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Advanced Practicum: Appreciative Coaching
Wednesday, June 24 4:00pm – 4:45pm Pacific
Wednesday, July 8 4:00pm – 4:45pm Pacific
Wednesay, July 22 4:00pm – 4:45pm Pacific
For coaches, managers, and mentors who have experience, either through my introductory class or another class designed to embed both the principles and stages of Appreciative Coaching, this is your chance to experiment and practice with the philosophy and coaching method. I have designed four, one hour sessions, to follow this format and meet these objectives:
Session 1: Questions that elicit ease in each of the four stages. We will begin with an expanded (from the book Appreciative Coaching: A Positive Process for Change) set of questions for coaches. Each participant will choose questions to practice one stage. The objective is to expand your repertoire of questions and to enable a sense of ease with the creation of your own questions.
Session 2: Transitioning from one stage to the next. When is it time to complete the Discover stage? When is the Dream fully realized? How do we Design on the basis of business goals when the language of Dreams is foreign or seemingly inappropriate? How do we know when we are ready to transition to Destiny? What does this look like anyway? We will explore bumpy transitions you have experienced as well as case studies created from the presenter’s own practice.
Session 3: Dealing with Special Clients. Whether it is the habitually negative employee, or the driven executive who just wants results, how do we apply our positive principle to clients who see no advantage to being positive? Also, how do we deal with the deficit-based environment of much business coaching (assessments, development plans, performance management)?
Session 4: Participants will submit their biggest challenges and their proudest successes. This is an opportunity to share our knowledge, learn from each other and practice together. We will role play as coach and coachee, the challenges participants propose.
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You may register with a partner or pair up with another registrant as all of the work in and between sessions will be with the same practice partner. Each partner will offer positive feedback and suggestions at the end of each class and interim sessions. The only exception to this will be the final “live” session where participants can choose to role play with the person presenting a challenge.
The dates will be Wednesdays June 10, and 24, July 8, and 22nd. The time will be 4 PM Pacific time (5 PM Mountain, 6 PM Central, and 7 PM Eastern). Although I will record the sessions and make them available for anyone who must miss a class. Participation is learning in this class. All assignments in between sessions must be completed.
The cost of this Practicum is $300 without the book and $345 with the book ($40 cost plus $5 shipping). The class is limited to 12 participants. When this fills, I will post a second practicum. If you want to participate with another coach or friend or employee, please register early.
Changes We Make after Age 55
Tuesday, June 16 2009 4:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific
Tuesday, June 30 2009 4:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific
Tuesday, July 14 2009 4:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific
There are more and more and more of us every day, those formerly invisible over 55ers. Soon, there will be too many to ignore. Marketers already know this in spades. In another age we were expected to “retire” gracefully from our work—passionate though it may have been—and spend our time on the golfcourse, at the bridge game or grandparenting the children of our professionally driven children. Many of us don’t find much satisfaction in these roles, or don’t find enough satisfaction.
So, what’s next for us? How do we renew our passion for work, find or enhance our most important relationships, or change ourselves to be healthier, more peaceful, and more engaged with life every day?
This webinar* will combine the latest research in neuroscience and social psychology about aging, with our own discoveries about what we want from the last third of our lives, and what we can create with each other.
In my own research over the last year, I’ve found seven themes people cite as reasons for changes they want to make in their lives now. These themes are:
• Time
• Money
• Health
• Faith/spirituality/religion
• Passion/goals
• Relationships
• Not sweating the small stuff/Letting go of control OR Being more cautious and careful
Join me for new insights into the choices we make and the choices we have, the dreams we still harbor for our lives and the concrete actions we will take to achieve those dreams.
The class is limited to 10 and you will need to have internet access for each session.
* A webinar is a combination of conference call and slide show viewable on the internet.
Using Appreciative Coaching Effectively
The sessions will cover:
- Intro to Appreciative Coaching- how it enhances what you are already doing
- Principles of Appreciative Coaching and how they play out in sessions
- Stages: Define, Discover, Dream, Design, Destiny- what is critical in each stage, non-linear, circular process
- Focus on Dream and Destiny with coaching role plays
- Questions and discussion of course, further workshop or course suggestions for more advanced work – Questions and discussion of course, further workshop or course suggestions for more advanced work
As this is a pilot program, your investment is $250 with the book Appreciative Coaching: A Positive Process for Change (which I will ship to you at no charge) and $210 without the book. (Fielding Graduate University is currently offering a similar course for $1250). After the first two sessions I will be increasing the price to $300.
I’ll start Tuesday night March 17 at 4 PM Pacific (5 Mountain, 6 Central, and 7 Eastern) and go every other Tuesday night for 5 (five) 45-minute sessions through May 12. I’ll plan to record the sessions so if you have to miss one, you can get the audio file. I will forward the connection information as each session fills.
I have applied to the International Coach Federation for continuing education units.
Wednesday, March 31 2009 4:00pm – 4:45pm Pacific
Wednesday, April 14 2009 4:00pm – 4:45pm Pacific
Wednesay, April 28 2009 4:00pm – 4:45pm Pacific
Wednesday May 12 2009 4:00pm – 4:45pm Pacific
Appreciative Coaching DVD
Two hour introduction by Sara Orem
This is a DVD I made from a two hour introduction to Appreciative Coaching for internal coaches at a major automobile company. There is a lot of information here – models, principles, stages, and how to use them as an appreciative coach, manager who coaches, or person who wants to change. Perhaps it is best viewed and listened to in more than one sitting!
Special price until November 30, 2008 – $17.95.
Appreciative Coaching: A Positive Process for Change
Sara Orem, Jacqueline Binkert, Ann Clancy
Appreciative Coaching derives from the positive philosophy known as Appreciative Inquiry, created to guide change in organizations. Recent developments in positive psychology and organizational development suggest that people and organizations flourish when they focus on human ideals, achievements, and best practices. Appreciative Coaching uses positive questions, mindfulness, and other tools to acknowledge people’s strengths and help them realize their own big dreams. This volume applies the principles of appreciative inquiry to individual coaching.
Key features of this volume:
- Written by three leading business and career coaches.
- Includes appreciative coaching methodology.
- Offers both theory and hands-on experience to support coaching success.
- Demonstrates a step-by-step approach to adopting an appreciative perspective.
The Authors:
Sara Orem, Ph.D., is adjunct professor of management in the graduate business program at Capella University and principal of Lotus Coaching. She has presented programs in Appreciative Inquiry at OD Network and the Transformative Learning Conference.
(saraorem@saraorem.com).
Jacqueline Binkert, Ph.D., is an executive coach and organization development consultant with extensive experience supporting leaders and other professionals to create positive change. She works in such industries as manufacturing, service, finance, and healthcare.
(jbinkert@appreciativecoaching.com)
Ann Clancy, Ph.D., specializes in executive coaching, strategic planning and organizational change, using positive methodologies to create positive change. Her clients include corporations, government agencies, community organizations, and small businesses.
(aclancy@appreciativecoaching.com)
The authors have presented Appreciative Coaching at international coaching and professional organizations including International Coach Federation.
