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title: Podcast | Coaching as a Leadership Skill
description: Part of the Cranfield Alumni Leadership on-the-go series, Kim Lafferty, VP People Development at GSK shares her extensive experience in the corporate world of leadership.
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# [Podcast | Coaching as a Leadership Skill](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/podcast-coaching-as-a-leadership-skill)

 Written by [Kim Lafferty](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/author/kim-lafferty) | 26/06/2020, 08:45

## Leadership on-the-go podcast series

In this podcast we get to learn from [Kim Lafferty](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-lafferty-565794115/?originalSubdomain=uk)'s extensive experience in the corporate world of leadership. Kim’s leadership role at [GSK](https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/) gives her real insight across a global organisation. She tells some great stories to illustrate her perspective on coaching as a leadership skill. In particular she points out that when we talk about coaching probably the first thing we should do is agree what this actually means. And, perhaps, much more importantly we need to recognise that coaching is a part of leadership not the other way around. If we focus too much on a coaching culture then we will lose the value of other leadership styles. She also identifies her belief that lots of senior managers already have the skill of coaching, the bigger issue is unlocking its use in hugely busy long days. This, she suggests, may be the real trigger for real change.

This interview is taken from the [Cranfield Alumni Leadership on-the-go podcast series](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/alumni/communications/alumni-leadership-on-the-go-podcast).

Duration | 19 mins  

 

 

**About the Expert**

*[Kim Lafferty](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-lafferty-565794115/) is VP People Development at [GlaxoSmithKline](https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/) and currently undertaking a Doctorate of Business Administration at [Cranfield University](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/).* 

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