2nd International Conference on Graduate Coaching Education
June 10-12, 2017
Embracing the complexity of coaching education:
Awareness and Management of Self, Client & Context
Toronto, Canada
June 10th, 2017 is a historic day where members of the Association of
ACTO and GSAEC will come together for a joint conference on the
challenges we face when developing coaches. This day is an excellent
opportunity to connect, co-create, and collaborate.
SATURDAY JUNE 10 ACTO/GSAEC Joint Day (MARRIOTT)
7am
Breakfast
8.15am
Introduction Marcia Reynolds & Linda Page
8.30am
Keynote Speaker Richard Boyatzis (Part 1)
9.30am
Break
9.45am
Keynote Speaker Richard Boyatzis (Part 2)
11am
Break
11.15am Using case studies in coaching training/education: embracing complexity of a global world
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Rationale Marcia Reynolds & Linda Page
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Coaching training/education in a global complex world case studies Alexandra BarosaPereira, Christina Tellecha Accornero & Marjorie Woo
12pm
Working Lunch & Book signing
1.30pm
Case studies discussions Kathy Harmon, Marcia Reynolds & Linda Page
2.15pm
Sub-group discussions on specific topics Laura Hauser & Lynn Meinke
2.30 pm Break
4.30pm
Wrap-up/closing
6-10pm
Cocktail, Dinner & Book signing
2nd International Conference on Graduate Coaching Education
June 10-12, 2017
Embracing the complexity of coaching education:
Awareness and Management of Self, Client & Context
Toronto, Canada
SUNDAY JUNE 11 GSAEC Conference Day (MARRIOTT)
7am
Breakfast
8.00am
Welcome & Introduction Linda Page & Laura Hauser
Paper: Looking back so that we can move the practice of coaching forward Derek Stec
8.30am
9.45am
10.00am
Part 1: Awareness and Management of Self
Workshop: The Merits of "Real Plays" versus Role plays in Coaching education Melvin Smith
Break
Paper session: Embracing the complexity of self in coaching education
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11.30am
Managing Self, Coaching Another: How coaches express warmth and competence with their
clients Jenna Brubaker
Digital Portfolio Assignments Facilitate Critical Reflection and Integration of Coaching Models
and Tools Michelle Albaugh
What can a family systems therapeutic framework tell us how to effectively frame powerful
questions Laura Hauser
Examining Racial Bias in Coaching: Are coaches less effective when working with clients of
color? Ariel Bernstein
Workshop: Leveraging the dynamics of challenge and support for high performance David Prior
12.15pm Lunch
1.45pm
Part 2: Awareness and Integration of Self, Client & Context
Workshop: Understanding transformational learning in coaching engagements Robert Barner
3.00pm
Paper: A presentation of an overarching theory for coach education based on research of the coaching
3.30pm
client's lived experience of coaching Natalie Cunningham
Break
3.45pm
Panel: It Takes three to Tango: Negotiating the Complexities of the Organizational Context in
Coaching Education Pauline Fatien, Ken Otter, Paul Stokes & Lucy Van Hove
5.15pm
Wrap-up & Perspectives Linda Page & Laura Hauser
5.30pm
End of Conference
7pm
Optional Dinner
Check out the Call for papers
with Philosophy of Coaching
2nd International Conference on Graduate Coaching Education
June 10-12, 2017
Embracing the complexity of coaching education:
Awareness and Management of Self, Client & Context
Toronto, Canada
MONDAY JUNE 12 GSAEC Working Day (ADLER)
8.30am-12pm
Annual Business Meeting
12-12.30pm
Lunch
12.30pm-4.30pm Academic Review Working Session
* PLEASE NOTE:
PRESENTERS: Friday June 10 Meeting at Adler at 6pm & Dinner
REGISTER HERE: GSAEC Conference
The Conference will take place at the Toronto Marriott Bloor Yorkville Hotel.
90 Bloor Street East Toronto Ontario M4W 1A7 More info online
Monday GSAEC Working day takes place at Adler.
890 Yonge St., 9th Floor Toronto, ON M4W 3P4
GSAEC CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Chair: Pauline Fatien Diochon
Program Committee: Kent Blumberg, Natalie Cunningham, Laura Hauser, Melvin Smith, Linda Page
Logistics: Camille Labelle
KEYNOTE
DR RICHARD BOYATZIS
SAT JUNE 10, 2017
BIOGRAPHY: DR RICHARD E. BOYATZIS
Richard E. Boyatzis is Distinguished University Professor
and Professor in the Departments of Organizational
Behavior, Psychology, and Cognitive Science at Case
Western Reserve University, and HR Horvitz Professor of
Family Business, as well as Adjunct Professor in
People/Organizations at ESADE. He earned his BS in
Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT, and a MS and
Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Harvard University. Using
his Intentional Change Theory (ICT), he studies sustained,
desired change at all levels of human endeavor from
individuals, teams, organizations, communities and countries.
Before becoming a professor, he was CEO of the research
consulting company McBer and Company (now part of the
Hay Group/Korn Ferry) for 11 years and COO of the market
research company Yankelovich, Skelly & White for three
years. He was ranked #9 Most Influential International
Thinker by HR Magazine in 2012 and 2014. He is the author
of more than 200 articles on leadership, competencies,
emotional intelligence, competency development, coaching,
neuroscience and management education. His Coursera
MOOCs, including Inspiring Leadership Through
Emotional Intelligence have over 635,000 enrolled from 215 countries. His 7 books include: The
Competent Manager; the international best-seller, Primal Leadership with Daniel Goleman and Annie
McKee; and Resonant Leadership, with Annie McKee. He has over 5,500 hours of coaching, has been
teaching and training coaches since 1970 and published 22 articles on coaching. Professor Boyatzis
acquired his bachelor’s degree in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT before going on to obtain his
MS and PhD in social psychology from Harvard University.
OVERVIEW OF THE TALK: COACHING FOR INSPIRATION, MOTIVATION AND
ENGAGEMENT
Growing and developing is a major driving force in our quest to help others, make a difference
and contribute to a better organization and society. Coaches, as a class of people who help others,
establish a deep emotional connection with others called resonance, whether teacher-student, professor-
KEYNOTE
DR RICHARD BOYATZIS
SAT JUNE 10, 2017
student, doctor-patient, nurse-patient, coach-coachee, mentor-protégé, manager-subordinate, and likely
parent-child and spouse/partner to spouse/partner. They are literally, in tune with clients. Their own
levels of emotional intelligence allow them to create and nurture these resonant relationships. They use
their EI on the path through mindfulness, hope, compassion, and playfulness.
These experiences of mindfulness, hope, compassion, and playfulness are essential to renewal of
the human organism at the neurological, hormonal, emotional, and behavioral levels. Based on decades
of research into emotional intelligence competencies and longitudinal studies in their development,
Professor Richard Boyatzis will lead the audience through examples of how coaching with
compassion (i.e., coaching a person to the PEA, their vision and values) is key to leadership
development and more resonant relationships. He will describe recent fMRI studies on coaching to
the Positive Emotional Attractor (PEA) versus the Negative Emotional Attractor (NEA), as well as
recent doctor-patient studies showing that arousal of the PEA increased treatment adherence for Type II
Diabetics. He will explain why it is central to neuro-endocrine renewal in the human body (which is the
only antidote to the ravages of chronic stress).
This session will address the following:
1. A process for developing sustainable improvement on EI, resonant relationships and the central role
of compassion in it.
2. Understanding the psycho-physiological role of the Positive Emotional Attractor and the Negative
Emotional Attractor in motivating change or encouraging the status quo regression.
3. Perceiving how coaching with compassion is effective in helping people change in sustainable ways,
but coaching for compliance is not. And why it is crucial to the sustainability of the leader (i.e.,
the coach) as well.
4. Understanding the neural activations involved in these two forms of coaching and why one prepares a
person to consider change and learning and the other closes their minds.
5. How to coach others to develop EI, resonant leadership, and to sustainably change.
June 10th, 2017 is a historic day where members of the Association of
ACTO and GSAEC will come together for a joint conference on the
challenges we face when developing coaches. This day will be part of
each ACTO and GSAEC’s annual conferences, and an excellent opportunity
to connect, co-create, and collaborate.
CALL FOR PAPERS The third issue of Philosophy of Coaching: An International Journal focuses on coach training and education. This theme arose in part as a result of a joint conference being held by the Association of Coach Training Organizations (ACTO) and the Graduate School Alliance for Education in Coaching (GSAEC) in Toronto, Canada, in June 2017. We invite papers that address the following questions: 1. What do we mean by coach education? What do we mean by coach training? How are they different? How are they the same? How are they related? 2. What philosophies, paradigms, and approaches underlie coach education and training? 3. What are the current challenges and opportunities in coach education and training? 4. How has coach education and training evolved over the past 15 years? What factors or conditions have led to its evolution? 5. What gaps in education or in training need to be addressed to serve the future of coaching (as a field) over the next 10 years? 6. What is the future of coach education and training over the next 10 years? What factors or conditions contribute to its evolution? Other questions include: 1. Given that there are well over 500 coach training/education programs in the expanding industry of coaching, how can prospective students and coaches of all levels of development differentiate between the various programs and choose the best one for them? 2. How do coach training schools and education programs think about and address competition? 3. What certificates and degrees are available to coaches today? 4. What are the current trends in coach training and education? 5. What are the ways in which ACTO and GSAEC are collaborating, and what role can collaboration play in the preparation and development of coaches at every level? For the sake of clarity, we offer one possible definition of coach training and coach education: Coach training involves learning how to coach – how to apply, in practice, the research and theories that professional coaching is based on. Coach education involves learning how to analyze, evaluate, and create those theories. We invite the following kinds of submission: • Research Papers (5,000 words approx.) that bring together multiple, well-­researched perspectives on a given topic • Position Papers (3,000 words approx.) that articulate a single, well-­
researched perspective on a given topic • Book Reviews (1,000-­2,000 words approx.) that summarize, reflect on and evaluate books relevant to coaches that have been published in the past 12 months (Book Reviews do not need to relate directly to the theme). • Response Papers (1,000 words approx.) that take up and respond to ideas, themes and perspectives published in previous issues of Philosophy of Coaching (available at philosophyofcoaching.org) The deadline for submissions is August 1st, 2017. Instructions on how to submit a paper are available at: https://philosophyofcoaching.org/submit/