The ICF Coaching Circle Southampton met for the first time on 15/5/17 to mark International Coaching Week, and we developed the terms of reference below. If this sounds like the kind of learning and networking opportunity that you are looking for, please join the group: on Monday 26th June at 6pm-7.30pm at the Sir John Barleycorn
For HR/L&D
Coaching: Return on Humanity part 2
A few weeks ago, I argued that coaching needs to be measured by its Return on Humanity, not just its Return on Investment. I’ve taken a look at the research that proves that coaching really does have a return on humanity. Return on Humanity: Goal-striving, Wellbeing and Hope By that I mean that it makes
Join The Southampton International Coach Federation Circle And Celebrate International Coaching Week
If you live or work in or near Southampton and are a coach, this message is for you: You are invited to the first meeting of the Southampton International Coach Federation Circle, to be held during International Coaching Week, on 15th May from 6-7.30pm at The Sir John Barleycorn on Southampton Road, Cadnam, SO40 2NP. At this
New Date: Lock-in for International Coach Federation Accreditation
Find the “loving kick” to accrue your Mentor Coaching hours and complete your paperwork You’ve decided to externally validate your coaching with the International Coach Federation (ICF), but finding the time – and the motivation – has been tough, given your workload. You are ready to spend some good quality time on it, and you
Supervision for internal coaches
It’s vital that coaches stay sharp and stay safe through supervision, for their own and their clients’ wellbeing. When I reflect on my time as an internal coach, and the kinds of things I took to supervision, they focused mostly on boundary management. Supervision questions For example, how did I start and maintain an adult to adult relationship with
Mastermind Groups develop high-performing leaders for business growth
Mastermind Groups develop high-performing leaders to create lasting value for your business As executives get more and more senior, they seem to have fewer places to talk about the problems they are facing. Talking to their peers can feel threatening due to the performance competition between them. Talking to their people may feel like admitting
Coaching – Return on Humanity?
I’m pondering the Return on Humanity that coaching has. When I left Accenture, one of my colleagues described me as the voice of humanity. I think that was because I banged on about people creating profits, so if an organisation starts by creating a great employee experience for those people, then the profits will fall into
Why coaching supervision? Use your full palette of colours
Why coaching supervision? I recently recorded a 5 minute video for coaches who are not yet convinced that supervision will bring them value. If this is you, take a look. I’d welcome your thoughts. You can also read more in this article for Coaching at Work: Stay Sharp, Stay Safe Get in touch if this
The importance of place
Today’s post is by my very perceptive colleague William Buist. Our conversations occur in many interesting place, that enable us to do our best thinking together. William writes: I’ve run Mastermind groups for many years and they are enormously powerful gatherings that lead people to both expose elements of their business, and themselves, to scrutiny in ways that
Supervision for HR/L&D/OD consultants and interims
Are you an HR, L&D, OD consultant or interim? Do you ever feel the need to talk through an issue with someone you can trust, who has worked in your world, but who isn’t in your world? Perhaps you’ve come across something that is more challenging than normal, but you can’t tell your client that you don’t
Creating a coaching culture using Social Movement Theory
Can you create a coaching culture from the middle of an organisation? That was the question posed to me a few weeks ago by a Senior Manager in a University, who didn’t have the authority to do so, according to her role description, but absolutely had the passion. I suspect this happens more often than
Assessments change the power dynamic in coaching
I’m sometimes asked what assessments I am qualified to use as a coach. My answer is that I rarely use assessments in a coaching relationship. Not that I don’t think they are useful. They can be a great window into self-awareness, when debriefed well. But if I were to start a coaching assignment by debriefing
Action Learning Case Studies
Now you’ve read about action learning as individualised leadership development and seen what action learning looks like in practice, let’s explore some case studies of how people have used the opportunity to step up as a leader. Bear in mind that these have been anonymised for confidentiality as specific details cannot be shared. These are representative of hundreds
Action Learning in Action
Action Learning achieves multiple outcomes – people get a chance to think about and move forward with their own issue; they learn from other people’s issues that are often similar to those they are facing themselves; they learn how to coach others; and they build a trusted network across department or organisational boundaries. It’s individualised development that meets
Where’s the Human-Centred Outplacement Coaching?
I’ve had several conversations over the past months about the effectiveness of outplacement support. It seems that organisations are paying for something rather transactional, rather than using the opportunity for transformation of their outgoing employees. This feels very process-driven, rather than being human-centred outplacement coaching. My own experience of human-centred outplacement coaching It all started with
Coaching in the eye of the storm
Sending you a link today of a post I wrote in the very talented and grounded William Buist’s blog, all about coaching when you most need it – when you don’t have the time: Coaching in the Eye of the Storm (https://xtenclub.com/2016/09/coaching-in-the-eye-of-the-storm/#.V-vcH4WcFjo) I’m off on holiday now for some well earned rest, so toodaloo. See
