UEL launches coaching/counselling PGC

The University of East London (UEL) is launching what it believes to be the first postgraduate programme in the world to integrate counselling and coaching. Dr Nash Popovic, senior lecturer at UEL, said the university was launching this programme to meet “considerable...

News: conference round-up

Association for Coaching (AC) Ireland International conference, 25-26 April, belfast Coaching empowers at Irish electricity board The Electricity Supply Board (ESB)’s coaching strategy is “unashamedly about business performance”, said David O’Brien. “If you’re not...

Rising Minds

Rising Minds reaches out to people in crisis Two coaches have set up a social enterprise offering commercial quality coaching and mindfulness training to people held back by difficult circumstances or past experiences. Rising Minds was formed by Michele Grant and Tim...

The new normal

Neela Bettridge and Philip Whiteley A new book argues that the principles of coaching are incompatible with the conventional business model In coaching, the focus is on personal preparation and personal qualities, and it is tacitly assumed that this agenda is...