The AC Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Are you ready to transform the way you communicate? In part one of two this insightful episode, host Claudia Day is joined by developer Alan Robertson and expert coach Kate Mason-Keaney to dive into the significance of communication styles and the powerful VoicePrint tool. Alan, with a background in organizational development, and Kate, a team and leadership coach, break down how different communication styles shape interactions and workplace dynamics. They introduce the VoicePrint tool - a practical framework and assessment tool that categorizes communication into three clusters: exploring, positioning, and controlling – each cluster containing 3 types, making the 9 voices. Understanding these voices can help you navigate conversations more effectively, foster collaboration, and enhance your impact in any setting.

They discuss the dynamics of communication and the role of different voices in interactions, and give practical application of the tool in one to one and team coaching. Alan and Kate share the impact the tool can have on a coach’s self-awareness and understanding emotional triggers in communication. They reveal the significance of their self-perception and 360 questionnaires, and strategies for fostering open dialogues and enhancing team dynamics through mindful voice styles.

You will learn:

·       The 9 voice modes that shape our communication style and how that impacts ourselves and others.

·       The impact of listening styles and the VoicePrint listening profile on effective communication

·       How to practically use VoicePrint in your coaching practice

Whether you’re looking to refine your leadership skills, improve teamwork, or become a more effective communicator, this episode is packed with actionable insights to elevate your communication game.

“The key thing about VoicePrint is not just that it yields insights about the way people are currently behaving. But more crucially, it helps to inform the question, right, well, what could I do differently?”

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For the episode resources and guest bio, please visit: 

https://www.associationforcoaching.com/page/dl-hub_podcast-channel-self-awareness-insight-tools-voiceprint-communication

In this episode we delve into the Whole Brain® Thinking Model and the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI) with host, Claudia Day and award-winning executive coach and researcher, Verity Hannell. The Whole Brain® Thinking framework developed by Ned Herrmann is a powerful, science-backed operating system for harnessing cognitive diversity in the flow of work. It's based on the idea that everyone has a preferred way of thinking, and that these preferences can be used to improve performance.

Verity shares her journey and insights into the HBDI, explaining its theory, which divides thinking preferences into four quadrants: analytical, practical, interpersonal, and experimental. They discuss the research backing the HBDI, its practical applications, and how understanding thinking preferences can enhance communication and collaboration. Verity explains how our thinking preferences impact something as straightforward as grocery shopping as well as the role of cognitive diversity in coaching and team dynamics, and its impact on decision-making.

·       Learn about the four quadrants of the HBDI model and how they shape thinking preferences.

·       Discover the value of cognitive diversity and its impact on communication, collaboration, and decision-making.

·       Understand how coaches can use the HBDI as a tool to enhance their personal development and coaching techniques.

Whether you’re a coach, leader, or simply curious about the science of thinking, this episode provides actionable insights into unlocking your brain’s full potential and fostering more productive, diverse teams.

“The HBDI model has been designed to illuminate our cognitive preferences…our cognitive biases possibly, as well as provide self-awareness for individuals and a recognition of kind of the cognitive diversity that we all have as humans.”

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For the episode resources and guest bio, please visit: 

https://www.associationforcoaching.com/page/dl-hub_podcast-channel-self-awareness-insight-tools-whole-brain-thinking-preferences

Maria Iliffe-Wood, a seasoned coach and author, joins our host Dina Sabry Fivaz to explore presence, intuition and inner wisdom in the coaching process. They discuss what is meant by intuition and inner wisdom, how to access it and how to harness it whilst working with clients. Maria shares the significance of being present with clients, trusting one’s intuitions and the concept of the “invisible coach.” She emphasizes the importance of self-awareness in cultivating intuition and the value of reflective practices for deeper insights. Maria explains the difference between ego-driven thoughts and heart-centred intuition, sharing how silence allows her to access her heart, rather than her head.

By fostering presence and trusting their instincts, coaches can access profound insights that guide transformative conversations, enriching their practice and helping clients achieve meaningful breakthroughs.

You will learn:

·       What inner wisdom and intuition are

·       The link between presence and inner wisdom

·       How a coach can develop intuition

"My passion is really helping people to remind them of their inner wisdom, their intuition, how to find it, how to trust in it more, and the gateway to that is presence."

For the episode resources and guest bio, please visit: 

https://www.associationforcoaching.com/page/dl-hub_podcast-channel_coaching-beyond-tools_intuition-inner-wisdom-presence

What does a coach need to consider in preparing to coach a team? Find out in episode five of our team coaching series with Georgina Woudstra and Allard de Jong. Using the STS model of Self (the coach), Team and Situation, they discuss what you need to consider before committing to coach a particular team.

With a series of interesting questions to ask yourself as well as examples from their own experience, Georgina and Allard empower team coaches to know themselves, know their own boundaries, and be able to clearly assess whether a team understands their own commitments and responsibilities in participating in coaching. Learn more about how to evaluate the psychological safety in a team and who you are actually representing.

“The art of it is us navigating the multiple stakeholders’ needs and finding a way to get a clear focus for the work.”

For the episode resources and guest bio, please visit:

https://www.associationforcoaching.com/page/team-coaching-podcast-series-team-coaching-readiness

Learn about the importance of good contracting in episode four of our Team Coaching series with Georgina Woudstra and Allard de Jong. Together they explore what contracting is and talk about ‘Big C’ contracting which includes ‘the 6 P’s’ of purpose, practicalities, professional, power, psychology and partnership.

Georgina and Allard go on to explain the equally important ‘Little C’ contracting, discuss the use of Clare Pedrick’s STOKeRS model and the challenges for coaches in supporting decision-making in teams as well as the various models of contracting that can be used by team coaches. Enjoy this informative and thought-provoking episode.

“Too much contracting can stifle the process and too little can create problems.”

For the episode resources and guest bio, please visit:

https://www.associationforcoaching.com/page/team-coaching-podcast-series-contracting-team-coaches

In this episode, Georgina Woudstra and Allard de Jong begin their conversation identifying what a team is as opposed to a group, what competencies are, and how they create a framework for good practice. Using a Team Coaching Wheel created by Georgina, they look more closely at specific team coaching competencies, such as a ‘focus on relationships in the system’ and ‘working with power and authority.’

Using real-life examples, tools and powerful coaching questions, Georgina and Allard provide honest, reflective, and practical information to support your team coaching practice, or help you explore team coaching as something you would like to try. They highlight issues that can arise and suggest solutions in this informative, passionate conversation.

“Focusing on relationships in the system is about serving the team collectively, focusing on the ‘we’ whilst valuing the I.”

For the episode resources and guest bio, please visit:

https://www.associationforcoaching.com/page/team-coaching-podcast-series-team-coaching-competencies

In episode two of our Team Coaching series, Georgina Woudstra and Allard de Jong take a deeper dive into what they understand real team coaching to be. They re-examine what the core of coaching is about,  and look at what can happen when a coach shifts from one-to-one coaching to working with teams.

Join us as they discuss the different phases that occur in team coaching and explain the Team Coaching Competencies Wheel, as well as share invaluable insights about the centre of that wheel: the philosophy and stance of the coach. You will learn more about the use of mantras that can help you stay present as a coach, the power of presence, and the use of self and active experiments.

“Change happens when we help the team become more than what they are.”

For the episode resources and guest bio, please visit:

https://www.associationforcoaching.com/page/team-coaching-podcast-series-real-team-coaching

Welcome to the first episode in our new podcast series on team coaching. Our two hosts, Georgina Woudstra and Allard de Jong of the Team Coaching Studio, will be holding informative conversations to share their expertise and passion for this topic.

In this first episode, they explain why team coaching is becoming a necessity in creating real change in how teams and leaders work, and why they believe it is a key part of the future of coaching. They discuss the difference between team coaching and other modalities, such as facilitation and learning and development, evidencing how team coaching is more sustainable and impactful, as well as the role of team leaders and the support team coaching offers. This a helpful podcast for team coaches, those considering team coaching, and organizations and businesses wanting to understand what team coaching can offer.

“The team is not just the sum of the parts, it is more than the sum of the parts, it is the alchemy of the sum of the parts.”

For the episode resources and guest bio, please visit: 

www.associationforcoaching.com/page/team-coaching-podcast-series-team-coaching-approach

Join us for this heart-warming and inspiring conversation with our four podcast hosts of 2022: Claudia Day, Rob Lawrence, Maxine Bell and George Warren. Listen as they reflect on their experiences as hosts – what drove them to become hosts, what the experience was like and the incredible ripple effects from it.

The conversation broadens out into developments in coaching that are reflected in the podcast topics as well as why podcasts are relevant, powerful (and free) learning and development tools. Will you be brave enough to accept the invite and the challenge we offer?  Listen in and find out.

“As a host, a podcast is a tremendously powerful self-growth tool.”

For the episode resources and guest bio, please visit: 

https://www.associationforcoaching.com/page/AC_at_20-Reflections_on_our_2022_podcast_series_hosts 

To listen to the Technology and Innovation series with Claudia:

https://www.associationforcoaching.com/page/technology_and_innovation_podcast_series

To listen to the Let's Make Coaching Creative serieswith Maxine:

https://www.associationforcoaching.com/page/Lets_Make_Coaching_Creative_Series_Page

To listen to the Make Time for Marketing series with Rob:

https://www.associationforcoaching.com/page/Make_Time_For_Marketing_Series_Page

To listen to the Conscience of Coaching series with George: 

https://www.associationforcoaching.com/page/The_Conscience_of_Coaching_Series_Page

Rob also hosted the AC at 20 podcast series here:

https://www.associationforcoaching.com/page/AC-at-20_podcast_series

In our final episode, celebrating 20 years of the Association for Coaching, our host Rob Lawrence is joined by the CEO and Co-founder of the AC, Katherine Tulpa and Gina Lodge, the AC Area Chair of the UK, Africa and India as they look forward to the future and the focus of the AC.

They acknowledge that the world we live in is changing more rapidly than ever and the place coaching has in creating a better future. As Gina states, “Coaching is a chance for change…it changes people.”  Learn about the core skills that make coaching powerful, the role and development of leader coaches, and the importance of coaching youth. They discuss the optimism in coaching in being able to support Corporations, Business and Coaching Schools, and individuals. Be inspired by their passion to make coaching truly global as it becomes the new style of leadership.

“To stay relevant and have future focus is good but also create that future too.”

For the episode resources and guest bio, please visit: 

https://www.associationforcoaching.com/page/AC20series_Future_Vision