NEWS: "Innovative Coaching" Talk & Workshop
This is a quick post to promote an upcoming talk and workshop entitled Innovative Coaching (click the image to view full-scale) more info) that I am organising in association with the Life & Business Coaching Association of Ireland (LBCAI).
I've developed this workshop in response to what I see as a growing need for creativity and innovation among Irish Life Coaches who may be struggling to stand out in such a small marketplace. I think that it is important to acknowledge that the traditional (or US) approach to coaching may not work with an Irish audience that is maybe not as open to talking about hopes, fear, goals and dreams. Ireland just doesn't have the same cultural background of psychotherapy and counseling. It can be a big leap for someone to start talking about what is important to them. I believe that a big challenge and opportunity is for us to start developing tolls and services that allow an Irish audience to take baby steps into the world of self-development and coaching I see a lot of people struggling to promote themselves as coaches using an approach that just does not work with an Irish audience.
An example of this is Rory's Story Cubes. I invented these as a way to get people talking about matters that are important to them using metaphors and stories, without having to talk directly about the issue itself. This has been a great help in empowering people to take that first step towards addressing issues, imagining brighter futures, and experiencing a real benefit from coaching, which they might not have allowed themselves otherwise.
As a creativity coach, I guess I see it as my responsibility to walk my talk and invent tools and products that will assist me and others with their creative thinking, problem-solving and coaching work. I do this myself on a regular basis, and I'm going to share the various techniques that I use with workshop participants, so that they can create a niche for themselves.
This workshop is a prototype itself and the price will go up next time around, so if you want to gain the benefits early and be part of the process drop me an email. I'll also be exploring how to turn this into a teleclass for later in the year. If you want to be kept informed about the teleclasses, please also drop me an email.
This is a quick post to promote an upcoming talk and workshop entitled Innovative Coaching (click the image to view full-scale) more info) that I am organising in association with the Life & Business Coaching Association of Ireland (LBCAI).
I've developed this workshop in response to what I see as a growing need for creativity and innovation among Irish Life Coaches who may be struggling to stand out in such a small marketplace. I think that it is important to acknowledge that the traditional (or US) approach to coaching may not work with an Irish audience that is maybe not as open to talking about hopes, fear, goals and dreams. Ireland just doesn't have the same cultural background of psychotherapy and counseling. It can be a big leap for someone to start talking about what is important to them. I believe that a big challenge and opportunity is for us to start developing tolls and services that allow an Irish audience to take baby steps into the world of self-development and coaching I see a lot of people struggling to promote themselves as coaches using an approach that just does not work with an Irish audience.
An example of this is Rory's Story Cubes. I invented these as a way to get people talking about matters that are important to them using metaphors and stories, without having to talk directly about the issue itself. This has been a great help in empowering people to take that first step towards addressing issues, imagining brighter futures, and experiencing a real benefit from coaching, which they might not have allowed themselves otherwise.
As a creativity coach, I guess I see it as my responsibility to walk my talk and invent tools and products that will assist me and others with their creative thinking, problem-solving and coaching work. I do this myself on a regular basis, and I'm going to share the various techniques that I use with workshop participants, so that they can create a niche for themselves.
This workshop is a prototype itself and the price will go up next time around, so if you want to gain the benefits early and be part of the process drop me an email. I'll also be exploring how to turn this into a teleclass for later in the year. If you want to be kept informed about the teleclasses, please also drop me an email.
