Do you recall the character that Bill Murray plays in the movie Groundhog Day, cynical and grumpy weather forecaster Phil Connors finds himself trapped in a time loop while covering the ritual of Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, until he learns that he must change his behaviour, the days just keep repeating themselves. I draw […]
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International Standards for Mentoring and Coaching Programmes It is fantastic news that EMCC International has launched its new accreditation, the International Standards for Mentoring and Coaching Programmes (ISMCP). This new award recognises organisations designing, delivering and evaluating mentoring and/or coaching programmes either in-house or externally. It has been designed as a process to support an […]
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Well the first meeting came and went and we had a fantastic evening with a presentation by DR Ranjit Manghnani on a less well known version of our profession, Reverse Mentoring. This was followed by an excellent introduction to the International Standard for Mentoring and Coaching Programme (ISMCP)from Dr Julie Haddock-Millar. Feedback from our attendees […]
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EMCC Thames Valley Network meeting 21st November Agenda I am happy to share the outline for the forthcoming meeting on the 21st November. As well as a chance to network with peer coaches, mentors and supervisors, we are delighted to have in attendance Dr Julie Haddock-Millar who will talk about the launch of the […]
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I am incredibly excited about working with my colleague and peer coach, Dr Ranjit Manghnani who runs Guru Coaching www.gurucoaching.webs.com and taking on the role to manager and run the EMCC Thames Valley Network Group. The EMCC exists to develop, promote and set the expectation of best practice in mentoring and coaching across Europe and […]
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News Update: 23 May 2012: £200 million programme delivers growth support for England’s most ambitious small businesses. (Source:https://www.gov.uk/government/news/growthaccelerator-for-small-businesses) Growth Accelerator has launched today, designed to help up to 26,000 of England’s brightest businesses achieve their ambition and potential. The new partnership between the government and the private sector will see proven business experts working with companies to […]
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Adult learning is about reflecting on activity and event, using experience, judgement and feedback from you and others to help consider options and then plan actions. Self-assessment and a regular practice of reflecting on and in action can lead to performance improvement, a change of habit and a more fulfilling journey of development for the […]
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For many years we’ve heard about the shortcomings of traditional sales training, and in particular how many senior executives and business owners have seen little evidence of value for money. Click through any search engine and review content relating to the subject and you will find this is neither a new problem nor one that […]
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With so much noise surrounding coaching these days it is hard to distinguish between good practice within coaching and mentoring and interventions that are merely responding to a fashionable trend. Coaching has grown of age over the past 30 years, with many organisations using both internal coaches and mentors, as well as using external experts […]
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Pressure on school leaders has never been greater – with complaints that new accountability measures do not take into account the time needed to boost results. The news this week that a survey of school governors has reported 43 per cent have had trouble recruiting senior staff, with head hunting firms being called in to […]
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