AoEC Spring 2011 Newsletter

Welcome to our Spring issue; our lead focus is on Resilience with contributions from two of our graduates, Carole Pemberton and Jenny Campbell.

Do continue to send us your comments and suggestions and we hope that you enjoy this issue.

When Resilience Goes

Resilience research has largely focused on why some people will face life difficulties and trauma, and emerge intact, while others will be scarred. What is noticeable in the literature is that relatively little attention has been given to the loss of resilience within work.

Carole Pemberton, from Coaching to Solutions, and Lindsey Wittenberg are running two Open Programmes on career coaching skills for resilience in 2011 for which AoEC graduates and students are offered a special discounted rate. Please contact Carole directly for more details.

Carole Pemberton is a graduate of the AoEC’s Advanced Practitioner Diploma.

True or False: 50% of Organisation's Resilience Dependent on Senior Team's Resilience?

Is this number too high? And what does the resilience of a team mean anyway? How does it link the individual members’ resilience? How does it link into the rest of the organisation? What helps build and support it?

Jenny Campbell, from Lifetimeswork, is setting out on a 2nd stage of research into these questions and looking to enlist 25-30 co-researchers to help research over 50 senior teams. The mobilisation phase starts now, with the research being carried out in cohorts of 8-10 coaches. Research will start in the autumn of 2011; the whole programme is likely to last around 2 years. The EMCC is also recruiting co-researchers into this programme. All co-researchers will be accredited in the final publication; copyright for all research will be held by Lifetimeswork.

If you are interested in becoming a co-researcher, please contact Jenny directly to participate in the study.

Jenny is a graduate of the AoEC on a variety of programmes, most recently the Gestalt Coaching Diploma.

The Secret Ingredient in Successful Executive Coaching

How to make the tripartite relationship of client, coach and sponsor work for the client and the organisation. Click on the link for practical questions to ask the coaching sponsor, previously published by EMCC.

Ros McIntyre, Director of Vivid Change Partnership at Diamond Model of Coaching, is a graduate of the AoEC’s Advanced Practitioner Diploma.

Coaching Leader Transitions

How would you define the key differences between the role of a first-line leader (manager of others) and a second-line leader (manager of managers)?

Ursula Franklin is founder of f4 Leadership Development and a graduate of the AoEC’s Advanced Practitioner Diploma.

How do seasoned executives successfully master Career Change?

Dr. Ernst Bechinie, Director of Solution Coaching, offers real insight into successful career change strategies through interviews with company owners, executives and professionals in article below. He is a Professional Executive Coach and a graduate of the AoEC’s Advanced Practitioner Diploma.

New Programme Titles

We have recently updated our programme titles to be more in line with current EMCC EQA level descriptors. Click on the link for a full list.

Book Recommendation

Coaching, Mentoring and Organizational Consultancy – Peter Hawkins and Nick Smith

Stories, diagrams, and models along with self-assessment exercises equip readers with techniques on how to impact those they are coaching or supervising.

Peter Hawkins of Bath Consultancy is also co-faculty with
John Leary-Joyce on the Systemic Team Coaching Diploma.