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TOPICS
1. Win an Opportunity to Become a Certified Dream Coach
2. Governments Eager to Find Executive Coaches
3. What's New from the Coaching Literature
WIN AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A CERTIFIED DREAM COACH
Peer Resources has made an exceptional arrangement with America's Dream Coach Marcia Wieder. This world-renowned coach and speaker has agreed to provide a Peer Resources Network member with a complete scholarship for tuition in her upcoming Certified Dream Coach Training. This training will take place in Tiburon, California (near San Francisco) May 16-22, 2004. Normally the cost is $2950.00 (US) for seven full days of training, all training materials, and six months of post-training consultation with Marcia.
To qualify for this full scholarship draw (transportation, meals, and accommodation not included), just sign-up to become a member of the Peer Resources Network for a minimum of two years (total cost: $107.00).
The selection (a random draw from all eligible names) will take place on January 28, 2004 and all new members who have made a payment for at least a two-year membership between December 1, 2003 and January 27, 2004 will be eligible to obtain the scholarship. The member selected may transfer the free registration to another person. (This offer cannot be exchanged for cash value.)
For more information about the Certified Dream Coach Training, go to www.dreamcoachu.com/.
To become a member of the Peer Resources Network and be eligible for the Dream Coach training, visit: www.peer.ca/PRN.html.
If you have any questions about this offer, please contact us directly at 1.800.567.3700.
GOVERNMENTS EAGER TO FIND EXECUTIVE COACHES
1. The British Columbia Leadership Centre is seeking experts in the field of executive coaching to become Qualified Suppliers who will have the appropriate experience, skills and knowledge to deliver executive coaching services. The executive coaches will provide services to support the development of executive and senior leaders in the British Columbia government public service.
Qualified suppliers will work with BC Leadership Centre and executive managers to provide one-on-one executive coach services. Successful suppliers will be invited to attend a required orientation session (at their expense) and must agree to follow government requirements such as those listed in the standard rules of conduct.
A Request for Quotation (application form) with all the details and the eleven criteria, such as certification and experience requirements used to assess each application, is available on the Peer Resources website at www.peer.ca/coaching.html.
The deadline for applications is December 5, 2003 (2:00 pm PDST) and applications cannot be submitted by email. (Peer Resources is not involved in submitting or reviewing any application.)
2. Natural Resources Canada is seeking professional development coaching services for work in the National Capital Region (Ottawa, Ontario). All interested coaches may submit a bid and the best overall proposal will be selected.
The mandatory requirements for applicants include: (1) a minimum four years of professional coaching experience with senior public service or corporate executives of large public or private sector organizations; (2) a minimum of a university degree or professional certification through the International Coach Federation as either a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) or a Master Certified Coach (MCC) with details regarding (a) the coaching school or organization through which the coach has been trained, (b) the coaching method advocated by the school or organization; (c) the coach training programs that have been successfully completed, and (d) the course instructor's name and contact information; (3) during their years of experience, applicants must have worked on at least two projects valued at $10,000 each minimum and those projects must have been aimed at executives of public or private organizations (resumés including references must be submitted); and (4) applicants must provide details (department, nature of work, contact) for all related contracts with the federal public service over the past three years.
The deadline for proposals is July 1, 2004 at 2:00 pm EST. Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada. For more information, contact Carole Lavigne, 11 Laurier St. / 11, rue Laurier 10C1, Place du Portage, Gatineau, Québec K1A 0S5; Tel: (819) 956-3450. (Peer Resources is not involved in submitting or reviewing applications.)
A daily television program currently being shown in North America features two coaches assisting participants with life transitions. One of the coaches describes herself as a "Master Coach." Although the International Coach Federation awards this certification title to coaches who meet extensive requirements, when the TV-coach was asked how she gained the title, her reply was, "I gave it to myself because of my own life experience."
WHAT'S NEW FROM COACHING LITERATURE
Peer Resources continually scans the professional and popular published literature to find articles of interest to coaches. A recent addition to the searchable, annotated bibliography includes:
Anonymous. (2003). Coaching helps Vodafone to change its culture. Human Resource Management International Digest, 11, 1, 31-33.
This company went from a command and control culture to one based on coaching and collaboration over a five year period. The author believes this move was the prime reason for the company's ascension to the top rung of its industry. The company instituted one-to-one coaching and coaching skills training and placed importance on creating a coaching culture from the top down. Coaching increased manager recognition of staff development as a key role to success.
Wasylyshyn, K.M. (2003). Executive coaching: An outcome study. Consulting Psychology Journal, 55, 2, 94-106.
This study found that when executives choose a coach they are likely to be more concerned about a coach's graduate training in psychology and his or her experience in/understanding of business, and least concerned about an established reputation as a coach. Executives in the study believed that the top three personal characteristics of an effective executive coach were the ability to form a strong "connection" with the executive, professionalism, and the use of a clear and sound coaching methodology.
The study also examined the pros and cons of both internal and external coaches. Executives were highly supportive of external coaches and cited trust and confidentiality as key factors; but some expressed concern about the likelihood that external coaches might lack industry experience and company knowledge. More than two-thirds of the executives also gave positive ratings to internal coaches, but cited concerns about potential conflicts of interest, trust and ability to maintain confidentiality, and skill level. Executives also differed in what they described as the key focus for their interaction with the coaches. Fifty-six percent of the executive group focused on personal behaviour change, forty-three percent identified enhancing leader effectiveness, forty percent focused on building stronger relationships, seventeen percent used the coach for personal development, and seven percent used their coaching sessions to work on better work-family integration.
Executives were also asked about what they believed to be indicators of successful coaching engagements and the coaching tools they favored. Most executives favored the coaching sessions themselves, 360 degree feedback, and the relationship with the coach. About half liked other types of testing or leadership readings provided by the coach. The author believes these additional tools deepened the clients' perceived value of the coaching.
The author, who is president of an organization that specializes in applications of psychology in business, also raises a question about which executives are most likely to benefit from this development resource and presents a typology for gauging this issue. She concludes by stating that "psychologists with doctoral degrees, experience in business and/or general management, personal characteristics that abet rapid and authentic connections with executives, and who are guided by a strong set of professional ethical principles are perceived by executives as especially effective coaches."
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All articles and information included in this newsletter have been prepared by Rey Carr and all copyrights are held by Peer Resources. To submit information or articles for possible inclusion in future issues, please send an email to coachingnews@peer.ca.
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