WHAT'S NEW?

Speakers are now available

The Institute is happy to offer experienced facilitators and speakers to present the following topics.  Each topic can be presented as a 45 minute “keynote” style talk or a short workshop (up to approximately three hours). All presentations/workshops would be customised with Project Management focus.

Please click here to view the topics available.

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CATALYST 2009

Australian Executive Coaching Summit

24-25 March 2009

We are pleased to announce that the Institute of Human Excellence and the Institute of Executive Coaching have teamed up and formed a partnership to build on the success of Catalyst 2008 by jointly presenting Catalyst 2009.

Call for Papers

Catalyst 2009 is an event designed to provide leading-edge thinking and inspirational case studies in the field of Executive Coaching.  It is a focal point where coaching professionals can meet to discover, evaluate, debate, and take their thinking and skills to the next level.

Again chaired by Sir John Whitmore, and building on the success of the inaugural 2008 event, we are planning a program of presenters from research, training and practice backgrounds in the business of coaching.

Three keynote speakers will be setting the tone and themes of the event:

Sir John Whitmore:  Presenting on the current state of the coaching profession internationally.

Richard Barrett:  Speaking about values-based leadership and its applications in business, government, education, nations and communities

John Matthews:  Presenting on Spirited Coaching: engaging people at work through creating meaning and purpose.

Catalyst will also include a “Village Faire” to provide participants with an opportunity to learn first-hand about coaching tools and instruments.  There will be ample opportunity to network with other participants and connect with speakers to discuss their ideas and presentations.

We are now seeking contributions from prospective speakers.  These should fit into one of the three themes described below:

Coaching to GROW Leaders

Leadership GROWth is central to many coaching practices in organisations. Leadership is a much talked about topic and one that our culture is having great difficulty with, as in organisations people have traditionally been promoted for technical expertise rather than people leadership. Many organisations now have well developed and mature practices of coaching, including internal and external coach training, coaching panels, coaching skills workshops and structured coaching programs.

In this theme we encourage coaches and other professionals to talk about their experiences of coaching in corporate environments as well as in not-for-profit organisations and government organisations. We would love to hear from internal stakeholders/coaches and external coaches and coaching organisations involved with comprehensive organisational coaching programs. We envisage presentations and case studies from coaches as well as coachees and sponsors. Topics could include “onboarding” (the first 90 days), transition coaching and career coaching, coaching panels, ROI and the business case for coaching, derailers, the case for internal and/or external coaches, and choosing a coach.

Coaching Credibility

In an unregulated marketplace credibility continues to be an issue for coaches and the organisations that employee them. We like to think that this is a topic which will continually be openly discussed and debated as, at the moment, we have to be a self-regulating profession.  In this theme we would like to hear from people who are thinking about this area through research and teaching as well as through organisational structures and processes. We will debate some topics such as coaches as psychologists, as well as explore case studies and research about coaching effectiveness research, supervision and training. 

Spirited Coaching

This theme represents common ground for many practitioners who embed their practice in the transpersonal and the spiritual. In this realm, coaching is regarded as a vehicle for reaching beyond the concept of one's individuality to its relationship to, and beyond, the much larger whole. Spirited coaching recognises the need to deepen the coaching relationship to realms beyond just the personal, to look for the greater purpose and meaning of our lives and the planet. Within this, we encourage presentations that demonstrate critical thinking as well as openness to spirituality within the organisational coaching arena.

Included could be topics such as mindfulness and coaching, holding the coaching mindset, coaching to make a difference, coaching and happiness, and coaching for values. Other possible topics could be coaching for the “here and now”, meditation and coaching, and deepening the coaching experience through exploring issues of wisdom, meaning and purpose.

We invite potential speakers to submit their presentation outlines by clicking here

Papers need to be submitted by 30 October 2008. The steering committee will then consider all submissions and make the final selection.

For your interest you can download the brochure for Catalyst 2008 that was held in March 2008  click here

Questions should be directed to:

Amy Powell                                                                Dr Hilary Armstrong

apowell@developmentpartners.com.au                             hilarya@iecoaching.com

Inspired Minds

Inspired Minds is an organisation empowering a community of people to live an inspired life, through a monthly membership program.  They are an organisation of leaders committed to empowering the community to live an inspired life.

Inspired Minds for an "Inspired" Life

An inspired mind breathes fresh life into the seat of consciousness! And spends each day engaging in life with a mix of bewilderment, excitement, passion and inspiration, not unlike a magical child.

The Inspired Minds team are passionate about life's possibilities and what each and every human being is capable of achieving. We take our inspiration from leaders such as Martin Luther King, Ghandi and Nelson Mandela. Each of them lived every day of their lives inspired by their passion - they were ordinary people living extraordinary lives!

Each month Inspired Minds will send you a talk on disc plus the book of the month, both themed to the theme of focus for that month.  Fee: $36.95 per month + P&H.

For more information on becoming an Inspired Minds Member, visit www.inspiredminds.com.au

International recognition for the Institute's coach training.

The Institute is delighted to announce that the International Coach Federation (ICF) has recently awareded Accredited Coach Training Program (ACTP) status to the Institute of Executive Coaching Accreditation in Executive Coaching.

Graduates of Level Three can click here for information on how to apply for ICF credentials. Graduates of Levels One and Two can also apply, but will still need to provide details of training completed to date.

Coaching Effectiveness

The findings of a U.S. study showed that after six months of coaching and a 360 survey process, overall leadership effectiveness increased by 55% and 60% respectively (during the two phases of the study) as perceived by direct reports, peers, and managers. Thach (2002) used multi-rater 360 feedback to determine the impact of executive coaching on the leadership effectiveness of 281 executives and high potentials in a mid-size, global, telecommunications firm with headquarters in the U.S.  Respondents participated in 360 feedback processes before and after six months of executive coaching.   The impact of coaching was measured on the email post survey and executives reported on the number of times they met with their coach, whether they had completed their development plan and their self-reported leadership executives. The results indicate on average they met with their coach 3.6 times and 95% who responded indicated they had completed their development plan. An interesting finding of the study was that completing three to five coaching sessions appears to have a more positive impact on self-reporting leadership effectiveness than only one or two sessions.

Thach, EC, (2002) ‘The impact of executive coaching and 360 feedback on leadership effectiveness’, Leadership & Organization Development Journal, vol 23, no. 4, pp. 205-214