Keyword: Coaching & Mentoring

Keep an eye on team spirit

A survey done recently by Robert Half found that chief financial officers thought the greatest lesson they learned during the recession was the importance of office morale. But what is morale, and how is it built?

Patti Gwynne, director and principal coach of NZ Coaching and Mentoring Centre, says low morale means feeling not engaged.

New Zealand Herald - 4 August 2010

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NZCMC have been selected for the 3rd year running to present a workshop at the 2010 American Society for Training & Development International Conference in Chicago in May which is the Trainer's equivalent of the Rugby World Cup.

This year's workshop, Group Coaching: Tools for Leveraging Learning in Groups and Teams, will provide participants with a taster of this powerful coaching mode. Group coaching combines the benefits of one-to-one coaching with the power of peer-to-peer learning. It provides a recession-proof method for coaching in times when coaching is most needed and makes the most of what is probably the best learning resource an organization has--its own people.

NZCMC director & principal coach, Patti Gwynne, will moderate a roundtable discussion at the 2010 New Zealand CFO Summit.

The CFO Summit will provide attendees with the opportunity to interact and reflect over the key issues challenging them and their organisation. With 8 roundtables to choose from, topics will be led by industry experts and participants will be encouraged to add their own ideas, ask questions and share challenges.

International speakers and well respected coaching authors and practitioners, Professor David Lane (UK) and Dr Michael Cavanagh (Australia) ran two workshops in Auckland during March. The NZ Coaching and Mentoring Centre hosted the workshops and it was a privilege for us and our clients to be a part of the conversations and learning that emerged. Some of the practical coaching strategies and advice shared by David and Michael for individuals and organisations were:

The NZ Coaching & Mentoring Centre welcomes International Associate, Professor David Lane to New Zealand for his 3rd visiting expert series in March. David is both an academic, an author and a senior practitioner of executive coaching in the UK.

On his last visit in 2007 he was the keynote speaker for the inaugural Mentoring & Coaching Forum (Building Momentum) held in Auckland where he presented the results of his case study research on the realities of coaching in UK organizations.

Forum attendee, executive coach Una Ryan said: "David’s wealth of knowledge and passion for coaching contributed to an in depth learning experience that was both conceptual and practical. The day delivered more than I expected."

NZMC director Patti Gwynne is presenting at 3 coaching related conferences in New Zealand and Australia in late 2008. The common thread running through the 3 seminars is the emergence of, and need for, mental toughness and wisdom intelligence in the coaching domain.

On 16 & 17 October, Patti is presenting at the Kiwi Coaching Retreat in Queenstown, NZ, where she will be talking about 'Emerging Paradigms of Mental Toughness & Wisdom Intelligence in Leadership Coaching.'

November sees Patti in Australia at the Inuagural European Coaching Institute Australasian Coaching Conference, presenting a session entitled 'LOOKING AT THE HEALTH OF THE INDUSTRY - A Case for Resilience and Wisdom in Coaching for the Future'.