Chirp is an award-winning leadership development agency that helps you to be more curious, courageous and human at work. Our dynamic approach has helped clients in sectors from global pharmaceuticals to tech, global shipping, government and charities.

We work with bold individuals, ambitious teams and organisations keen to embed practical, future-fit learning. From thought partnership to executive coaching, and from learning strategy to its design and delivery, we bring radical curiosity, fresh perspectives and extensive experience to every conversation.

Whether you want to build a leadership movement, take more strategic risks or find out what will really make the difference, our work enables you to get curious, think clearly and thrive.

“Your insights continue to be one of the most important parts of this journey. Thank you for all you do.”
Global Leadership Director, healthcare sector

Designed for you

What we do and how we do it is entirely tailored to you – because one size really doesn’t fit all. So we get curious about who you are, what you want and need, and why. We ask lots of questions, and might challenge you, too. So that together we create a solution that meets your needs and helps you get to where you want to be. (Wherever that might be, and however it might change along the way.)

Our programmes range from fully face-to-face to fully virtual, and from 1:1 to organisation-wide – with every blend in between. Whatever we do, our fun, practical and inclusive style ensures valuable learning for all. You can see what our clients say about us here.

The (short) story behind our name

We think learning not only can, but should, be joyful. By which we don’t mean comfortable. Or easy. Or without risk. The stickiest learning is often the opposite. And getting curious about discomfort and uncertainty is core to our approach.

But should it be enlivening? Yes.

Curiosity-firing? Yes.

Wildly exciting as you discover unimagined potential? ABSOLUTELY.

Or as we’d put it: chirpy.

To be honest, in the early days we weren’t sure about our name. But since we bang on about owning who you are, we thought we’d best do it too. Also, more prosaically, Chirp just stuck. And now we’re glad it did.

Our team

We’re run by our Founder, Kamala Katbamna, who sometimes brings in other brilliant people, too. Our collaborators include specialists across leadership, innovation, communication, meetings culture, change management, creativity and organisational development. This broad spectrum of expertise enables us to deliver bespoke solutions that meet your needs precisely. And, while they’re diverse in expertise, approach and background, our colleagues are universally smart, experienced and thoroughly delightful. (Naturally. It’s why we work with them.)

Our founder

Chirp is run by our Founder, Kamala Katbamna. Kamala is an executive coach, leadership educator and thought partner who works with leaders, teams and organisations across the world. They describe her as incisive, energising and fun. She describes herself as professionally nosy.

Chirp was born of a frustration with crap leadership. And equally crap leadership advice. And its assumption a Mythical Typical leader. And the massive gap that wedged between expectation and reality. And, finally, Kamala’s determination to stop the madness that was creating knackered, baffled leaders of even the most brilliant people.

So now Kamala helps leaders, teams and organisations get radically curious about who they are, how they lead and who they might become. So they can lead with fewer untested assumptions and more brainspace for what really matters. And get clearer and more courageous in how they show up across their lives.

Before founding Chirp, Kamala got professionally nosy in telly, making films for broadcasters like the BBC, Channel 4, Discovery and Sky. She also worked as an artist, with commissions including work for Arts Council England, Two Degrees Festival and Spacemakers.

Want to know more about that twisty, turny path from telly to artist to leadership development? (It was long, if surprisingly coherent.) Or why she thinks a lot of official leadership advice is (whisper it) not very helpful? And what to do about it? Or why her work is award-winning? Or whether she can help you? Or… something else? Drop her a line and book in for a 25-minute discovery chat.