Coaching at Work September e-newsletter

Welcome
Here in Spain where I’m writing this, summer is most definitely not over yet. It’s hot, hot, hot, (35 degrees, real feel 36 degrees).  However, there’s still a post-holiday, back-to-school but not-quite-ready-yet feeling. It’s a feeling I know lots of you are also experiencing, given some of the conversations I’ve been having. But slowly, slowly, momentum is building up once more and there are certainly lots of things to look forward to. A number of conferences coming up: ICF global in Malmo this month; EMCC and AC UK conferences in November, and Coaching at Work’s two remaining master classes of the year (21 October- Caroline Talbott on transitions and 13 November- Ilona Bonniwell on positive psychology). And a special Autumn offer on subscriptions to the magazine- see below in Stop Press!

We’re already getting interest in the next annual Coaching at Work conference, which will in London on 1 July 2015. If you have any ideas for what/who you would like to see at the conference or in the master-class line-up for next year, or any topics for articles you’d like to read, email me at liz@coaching-at-work.com

Just in case you missed them last time because you were away on holiday- you can read the winning articles from this year’s Coaching at Work awards below (see Stop press) and you can read the awards report in the September/October issue of the magazine.

Coaching at Work editor, Liz Hall

You have to be a subscriber to access most of the articles on Coaching at Work website. However, you can now view a whole issue here.

Online format

Subscribers to the magazine 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 depending upon the speed of your broadband.

See back issues in this new format.

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
• Accreditation Hub provides useful tables, reports and articles on accreditation. Read more

SPECIAL OFFER

To celebrate a sunny September, we have a new offer on our digital subscription package. If you are UK-based – subscribe by Direct Debit to Coaching at Work Digital today for just £97.76 for a two-year subscription, saving up to 15% on the standard price.

Non-UK based subscribers may take up a one-year subscription offer and pay by credit card instead.

https://coachingatwork.subscribeonline.co.uk/subscriptions/coaching-at-work-digital?offerCode=CADAUTUMN14

Subscribe today for 2 years and receive a 15% discount plus we will add TWO EXTRA WEEKS to your subscription – that\’s 106 weeks instead of 104 (subsequent payments will be every 52 weeks should you continue with your subscription).

Alternatively subscribe for one year and receive a 10% discount plus TWO EXTRA WEEKS to your subscription – that\’s 54 instead of 52 (subsequent payments will be every 52 issues should you continue with your subscription).

This is a limited time offer so don’t delay – sign up today and enjoy all the benefits of a digital subscription to Coaching at Work magazine. One benefit is discounts on events that we run – see Diary dates for master class details.

AC and AOCS form alliance

The Association for Coaching (AC) and the Association of Coaching Supervisors (AOCS) have partnered up, underlining a shared commitment to the importance of coaching supervision and to developing supervision best practice. The associations will offer benefits to each other’s members, particularly where related to coaching supervision. The AC is committed to advancing the professional standards of coaches, and sees supervision playing a key role in this. It requires its accredited coaches to have on-going coaching supervision and offers accreditation to supervisors of coaches to indicate their fitness to practise. AOCS’s mission is to promote the role and value of coaching supervision to the international coaching marketplace, to enable buyers to access qualified and accredited supervisors easily, and to support the on-going CPD of its members.

Coaching at Work award winning articles

Read the winning articles in this year’s Coaching at Work awards below:

The winners and those highly commended are:

Best thought leadership article category: “Time of Your Life” – Deborah Price & Tim Taylor

http://www.coaching-at-work.com/time-of-your-life-by-deborah-price-and-tim-taylor/

(Highly commended: “The Wild West of Coaching”, Bob Garvey);

Best practical article category: Ethical Dilemmas series Erik De Haan and Michael Carroll

Read one of the articles here;

http://www.coaching-at-work.com/moral-lessons-by-erik-de-haan-and-michael-carroll/

(Highly commended: “Notes to self” Jackee Holder);

Best research article category: “More than a feeling”: Peter Duffell & Dr Carmelina Lawton-Smith

http://www.coaching-at-work.com/more-than-a-feeling-by-peter-duffell-and-carmelina-lawton-smith/

(Highly commended: “Show us proof”, Paul Lawrence & Ann Whyte);

Best case study category: “Exchange students” (Open Book) Marcus Morgan and Michele Grant
http://www.coaching-at-work.com/exchange-students-by-marcus-morgan/

(Highly commended: Asda- Maria Salkeld & Nicki Seignot), and in the

Lifetime achievement for contribution to mentoring category, Bob Garvey.

Great expectations

Millennials are be the most ambitious generation- they seeking more than money from their jobs, place more importance on career development, mentoring, and workplace benefits, suggests research by Jobsite.

http://www.coaching-at-work.com/2014/09/13/millennials-have-great-expectations/

More highlights of the September/October magazine

Fear factor

Team coaching is “not for the faint-hearted”, says Declan Woods in the first of this three-part Team Coaching Special Report. Anxiety stifles effectiveness and can start in the team itself or even the team’s coach. Part 1: How do we turn an anxious moment into a positive performance?

http://www.coaching-at-work.com/2014/08/14/fear-factor/

Bitter sweet

Team Coaching Special Report Part 2: Jenny Campbell shares lessons learnt during a team coaching assignment that she came to regard as a ‘poisoned chalice’

http://www.coaching-at-work.com/2014/08/14/bitter-sweet/

The extra mile

Team Coaching Special Report Part 3: Linda Feerick and Liz Gooster explain how tough, physical activity can help teams shift their performance to a higher level – and why it all starts with trust and vulnerability

http://www.coaching-at-work.com/2014/08/14/the-extra-mile/

Power move: viewpoint

Can coaching in leadership really work? Yes, with trust, says Tom Kenwood

http://www.coaching-at-work.com/2014/06/20/viewpoint-3/

Don’t hide behind: ‘the client wanted it’: Three minutes to midnight

The latest by Neil Scotton and Alister Scott in a series of columns on our role in tackling the complicated economic, environmental and social challenges we all face

http://www.coaching-at-work.com/2014/08/14/dont-hide-behind-the-client-wanted-it/

2014

15-19 September: London

5-day Middlesex University Accredited Certificate in Coaching (Level 5, 15 Credits) A Cognitive Behavioural coaching programme.

16th October: Camberley, Surrey (UK)

Institute of Leadership & Management Coaching Conference https://www.i-l-m.com/Community/Events

21 October: London 

Coaching at Work masterclass with Caroline Talbott on coaching through transition.

27-31 October: London

5-day Middlesex University Accredited Certificate in Coaching (Level 5, 15 Credits) A Cognitive Behavioural coaching programme http://www.centreforcoaching.com/#!cert-in-coaching/cgyt

13 November: London 

Coaching at Work masterclass with positive psychology expert Dr Ilona Boniwell on coaching for Positive Leadership.

13-15 November: Melbourne, Australia 

4th International Congress of Coaching Psychology, Melbourne, hosted by the APS Interest Group in Coaching Psychology, Australia.

15 November: Warwick, UK

International Symposium for Coaching and Positive Psychology in Education 2014: Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning, University of Warwick: Coventry, UK.

19th November: Manchester

AC UK conference

27th November: London

Mindful Coaching with Liz Hall (email Liz at mindfulcoaches@gmail.com)

11-12 December: London, UK

4th International Congress of Coaching Psychology, London, hosted by the BPS Special Group in Coaching Psychology. www.sgcp.eu