Speakers
The Presenters Schedule (PDF 228k) contains more details about each of the Keynote speakers.
Welcome Address
Advancing Coaching in Scotland
Nicola Russian, Acting Head of AC Scotland
AC Address
Title: Excellence in Coaching
Speaker: Katherine Tulpa
Coaching is now moving into second phase growth. With the Executive Coaching market in the US evolving at rapid pace, now estimated at $1 billion, the UK and other parts of Europe are showing a similar rate of expansion. This holds both an expectation and a responsibility for professionals working within it to apply best practice and coaching excellence. This talk looks at the highlights from the AC’s first book “Excellence in Coaching, the Industry Guide” drawing on key themes and approaches from some the profession’s leading authorities of coaching.
Keynote 2
Title: Company and Coach in Partnership — Maximising the power of the Relationship
Speaker: Deirdre Macdonald, Head of Learning and Development at ScottishPower
A case study of how one organisation has developed a coaching culture with successful partnerships over the last five years. How does each select the other, and how is success measured and tracked? Deirdre will then take us through ScottishPower’s approach to managing talent, and the role of coaching within this. Reflecting on what impact it has made to individuals, teams and managers, Deirdre will look at what it takes to make it work in both a Scottish and an international context.
Keynote 3
Title: The Essence of Coaching
Speaker: Myles Downey, Downey Coaching and Consultancy, Author of “Effective Coaching” and Director of Studies, The School of Coaching
Coaching has many roots – and the roots predicate the approach. This presentation asks questions about what is essential for effective coaching; what is it that must transcend the methodology (and needs) of the coach and in so doing throws down some challenges to the practitioners of coaching – be they managers, leaders or professional coaches. The presentation has implications for individual practitioners, for leaders and line-managers and for the profession of Executive Coaching.
These themes are further demonstrated in the “Master Class in Effective Coaching with Myles Downey” later in the day.
email: myles@downeycoaching.com email: mylesdowney@theschoolofcoaching.com
Keynote 4
Title: Inspirational Coaching at the Performance Edge
Speaker: Oliver Johnston, Head of Penna’s Leadership Services in Scotland, Ireland and North West England.
In most organisations the focus is on achieving more, for less, to a higher quality, in a shorter time and this is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future. Most leadership, executive and organisational coaching occurs in this environment. Coaches need to recognise the pressure on people to find ways to operate at the performance edge and stay there. Executives/Leaders need to inspire high performance. To do so they need to be able to inspire others and, as a prerequisite, inspire themselves. Creating an inspired state is driven by emotions but is rooted in the physical – e.g. levels of oxygenation of blood, adrenaline and endorphins. In this address, Oliver covers this ground and poses 7 key questions on inspirational coaching at the performance edge.
Concluding Address
Title: What Next For Scotland? Lessons from the Past and Visions for the Future
Speaker: Averil Leimon, Director, White Water Strategies
Averil Leimon talked her way into Scottish organisations in the early 80s and has been working with them ever since. At some time, what she was doing started to be called Coaching. This address looks at what has worked and the key Coaching issues in Scotland. What are the Scottish beliefs that underpin and determine behaviour? How do these need to adapt in the modern world yet retain the qualities of which Scots are justifiably proud? What are the specific issues facing Talent Management and Coaching in Scottish businesses? Finally, how can Coaches give back to Scottish society in a constructive and transformational way? Her possibly controversial presentation will be backed by up to the minute research on Coaching in Scotland.