Associate · Leadership & team coaching
Aidan Stoate
Strengths-based executive coach with more than two decades of senior leadership experience across New Zealand, the UK, South-East Asia and North America.
About Aidan
Kia ora, I’m Aidan.
I am an executive leadership coach and organisational development leader with more than two decades of senior leadership experience across New Zealand, the United Kingdom, South-East Asia and North America. As an ICF Certified Organisational Coach and Gallup Certified Global Strengths Coach, I work with leaders and teams across Aotearoa and Australia to develop the self-awareness, confidence and clarity needed to lead with greater impact and create lasting change.
Throughout my career, I have held Chief Executive, General Management and Business Development roles across multiple industries, giving me first-hand experience of the realities of leadership. I understand what it means to lead through ambiguity, build high-performing teams, and balance commercial outcomes with people development. I work with leaders at every stage of their leadership journey, from emerging managers through to senior executives, supporting some of Australasia’s most well-known organisations.
My coaching approach is strengths-based, practical and future-focused. I believe coaching is about helping people build on their existing strengths rather than focusing on what is lacking. I create a safe and honest environment where leaders can challenge unhelpful patterns, explore new perspectives and commit to meaningful action.
My mission is simple: to help leaders become the best version of themselves, strengthen the teams they lead, and create a positive and lasting impact within their organisations and communities.
Part of The Bridge
Supervised and supported by The Bridge.
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What leaders say
Working with Aidan.
“I have worked with Aidan for the best part of a year and can highly recommend him in this capacity. He has helped me to not only see my strengths more clearly, but also challenged me to be honest about the ways I have consciously and unconsciously held myself back. And all delivered with gentle good humour!”
Alexandra, Chief Change Officer“What stood out most was Aidan’s ability to really listen, not just to what I was saying, but to what was underneath it. I’d recommend Aidan without hesitation to any leader looking for a genuine, experienced coaching partner.”
Cham, Operations Manager“Aidan has mastered the ‘Goldilocks’ approach to coaching: gentle, calm, and strengths-based, with just enough challenge to push you out of your comfort zone. Every conversation with him leaves me feeling both heard and encouraged.”
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