I set up Earth Converse as a leadership collaborative to reflect how I co-create with clients and partner with similarly aligned agencies. And see it as small enough to offer depth, presence and close attention and flexible enough to expand when needed.
As founder, I lead all engagements personally. When you make the call, I am the one answering. Where appropriate, I collaborate with highly experienced coaches and facilitators drawn from an international network developed through years of partnership with organisations such as Common Purpose, Lane4 (now part of EY), Impact International, Original Intelligence and business networks including The Argonauts.
Earth Converse approach
Engaging with Earth Converse brings together aliveness and practicality.
The work integrates strategy, leadership development, coaching, mindfulness and nature-based practice to support whole-person leadership – leadership that is:
inwardly grounded
relationally skilled
outwardly in service of life
This is not leadership development as a one-off intervention. It is developmental work designed to meet leaders where they are – and support their next leap.
What I bring to every engagement
Across all contexts – whether coaching executives one-to-one, facilitating strategic dialogue at the United Nations, or leading retreats in nature – my role is consistent: to create the conditions in which insight, courage and wise action can emerge.
Clients often name the following qualities as distinctive in the work:
Grounded wisdom and calm authority
Deep listening and relational presence
Experiential and engaging
Structure and flexibility
Systems thinking and strategic perspective
The capacity to hold space for conversations that truly matter
How we will work together
Every client is unique and yet our work together will be typically centred around three pillars:
- Co-creative conversations to get clarity on your needs and where Earth Converse can support
- Bespoke design and delivery
- Agreed ways of working and ongoing regular alignment
The three engagement pathways we guide leaders are:
One-to-one executive coaching: supporting leaders to strengthen inner authority, clarity and resilience – particularly in moments of pressure, transition or complexity.
A typical engagement would extend 3 – 6 months.
Team offsites and retreats: working with teams to build trust, strengthen relationships, improve communication and create the conditions for wise performance and learning.
A typical engagement would include design, preparation, retreat delivery (2-4 days) and integration. Depending on your needs, it may include 1:1 discovery calls with each team member and evaluation.
Individualised regenerative leadership programmes: supporting senior leaders, founders and change-makers to lead with greater systemic awareness, coherence and impact.
These intensive and extensive programmes can extend up and beyond 12 months, co-created with you.
Begin the Conversation
If you or your organisation are at a threshold – sensing that what has worked until now is no longer sufficient – I would welcome a conversation.
Together we can explore:
What you are navigating right now
What kind of leadership is being called for
Whether Earth Converse is the right partner for your next step
“Penelope has a wonderful personality, which is the first and foremost quality I truly value. She brings a very nuanced approach to coaching, especially when looking ahead. Her style is clearly different and unique―thoughtful and grounded―distinct from coaches who are often extremely progressive or extravagant”.
Programme Specialist, UNESCO
“What the journey of working with Penny has brought me mostly is clarity, tools & a wider vision. Clarity on who I really am as a person in the first place, and who I could be as a coach. She offers useful & very practical tools not only to lean onto as a coach, but also in day-to-day life. Thanks to Penny my vision really expanded, so that I see so much more possibilities in how I could help others, what that could mean in my work and in life”.
Sofie Knapen, Founder, Adventures Alchemy
