This is Arete Coach Podcast Episode 1148, with host Severin Sorensen bringing you an engaging conversation with Professor Rebecca Jones with an episode titled, "Jumping with Courage: Exploring Evidence-Based Coaching and Inclusion." Professor Rebecca Jones is a psychologist, professor in coaching for behavioral change at Henley Business School, and co-founder of Inclusive Leadership Company.

Welcome to the Arete Coach Podcast with your host, Severin Sorensen. This platform dives deep into the world of executive coaching, exploring both the art and the science behind it.

On today's episode we feature a conversation with Professor Rebecca Jones from the Henley School of Business, Henley Centre for Coaching. Ironically, Rebecca started off skeptical about coaching, but after researching it for her master's dissertation she became a believer. Now a professor at the prestigious Henley Business School, she directs their coaching programs and researches coaching effectiveness. Severin and Rebecca have an insightful discussion on her journey, passion for evidence-based coaching, insights from coaching research, and company aimed at developing inclusive leadership.

Rebecca describes how her curiosity about coaching effectiveness led her down the path of a PhD focused on the topic. She publishes constantly to make the research accessible. At Henley, Rebecca now specializes in coaching education across certificate, master’s, and other programs.

Diving into team and group coaching, Rebecca explains how the shared experience and peer coaching in groups can create added benefits beyond 1:1 coaching. She's seeing group coaching excel for empowering marginalized groups.

As co-founder of the Inclusive Leadership Company, Rebecca is on a mission to assess and build inclusive leadership capabilities in organizations. She describes her 360 assessment tool and coaching for inclusion.

Tune in to understand Rebecca's personal motivations, hear her coaching research insights, and learn how to create more inclusive workplaces. She discusses the importance of whole person coaching, shares her mantras for courage, and explains how we still have far to go in truly embracing inclusion.

The Arete Coach Podcast aims to uncover the art and science of executive coaching. Learn more about the podcast at aretecoach.io.

This Podcast interview was recorded on September 28, 2023.

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