Managing Talent through Coaching

Susan Gardner, Managing Director SKAI Associates (Scotland)

In 2005, SKAI carried out research to find out more about the experiences of individuals on talent management programmes, and their exposure to and experience of Coaching. The results were surprising, and have important implications for how Coaching is used in Organisations to cultivate top talent.

This session will share the findings of that research, and invite participants to join a debate about what the implications might be for Organisations in Scotland and Coaching’s future impact on managing talent.

SKAI Associates is a Coaching and Leadership Development consultancy that has forged a strong reputation in Executive Coaching over 12 years of working with blue-chip private and public organisations.

Ideally for:

• Those Coaching within Organisations
• Coaching Professionals promoting Coaching to Organisations
• HR professionals and others working in organisations who want to develop their high potential people

Coaching - The Spiritual Legacy

Seán Weafer, CEO, First Coach International Ltd

Coaching The Spiritual Legacy is a wake-up call to Coaches who have felt a draw to, and a passion for, their profession at a deeper level and cannot explain why. It is designed to explain the rapid growth of Coaching today and the spiritual dynamic at work in that growth. It explores the critical part that Coaches play in the spiritual development of their clients – be they business or personal. If you would like to explore the new spiritual dynamic of Coaching in the company of a successful, pragmatic, international business coach then this workshop is for you.

Ideally for:

• All Coaches regardless of experience, be they Corporate, Business or Personal Coaches
• Those buying/managing Coaching programmes in Organisations           

Some of The Most Advanced Communication Skills you Never Knew You Needed! Learn How to Influence Even More Effectively.

Jeremy Lazarus, Director The Lazarus Consultancy Ltd

Have you ever wondered why different people react differently to the same approach? Would you be interested in learning more about understanding, predicting and influencing behaviour?  Whether dealing with and Coaching clients, team members and colleagues, or selling to prospective clients, the skills you will learn in this workshop will enable you to get better results and avoid making innocent mistakes. You will also learn about some key communication traits – what they are, how to identify them and how to incorporate them into your communication with people in life and at work as well as Coaching clients! The session will be highly participative, so that you will have the chance to learn by doing.

Ideally for:

• Personal and Speciality Coaches
• Those wanting to know more about NLP for their coaching conversations
• Independent and Internal/Manager Coaches
• Anyone within an Organisation who needs to understand, predict and influence behaviour e.g. HR, Change Agents, Business Developers

Colourful Coaching – Adapting and Connecting to Achieve Results

Mike Jones, Head of Delivery, Insights Learning and Development Ltd

In this engaging, dynamic and interactive session Mike Jones will help you to increase the effectiveness of your leadership coaching and mentoring initiatives. The session will introduce you to a journey of self-discovery, that leads to an improved understanding of self and others - enabling you to adapt your coaching style to more effectively meet their needs, and extract the greatest value from your coaching and mentoring interventions. Mike will introduce you to a series of practical hints, tips, tools and techniques specifically designed to enhance, and increase the impact, influence and effectiveness of your leadership coaching interventions: a goal setting (GLEAD) and a Questioning model (ICES) will be introduced to the group, and they will be given the opportunity to use them in small group sessions. The entire session is underpinned by the Insights Discovery system, a powerful 4-colour preference-based learning system, with foundations in the work of Carl Jung, which helps individuals better understand themselves and others so enabling more effective interactions and improved performance.

Ideally for:

• All Coaches
• Those within Organisations who buy Coaching services or manage Coaching programmes