With the increase in the number of organisations looking to embed coaching into their people and organisational agenda, the question many HR practitioners and executives are now asking is how to ensure that you get a return on investment for coaching.
I am therefore delighted to announce that our next masterclasses for the Association for Coaching in Ireland will be led by Dr Peter Hawkins, Founder of The Bath Consultancy Group and we will be addressing this issue directly.
The events will be taking place on the 1 April 2008 in Dublin and 2 April 2008 in Belfast.
Increasingly organisations that invest in coaching are becoming more discerning and eager to ensure that there is a demonstrable return on the investment being made. In this master-class, Peter Hawkins will illustrate the key elements that need to be accounted for to ensure the best return on the investment of time and cost.
The key elements for the organisation include:
- Creating an effective coaching strategy
- Three way contracting between coach, coachee and their line manger, with built in reviews where the contracting needs to not only set goals for the coaching but link these to value creation for and through the organisation
- Harvesting the organisational learning from both internal and external coaching relationships while preserving confidentiality
- Targeting coaching on key talent at points of transition.
The key elements for the coach include:
- Developing an approach to coaching that balances the needs of the individual being coached, their organisation and the relationship between the two
- Being clear about the strategy of the organisation and how the individual being coached can increase the value they create
- Effective coaching supervision.
Each of the key elements will be illustrated with best practice from leading firms such as BBC, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst and Young and Standard Chartered Bank. There will also be practical tools and methods that both coaches and organisations can immediately apply to their own work.
Peter Hawkins is a leading consultant, writer and researcher in organisational strategy, learning, managing complex change, leadership and Board development.
He is the co-author of “Coaching, Mentoring and Organizational Consultancy: Supervision and Development” McGraw-Hill/Open University Press 2006 and the best selling “Supervision in the Helping Professions” Open University Press 1989, 2000 and 2006.
You can book your place to attend the Associaition for Coaching in Ireland Masterclass online - please do ahead of the event as numbers are limited.
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