Coaching Conversations with the AoEC

Over the past 25 years, the UK’s executive coaching industry has evolved from a niche service into a cornerstone of leadership and people development. The AoEC has played a pivotal role in this transformation by setting high standards for coach training and accreditation and has helped raise the bar for professional coaching, making significant contributions to the field.

We look back at how the industry has evolved during the AoEC’s 25-year history and look ahead at the future of executive coaching in the UK. We will explore its increasing demand driven by the complexities of modern leadership and assess what will be important in its next phase of growth and innovation.

You can link with the speakers here:

·       John Leary-Joyce, CEO and founder, AoEC – guest panellist

·       Peter Burditt, owner, Strategic Development Consultants Ltd and non-executive director, AoEC - guest panellist

·       Kaz Hazelwood, AoEC - host

  To find out more about coach training and coaching, please visit the AoEC’s website www.aoec.com

Marking Climate Coaching Action Day 2024, the AoEC’s George Warren is joined by Giles Hutchins to discuss his work in helping organisations and leaders learn to attune with the rhythms and ways of nature, so they are better able to adapt to change. Discussing his latest book, Leading by Nature, they also explore how coaches can help support this much needed shift in leadership and organisational design.

You can link with the speakers here:

George Warren, faculty at the AoEC – Host

Giles Hutchins, pioneering practitioner, executive coach, author, thought leader and keynote speaker - special guest panellist 

Useful links

Find out more about some of the resources mentioned in the discussion here along with some further miscellaneous content:

Giles Hutchins’ website

https://gileshutchins.com/

Giles’ Deep Dive Immersion – 23 & 24 May 2024

https://thenatureofbusiness.org/2024/02/21/leading-by-nature-a-deep-dive-into-embodying-next-stage-regenerative-leadership-consciousness/

Giles’ blog

https://thenatureofbusiness.org/

Giles‘ books including Leading by Nature

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Giles-Hutchins/s?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3AGiles+Hutchins

Giles’ Leadership Immersions LinkedIn Group https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13767578/

Gregory Bateson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Bateson

https://batesoninstitute.org/gregory-bateson/

Otto Scharmer

https://ottoscharmer.com/

Donella Meadows

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donella_Meadows

https://donellameadows.org/

James Lovelock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lovelock

Fritjof Capra

https://www.fritjofcapra.net/

Professor Peter Hawkins

https://www.renewalassociates.co.uk/

Climate Coaching Action Day:

Hashtag: #climatecoachingactionday

Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/ClimateCoachingActionDay

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/groups/8869975/

Twitter:  @climatecoachday

Website: https://www.climatecoachingactionday.info/

Coaching in the Climate Crisis – A Certificate in Climate Coaching -  https://www.aoec.com/programmes/certificate-climate-coaching/

Climate coaching related resources from the AoEC – 

https://www.aoec.com/coaching-climate/

What does social change mean in today’s world and how does it relate to individual development through coaching?

How can coaches act as agents of social and systemic change? We look at how the scope of coaching can impact beyond the individual by touching whole organisations, communities and the world.

You can link with the host and guest panellists here:

George Warren, faculty at the AoEC - Host
Ana Paula Nacif PCC, Quantum Leap Coaching & Consultancy - panellist
Tracy Sinclair MCC, Coach Advancement by Tracy Sinclair - panellist

Useful links

Find out more about some of the resources mentioned in the discussion here along with some additional related content:

Coaching with Conscience 

ICF Foundation - Coaching for Social Impact 

ICF Foundation – Ignite - Engaging Coaching for Humanity and the Planet 

Coaching for Social Impact 

Coaching for Social Impact Report (BACP) 

Coaching Professional (Level 5) Apprenticeship training course 

https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/coaching-professional-v1-0

Coachsters – coaching for young people 

EMCC Social Responsibility 

EMCC Social Responsibility Special Interest Group

Humanitarian Coaching Network 

Climate Coaching Alliance 

Ecological and Climate-Conscious Coaching: A Companion Guide to Evolving Coaching Practice 

Coaching for Social Change by Hany Shoukry 

Anti-Slavery Day is an opportunity to raise awareness of the fact over 49.6 million people in the world today, and an estimated 136,000 people in the UK, are trapped in conditions of modern slavery. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

The AoEC has made a long-term multi-year commitment to being part of the international campaign to end modern slavery. To help raise awareness of modern slavery in the coaching community, in this episode we discuss how coaching can help those working in organisations on the front line, as well as explore the realities of modern slavery in everyday communities.

You can link with the host and guest panellist here:

John Gray, senior faculty at the AoEC – Episode host
Shayne Tyler, partner at Practical Ethics – guest panellist 

Useful links

Find out more about some of the resources mentioned in the discussion here:

Modern Slavery Act 2015

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/modern-slavery-bill

Global Slavery Index

https://www.walkfree.org/global-slavery-index/

Human Trafficking definition

https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/human-trafficking.html

Modern Slavery Helpline

https://www.modernslaveryhelpline.org/

Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority

https://www.gla.gov.uk/

Taken 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taken_(film)

AoEC and modern slavery

https://www.aoec.com/ending-slavery/

Marking Climate Coaching Action Day 2023, the AoEC’s George Warren is joined by Tabitha Jayne from Earth Self and Lesley Roberts from Coaching Outdoors to look at coaching through the lens of nature.

They will explore how coaching practitioners can make the most of what nature can offer them, the client, organisation and the planet. From awakening the senses to the world around us, to bringing the natural world into our coaching conversations, they will share their expertise in how nature and connecting with nature can help improve mental and physical wellbeing and boost creativity and focus.

You can link with the host and guest panellist here:

George Warren, faculty at the AoEC – Host

Tabitha Jayne founding director of Earth Self and author of Nature Embodied – How to Love Life and The Nature Process: Discover the Power and Potential of Your Natural Self and Improve Your Well-Being– panellist

Lesley Roberts, managing director of Coaching Outdoors and author of Coaching Outdoors: The essential guide to partnering with nature in your coaching conversations- panellist

Useful links

Find out more about some of the resources mentioned in the discussion here along with some further miscellaneous content:

Walk it off! The effectiveness of walk and talk coaching in nature for individuals with burnout- and stress-related complaints, Agnes E. van den Berg and Femke Beute, 2021 –

Ecological and Climate-Conscious Coaching: A Companion Guide to Evolving Coaching Practice by Alison Whybrow (Editor), Eve Turner (Editor), Josie McLean (Editor), Peter Hawkins (Editor) 

Nature Connectedness work by Professor Miles Richardson 

Jonathan Passmore and coaching outdoors 

Climate Coaching Action Day

#climatecoachingactionday 
LinkedIn: Twitter: @climatecoachday

Climate Coaching Alliance 

International Coaching Federation (ICF) Code of Ethics 

Published work of Stephen R Kellert 

Published work of Edward O Wilson
Extract from Coaching Outdoors by Lesley Roberts 

Coaching in the Climate Crisis – A Certificate in Climate Coaching 

Climate coaching related resources from the AoEC 

Coaching Conversations with the AoEC – Podcast

Episode 7 – The Future of Coaching

Join us as we take at look at how coaching is evolving and ponder what its future looks like.

In this episode we explore the topic through a lens of issues including the need to democratise coaching, the climate crisis and anti-racism in the profession. We also examine why a wider step change is needed in the consciousness and philosophy of coaching in order for coaches to be truly in service of others.

Our special guests tackle the necessity for coaches to go beyond the client agenda and how coaching practitioners can and should, open and broaden client mindsets. Discover why it is important to continue the journey of learning and why it is legitimate for coaches to bring the big issues facing society into their coaching conversations.

You can link with the host and guest panellist here:

George Warren, AoEC - Host
Hetty Einzig, Coaching Perspectives – panellist
Jonathan Passmore, Henley Business School and CoachHub – panellist

LINKS

Find out more about some of the resources mentioned in the discussion here:

Andrea Watts – Collage as a Creative Coaching Tool 

Alex Burn – outdoor coaching 

Charmaine Roche and Jonathan Passmore racial justice research 

Common Purpose - Sky Blue programme 

Anti-Racism in Coaching by Charmaine Roche and Jonathan Passmore - Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice 

Diversity in Coaching by Jonathan Passmore - 

Coaching in the Climate Crisis – A Certificate in Climate Coaching 

Executive coaching has historically been linked with senior business leaders and high-potential employees who are being fast-tracked through the management ranks of organisations. However, recent events have created a new dialogue between employees and employers. 

Young professionals are entering the workplace with a different set of expectations as to what their working identity means to them. As Deloitte points out ‘they are more likely to hold true to their ideals and demand accountability’ and will lean into their values when it comes to making their career decisions. 

With priorities changing for employees and employers alike, this podcast episode explores some of the reasons why it is good business practice to democratise coaching and give young professionals access to coaching far earlier in their careers. We also look at the value created by equipping young talent with coaching skills and why a coaching approach is central to building key, transferable skills which are crucially needed in the workplace. 

Enjoy!

You can link with the podcast participants here:

Gina Lodge, CEO, The Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC)

Chloe Garland, Founder, Quarter-Life

Charlie Stainforth, Founder and CEO, Circl 

With statistics such as one in five people experiencing moderate to severe depression in 2020, what has the Covid-19 pandemic meant for individual and organisational resilience? 

We look at how resilience coaching has been used to support workers during the last 18 months and are joined by two coaching professionals to learn more about their involvement with resilience coaching during the crisis. Both panellists have completed the Resilience Accreditation coach training programme and share their experiences of working with the Resilience Dynamic® model and the ‘whoosh’ which is used to chart resilience levels from break down to break even, right up to break through.

This episode explores some of the pressure points affecting workers, the most valuable lessons the coaches have learned and shares their insights into how to build a resilience capacity and work best with mental health conditions, stress, anxiety and isolation using a whole person approach. 

Enjoy!

You can link with the podcast participants here:

Jenny Campbell, CEO, The Resilience Engine

Alyson Ainsworth, Alyson Ainsworth Coaching Limited 

Emilia Piera-Adamczyk, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust 

As an organisation how do you know you are getting the best return on your investment from the coaching interventions you commission? What value can be demonstrated to the organisation and to the individual or team and can it be truly measured?

Joining Karen Smart, head of consultancy at the AoEC, are Wendy Robinson, head of AoEC Ireland and Northern Ireland and principal consultant with Taylor Clarke and Kate Simpson a qualified coach and group human resources director with Global Switch. Looking at coaching from the view of an independent, external coach and from an in-house perspective, listen as they discuss what a good outcome looks like and how it can be effectively evaluated to ensure that it has achieved the desired results.

Enjoy!

You can link with the podcast participants here:

Karen Smart, head of consultancy, AoEC 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-smart-aoec/

Wendy Robinson, head of AoEC Ireland and Northern Ireland

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendyrobinsonexecutivecoach/

Kare Simpson, group human resources director with Global Switch

https://www.linkedin.com/in/connectwithkatesimpson/ 

John Hill, commercial director of the AoEC is joined by two expert team coaches to explore how teams have performed in the wake of Covid-19. 

Join them as they discuss their experiences of the changing needs of teams with a look at how the shift to virtual working has impacted performance and what working through covid has meant for teams – how agile have they been, how have they translated the challenge into actions and what learnings there are for team coaches.

Enjoy!

You can link with the podcast participants here:

John Hill, Commercial Director, AoEC 

Michele White, Owner, People and Development Ltd