Welcome to the September 2012 issue of the newsletter

Welcome to the September 2012 issue of the newsletter

I remember talking to a head of coaching at a major retailer in the UK a while back (before the economic crisis) who didn’t believe in spending lots of money on evaluating coaching. He said he could see that it worked and that that was good enough for him. Whether it was good enough for the company’s finance director, I don’t know, and certainly it’s hard to imagine this coaching champion continuing to get away with not evaluating coaching in the current climate. We are certainly very preoccupied with return on investment (and on expectations) in coaching in the UK and I tend to assume this is the case everywhere. Apparently not. During a panel discussion on the meaningful role coaching has in their companies (at a coaching research conference for German-speaking people in Switzerland), panellists from major companies including Daimler and Credit Suisse, expressed no need for evaluation to identify whether coaching had been successful. And when it came to selecting external coaches, membership of professional associations wasn’t a factor (conference report in the latest issue http://www.coaching-at-work.com/2012/08/31/news-there’s-no-need-for-evaluation-of-coaching/).
We’re looking forward to the International Coach Federation’s conference next month (3-6 October)- it will be the first time the ICF’s global conference has been held in London. Come and visit Coaching at Work at our stand (we have sweets!). We’ll also be at the European Mentoring & Coaching Council’s annual conference in Bilbao on 15-17 November. And don’t forget the date for our next coaching conference: 2 July 2013, in London. Our last two conferences sold out so do book in time- we will let you know details as soon as we can.
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Liz Hall,

Editor, Coaching at Work, Winner of the Association for Coaching Award for Impacting (Leadership/External Focus) Service to the Wider Community for 2010–11

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New online format

Subscribers to the magazine can now read it, and earlier content in a Calameo format, allowing you to “flick through” the magazine online. Do be patient when you’re downloading the magazine- it can take up to 20 seconds or so.

See back issues in this new format: http://www.coaching-at-work.com/2012/01/20/back-issues-2/

There is also some freely available content on the website, including the following:

• Be well and prosper
• The measure of you The number of organisations using coaching is steadily rising, yet its true value is still not being assessed. The Chartered Institute of Personnel Development’s John McGurk shares his practitioner guide to real-world coaching evaluation. Read more
• Poor Practice 2010 part 1
• Poor Practice 2010 part 2
• Coaching buyers want ´chemistry´ Interim results from the Ridler report 2011 Read more
• The jewel in the crown – in-store coaching delivers ROI Read more
• I wish I’d… Nottingham Business School’s Elaine Robinson and her supervisor Erik de Haan share insights from one of their supervision sessions. Read more
• Train to Gain Coaching at Work examines the overall trends in coach education and development. What’s on offer and where can you go to get it in a growing but often confusing market? This report includes a table of what some of the main providers offer. Read more
• More Process, Less Insight? We’re seeing smarter practices in executive coach selection, but also evidence of commoditisation and excessive process, according to a report by Carol Braddick. Read more

More Highlights of the September issue of the magazine

Let’s get human
Twenty years ago Karen Kimsey-House was looking for a way to help people that “felt whole.” Today she is recognised as a pioneer of professional coaching and the developer of the Co-Active Coaching model. Read more.

The eyes have it
Is there any evidence in neuroscience that NLP works? Read more.

The gift of giving
How do you reward high performing staff when bonuses are not an option? Music charity Youth Music and coaching and organisational development group Cocomotion, found a way. Read more.

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Power up

Retreat coaching is beginning to gain ground as a way of helping clients recharge and re-evaluate their health, values and beliefs. Read more.

Down to Rio

Business coaching in Brazil as been growing significantly in the past few years, with a major escalation in the number of coaches, coaching companies and training providers. Read more.

The big picture

We need to go beyond traditional coaching to engage with the larger systemic issues of our time – so we can become interconnected. Read more.

Stop Press

Mentoring helps promote diversity

‘Indirect methods’ such as mentoring and raising aspirations are the best way to increase diversity at the top of organisations, according to 72% of respondents to a mini poll by the UK’s Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Just 14% feel that direct methods, such as quotas, would be beneficial.
See also: part 3 of our Disability Special Report, “Mentoring diversity” by David Clutterbuck http://www.coaching-at-work.com/disability-special-report/

New 360 degree feedback tool

Talent Innovations has launched the Interactive 360° Workbook, an online coaching tool to help individuals understand their feedback data and create an action plan for development.

We need a new generation of ethical, self-aware leaders, according to research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Falling levels of trust as a result of the financial crisis, diminishing respect for political figures and controversy over the high levels of City bonuses have all influenced how we view leaders and what we expect of them, said the Perspectives on Leadership in 2012 report. It says the days of what it calls “sheep-dip” management training are over, if a new set of evolved leadership qualities is to emerge. It identified three emerging strands of leadership theory that will become increasingly important as new leaders are trained and developed: relational leadership (how the leader works with direct reports and the wider team); values-based leadership (their sense of self and how ethically they operate); and contextual leadership (the environment and the system in which they operate).

Days of “sheep-dip” training for leaders are over

We need a new generation of ethical, self-aware leaders, according to research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Falling levels of trust as a result of the financial crisis, diminishing respect for political figures and controversy over the high levels of City bonuses have all influenced how we view leaders and what we expect of them, said the Perspectives on Leadership in 2012 report. It says the days of what it calls “sheep-dip” management training are over, if a new set of evolved leadership qualities is to emerge. It identified three emerging strands of leadership theory that will become increasingly important as new leaders are trained and developed: relational leadership (how the leader works with direct reports and the wider team); values-based leadership (their sense of self and how ethically they operate); and contextual leadership (the environment and the system in which they operate).

News Online

Coaching and mentoring on the up in Asia

Coaching and mentoring are gaining prominence as ways to raise skills in Asia, according to a report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management. See here.

Diary dates

October

3-6 October: London

International Coach Federation global conference www.coachfederation.org

23-24 October: London

2-day Primary Certificate in Health Coaching, Counselling and Training. Centre for Coaching www.iafpd.com/centreforcoaching.htm

November

5 November: Birmingham

West Midlands Coaching Pool and AQR’s West Midlands Coaching Conference: Coaching for Resilience – Strengthen your organisation from within

9 November: London

Academy of Executive Coaching conference (and Burditt Lectures) www.aoec.com

12-16 November: London

5-day Certificate in Coaching (University Accredited, Level 5, 15 Credits). Centre for Coaching, International Academy for Professional Development http;//www.centreforcoaching.com/#!cert-in-coaching/cgyt

15-17 November: Spain

European Mentoring & Coaching Council 19th annual conference. www.emccouncil.org

December

6-7 December: Birmingham

BPS SGCP Annual Conference. www.bps.org.uk/SGCP2012

2013

2 July: London

Coaching at Work’s annual conference

The Centre for Coaching, London UK

The Centre for Coaching, International Academy for Professional Development Ltd runs a range of Middlesex University Accredited and Association for Coaching recognised modular coaching courses at Levels 5, 6 & 7. The 5-day Certificate in Coaching (Level 5, 15 Credits) is an introductory Cognitive Behavioural coaching programme. Other courses include the 5-day Certificate in Psychological Coaching (Level 6, 15 Credits), the modular 6-day Certificate in Stress Management and Performance Coaching (Level 5, 30 Credits) and the Certificate in Coaching Psychology (Level 7, 20 Credits). The Diploma courses are at graduate and postgraduate levels.

Special 15% discount offer extended to Coaching at Work magazine subscribers who enrol for our courses during August 2012. Call Dawn Cope for further details: Tel: +44 (0) 208 318 4448 or Peter Ruddell: 0845 680 20 65

Click here for: Course dates; Course Brochure. Email: Dawn Cope

Courses can also be run in-house for organisations. Tel: +44 (0) 208 318 4448 or 0845 680 20 65