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#118 - Manager, facilitator and coach Philippa Kindon explores the benefits of having an internal workplace coaching programme and how you can introduce one into your organisation.

What you'll learn

• [1:48] Who Mayden are and the type of business development Philippa does for them.
• [3:46] How successful Mayden’s internal coaching programme has been.
• [5:37] The pros and cons of using scrum methodology.
• [7:04] The type of structural changes an organisation goes through as it grows.
• [10:35] The advantages of having self-managing teams rather than a hierarchical structure.
• [14:49] Why coaching is more beneficial than mentoring or consulting.
• [17:24] The International Coaching Federation and the rise of internal coaching.
• [18:53] Benefits of using internal or external coaches.
• [23:17] What motivated Philippa to sign up as a coach, and how others responded to the opportunity to be trained as a coach.
• [25:28] How coaching differs from what most people expect.
• [27:09] What it’s like being an internal coach.
• [29:12] How you manage your time working as an internal coach on top of your regular job.
• [32:25] The results you can expect from an internal coaching programme.
• [33:18] How to measure the success of an internal coaching programme.
• [34:50] The difficulties of being an internal coach.
• [37:23] How people can introduce an internal coaching programme within their organisation.
• [40:08] The key to a successful internal coaching programme.
• [42:06] Where you can find out if coaching is right for you.

Resources mentioned in this episode (some of these are affiliate links and we may get a commission in the event that you make a purchase - this helps us to cover our expenses and is at no additional cost to you):

• Scrum methodology
• Maverick, Ricardo Semler
• International Coaching Federation
• Bath Future Talent Programme

For the show notes for this episode, including a full transcript and links to all the resources mentioned, visit:

https://changeworklife.com/getting-coached-at-work/

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