Connect to Reconnect: Part of our 10 Christmas Gifts series Gift Number 7

Gift #7: Julie Starr

Today’s gift highlights someone who has had a meaningful and lasting impact on our coaching learners and our wider CAKE PD community: Julie Starr.

Julie’s approach to coaching is grounded, clear and refreshing. Her content, stories and models feature throughout our CAKE Connect library and she remains one of our most valued contributors to the learning experience.

Explore Julie’s Work

Julie Starr’s YouTube channel - her channel is packed with videos, powerful insights and honest reflections on coaching and mentoring. These videos are some of the most popular on CAKE Connect for a reason - they’re practical, real and immediately useful. Link is here:

https://www.youtube.com/@StarrcoachingCoUk

Julie’s Books (Highly Recommended)

We are proud to give every learner on our ILM Coaching programme a copy of Julie’s bestselling book Brilliant Coaching. It consistently receives glowing feedback and often becomes the book people return to again and again throughout their development journey. Explore her full collection of books here:

https://starrcoaching.co.uk/books/

Julie's writing has played a key role in shaping confident coaches and practitioners within our community.

How to Use This Gift

1. Watch Julie’s videos

Use Julie’s channel to support your learning and professional development.

2. Explore Brilliant Coaching as a team

Purchase Brilliant Coaching and choose a chapter and discuss:

“What would this look like in our real conversations?”

3. Use Julie’s insights to enhance your coaching practice

Reflect on how her ideas align with your own style and where you could stretch or develop your approach.

We’ve got a great guide coming tomorrow, check back then to see what's next from CAKE Connect.