In this issue
Features
Coaching below the surface: enhancing听organisational leadership
Kim Turnbull James on a systemic approach to leadership
BRIEF coaching: a solution focused approach
Co-founders of BRIEF, Chris Iveson, Evan George and听Harvey Ratner explain the working model in practice
Out of the dark and into the light
Transformational coaching in a women鈥檚 refuge.听Lynda Freeman
A serious profession
The importance of getting neuroscience into the听foundations of executive coaching.听Dr Paul Brown
Regulars
Message from the chair
In focus
Executive Head of Diversity,听Gill Fennings-Monkman
A day in the life
Coach and trainer Aboodi Shabi听
On the coach
Linda Aspey in conversation听with Julie Hay
Research
Articles from this issue are not yet available online. Divisional members and subscribers can download the pdf from the听Coaching Today听archive.
Editorial
As I write this, most of the UK is basking in听unseasonably warm sunshine, and it makes me听wonder what kind of weather we will all be听enjoying (or not) by the time this issue is听published in little over six weeks鈥� time. The听unpredictability of our weather is something of a听national obsession and small wonder, when it听can have such an impact on our work, our leisure听time and our mood. Our best-laid plans are often听subject to last-minute change due to an听unexpected snowstorm, shower or heatwave,听and once again we are reminded that change is听the only constant and that uncertainty is really听the only thing we can ever be certain of.
Following the recent resignation of former听Chair of 香港六合彩精准资料 Coaching, Linda Aspey, Jo Birch in听her capacity as current Chair of the division,听explores this notion of coping with the听unexpected in her new regular column 鈥� a piece听she delivered literally hours before catching a听flight to Mongolia, where she will be living and听working for the next eight months. I am听delighted to have Jo on board as series editor for听our new 鈥楾hinking Global鈥� series, launching in our听summer issue. In the meantime, I am also听delighted to welcome outgoing Chair Linda on听board as our regular columnist for听our new Coaching Today interview series, 鈥極n听The Coach鈥�. You can read Linda鈥檚 interview with听Julie Hay in this issue.
Shifting landscapes are also something of听a theme in our feature 鈥楥oaching below the听surface鈥� in which Professor of Executive听Learning at Cranfield School of Management,听Kim Turnbull James, suggests that a systemic听approach to leadership coaching can help听organisations be more responsive to the听challenges of leading in an age of uncertainty.听In another exclusive feature, Dr Paul Brown听argues for the adoption of neuroscience within听executive coaching if the profession is to have a听long-term future. Art meets science in a creative听approach to goal-setting with the BRIEF solution听focused method, illustrated by the authors of听the recently published Brief Coaching, while in a poignant and inspiring article, coach听Lynda Freeman describes her experience of听working with a group who are all too familiar with听uncertainty 鈥� that of vulnerable and abused听women in refuge.
With further regular features from members听of our executive team, including a new 鈥業n Focus鈥櫶齭eries and a research column by Barry McInnes,听you will see that there have also been some听shifts between the launch edition of our journal听and this one. I want to thank you for all of your听comments and feedback on the first issue (a听selection of which are published in our Letters听page) and please do keep writing in to let me听know what you think, and keep your ideas听coming. You can contact me at the email address听below.
Here鈥檚 to navigating those shifting sands as听we celebrate spring and move into summer鈥μ�
Diane Parker
Editor
editorial@bacpcoaching.co.uk