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Posts tagged ‘Mentoring’

17th July 2017

What is ethical maturity?

I have been thinking about this recently – with some concern even over the phrase.  Ethics evolved from traditions in moral philosophy which go back thousands of years.  Carroll and Shaw’s book makes clear the challenges we all face in making decisions, from our processes, connections between decisions and the practical implementations, impact on stakeholders (both […]

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28th June 2017

What value supervision?

There is a debate in the world of coaching and mentoring as to the proven value of supervision.  While some professional bodies insist on it in order to become accredited, like the AC, EMCC and APECS, and there are many instances of its impact intuitively, is this sufficient?  Another body, the ICF, does not require it though recommends it.  […]

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21st May 2017

Understanding our values – a free tool

In a recent session of the Global Supervisors’ Network I was reminded of  just how much our values play out in our life, personal and professional, and how they influence our patterns and challenges. The facilitator, Benita Treanor, directed us to the Barrett Values Centre, where there is a free questionnaire that takes around 5 minutes […]

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11th March 2017

EMCC Research Conference

The EMCC Research Conference takes place in Greenwich University in England in June this year.  The two days are full of excellent sessions, with cutting edge research linking theory, research with excellent practice.  This is an opportunity to meet coaches and mentors from across Europe and further afield.  The subject range is wide, from team […]

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28th February 2017

EMCC conference and paradox

I am looking forward to the annual EMCC coaching and mentoring conference which starts Wednesday 1st March in Edinburgh.  As well as running my own sessions with colleagues on ethics and on peer supervision I am excited to be introducing a session by Dr Jenny Denyer on “Coaching at the Performance Edge: Embracing Paradox.”  Some […]

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