The First Degree

Students have started graduating from what is thought to be the world’s first taught doctorate programme specific to coaching and mentoring. Liz Hall looks at Oxford Brookes’ new offer In 2004, Grant and Zackon1 identified that most coaches are graduates and that many...

Profile – Peninah Thomson

KNOW YOUR PLACE When it comes to board-level female talent, there are “far too many lights under bushels”, says Peninah Thomson, and she is determined to find them. Liz Hall speaks to co-founder of the FTSE 100 Cross-Company Mentoring Programme Over the past nine...

Tributes to the late Alma Neville

Well-loved coach Alma Neville died on 15 October 2011 aged just 52 after losing a bravely-fought battle against a brain tumour. Below, two of her friends and work colleagues pay tribute to her: Marianne Craig, co-founder, Mirus Coaching for Social Change, writes: My...