Programme: Conference

Coaching is never more needed than now. We have an opportunity, a privilege, and a responsibility to help our clients survive and thrive in challenging times. To do that, it requires looking beyond our coaching relationship to set our clients up with strong brains, and brain-friendly environments, so they continue to thrive long after we’ve finished coaching them.

In this session we’ll cover what a strong brain looks like, what a brain-friendly environment looks like, and how we can support our clients to build them as part of our coaching relationships. Laura will explain how neuroscience can help us do this and the importance of setting reference points we can use as guiderails for our coaching. She will draw on her neuroscience expertise, and practical experience in 1-1 coaching, leadership programmes and change programmes, to help us individually and collectively generate ideas for how to take our coaching beyond.

Session format: Presentation with interactive discussions and Q & A to reflect on our own practices and highlight our own growing edge

In the complex operating environment of the 21st Century, organisations can only achieve the changes they need through great teams working together. Organisations are increasingly asking coaches how they can help their teams step up to the next level?

In this session, we will share the latest results of the AoEC’s research into how team coaching is supporting organisations make the changes they need. We will examine the role coaches play when working with teams, ways of engaging with teams on a variety of issues, and we’ll explore the benefits and challenges of adopting a systemic approach to team coaching.

Through this session you will:

• Understand more about the role of teams in addressing today organisations’ challenges
• Gain insights into the role a coach can play when working with teams
• Increase confidence in speaking with clients about the value team coaching can add

Session format: Presentation and interactive workshop

Can our clients’ coaching experience be further enhanced through our use of targeted technology? Any technology must be usable, engaging and inspiring, however if it doesn’t meet the users’ needs, it’s simply new and shiny, but pointless.

In this session, we’ll preview some of the technology available, explore how it could enhance our coaching clients’ experience; support them to think more deeply, move forward in that thinking and come away knowing something that they did not know before; or commit to do something that they had not previously committed to.

You’ll hear a 2 minute synopsis of:

• How each tech company identified coaching clients’ needs
• What those changing needs are
• And how their technology addresses the need

You’ll then learn more about the technologies that interest you, with some hands-on demonstrations; reflect with your fellow coaches on how these products meet your clients’ needs and how you might use them.

Session format: Interactive exploration and evaluation of technology products

As the workplace becomes more committed to wellbeing, coaches will inevitably be faced with the effects of trauma. Its long-term consequences can be masked by individuals who appear to lead ‘normal lives.’ Although they may not have PTSD, their lives are nevertheless impacted by difficult experiences. Some have had ACE’s (adverse childhood experiences), others loss and bereavement, relationship difficulties, financial pressures, ill-health, depression and anxiety, even sensitivity to the plights of others. Where’s the line between normal/fleeting and unusual/persistent?

Our challenge is to recognise where trauma exists, support or intervene appropriately, and know when to refer to a specialist. This session will offer an overview of what constitutes trauma, how to become more alert to its presence, and guidelines for when to refer.

After this session, participants will:

1. Gain insight into what constitutes trauma
2. Be more present to the possibility of trauma’s existence
3. Have suggestions for when to refer

Session format: Experiential workshop.

NB To provide an experiential component, the session will be limited to 24 participants

What if we offered to coach people without hope? Could we inspire change beyond ourselves, our clients and our companies (whilst benefiting all three)?

This lively workshop will use the extraordinary transformation of coaching in prisons as a springboard example to swap top tips and explore where our passions might take us.

We’ll cluster up to develop practical ideas and wish lists. What exists and what’s still needed? Discussion in groups or pairs, with like-minded coaches, to share our energy and create sustainable support networks.

Who knows what positive change you’ll spark.

Participants will be :

1. Challenged to push their coaching limits, reach out and use skills in new ways to achieve the greatest possible change.
2. Inspired by just how far coaches can help people change their lives: if it can work in a prison, it can work anywhere.
3. Supported and encouraged by others to change the world.

Session format: Case study with Q&A and discussions in clusters

To add value coaches need to understand the ongoing performance demands an organisations has of its senior leaders.

Colin Price will share his extensive experience working with and coaching senior leaders and the value add coaches bring when they understand the finance levers and business dynamics of an organisation. He will take us through a coaches guide to key financial levers all organisations use.

Liz Rochester will share practical examples and case studies of the different ways we can help external and internal coaches answer the question on return. From Return on Investment, Return on Expectations, Contribution to Growth and People Engagement.

Participants will:

1. Understand the financial demands senior leaders and organisations are balancing to drive growth and deliver strategy.
2. Gain an understanding of tools and techniques to measure impact of individual and team coaching.
3. Understand the demands to prove the ROI of coaching interventions.

Session format: Interactive speaker session with case studies, tools and techniques to apply

Step outside over lunch for a breath of fresh air to rejuvenate the body and mind, connect with other coaches in a relaxed environment, combined with a spot of gentle exercise.

Anna-Marie and Karen invite you to discover the benefits of coaching outdoors in this fully experiential session. Whilst walking and talking with you’ll have the opportunity to reflect on your insights, discoveries and learnings from the morning sessions; and design future actions to develop your coaching practice.

After this session, participants will:

• Experience walking & talking coaching
• Reflect on knowledge & skills acquired during other sessions
• Connect with other coaches in a relaxed environment – networking outdoors = netwalking!

Session format: Each session will start with a short introductory briefing in County 2 where Anna-Marie and Karen will outline the benefits of working with clients in nature, whilst walking and talking. Participants will then partner with a peer-coach and head outside the County Hall complex onto the South Bank. This practical element can be individually tailored to work around eating lunch and attending other sessions. It’s up to you to decide how long the two-way coaching conversations will last.

There will be the opportunity to choose from four sessions which start at 13:00, 13:15, 13:30 and 13:45 respectively.

Gentle reminder: This session will be held largely outdoors so participants are kindly reminded to wear appropriate footwear and clothing.

If you would like to find out more about becoming an ICF Credentialed coach come to this information session and get your questions answered.

As a Board we are reimagining the future of coaching. We are also reimagining how we deliver and realise our vision and strategy. We are expanding our focus, reaching out to new partners and sectors to revitalise how we engage with all our members and stakeholders in order to ensure we remain a key influencer shaping the quality, reach and impact of coaching in the UK. As part of this process we are reinvigorating the structure and membership of the Board to ensure we have the best fit to deliver the vision for the future and turn our ambitious strategy into reality.
There are lots of exciting leadership opportunities for you to get involved at this key inflection point, be it as President, Vice President, strategic director roles, wider operational full board and associate board members, or as a member of one of the working groups. Come and explore which roles might benefit from your leadership and involvement and join us in creating the next evolution of the UK ICF Board - turning strategy into reality.
This is also your opportunity to meet local group leaders, find out more about local groups and what they offer, and share your ideas and suggestions.

As expectations of healthcare professional change there is a need for clinical educators to provide an innovative platform, enabling staff to feel empowered and seek their own solutions. Since 2015, coaching has been an integral part of the training programmes for pharmacy. To promote this culture an inter-professional coaching programme was designed, trialed and now embedded as a Trustwide programme.

Overall the initial study results support the adoption of group coaching to nurture staff, ensure a positive learning environment and provide them with skills they can carry forward throughout their professional and personal lives.

In this session you will learn:

• How the project was designed, delivered, and evaluated
• How it responded to the needs of the organisation
• Steps taken to involve and engage with stakeholders
• Lessons learnt and plans to create a sustainable programme
• Practical elements you could take forward in your organisation

Session format: Interactive presentation

Traditional approaches to coaching typically fail to take account for the way organisations really work. As the environments in which we operate become more complex and organisations continue to integrate many of the services they have previously contracted from external sources, so coaches must transform their practice models to stay relevant. In this session, participants will be introduced to a reflective framework that enables coaches to:

• Review their current approaches to coaching
• Redefine preferred areas of practice
• Embrace development strategies that extend beyond skills and competence and expand opportunities

Session format: Interactive session and discussion

ICF has a purist definition of coaching. Whether you are purist about coaching or your practice is more hybrid, the ICF Core Competencies are the golden thread that facilitate extraordinary results for the people who choose to work with us. We use the MCC competencies to develop beginners, managers, executive coaches, mentors and consultants.

The journey to mastery is about partnership and presence and trusting the process and our conversation partner more than we trust our own skills, and the foundation of transformation.

Claire will share some insights in conversation with the audience, do a short coaching demonstration of mastery and you will build on the learning together. Come and observe a demo, engage and share.

After this session, participants will:

• Do less in their coaching and see more transformation
• Take another step towards mastery
• Have some simple ideas which they can apply straight away

There’s a paradox about organisational flourishing in a VUCA world. When things are Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous it’s unlikely that leaders will experience their operating environment as particularly safe. Ironically, research shows that psychological safety is the very thing that enables others to access the higher brain structures that lead to market breakthroughs. This experiential session will explore the neurophysiology of psychological safety and how mindfulness practice can deepen it in coaching.

By the end of the session participants will:

• Understand how psychological safety impacts innovation and team performance
• Understand about the neuroception of safety and its neurophysiological basis
• Have experienced a mindfulness practice proven to increase vagal tone and positive emotions, and how this impacts the coaching relationship and outcomes.

Session format: Presentation and interactive workshop with Q & A

In our VUCA climate, with mental ill health on the rise, coaches can play a vital role in supporting employees’ mental well being in the workplace. This session is aimed at coaches who have received little or no mental health training and feel poorly equipped to address these challenges when they arise. In this session we will explore what mental health is, how mental health problems impact performance and a holistic approach to support employees’ mental health and functioning in the workplace.

During this interactive session you will:

1. Gain a greater understanding of your own and other’s mental health
2. Have increased knowledge of the factors that build resilience and mental well being
3. Have increased confidence to utilise your existing coaching skills to support clients’ mental health and wellbeing in the workplace

Session format: Presentation and Interactive workshop with Q&A

The hallmark of people with great personal presence is that they are themselves. This workshop will help you find your most effective natural style and equip you with professional techniques to be a relaxed, persuasive communicator.

The Approach
Using techniques from the world of theatre, business and psychology you will be invited to work outside your comfort zone and build a skillset to enjoy an easy authority and powerful presence.
Under stress, or faced with a potentially hostile audience, it’s all too easy to become defensive, or worse, offensive as survival instincts kick in. Be more you –the best possible version of you, dynamic, engaging and at ease.

What We Will Cover

• Mind the Gap-Perception Gaps. How do you want to be perceived? How do you actually come across? Is there a gap between the two that you aren’t aware of?
• Why is it important? How to be compelling and connect with your audience. The difference between personal and professional energy. How it can be harnessed.
• The Story Structure. We will look at the threads of this elegant structure.
• Becoming more self-aware and getting feedback from those around you.
• What is your story? What matters to your audience? How do you articulate your message and stay true to the values and strategy of your organization?
• Physical, vocal, and emotional. What does your own energy look and feel like?

The Outcome

Participants learn about the ingredients of how to make a powerful and memorable impact. They will put this into practice and have fun and satisfaction in doing so.

We work with you to articulate clearly what it is that makes you stand out and how you can harness this in your organisation.

“Embodiment is the way we are. It is how we feel, relate and do. The purpose of our body is not just functional in terms of what transports the head around effectively, but it is a partial solidification of a set of habits we call ourselves.”

Traditionally coaching has focused on shifting mind sets, however the body is an integral aspect of who are. Mark Walsh advocates that for powerful coaching we need to incorporate the body – and that by doing so coaches will get more leverage and clients will experience faster, deeper impact that sticks. After all, our clients are intelligent people and, if all they had to do was think their way out of an issue, they would have done so already.

In this experiential workshop Mark will share practical embodiment tips and tools that coaches can use in any environment including in corporate and other ‘mainstream’ environments.

Session format: Keynote incorporating experiential learning