Welcome to the March 2013 issue of the newsletter

Welcome to the March 2013 issue of the newsletter

The Global Coaching & Mentoring Alliance (GCMA) has agreed that its core purpose is to ‘professionalise’ coaching and mentoring and has laid out core objectives, values and guiding principles for member parties. It’s good to see that one of these guiding principles is to ‘remember it is an alliance of professional bodies, not a body itself.’ If the GCMA is going to make meaningful contributions, it´s going to be important too for it to stick to its other principles, particularly that of considering what’s in the interest of the profession, and being market driven (not just member driven) (read more, see News online). Coaching at Work is still leading the Accreditation Forum in the UK with the professional bodies and various employers including KPMG and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). We had a meeting last month and will soon be reporting on that but one of the messages that continues to come through loud and strong is the importance of listening to what buyers and sponsors want. Navel-gazing is a natural part of evolution but we´ve been like angsty self-interested teenagers for too long now. It’s time to look outwards.

We now have Sally Bonneywell from GSK (who we profile in the May issue of the magazine) joining us at the Coaching at Work conference. The overall theme is: New horizons: for an invigorating future. Other speakers and workshop facilitators include Caroline Curtis from Santander, Maria Salkeld from Asda; KPMG´s Louise Buckle on team coaching; Alison Hodge on creative supervision, Judy Gale from Australia on health coaching, and Debra Jinks on coaching/therapy. Keynotes include Paul Brown on neuroscience; David Megginson on goals and Christian van Nieuwerburgh on “aha moments”. We are now taking bookings for the conference – please check the Coaching at Work website or book directly from here. Subscribers are entitled to a discount on this and all other Coaching at Work events.

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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 March/April magazine

Viewpoint: Bob Garvey

Many coaching bodies create sets of rules around confidentiality. But if ethics are socially defined, and contextually relevant, how can they be right or wrong? Read article here

Three minutes to midnight: making the world a better place

Want to change the world? We’re listening…This is the fourth in a new series of columns from Neil Scotton and Alister Scott on our role in tackling the complicated economic, environmental and social challenges we face. It will be a place to question, offer, share, explore, challenge, dissent, celebrate, reflect, learn and enjoy. Read article here

Toolbox: Coaching at Work road-tests DISC Personality Profiling

Read here.

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The ‘S’ factor

Spirituality has the potential to connect us all, to let us know what it means to be human, but how can we unbundle it from religious traditions? Katherine Long presents the Refraction model, and the dynamic dance at its core that could give us all a glimpse of an elusive Oneness. Read full article here.

Take cover

Is your practice covered by insurance? Chances are, you may never have felt the need. But as the industry becomes more established, legal cases may well arise. Varya Shaw examines the types of cover already available. Read full article here.

TroubleShooter: The path less stressed

A corporate high flier finds herself at a careers crossroads. How can this executive choose a path that maintains a positive career, while balancing work commitments with personal ones? Read full article here.

Stop Press

Leadership methods are the same for men and women, suggests Norway study.

The styles adopted by male and female leaders tend to be the same, suggests research from Kilden Information Centre for Gender Research in Norway, which discovered only marginal differences between the sexes when it comes to methods of leadership. However, writing on the British Psychological Society website, member Julia Pollock expresses wariness about the findings. The climate may be different for leaders in non-Scandinavian countries, in which there may be less support for working parents and there may be more of a long hours culture, she suggests.

News Online

Global Alliance defines working practices

The Global Coaching & Mentoring Alliance (GCMA) has agreed that its core purpose is to ‘professionalise’ coaching and mentoring. At the first meeting in Dublin on 27 February, the GCMA firmed up its purpose, which includes ‘expressing a shared view of the practice of professional coaching.’ It also established core objectives, values and guiding principles for member parties. Read more.

Diary dates

2013

18-22 March: London

5-day Certificate in Coaching (University Accredited, Level 5, 15 Credits). Course Recognised by the Association for Coaching, Centre for Coaching, International Academy for Professional Development

20-22 March: Sydney

ICF Australasia Coaching Conference

16 April: London

Mindful coaching workshop with Liz Hall and Edwina Love-Lawrence. Email Liz Hall for details

18 April: London

Firework Career Coach Training

24-25 April: London

CIPD HRD conference

25-26 April: Belfast

Association for Coaching Ireland: Back to the future conference

29 April-3 May: London

5-day Certificate in Psychological Coaching (Level 6, 15 Credits) and Certificate in Coaching Psychology (Level 7, 20 Credits). Centre for Coaching, International Academy for Professional Development.

7 June: London

Enhancing resilience: A Cognitive-behavioural approach, workshop. Centre for Coaching, International Academy for Professional Development.

2 July: London

Coaching at Work’s annual conference

21-23 November: Athens

EMCC 20th Annual Mentoring and Coaching 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 accredited Diploma courses are at graduate and postgraduate levels.

Special 10% discount offer extended to Coaching at Work magazine subscribers who enrol for our courses during April, 2013. Promotion Code: CAW April 2013.

Call Dawn Cope for further details: Tel: 0845 680 20 75 or International: +44 (0) 208 318 4448 or Peter Ruddell: 0845 680 20 65

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