The Topic
Listening and Witnessing - Soul’s work
"when a participant or coach captures the complexity of the experience in a few words, it is as if a haiku has been written, a small canvas painted, the notes of a melody floated.” (Adapted from John Paul Lederach, The Moral Imagination: the art and soul of building peace)
We coaches all think we are ‘good’ at listening. But what does ‘good' really mean?
We might instead ask ourselves such questions as:
Who are we listening to - the professional or public persona, the inner child or the spirit’s yearning?
What are we listening for - information, key themes or what’s not being said?
And are we listening with curiosity, focus or care and tenderness?
What happens when we witness the other ? To bear witness in its earliest use is related to bearing testimony to faith - it cuts to the deepest in the human. Can we as coaches - when we truly see and hear the essence, the soul of our clients? And what happens when we do?
This webinar will explore these questions and reconnect us to the core of coaching - to its heart and soul.
The Agenda
In the first half of the webinar, Hetty will make his presentation and facilitate initial responses.
In the second half, we'll move into a reflection-application session:
- 'Composting': experienced peers work the material in small groups to sprout new ideas;
- 'Weaving': attendees gather to collectively reflect and question, weaving our experiences together;
- Discuss how we will apply learnings to our personal practice and living in a plenary.
The Speaker
Hetty brings 25+ years of psychology and executive coaching experience to global leadership development. A best-selling author, her career has spanned the arts, journalism, media, health, and policy development in the private, public and voluntary sectors. She designs and delivers leader-coach and global culture change programs. Key focuses are women’s leadership, Transpersonal Coaching, and the regenerative contributions approach. She works ecosystemically and holistically founded on transpersonal psychology and informed by psychoanalysis and embodiment approaches. She teaches at the Irish Management Institute, is a Senior Associate Director with Common Purpose, and she coaches, teaches, and facilitates in French. Hetty is Director of Publications Strategy for the Association for Coaching and Executive Editor of the AC global magazine, Coaching Perspectives, now a leading publication in the field. Hetty holds a Masters in Psychoanalytic and Systemic Approaches to Organisational Consulting from the Tavistock Centre (UEL), a Certificate in Coaching Supervision from Oxford Brookes, a Masters in History of Art from the Courtauld Institute (UL), and a BA in languages from Cambridge University. She is married with two millennial daughters.
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