and fears that have been a hinderance in my plight to career transition into a more meaningful work space...
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Natalie van SchalkwykCreative Client Services Good Human UK
Katya has an amazing way of facilitating that engages even the most challenging of senior executives. Katya's energy level and passion for 'leadership' is evident not only in her encyclopaedic knowledge re: leadership literature...
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Caryn Angelson Esq.Chief Legal Officer & Chief HR Officer Tokio Marine North America Services, LLC USA
I met Katya through the RFU in a 2018 CPD training with England Rugby regarding developing relationships, leadership styles and managing people. From that day on, we’ve Skyped once a month, finding...
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Ryan DavisPerformance Coach, Bath Rugby UK