Today has been a good day. I have been commissioned to write a coaching skills book for senior staff and leaders. The book will be put forward to be validated by the ILM as part of their resources for the qualifications in coaching and mentoring at levels 5 & 7.

Here’s the blurb:

“This exciting new book is for coaches working in leadership and management positions. It aims to provide the knowledge, skills and confidence to perform effectively as coaches as part of your normal work role. In addition the book aims to support you when moving into a development role within your organisations or to freelance as a management coach. This book serves as a guide for both coaches and executives to enable good decisions and develop skills to inspire and motivate others”

I would like to contact anyone who has run the ILM courses in Management Coaching & mentoring to compare notes. It would be useful to see how and where coaching has been implemented in the workplace and if organisations have used internal or external coaches, or both. It would also be interesting to gain knowledge of the impact coaching has had on the workplace and if there are any hard facts and statistics available to back up the bottom line results of coaching.

I have helped to deliver these courses over the past four years both in the private and public sector. The diverse groups have been both challenging and motivating - from the Fire Service, The Education Sector and NHS to IT companies, manufactoring and law firms. This book will be a great challenge and keep me very busy for the next eight months or so. I am excited about the project and hope that you will get in touch with your experiences and case studies. Any contributions will be acknowledged.

Next week on 15th Feb in Brighton we are delivering an action packed workshop “One Day Introduction to Coaching” Do come along if you are able as this is the lowest price it will ever be at £80 + one free place to a second booking. We aim to make it fun and you will go away with real coaching skills to try out in the workplace.

Jackie Arnold