Further Education and Training (FET) in Ireland is an evolving educational sector, available in every community, that offers education, skills, and qualifications to a broad spectrum of the population (SOLAS, 2020). FET coordinators are an important occupational group within the FET sector, occupying a middle management/leadership position with responsibility for the learner experience in their FET centre. This article uses a biographical lens to view the leadership journey of an Irish FET coordinator, 'Sarah' (Ribbins, 2003). It demonstrates that her leadership practice to date has been influenced by her intrinsic motivation, the values that inform her practice and the collaborative approach that is enacted in her leadership practice. The study presented here is part of the pilot design of a more extensive, doctoral study on FET coordinators' daily practice that aims to add to the small empirical research base available on FET leadership in Ireland.