Punum Telford

About Punum

Punum is known for being high energy with a verve for human growth and potential. She leverages her commercial acumen gained from senior roles in corporate life as technology lawyer as well as her skills as a leadership and behavioural coach specialising in Emotional Intelligence.

She’s fascinated by what lies beneath the surface and understanding the lived reality of workplace performance and culture. She quickly uncovers the subtext and the patterns in how people think, communicate and interact all of which contribute to and shape performance and workplace culture.

Expertise

Punum specialises in Emotional Intelligence, leadership development and team performance. She’s particularly skilled at creating the kind of honest, thought provoking and psychologically safe conversations that lead to impactful and lasting change — helping leaders build self-awareness, teams create cohesion, and organisations develop high performance cultures where people genuinely thrive.

She is also a certified therapist, supporting individuals with anxiety, stress, burnout and imposter feelings — helping people build the mental foundations for sustained high performance.

PlanetK2 Role

Punum’s background is genuinely distinctive. Twenty years as a technology lawyer — including as Head of Legal Services at Dell — gave her an insider’s understanding of the pressures leaders face and how human dynamics play out in demanding commercial environments. That experience, combined with deep expertise in EI and behavioural coaching, means she connects the dots between people and performance in a way that feels both insightful and practical.

Other Stuff

Food, dance, yoga, pilates, hiking, being in nature and laughter are a few of the things that make Punum’s life meaningful and fulfilling. She’s based in the UK.