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01-23-09 - Introduction To Appreciative Coaching & Asset-Based Thinking

When
Jan. 23, 2009 9:00am - 4:00pm
Jan. 24, 2009 9:00am - 12:00pm

Where
Mechanics Institute library
57 Post St., San Francisco

What
Introduction To Appreciative Coaching & Asset-Based Thinking
(Breakfast & lunch served on Day One,
Breakfast served on Day Two)

 

Start out the New Year with an innovative coaching model that combines Appreciative Coaching and Asset-Based Thinking to help you leverage your strengths as a coach and add to your coaching skills and tools for your clients.

Appreciative Coaching is a method developed by Dr. Sara Orem, Bay Area coach and consultant, with her colleagues Jackie Binkert and Ann Clancy. Appreciative Coaching is a uniquely positive coaching process that enables each of us to see our strengths and talents clearly and leverage them for greater effectiveness. The foundation of Appreciative Coaching is Appreciative Inquiry, a dynamic change process originally designed for teams and organizations.


Click on the image below to view the Workshop PDF

Introduction To Appreciative Coaching & Asset-Based Thinking

Change After 55, A Questionnaire

Change may be the theme of our lives, those of us who are older than 55 at least. We have only to watch Mad Men on television to remind ourselves of how much has changed since 1960, a year in which we reached the age of 7 or more. We’ve adapted to change, and we have spearheaded change in the world—for equal opportunities for minorities and women, for more access to education, for a better world in so many ways. And we’ve been busy creating and maintaining careers, getting married and remarried, and raising families. It may now be time for us to change ourselves—to please ourselves.

This survey is foundational for a book project I’m working on. It is about change that people over 55 initiate and experience. My hypothesis is that older people (not OLD people) have more psychic space to think about the way they really want their lives to be, and to create those lives. The space has been created by losses and changes. For most, 55, 60, or 65 is a time to think about changing our professional lives to less demanding (but perhaps more satisfying) lives. It is also a time when children are mostly grown and if they are living at home, they are at least semi-independent. Relationships may also have changed. Perhaps there has been a divorce, death, or remarriage. All of these things contribute to the space that may exist for you now.

The only required field is your email address.


Name

E-Mail Address

1. I feel the need or desire to change something about my life.

Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree

2. I am aware of the ways in which this need for change has manifested itself in my life.

Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree

3. Thinking about change, or acting on changes that I want to make, seems different to me now than it did when I was 20, 30, or 40.

Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree

4. If I described the last change I made (changed jobs, quit working full-time, got married, lost weight) and how I went about that change, the process was different than it would have been when I was younger.

Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree

5. The following characterize some important aspects of change for people who are 55 or older. When I think about change, my top five concerns are in order of importance:

Personal Health
Health of others

Risk taking
Religion/spirituality

Opportunities
Fears

Financial constraints
Freedom from financial constraints

Freedom from prior responsibilities
Hobbies, new interests, adventure

New responsibilities
Work

Relationships
Loss of work identity

6. If I could make a change in my life without effort or pain, and without causing pain to anyone else, this change would enable greater (mark the top three)

Happiness
Connection with others

Peacefulness
Family closeness

Financial security
Intimacy

Achievement
Self-image

7. In approaching changes that I want to make, or have made in the last 3-5 years, I have used the following tools (mark, and rank effectiveness of all that apply).

Made a plan and worked the plan
Used self-help books
Kept a journal
Experimented
Hired a coach or therapist
Just did it
Found a mentor or mentors
Took a class

8. If I took a class about change for mature people, or gathered with a group of people my own age, I would have a lot of questions to ask them about how they changed.

Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree

9. I would have a lot of stories to share in this class or group.

Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree

10. I feel like my life finally makes sense, or has always made sense just the way it is.

Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree

11. Please make any comments about your own ideas about change as a mature person, or your own change process that you would like to make. If you would like Sara to contact you about this research or about coaching for your own changes, please leave your name and email in the comment.

 

Center for Competitive Management webinar October 3

Coaching: Developing New Leaders for Long-Term Success

Friday, October 3, 2008   |  11:00 AM to 12:15 PM Eastern


Course Description:

Research shows that coaching yields a proven ROI ranging from 200 to over 1,000 percent.  Yet, according to Right Management’s most recent study, only 23 percent of new leaders get the coaching they need to reach their full development potential.

In fact, while organizations see the value in providing coaching to strategic and developing leaders, new leaders are often overlooked when it comes to the coaching process.

Smart companies understand that new leaders are the future leaders of their organization.  Providing the resources to develop and unlock their potential is essential to the long-term success of the individual and the organization.

Find out how to adapt a coaching style for different types of employees; new leaders, developing leaders, and executive leaders.  Join CCM in this essential audio event to:

  1. Discover which coaching skills will help create corporate synergy and growth.
  2. Learn how these skills can make better leaders that can accomplish key objectives.
  3. Unlock your employee’s potential and improve overall performance.

By the end of this 75-minute audio conference, you’ll also know how to:

  • Give clear and concise feedback to employees and team members.
  • Obtain and maintain an effective coaching mentality that works for your organization.
  • Distinguish between supervising, coaching, and mentoring.
  • Recognize and avoid the fatal flaws of failed coaches.
  • Help your employees take ownership of their performance.

Track, monitor and assist new leaders with career planning.

Featured Faculty:

Sara L. Orem, Ph.D., Principal, Lotus Coaching & Consulting

Sara L. Orem, Ph.D., principal of Lotus Coaching & Consulting, enables the realization of concrete goals as well as long-held dreams for a client base consisting of managers, executives, artists, and graduate business students.

She has directed learning and development within large financial services organizations, coached senior executive teams, designed leadership development experiences, and taught Appreciative Coaching within graduate business programs.  Her current practice focuses on powerfully positive practices that enable change in individuals, groups and organizations.  Her particular research interest is in turning conflict into learning and collaboration.  She is the lead author of Living Simply: Timeless Thoughts for a Balanced Life, published by Health Communications in 1995, and Appreciative Coaching: A Positive Process for Change, published by Jossey-Bass in 2007.

MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE:

We’re so confident you’ll get what you want out of this conference that we’ll refund every penny if you’re not completely satisfied. No questions asked! It’s 100% risk-free!

Pricing:

Item
Early Bird Price (expires 9/19)
Regular Price
Event + CD
$279.00
$349.00
Event Only
$199.00
$269.00
CD Only
$199.00
$269.00

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Your CD recording includes the complete audio conference presentation, audience Q&A and presentation materials.

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Coming Soon!

Coming soon to a Bay Area Location near you!
A combined Asset-Based Thinking and Appreciative Coaching LIVE introduction

Watch this space.