Shape Talent Newsletter – January Edition
Happy New Year – and welcome to the first Shape Talent newsletter of 2026.
If 2025 was a year of uncertainty, 2026 is shaping up to be a year where strategic clarity matters more than ever. For HR and Talent leaders, this means sharpening focus on the tools and approaches that truly shift the dial, including targeted talent acceleration programmes and coaching that delivers impact.
This month, we’re talking about coaching with intent: how to unlock its full value, where it makes the biggest difference, and why group coaching continues to build capability, inclusion and impact at scale.
What’s inside this month
🔹 New blog: Why Most Organisations Aren’t Getting Full Value from Coaching
🔹 LinkedIn Live: Why Group Coaching Matters
🔹 Register your interest in our Coaching Strategy Lab
🔹 Group Coaching research paper – revisit
🔹 Meet the Team: Shalini Sequeira, Coach
🔹 Looking ahead: STEM, AI & the future of leadership
New blog: Why most organisations aren’t getting full value from coaching – and what to do about it
Prof. Rebecca Jones explores why coaching often fails to reach its full potential – and how to build the culture, strategy and systems that make it work.
LinkedIn Live – Why Group Coaching Matters
Join us on Wednesday 28th January at 10am GMT for a conversation on how group coaching strengthens leadership, builds inclusion, and delivers real-world impact. With guest speaker Sezin Doliva-Silav (Henkel) and insights from Prof. Rebecca Jones, it’s sure to be a strategic and informative discussion.
Coaching Strategy Lab
Want to make coaching more impactful in 2026? Register your interest in our next, complimentary, virtual lab (Date TBC).
Recommended by LinkedIn
The first session in February has already filled, so secure your place in the next session that will give HR, Talent and L&D leaders a clear picture of where your current approach is strong, where it’s stuck, and what to prioritise next.
Revisit our Group Coaching white paper
Explore the research and real-world insights in one of our most popular resources: The Power of Group Coaching for Women
Meet the Team: Shalini Sequeira, Coach
This month, we hear from Shape Talent coach Shalini Sequeira, who shares why coaching for transition matters, the importance of tackling systemic barriers – and her invitation to every leader:
"Make time to step back. Even just 10 minutes of reflection each week can shift everything – not just at work, but in life."
Looking ahead: STEM, AI & the future of leadership
In February, we’ll turn our focus to leadership development in STEM.
On 26 February, join our next LinkedIn Live on AI’s impact on leadership development – the capabilities needed now, and how to build them.
👉 Save the date now, and sign up to our mailing list to receive full details
Final word
Whether you’re doubling down on your 2026 strategy or still emerging from the holiday haze, we’re here to help you move from intention to impact.
Let’s make this a year of clarity, connection, and meaningful change.