Our Guest Blogger, George L Galloway from GLG Consultancy Ltd. shares his views: As an HR professional for over 30 years and a past chair of CIPD, one skill that I regularly see missing from the toolkit of most HR professionals, is that of a competent coach. Most,...
We are delighted to announce Autumn and Winter dates for our highly successful ILM 7 Certificate course in Executive Coaching and Mentoring: What previous participants have said about this skills based and insightful programme: “ I would thoroughly recommend the programme to anyone who wants to learn more about...
At the exhilarating ECA CPD event 'Renew', the response from those attending echoed what I find when delivering Mindfulness courses throughout the UK. Coaches seek practical advice on how they might introduce the Mindfulness approach in their work, so that clients might benefit from some extra...
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...