Resource: Webinar on Coaching Ourselves (From the Team Perspective)

I attended an interesting HR.com webcast titled Coaching Ourselves on February 12, 2007.

Phil LeNir had a problem. The three rounds of layoffs and offshore outsourcing of work to the Ukraine had pushed his managers into uncharted territory. They didn’t know how to deal with these new challenges. Phil would have liked to send his managers to a top end development program like the IMPM but he had no budget or time. Sound familiar? With McGill’s Henry Mintzberg he hit upon a solution — Using relevant managerial topics and their own experiences, managers coach each other!

HR.com is offering the archived recording of the presentation for this event to those who attended and friends - See announcement below (Membership is free):

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POWERPOINT SLIDES & PODCASTS

PowerPoint slides and the MP3 from this and other webcasts are downloadable if you are a member of HR.com. Simply go to the archive listing (www.hr.com and click on Webcasts) and once you have registered you can click on the more details button and you will be presented with a link to download the slides.

The Big Picture Editorial: Introducing the Book

The reason we need trainers and coaches is age old. I could not get the YouTube video to be imbedded here. Either go to the link or check out the post on my www.AssessmentsToday.com blog.

Resources: Second Annual Global Executive Coaching Survey

Read the final results, including three new articles at

www.sherpacoaching.com/survey.html.

(Participants received preliminary data a few weeks back.)

You can download these articles and read them off line, if you wish.

Karl Corbett, Business Manager, Sherpa Coaching, Cincinnati, Ohio USA

on behalf of:

Penn State Executive Programs,

the Tandy Center for Executive Leadership at Texas Christian University

and the Cincinnati Business Courier

Teleclasses from ICF Vancouver Island for International Coaching Week

The ICF Vancouver Island Chapter is offering free seminars as part of its "Coaching for Performance" 5 day virtual conference from February 5 to 9, 2007.

Visit the website http://www.vicoaches.org/workshops.php for details on the following free seminars:

* One Man's View of Coaching and How it Could Change your Life!
* Growing Tomorrow's Leaders...Today
* Defining your Retirement and Planning Your Exit Strategy
* Why Coaching? To Move Forward in All Areas of Life with Purpose, on
Purpose!
* Primer for Performance Parenting
* The SMART Way to Achieving Your Goals - It's Easier That You Think
* Rediscovering Your Inner Sensuality - A Workshop for Women

Training: “Coaching with the Brain in Mind”

It is always a privilege to be able to share with you coaching activities or events that are being done by my colleagues who I both know and respect. Here is one for tomorrow that might be of interest to you. Kay has also listed a number of other resources that are worth looking into:

“Coaching with the Brain in Mind” ….at last a hard science for coaching

Date: Thursday, February 8, 2007 at 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm Eastern time (1:30 pm to 3:00 pm PT)
Details: Delivered via teleconference.
Teleconference details will be sent to attendees prior to the event taking place.
This event is free to attend.
Register: Click here

About this event
We’ve learned more about the brain since the 1980’s than in all previous history. Many discoveries are providing hard evidence for how and why a coaching approach is so effective, and pointing to new ways to define, measure and deliver coaching. In this breakthrough 1.5 hour event, you will learn:
» Why change is so hard, from a physical perspective
» What every coach, manager or leader should know about the brain
» The new science of attention, reflection, insight and action

As a result you will be able to better understand how and why coaching works, improve the performance of others and be more confident in presenting the central ideas of coaching. About the presenter David Rock, CEO and Founder of Results is a thought leader in the global coaching field, having trained over 4,000 coaches since 1998. He is the author of two books, most recently, Quiet Leadership, published by Harper Collins. David co-founded NYU's Coaching Certificate Program, and is independently researching the links between coaching and the brain, in partnership with a leading neuroscientist. He is active with several Fortune 100 clients integrating coaching into their culture, and consults with clients such as IBM, HSBC and AIG. He is a regular speaker at global coaching, training, leadership and learning conferences.

Additional resources about the topic:

AUDIO
Check out the webinar with Dr Jeffrey Schwartz and David Rock at strategy+business magazine. See http://www.strategy-business.com/webinars/webinar/webinar-neuro_lead Listen to an interview about Quiet Leadership: http://800ceoread.com/podcasts/archives/006325.html

COURSES
Attend and ICF accredited training on the brain-based approach to coaching. Visit http://www.resultscoaches.com/ or contact Kay Zurn at kayzurn@resultscoaches.com.

ARTICLES
‘The Neuroscience of Leadership’ in Strategy + Business See http://www.strategy-business.com/press/freearticle/06207?gko=498f4-12656449-15832258
Check out ‘The New Science of Change’, a recent cover story in CIO magazine.

Summary of ICF Survey Results

Thanks to John Agno for putting this together. To subscribe t John’s excellent ezine, a coach should send an email message to: coach2coach-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Results of the first-ever global survey of coaches demonstrate how the young profession of coaching has gained a strong foothold in the marketplace and now contributes more than $1.5 billion (USD) to the global economy.

The International Coach Federation (ICF) commissioned independent research firm PricewaterhouseCoopers to conduct this groundbreaking study of coaches worldwide in order to evaluate the magnitude of the coaching profession.

From September to December 2006, nearly 6,000 coaches (both ICF members and non-members) in 74 countries were surveyed on their coaching practice and client demographic information, as well as revenue details.

The highlights of the survey findings include:

• The approximate annual worldwide revenue produced by coaching is $1.5 billion (USD).
• Coaches earn an average of $50,510 (USD) per year.
• 69% percent of coaches are female.
• The average coach is 46-55 years old, has coached for 5-10 years, and 53 percent of coaches have acquired an advanced level of education (i.e., Master's Degree or Ph.D).
• The majority of coaches maintain 11 active clients at any given time.
• Coaching clients tend to be 56 percent female/44 percent male, and between 38 and 45 years of age.

Sources: International Coach Federation, February 5, 2007 press release and www.Forbes.com, January 12, 2007