The Edinburgh Coaching Academy is delighted to announce that it has joined forces with Dr Jonathan Passmore and Henley College to help drive one of the biggest and widest-reaching coaching surveys launched to date! Europe’s largest coaching and mentoring research project has just got underway across...
Edinburgh Coaching Academy is delighted to announce dates for our upcoming programmes: Coaching for HR – 2-day programme launching in June (Glasgow) and September (Edinburgh) to give those working in HR/ L&D and OD the key practical skills and knowledge of coaching. Mindfulness – 2-day course in May (Edinburgh), designed...
“Renew” - The Edinburgh Coaching Academy CPD day provided me with the opportunity to take a bit of time back for myself ...
Mindfulness conjures up all sorts of ‘happy-clappy’ positive thinking stuff, but can it ever be truly helpful in our busy chaotic world? My first thoughts were quite skeptical: do we ever have time to add something else in just to help us be more ‘present’?...
When I first took on formal training as a Coach with ECA a few years ago, I was pleasantly surprised by the emphasis on knowing myself better before thinking about models, tools / techniques and approaches to coaching. Like many of my peers, I had...
Most of us accept that constant change is the norm for many organisations. Whether it is pressure to be more profitable, improve customer service, increase employee engagement or decrease stress levels, we are bombarded with the message that ‘things around here need to change’. Interestingly...
After the success of our first CPD Day, ECA are delighted to confirm our second event. Please put Wednesday 15th March 2017 in your diary, and join us for an inspiring day of learning. Whether you are a new coach/coach supervisor, or an experienced coach there...
We are about to complete the Pilot Programme for our Certificate in Coaching Supervision (ILM 7) in Belfast. We are delighted to have had the opportunity to run this with MindWise as our host, and the first cohort of participants have been a joy to...
Here at the ECA, we have been hugely influenced by the Positive Psychology movement started by Martin Seligman, amongst others. We have always believed that a positive mental attitude has numerous benefits, and that being ‘happy’ can have positive spin-offs to other people. Without being...
Our first CPD day, aptly titled ‘Evolve’, was born as an idea over frothy coffee one frosty afternoon. How do we keep people who’ve come into contact with us - through our programmes and coaching - connected with what we do? And how do we...