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The AC Podcast

Association for Coachingwww.associationforcoaching.com
Welcome to the Association for Coaching (AC) Podcast Channel. Enjoy our educational, thought-provoking conversations as our diverse range of hosts speak with coaches, thought leaders, academics and industry innovators. Listen to our weekly episodes to gain actionable tools and proven techniques to elevate your personal and professional development, boost your coaching business and become a better coach for your clients. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting, this is your go-to resource for growth and success in the coaching industry. All our podcast and guest resources are available in our Digital Learning Hub, which includes an extensive library of webinars, interviews, and a portfolio of live events to help you develop and increase your coaching expertise. https://www.associationforcoaching.com/page/dl-hub

Episodes

098: Overcoming Marketing Procrastination

Dr Christine Li, the 'Procrastination Coach' and psychologist, joins our host Rob Lawrence, to share her insights on dealing with procrastination that might be slowing down your marketing efforts. She will inspire you to connect with your current audience and future clients in a way that aligns with your way of being and working. Learn about her 4F model for boosting productivity in any area and some of the most reliable ways to address fear and resistance. This lively, engaging and insightful c...

Aug 08, 202253 minSeason 1Ep. 98

097: Develop Powerful Coaching Business Habits

Jeremy Lazarus, Master Coach and NLP Master Trainer, joins our host, Rob Lawrence, to discuss how having a sales mindset helps you focus on serving your clients and translates into creating a marketing strategy for your coaching business. In this podcast, learn how to create powerful habits, including better time management and prioritization, as well as the importance of shifting your limiting beliefs to consider your purpose. Jeremy shares how focusing on the power of your coaching skills to h...

Aug 01, 202243 minSeason 1Ep. 97

096: Creating a Marketing Mindset

Donald Stojack, Entrepreneur and Business Strategist, joins our host Rob Lawrence for this insightful and inspiring conversation about developing the right attitude about your marketing, focusing on strategic planning and engaging your ideal clients in a way that gets them moving towards you. Donald shares that growing your business requires good marketing mindsets, insights, foresight and actions. Learn what you need to do, find out what you can do and then develop a strategy around what you wi...

Jul 25, 202243 minSeason 1Ep. 96

095: Marketing Truths and Tips

Kim Arnold, Business and Marketing Consultant, joins host Rob Lawrence in a wonderfully practical conversation for coaching on the myths and truths about marketing your coaching business. Kim provides many handy tips and advice on what not to do and what to do to market your coaching business. She directly challenges the idea that marketing is 'hard' while demonstrating how essential it is to take your marketing seriously and absorb the truth that you are now a business owner. Coaches will learn...

Jul 18, 202255 minSeason 1Ep. 95

094: Creating an Engaged Workplace with Coaching

Geoffrey Matthews, HR Strategist and Coach joins host Sylvain Newton, for our first ever AC DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) podcast to discuss what employee engagement is, how it differs from motivation and the role coaches play. The 'Great Resignation' underlines how people are looking for more than just money when choosing a job, want purpose and meaning and how workplace culture is becoming more important. Given these changes in how people view their work, this podcast explores...

Jul 11, 202236 minSeason 1Ep. 94

093: The Future of Coaching is Creative

Andréa Watts, Stephen Brown, Beth Clare McManus and Pearl Jordan, join our host Maxine Bell for the final episode of our “Let’s Make Coaching Creative” podcast series in a beautiful, thought-provoking panel discussion. Together, they discuss the challenges they have faced in their coaching journey. They also share strong evidence that using creative tools and a creative approach has led to powerful results in coaching. Learn why they think there is a rise in creative techniques in coaching and w...

Jul 04, 20221 hr 8 minSeason 1Ep. 93

092: Weaving the Rich Tapestry of Creativity in Coaching

Elaine Patterson and Karyn Prentice, Senior Faculty at the Coaching Supervision Academy International Ltd, join our host Maxine Bell to explore what it means and what it takes to be creative in a noisy world that needs creativity more than ever! They believe we are all naturally creative. Creating our own preconditions for our creativity to flourish is now mission-critical because it is how we put love into the world. Listen and learn how we must give ourselves and our clients permission to play...

Jun 27, 202253 minSeason 1Ep. 92

091: The Coaching Dance to Wellness

Pearl Jordan, Personal Development and Wellbeing Coach, joins our host Maxine Bell to share her inspiring personal story of suppression, discrimination, tenacity and resilience that brought her to use movement and dance with coaching, by creating The Rhythmic Remedy®. Her own personal story explains why she is so passionate about what she does and how it is that she created and now uses The Rhythmic Remedy® - a movement inspired approach to coaching beyond the spoken language and how this differ...

Jun 20, 202252 minSeason 1Ep. 91

090: Coaching with Collage

Andréa Watts, Coach and creator of the Collage Coaching Technique™, joins our host, Maxine Bell, to discuss coaching creatively with collage. Andréa describes the neuroscience behind the art of her technique - a three-stage process she's developed to support clients surface their unconscious intuitive knowing to conscious knowledge, thus shifting behaviours and mindsets. In this engaging conversation, Andréa shares her coaching collage story, clarifies the difference between her work and vision ...

Jun 13, 202253 minSeason 1Ep. 90

089: Why it Matters to Be Yourself as a Coach

Auriel Majumdar, a creative coach, educator, supervisor and poet, and Stephen Brown, coach, consultant and re-emerging music composer, join our host Maxine Bell to share their collaboration of music and poetry, created to reflect the coaching journey. This podcast episode is full of thought-provoking insights and personal experiences that demonstrate creativity’s ability to provide more data for a better coaching experience for both coach and client. They bravely share their own vulnerability in...

Jun 06, 202259 minSeason 1Ep. 89

088: How Coaching with Proverbs Creates New Perspectives

Lorlett Hudson FRSA, Executive Leadership, Transition Coach and CEO of One Hand Can’t Clap, joins host Maxine Bell, to talk about her multi award winning, 52 card set of proverbs, “What Mama Used to Say,” designed to facilitate change, alter perceptions, break down barriers and develop high performing leaders and teams. She talks about her work with African Caribbean leaders and entrepreneurs, the power of words to help us find what is not being said and what limiting beliefs we are holding onto...

May 30, 202246 minSeason 1Ep. 88

087: Coaching Psychology & Creative Experimentation

Beth Clare McManus, a coaching psychologist and illustrator, joins our host, Maxine Bell, for this rich and fascinating episode where she shares her experiments with creativity in her coaching practice, the impact on clients and the results of her MSc research into ‘Music and Mark-Making in Coaching Supervision.’ Beth advocates that all coaching is creative by its very nature, explaining the difference between creativity and the use of innovative tools. Learn how to facilitate responsible, creat...

May 23, 202259 minSeason 1Ep. 87

086: The Power of Poetry in Coaching

Charmaine Pollard, coach, counsellor, poetry therapist, and author, joins host, Maxine Bell, to share her insights and knowledge on the transformative power of words, poetry and creativity when used with coaching. Charmaine runs therapeutic writing workshops for a variety of client groups, including survivors of domestic abuse and male prisoners. In this podcast, learn about some of the poetry and techniques that she uses with clients to help them move forward with their lives and ‘become the be...

May 16, 202243 minSeason 1Ep. 86

085: Art Based Coaching Practice

Anna Sheather, Executive Coach, Supervisor and Author of “Coaching Beyond Words”, joins our host, Maxine Bell, to explore an art-based coaching practice and why it is such a powerful and important approach for coaching today. Anna shares her extensive research into neuroscience, person-centred art therapy and art as a communication tool, as well as debunking many myths of our 'art stories' that block exploration of this approach. Listen to this insightful conversation to learn the underpinning p...

May 09, 202251 minSeason 1Ep. 85

084: Coaching for Health and Wellbeing

Listen to this bonus episode from our archives, where Loshni Manikam, leadership coach, consultant, facilitator, and winner of the Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year 2018, joins host, Sue Stockdale, to talk about health and wellbeing issues for women in the dairy industry in New Zealand. Loshni shares her personal trials as a wife, mother and partner in a dairy farm and the brave transition she made to becoming a coach, impacting the lives of hundreds of women. Learn about the difference coaching ...

May 02, 202223 minSeason 1Ep. 84

083: Beyond Diversity: The Long Win

Listen to this bonus episode from our archives, as Dr Cath Bishop, a triple Olympian rower, former diplomat, leadership coach and author of "The Long Win", joins our host Sue Stockdale to discuss the broader meaning of success and the significance for coaches supporting teams to shift organizational cultures where every diverse voice is heard and appreciated. Learn how, as coaches, we can support leaders in creating an environment of psychological safety where diversity, inclusion and belonging ...

Apr 25, 202226 minSeason 1Ep. 83

082: Coaching Perspectives: Voices of the Future

Listen to this bonus episode from our archives, as Sharron McPherson, Co-founder and Director of the Centre for Disruptive Technologies and social impact entrepreneur, joins our host Sue Stockdale, to discuss how human capacity, ingenuity and transformation are the key elements of technological disruption for emerging market growth and development, future work and the disruption of education. This rich and fascinating interview is the first of three past episodes linked with our flagship publica...

Apr 18, 202233 minSeason 1Ep. 82

081: When the Science of Coaching Meets Technology

Jonathan Passmore, Senior Vice-President at CoachHub, professor at Henley Business School, global thought leader, author and researcher, joins our host Claudia Day for the final episode in this podcast series. They discuss the great pivot point that coaching was going through that was then tipped by the arrival of the pandemic. Listen and learn how coaching science and technology came together much faster due to the pandemic. Both coaches and clients learnt that coaching could take place effecti...

Apr 11, 202229 minSeason 1Ep. 81

080: Ethics, AI and Coaching (Part Two)

Welcome back to part two of our stimulating, important conversation with Adina Tarry, Nicky Terblanche and Rebecca Rutschmann where they discuss their unique views on the need to adopt technology in coaching and the ethical issues that need to be considered to maintain good professional standards. Sharing their knowledge, research, and experiences, they discuss the common fears around ethics, data and technology and matters of responsibility, boundaries, standards, biases, and competencies the c...

Apr 04, 202228 minSeason 1Ep. 80

079: Ethics, AI and Coaching (Part One)

Adina Tarry, Nicky Terblanche and Rebecca Rutschmann join us for a two part stimulating and important conversation on the need to adopt technology in coaching and the ethical issues that need to be considered to maintain good professional standards. Adina Tarry, Nicky Terblanche and Rebecca Rutschmann join us for a stimulating and valuable conversation on the need to adopt technology in coaching and the ethical issues that need to be considered to maintain good professional standards. Sharing th...

Mar 28, 202228 minSeason 1Ep. 79

078: How Technology can Widen the Impact of Team Coaching

Professor Peter Hawkins, leading global thought leader in leadership development, systemic coaching and systemic team coaching and Tom Marsden, CEO of Saberr, join our host, Claudia Day, to discuss the wider, systemic impact team coaches can have by using the right technology in the right way. Having collaborated over the last few years, Tom and Peter bring a breadth of knowledge and experience to this stimulating conversation on how leaders and managers can coach their own teams. Learn how coac...

Mar 21, 202240 minSeason 1Ep. 78

077: Team Coaching in the Virtual Workplace

Alexander Caillet, organizational psychologist, lecturer, team coaching pioneer and CEO of Corentus, and Kimberley Lewis Parsons, master coach, facilitator, and Chief Solutions Officer at Corentus, join our host Claudia Day for a rich conversation on how the shift to virtual working has impacted team development and team coaching. They discuss the changing dynamics in team development, the shifts and changes teams are making to adapt to the virtual workplace and the shifts and changes occurring ...

Mar 14, 202259 minSeason 1Ep. 77

076: Using technological tools in co-creative coaching

Sam Isaacson, coach, author, Chair of Coaching Professional apprenticeship trailblazer group and in his new role as Global Director of Consulting at CoachHub, talks to our host, Claudia Day, about various cutting-edge tools that can enhance and grow our creativity as coaches. Sam speaks about the wide variety of technological tools he uses in his coaching, ranging from PowerPoint to Virtual Reality. He became the first executive coach to offer virtual reality coaching, which he enthusiastically ...

Mar 07, 202244 minSeason 1Ep. 76

075: Tech in coaching: for the sceptical and the enthusiastic

Carol Braddick, Executive coach, author, and member of the Future of Coaching Collaboration: a group taking a multi-stakeholder view of the coaching market and the impact of technology, joins our host Claudia Day to discuss technology in coaching, both for the sceptics and enthusiasts amongst us. Carol asks us to examine our attitudes to tech and how these influence our appetites for learning and using it, and the different options for coaches as new tools, platforms, and providers enter the mar...

Feb 28, 202247 minSeason 1Ep. 75

074: Helping coaches and clients grow using AI (Part Two)

Alex Haitoglou, a tech entrepreneur and business leader and co-founder of Ovida, joins our host Claudia Day to share his mission to use AI in the service of coaching, training and developing coaches, assist mentoring and supervision and help clients grow. Listen to the second part of this interview where Alex discusses why most coaching has shifted online and the challenges and opportunities when delivering great coaching, including the focus on data privacy, consent and security. He speaks abou...

Feb 21, 202229 minSeason 1Ep. 74

073: Helping coaches and clients grow using AI (Part One)

Alex Haitoglou, a tech entrepreneur and business leader and co-founder of Ovida, joins our host Claudia Day to share his mission to use AI in the service of coaching, training and developing coaches, assist mentoring and supervision and help clients grow. Alex discusses why most coaching have shifted online and the challenges and opportunities when delivering great coaching, including the focus on data privacy, consent and security. He speaks about Ovida and how AI tools can significantly enhanc...

Feb 14, 202232 minSeason 1Ep. 73

072: How AI can support your coaching practice

Rebecca Rutschmann, a tech entrepreneur, business coach and co-founder of Evoach: a self-coaching chatbot, joins our host, Claudia Day, to share her experiences using AI technology with coaching. She encourages us all to be curious about AI, coaching chatbots and other technology that can support our coaching practice. Rebecca discusses how AI can enlarge the coaching market through greater accessibility, reach and affordability. “ We have to adapt, it’s a thing we always have to do, as human be...

Feb 07, 202227 minSeason 1Ep. 72

071: Research evidence-based AI coaching

Dr Nicky Terblanche, an executive coach, researcher and senior lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch, joins our host, Claudia Day, in this insightful conversation about AI and Coaching. With a background as a software engineer, Nicky gives an overview of AI, his collaborative research into coaching using chatbots, both text and voice and the creation of coach Vici: a chatbot based on the GROW model and goal attaining coaching: not to replace coaches, but instead enlarge the market and acces...

Jan 31, 202241 minSeason 1Ep. 71

070: Technology and Ethics in Coaching

David Clutterbuck, a coaching pioneer, author of over 70 books and a co-founder of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council, joins Claudia Day in this fascinating conversation about using the ever-evolving technology in coaching. David highlights the fun and serious aspects of using technology, such as VR for coaching, the emerging ethical issues and what an effective partnership with AI might look like. “ Ethics is a state of mind, not just a bunch of rules ." For the episode resources and g...

Jan 24, 202225 minSeason 1Ep. 70

069: Reflections from our 2021 Podcast Series

In this special one-off episode, we are proud to unite our podcast hosts in a rich, reflective, insightful and celebratory conversation about their experiences as hosts and the topics tackled in our 2021 podcast series. Discover how hosting and interviewing our amazing guests impacted the hosts, what they learnt and remember most. Listen to this episode to gain real food for thought about the maturation of the coaching profession and its role in our changing world. For the episode resources and ...

Jan 17, 20221 hr 4 minSeason 1Ep. 69
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