CIPD MANIFESTO FOR WORK URGES FOCUS ON SKILLS

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The CIPD has called on the UK government to support investment in skills for all, particularly future-relevant skills and lifelong learning. In its Manifesto for Work, launched in May, the CIPD called on the government to support investment in skills, lifelong learning and improvements in employee wellbeing and engagement by reforming the apprenticeship levy as a broader training levy, and encouraging much greater support for and focus on lifelong learning. The CIPD also called on the government to rebuild trust between all stakeholders through better governance and remove the focus from short-term profit; promote inclusive practice that allows better access […]

GSK COACHING INITIATIVE BOOSTS FEMALE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

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Coaching has helped GSK address the issue of gender imbalance at middle and senior leadership levels, supporting females to become more self-aware and self-confident, among others. The Accelerating Difference (AD) initiative combined individual and group coaching, sponsorship and dialogues. It was put in place after an internal review showed the percentage of women was diminishing at increasing leadership levels. A study by GSK’s Sally Bonneywell analysed multiple perspectives from female leaders being coached, the coaches and members of the steering team of the AD initiative. According to Bonneywell, the overall finding was that the coaching “supported the development of female […]

FIRST PERSON: NATIONAL GRID CASE STUDY

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Coaching is boosting performance and employee engagement at National Grid. Craig Rollason reports My first awareness of coaching was some 20 years ago, when my employer at that time introduced “coaching for excellence”, a two-day course based on the GROW model run by internally trained coaches. I really liked the concept – introducing a different type of conversation to normal struck a chord with me. At that time, coaching didn’t gain traction and despite the investment, it didn’t hold. On reflection, neither the organisation nor I was ready for it. As part of the course, I received a handy small […]

COMPASSION, AWE AND GRATITUDE: REFLECTIONS FROM TWO U.S. CONFERENCES

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Coach and doctor Linda Miller reports from the annual Institute of Coaching (IOC) conference on Coaching in Leadership and Healthcare (Harvard Medical School, McLean Hospital and Institute of Coaching), 16-17 September, 2016, and the International Conference on Physician Health (ICPH), (American Medical Association, Canadian Medical Association and British Medical Association) on 18-20 September, 2016 Compassion, awe and gratitude. How often do we experience these in our working lives? Psychology Professor Jennifer Stellar from Toronto, a plenary speaker at the ICPH conference in Boston on “Increasing Joy in Medicine” described her research in these three areas. Having also researched the benefits […]

RESEARCH MATTERS: LEADERSHIP COACHING

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Overcoming a deficit perception of leader development Dr Elaine Cox and Dr Mike McLaughlin assess if coaching can address the deficit model commonly used for leadership capability in order to provide more holistic development, delivering not only skills, but also bravery Traditional leadership development takes a variety of forms and is supported by a multiplicity of theories, all aimed at enhancing leadership capability (Hanson, 2013). It appears, however, that each of these theories is promoting the idea of doing things differently in relation to leadership initiatives, such as leading change, transformation or inspiring people. At first glance, this makes sense […]