Who Is It For: Advanced understanding and significant experience (i.e. is a full time coach/mentor)

Session overview 

The remarkable growth of the executive coaching industry has been driven largely by the promise of improved performance at work. In other words, many people seek out coaching as a way of enhancing individual, group, team and organisational performance. This focus on performance characterises the stance of many executive coaches in the field today. Indeed, this attention on the ability of coaches to bring about behavioural change seems to drive the commercial success of business, executive and performance coaching.

While this focus on performance or behavioural change is welcome and appropriate, it is important to note that the early proponents of coaching weren’t advocating performance enhancement or behavioural change at all costs. The wellbeing of coachees is a primary concern from the outset, and this is either implicit or explicit in early definitions of coaching.

Positive psychology is the scientific study of what Whitmore identified as the purpose of coaching: ‘sustainable optimum performance’ (2009: 95) and has much to offer coaches in relation to promoting well-being.

This workshop will explore a tension for coaches that involves managing a strong commitment to performance outcomes while at the same time focusing on building coachees’ well-being. The masterclass will draw on a number of sources such as: behavioural theory, positive psychology (including self-determination theory and PERMA) and strengths-based coaching.

Session Lead

David Love is experienced coach with connections to the West Midlands Coaching Mentoring Pool in its early days. He is a freelance executive coach, working with public service leaders and supervises in-house coaches in the NHS.    David is a Visiting Tutor at Henley Business School, where he tutors on the masters-level Professional Certificate in Coaching programme. He also coaches participants on with the Institute for Local Government Studies (Birmingham University) Total Leadership programme for aspiring chief executives.

With Christian van Nieuwerburgh, David has co-authored “Advanced Coaching Practice – Inspiring Change in Others”.

Who Is It For: Moderate understanding ( i.e. has been on some form of coaching or mentoring training).

Change is an inevitable part of life and over the course of a lifetime, we and our clients will probably experience several significant life transitions.  Some of these will be initiated and planned for and others will be totally unplanned. Life changes can include: house moves, getting married, having children, empty nest syndrome, changes in family set-up, changes in health or wellbeing, changes to finances. Work changes can include: promotion, change of manager or team members, change of company culture, relocation, mergers and acquisitions.

Whether they are positive or negative changes they have an impact on us as they are often significant transformational moments in our lives.

In this workshop, Kim Morgan will draw on psychological models and literature to share some models and techniques which coaches can use to help clients manage the big and small (and inevitable changes) which life throws at us.

Session Lead: 

Kim Morgan is Managing Director of Barefoot Coaching, one of the most successful and fastest growing coaching and coach training businesses in the UK. Kim was one of the UK’s first executive business and personal coaches. Kim pioneered the development of university-accredited coach education in the UK and her lifetime contribution to the industry was recognised when she received Coaching at Work’s award of “Coach of the Year”.

Kim has over 25 years’ experience in the training and development of coaches. Kim holds a Masters in Coaching and Coaching Development and is a Visiting Research Fellow of the University of Chester and lifetime Fellow of the National Council of Psychotherapists. Kim is also a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist.

Who Is It For: Moderate understanding ( i.e. has been on some form of coaching or mentoring training)

As a coach of 30 years, I have always wanted to make a difference, working with people to support them to get to the ‘aha’ moments. However, I noticed, that for some, those magical ‘aha’ moments haven’t always been enough to facilitate lasting change. Somatic coaching has enabled me to work more effectively with those who have discovered new ideas about themselves, even known ‘what to do’ but found themselves unable to actually take action and to do it.

Somatics comes from the Greek work ‘somas’ meaning the body in its wholeness and aliveness. Somatic coaching moves the centre of learning from our beautiful brains, into the body using all of our intelligences; intellectual, emotional and the physical.  Discoveries in neuroscience confirm that the somatic approach is the most direct route to developing the behavioural and interpersonal skills and growth and transformation that our coachees are often looking for. Working through the body using dialogue, mindfulness, noticing and physical practices, we feel first and then move to ground the thinking self into the knowing of the body. For our clients this gives them access to more information and more options and to move away from patterns if they decide that those thoughts, feelings and actions no longer serve them.

Session Lead

Caroline Quaife is an executive coach, organisational and leadership development consultant based in the West Midlands UK. Over the last 30 years she has worked with senior leaders and managers in private, public and non-government organisations.

Her methodology draws on self-embodied learning techniques and somatic work. She works alongside her clients, with compassion and curiosity, to rediscover the felt experience within one’s body and reintegrate this into thoughts and beliefs to realise a full sense of connection and energy.

She has a currently studying with the Strozzi Institute, is a Certified Adult Stage Development coach and has ILM Certificate in Coaching, Masters in Counselling, Post-graduate Certificate in Behaviour Change and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Who Is It For: Moderate understanding ( i.e. has been on some form of coaching or mentoring training)

“Every day we defend ourselves against the feeling we are not enough by not letting anyone see who we are. We armour ourselves up against judgement, criticism, fear, blame, ridicule and we think we are going to be safe” Brené Brown

In todays highly complex organisations, employees are invited to bring the ‘whole of themselves’ to work and enjoy the sense of belonging and purpose that their work can bring. This sounds fine in theory but in practise we often habitually block others from seeing who we truly are. While many of us never get beyond wearing our ‘suit of armour’ the Clown has a point of view which enables us to see beyond the protective shell we normally create for ourselves and find the way to deeper presence, connection, humanity and self-expression.

The workshop is designed for anyone who works with others who wants to take a risk, play and be seen. It is highly recommended for organisations who want more creativity and innovation from their workforce and to enhance presentation and communication skills.

Session Leads

Zuma Puma is a Canadian Clown, Neuro Linguistic programming Master practitioner, Speaker and the founder of Clownlife a company that encourages happy healthy living using the vehicles of Clown, Improv, NLP and Mindfulness in life, work and the arts. Zuma works internationally facilitating intensive trainings with a variety of abilities/disabilities, ages and occupations ranging from CEO’s- to professional performers- to retirees.

Nathalie Matysiak is a coach and learning facilitator combining emotional intelligence with business acumen to help individuals and teams to develop, collaborate and thrive. With 20 years experience as an innovation leader in corporate business, master practitioner of NLP and Gestalt, she is passionate about supporting people to live and work accordingly to their values and purpose.

Bob Griffiths is a coach who has worked in the performing and business worlds for 35 years. He is fascinated by how self consciousness can cut off our joy and playfulness and prevent us from expressing who we are in the world. He uses a mixture of Inner Game work, mindfulness and positive psychology to free up life energy and help individuals enjoy more meaningful work and goals.

A great event and great value:

Discounts are available for all employees of organisations who subscribe to the West Midlands Coaching and Mentoring Pool (WMCMP) – if your organisation is listed on the following webpage, you are eligible for discounts: www.wmemployers.org.uk/coachingandmentoringpool

If 3 or more of you are booking together you get a further 10% discount on your conference booking.

However if you are interested in attending our annual Coaching Mentoring Conference on the 23 November 2020, please email hub@wmemployers.org.uk

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