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The story book roots of effective coaching conversations
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“Are you sitting comfortably?” … “Then I’ll begin” … “Once upon a time, there was …” Insert the main character, the protagonist, and usually “the baddie” or antagonist … then something complicated, dramatic, or difficult happens, which begins to resolve … “and they all lived happily ever after,” or at least the characters move towards a resolution of the story. Read on >> | | | |
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Is organisational culture the next frontier in investment?
| Organisational culture has long been acknowledged as a critical factor in business success, but according to the report from the Institute of Business Ethics (IBE), titled ‘Is organisational culture the next frontier in investment?’, it has yet to be fully appreciated in investment analysis. We ask if a coaching culture can help organisations get there. Read on >> | |
The power of peer learning in coach training with the AoEC
| When it comes to training as an executive or team coach, the journey can be as rewarding as the destination. One of the most significant factors that enhances this journey is peer learning - a process that deepens your understanding and sharpens your skills through interaction, collaboration and shared reflection with fellow learners. Read on >> | | | |
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In conversation with Shruti Sonthalia
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Shruti Sonthalia is a Master Certified Coach (ICF) with extensive experience working with C-Suite and senior leaders. An executive coach, people strategist, and L&D professional, Shruti brings a passion for coaching to her client work and is also a faculty member on the AoEC's Professional Practitioner Diploma. Here she shares insights from her coaching journey and the impact it has had on her career and clients. Read on >> | | | |
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“I really liked the structure and content of the Practitioner Diploma”
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Judith van de Pas has over 25 years of professional experience in technology & digital strategy, transformation and change management, working for organisations such as Deloitte Consulting. As founder of Bloom Coaching & Consulting, she has shifted her work to coaching full-time. Here she shares her experience of the Practitioner Diploma in Executive Coaching. Read on >> | | | |
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Registration goes live for the Systemic Team Coaching® Diploma 2025 | |
Registration is now open for the Systemic Team Coaching®
Diploma which begins in June 2025. The course has been updated with additional content and requires 14 days over ten months and is accredited with EMCC Global at Senior Practitioner Level. Offering a hybrid learning experience, the diploma is run in partnership with Professor Peter Hawkins of Renewal Associates. Find out more at our free open event or visit the webpage here. | | | |
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Hands across the Desert conference: 30 - 31 October 2024 | |
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Join the head of AoEC UAE Leila Rezaiguia for the inaugural Hands across the Desert conference. This two-day virtual event is an opportunity to build community, educate, increase the visibility of coaching supervision, to provide space for us to explore the powerful reflective practice in creative supervision, and to continue our ongoing personal and professional development. Register here. | | | |
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New podcast now available | |
We look back at how the coaching profession has evolved during the AoEC’s 25-year history and look ahead at the future of executive coaching in the UK. Join Peter Burditt and John Leary-Joyce as they reminisce about their own coaching journeys, explore coaching's increasing demand assess what will be important in its next phase of growth and innovation. Listen here. | | | |
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AoEC faculty feature on the Coach's Journey podcast | |
Join two of the AoEC’s faculty team for the latest episode of the Coach’s Journey podcast - The Coaching Industry is Ignoring Reality. In this conversation with host Neil Mackinnon, George Warren describes how his innate emotional sensitivity became a “nuclear reactor”, fuelling him along a path from the world of luxury travel sales to the cultivation of a deeper connection with the environment through coaching. Listen here. | | | |
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We did it - Walk for Freedom 2024!
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A team from AoEC completed their ambitious 25km walk on Anti Slavery Day. Making their way through central London via some of the very many slavery landmarks in the capital, the team raised over £2,000 for the campaign against slavery. Find out more here. | | | |
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Ireland and Northern Ireland Coaching Skills Masterclass – limited places available
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Calling all professionals living and working in Ireland and Northern Ireland! Book your place today for AoEC NI/Ireland’s brand-new Coaching Skills Masterclass event, taking place on 21st November. Designed specifically for those interested in executive coaching, this live, virtual session will teach you how to guide others to find their own solutions, empowering growth and accountability. Book here. | |
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New Horizons 2024 - Connecting Together for Professional Growth | |
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Back for 2024, we are offering an afternoon of connection and learning before our annual Graduation ceremony on 22/11. The afternoon event will consist of two workshops exclusively for AoEC Alumni: Workshop 1 - Deepening & Expanding Your Coaching - Somatic & Systemic Coaching and Workshop 2 - Becoming a Confident Coach: Communicating with Your Whole Self. Find out more and book your space here. | |
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CPD - upcoming short courses | |
Advanced Coaching Skills Gestalt Embodiment - Foundation Programme with John Leary-Joyce
Beginning 25 November 2024
£795 + VAT | | | |
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Events and webinars from the AoEC | |
Introduction to becoming a qualified executive coach | Wanting to learn more about coaching or discover how to become a qualified coach? Sign up now for the Open Event and have the opportunity to ask your questions directly.
13.00 - 14.00 GMT | | Introduction to coaching teams
| Free interactive event offering a taster into the world of teams and how to engage with them as a coach. Meet our expert faculty and find out if team coaching is right for you.
13.00 - 14.00 GMT
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NEW! Join our esteemed faculty for a one-hour session exploring the Professional Practitioner Diploma in Executive Coaching, a transformational programme designed to deepen your coaching presence, relationships, and ethics. Discover how our newly accredited ICF Level 2 course prepares you to respond to the evolving social, cultural, and ecological challenges of the 21st century.
11.00 - 12.00 GMT 29 November 2024 | |
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There is a magic in coaching – generally attributed to ‘intuition’, that is hugely underused because it’s not explained or understood in general coaching theory. Gestalt has a clear explanation and skillset that allows you to maximise this ‘Use of Self’ process to effect change. In this session expert Gestalt Coach and Practitioner, John Leary-Joyce, will briefly explain the theory and skills then demonstrate it in practice.
09.00 - 10.00 GMT, 1 November 2024 | |
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Out now. In this, the dynamic struggle between two competing paradigms of leadership is compellingly illustrated: an old paradigm that involves control and power over people versus a new one that enables and inspires power through people. With rich examples and stories, it shows how deeply ingrained the legacy model of leadership remains and how destructive it is, causing loss of human potential, stifling innovation, and resulting in "organisational darkness." | | Out 28/10. In this pioneering guide, Clare Norman explores your influence on the coaching experience from start to finish. With clear guidance, accessible advice and supportive practices you'll gain transformative skills that will shift responsibility for creating value from coach to thinker and, in organisations, the task of screening for coachability to the coaching custodian. Through her rich experiences, relatable case studies and holistic strategies, you'll discover how to redefine the coaching experience. | | Out 20/11. This focuses on helping coaches integrate advanced technologies with humanity-centric approaches, cultivating harmony between wisdom, empathy, compassion and creativity of human beings and machine intelligence. Business coaches are given best practices to prepare them to work with the ascent of Artificial Intelligence and Metaverse technologies for helping clients realise their potential and for enhancing innovation and productivity in organisations.
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