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Listen to the recording below:
Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Time: 1:00 – 2:00pm Eastern Time
Guests: David Drake, Ph.D
Diane Brennan, MBA, FACMPE, MCC
Host: The Coaching Commons
Topic: The Philosophy and Practice of Coaching
The Coaching Commons is delighted and excited to welcome this international team of coaching collaborators — David Drake, Diane Brennan and Kim Gortz — for a very special conversation about their 2008 publication titled The Philosophy and Practice of Coaching.
From the book’s inside flap:
As coaching continues to grow, there is a need for a deeper conversation about its current state and its future directions. This book makes an important contribution to this conversation in provocative yet grounded ways. Our authors are internationally recognized coaches, educators, researchers and writers. the book offers you a unique opportunity to look inside their minds and practices as a guide to reflect on and advance your own work.
A few of the points we’ll address during the call are…
~ yet another book on coaching?!
~ this specific collaboration
~ their discoveries and surprises while working on the book
~ what will the coaches learn and take away for their coaching?
Please join us on December 11th at 1pm eastern with your questions for David, Diane and Kim about their fascinating process, philosophy and practice!
David B. Drake, PhD, is Director of the Center for Narrative Coaching in California. He works globally with organizations such as PricewaterhouseCoopers and the U.S. government to integrate human capital strategies, innovative organizational change methods, and deep conversational skills to create sustainable coaching-based cultures. As part of this work, he has taught coaching skills to over 3,500 leaders, managers and professionals. David also teaches advanced narrative coaching skills to professionals (www.narrativecoaching.com). He was the primary editor for “The Philosophy and Practice of Coaching: Insights and Issues‚Äö√Ñ√π published by Jossey-Bass in 2008 (www.practiceofcoaching.com). He has written over twenty-five publications on narratives, evidence, and coaching.
Diane Brennan, executive coach and consultant, works with individuals and organizations in the fields of health care, academics and business. Brennan holds a Master’s in Business Administration and the designation of Fellow in the American College of Medical Practice Executives. She is credentialed by the International Coach Federation (ICF) as a Master Certified Coach. Brennan is the current President of ICF (2008). She is co-editor and contributing author of the book, “The Philosophy and Practice of Coaching: Insights and Issues for a New Era,” April 2008 www.practiceofcoaching.com . In addition to coaching, Brennan has more than 20 years experience in senior management, executive and clinical practice positions within private and publicly traded health care organizations in the United States. Diane Brennan is based in Tucson, Arizona.
Kim G‚àö‚àèrtz is a philosopher from the University of Copenhagen who is carrying out an in-depth investigation, now in its 3rd year, in the largest bank in Scandinavia (30.000 employees), Nordea Bank – focusing on the effects and benefits of coaching in relation to leadership development, internal relations, customer relations and the implementation of lean processes. He is a member of the editorial board of IJCO. He has been involved in editing two coaching anthologies, as well as written a book on coaching from several philosophical perspectives, and has a new book released on the relationship between coaching and values in business-life.
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I guess the next evolution of coaching is that it becomes not ‘coaching’, but just the way people are.
Not a ‘thing’, but more of a way of being in their everyday lives.
Regards
Martin Haworth
I am looking forward to this call – and have to comment in advance that considering the amount of time and energy that Diane has committed to the coaching industry as a whole, that she found enough time to write such a thoughtful and well researched chapter for this book is a testament to her professionalism and commitment.
There were many elements in the case of “John” that I found useful. Particularly the evidence-based approach and complete bibliography were of interest.
The one area that I hope you can address on the tele-call is related to the measures of success. There are many challenges to isolating the benefits/ impact of coaching in a complex organizational engagement. You posit, ” the work that was most significant was related to coaching…”. It seems obvious that from the anecdotal information you provided that this would be the case, but in hindsight, what would you do differently in order to provide stronger empirical evidence of the effectiveness/impact of coaching? In my client work, it is often the aversion of clients to the additional expense of robust measurement and monitoring of results that usually derails the plan for more accurate ROI studies. Did you experience this in John’s case? If not, is there any reason you did not have a more comprehensive method for measurement. What methods have you found useful in the past and why?
Thanks again to Diane and the other authors for an authoritative contribution to the global coaching knowledge base. If you have not yet read this book I highly recommend you add it to your “must read” list…
See you on the call.
Regards,
Jeffrey Jones
Executive Coach
Human Factor International
Hong Kong, SAR China