Welcome to the July 2013 issue of the newsletterExciting news on the accreditation front: the professional coaching bodies have produced a document outlining their requirements in areas they have in common such as CPD, and have compiled documents showing some of their differences (See Stop press). And the EMCC is now offering a shortcut to individual accreditation for members who’ve already been assessed on certain criteria by the ICF.Who are goals for? Does contracting make us smaller? To what extent are goals a straitjacket? These were some of the questions posed by David Megginson in his challenging and thought-provoking keynote address at the annual Coaching at Work conference on 2 July. In the July/August issue of the digital/printed magazine, we include an article featuring further thoughts on goals from Megginson, David Clutterbuck and others, see here. At the conference, we launched the first three in our new series of Coaching at Work Master classes: Aboodi Shabi (20 September); Eunice Aquilina (23 October) and Liz Hall (16 December) (See Stop press). As with all our events, subscribers will be entitled to discounts.
Left to right: Neil Scotton, Liz Hall and Alister Scott, photo by Stephen Palmer. Also at the conference, we announced the winners of this year’s Coaching at Work Awards: Neil Scotton, Alister Scott and Katherine Long We broke with tradition, choosing this time instead of honouring Coaching and Mentoring People of the Year, to acknowledge the best articles. Neil and Alister won an award in the Best Thought Leadership Article/s category while Katherine picked up the Best Practical Article award.
Left to right: Katherine Long and Liz Hall, photo by Stephen Palmer. The runners-up were Tatiana Bachkirova (Thought Leadership) and Graham Lee (Practical). The following contributors were commended for their articles: Bob Garvey, Abood Shabi, Barbara Moyes, Janet Evans, Eunice Aquilina and Hetty Einzig, see Press release.
Left to right; Eunice Aquilina and Liz Hall, photo by Stephen Palmer
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Highlights of the July/August magazineProfile: Peter Burditt Peter Burditt, founder of Strategic Development Consultants, is proof that there are still big bucks in coaching. Even in the current climate, he is highly sought-after. Read full article here. The New Normal Neela Bettridge’s and Philip Whiteley’s new book argues that the principles of coaching are incompatible with the conventional business model. Read ful article here. Three Minutes to Midnight: How would you like to be remembered? In Neil Scotton’s and Alister Scott’s last column they reported how all the major coaching bodies now have statements like: “In service of humanity flourishing…”, “make a sustainable difference to individuals, organisations and, in turn, society” and “for the benefit of society” in their core strategies. A question that quickly comes up when we discuss this with coaches is: “Is it legitimate to raise these big picture issues?” Read full article here. |
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Lion’s shareTeam coaching is on the rise as organisations start to see the benefits of improved group performance and emotional intelligence. Yet demand for training is still coming from the coaches themselves, says Julie Griffiths in our special report. Read full article here. |
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Body and soulEthical beauty products retailer The Body Shop has launched a mentoring programme that is proving as radical and innovative as the retailer’s founder, Dame Anita Roddick, both for mentors and the mentees. Read full article here. |
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Ready, set, goalIn this two-part report, we take a look at research on coaches working with assigned goals, and hear from thought leaders David Clutterbuck and David Megginson on goal setting. Read full article here. |
Stop PressAccreditation Forum breakthroughThe Coaching at Work-led Accreditation Forum, which has been meeting regularly for about 18 months, made a huge leap forward on 4 July in its bid to help coaching sponsors/buyers be clearer about what the different bodies offer and look for when accrediting coaches. After a number of discussions between themselves and with coaching sponsors within the Forum, four of the bodies (AC, APECS, EMCC and ICF) have jointly produced a document outlining some of the key areas of commonality such as CPD requirements for different accreditation levels. The bodies have also supplied documents outlining some of the differences, which Coaching at Work is compiling into an article. Both will be shared through Coaching at Work’s magazine and website (within the Accreditation Hub). The Forum’s members include KPMG, GlaxoSmithkline, John Lewis and Asda. Other items on the agenda include team coaching. Coaching at Work launches series of MasterclassesCoaching at Work has announced a series of Masterclasses to be held at the British Psychological Society London Offices. The first three are: Aboodi Shabi on The Art of Masterful Coaching – coaching beyond techniques on 20 September. Read more and book here. Dr Eunice Aquilina on Increasing your coaching effectiveness through the power of your presence on 23 October. Read more and book here. Liz Hall on Mindfulness & Coaching on 16 December. Read more and book here. You can also book by contacting Margaret Bradley by email (admin@coaching-at-work.com) or calling on 0845 6808185. See also www.coaching-at-work.com/masterclasses. Invitation to take part in Inspiring Leadership researchLeader clients and businesses have been invited to complete for free the Inspiring Leadership Inventory (IL-i), a model developed by Lee Travers, Clareo Potential and Professor Jonathan Perks MBE in consultation with Dr Reuven Bar-On (Bar-On EQ-i) to help leaders tackle the challenges of global leadership in a complex, changing environment. After completing a brief survey to support the beta-testing of a diagnostic tool to help measure the model, participants will receive their own summary report https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/IL-i For more information, contact lee@clareopotential.com Opportunity for coaching practice with MBA studentsDr Daniel Doherty, programme leader of the MBA at MIddlesex University Business School in London, is inviting coaches interested in building coaching hours or practicing business coaching to get in touch. Within the MBA, an international programme that attracts business talent from all corners of the globe, executives learn about coaching in addition to having some opportunity for practice. Although the Business School can’t resource coaching internally, its students wish to experience being coached by an external coach, both for its own sake but also to learn though being client-side. Those interested are invited to register their interest with Dr Doherty and explore what might work. If appropriate, they would then contract with Dr Doherty and the student for at least four sessions over six months period, extendable should both parties wish to do so. “At this stage the student might wish to self-finance. There is no doubt that many of them have the means and part of the attraction of the work would be that most are in deep personal transition of the best sort, choosing wise options for next steps in shaping the rest of their lives,” said Dr Doherty, who is a fully qualified coach at Master level with a great deal of experience and as such may be able to offer some informal supervision. D.Doherty@Mdx.ac.uk News OnlineCoaching at Work Best Articles of the Year AwardsSee press release here. EMCC offers shortcut to members with ICF credentialsThe European Mentoring & Coaching Council (EMCC) is now offering a shortcut to its individual accreditation award for EMCC members who have already been assessed by the International Coach Federation (ICF) on certain criteria. See here for more details. |
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Diary dates2013 10 September: London Association for Coaching UK annual conference: resilience. www.associationforcoaching.com 20 September: London Coaching at Work Masterclass with Aboodi Shabi. Book here.
23-27 September: London
5-day Certificate in Coaching (Middlesex University Accredited, Level 5, 15 Credits). Course Recognised by the Association for Coaching, Centre for Coaching, International Academy for Professional Development. 23 October: London Coaching at Work Masterclass with Eunice Aquilina. Book here.
16-17 November: Gloucestershire EuroCoach ECL13 conference. http://www.eclconference.com 21-23 November: Athens EMCC 20th Annual Mentoring and Coaching Conference 16 December: London Coaching at Work masterclass, Mindfulness & Coaching, with Liz Hall. Book here. |
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The Centre for Coaching, London, UKThe 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 June and July, 2013. Promotion Code: CAW July 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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