RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTATION IN CREATIVE COACHING

Welcome to the latest edition of the Association for Coaching’s (AC) Newsletter. This week:

• In the build-up to our Creative Coaching Festival, join Coach Psychologist Beth Clare McManus for an AC Webinar: Researching Creativity in Creative Coaching
• Listen to Beth’s podcast on Coaching Psychology and Creative Experimentation
• Read an article from our Coaching Perspectives magazine: Using Rhythm to Build Trust in Teams

Why and how do we research creativity in coaching?

 Join us on 9 February for an AC Webinar with Beth Clare McManus, organizational psychologist, coach and illustrator, to discuss the importance of research as a foundation for the ethical and evidence-led use of creativity in coaching. Beth is working towards a PhD exploring the role of creativity in coaching psychology. She will share her experience and how she applies this knowledge in her work as a coach and supervisor. 

What you will learn:

• What the research on creativity in coaching tells us - and what it doesn't 
• How to use research and contemporary thinking to inform your creative approaches
• Why an ethical and evidence-based lens is essential in creative coaching
• How to turn theory into applied practice
• How research gets published and shared - and how to find it

Find out more and register here

Beth is also a speaker in the final panel chat for our Creative Coaching Festival. Find out more and register at our early bird price with a 15% discount here.

 *** for those of you trying the link in the magazine for the Creative Coaching Festival, with apologies, there is a delay in the completion of the website. It will be ready soon, but in the meantime please use the events page link as provided above.

Is there a limit to creative experimentation in coaching?

 In our Let’s Make Coaching Creative podcast series last year, Beth Clare McManus joined host, Maxine Bell for a fascinating and rich conversation in which Beth shares her experiments in creativity, which range from mark-making to coaching in art galleries. Beth advocates that all coaching is creative by its very nature, explaining the difference between creativity and the use of innovative tools.

Listen to learn how to facilitate responsible, creative experimentation that is client-focused and how to stretch the comfort zones of your own coaching practice.

Listen here

Listen to the Let’s Make Coaching Creative podcast series here

“Trust is the foundation of any successful team. It’s the glue that holds us together, the solid ground on which we build our relationships and achieve our goals.”

  Iris Clermont

In the January edition of Coaching Perspectives magazine, executive coach, author and professional mathematician Iris Clermont shares several fun, insightful exercises for clients who need to forge or repair trust in their teams. She explains why trust is important and provides an easy and advanced trust rhythm exercise, as well as some key questions to ask. A practical, thought-provoking article.

View this Coaching Perspectives edition here.

We hope you enjoyed this newsletter and encourage you to explore our wide variety of resources on our website here. Or if you would like to go directly to our Digital Learning Hub click here. If you have any questions or would like to contribute to our podcast, digital learning, or magazine, please email us at enquiries@associationforcoaching.com.

The Association for Coaching (AC) is a leading independent, not-for-profit global professional body dedicated to promoting best practices and raising awareness and standards of coaching worldwide. Our purpose is to inspire and champion coaching excellence, advance the coaching profession, and make a sustainable difference to individuals, organizations and society.