Coaches Connect Friday 29 June 9 -5pm Broadcasting Place Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9EN

1. Coaches Connect
Friday 29 June 9 -5pm
Broadcasting Place
Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9EN
Following the success of last year‟s Coaches Connect and excellent feedback, this now yearly
event is back to provide another stimulating learning environment for coaches where:
Internal and external coaching and mentoring practitioners; OD, LD and HR professionals
who have an interest in coaching, coach trainers, sponsors of coaching… come together to
share good practice, gain new perspectives, connect with peers and movers and shakers
of the coaching world, extend their professional networks…
It wouldn‟t cost you the earth to attend (this is a not for profit event) and has all the
hallmark of Edimo Coaching initiatives: bringing people together to engage in powerful
conversations, thought provoking spaces, high-quality delivery, practical and inspiring….
With prominent speakers, keynote addresses, open space type discussions, case study,
networking…it promises to be an event not to be missed
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Don‟t miss out on this great opportunity to learn, share and connect

2. Programme
Time Session description Speaker
0900 -0930 Registration, coffee, networking You
0930 - 0940 Introductions, welcome Vera Woodhead
0940 10-40 Keynote 1 Professor Bob
Tracking the Discourses of Coaching and Mentoring Garvey
1040-1140 Keynote 2 Lis Merrick
Do your clients fall in love with you? Paul Stokes
1140- 1200 Refreshments
1200 -1300 Habits of World Class People and what you can learn Simon Hartley
from them
1300-1400 Lunch
1400 -1500 Organisational Performance Improvement at Surrey Vincent Traynor
County Council through Coaching Conversations: A Carmel Millar
case study
1500 -1600 Huddle: This is your opportunity to share your You and 2
expertise and passions with a small group on the day. others
Powerful Interventions for Different Team Types Lynn Scott Lois
Burton
1600 - 1620 Refreshments
1620 -1650 Learning and feedback from the day Helen Chapman
1650 -1700 Closing remarks Vera Woodhead

3. Session description
Tracking the Discourses of Coaching and Mentoring
Professor Bob Garvey
The way we talk about things influences how we understand and how we
practice. We all have a discourse or life narrative which guides us. Argyris
(1974) put forward the notions of „theory in use and espoused theory‟. When applied to
coaching and mentoring literature versus practice, there seems to be an inconsistency of
what is said and what is done. There are many explanations for this: the complex history of
C&M; the variety of contexts and purposes for C&M and the rise of the notion of
„professionalization‟ to mention a few. This keynote tracks the discourses of coaching and
mentoring and asks „is the espoused theory the same as the used theory?‟ Some may not
like the results!
Do your clients fall in love with you? What is intimacy?
How does the forming of a more "intimate" relationship
impact on the effectiveness of the coaching and
mentoring relationship?
Lis Merrick and Paul Stokes
This interactive session will present a definition of intimacy and some dimensions of
intimacy in a coaching and mentoring relationship which have been informed both by
literature and research findings. These are presented as one framework for
understanding the impact of different levels and forms of intimacy on the effectiveness
of a developmental dialogue.
This topic is new and exciting for the coaching and mentoring world as the concept of
"intimacy" is so often tainted with sexual overtones and the profession tends to shun
discussion of it. What the research seeks to do is to take the lid off some of this
suppression and take a direct and fresh look at this fascinating topic of mental
closeness within a learning relationship.
Any practising coach and mentor will be interested in bringing their experiences of
intimacy with their clients into this stimulating debate and comparing and contrasting
these with the presented research and findings.

4. Habits of World Class People and what you can learn from them
Simon Hartley
What differentiate world class people from their peers? What are the traits,
habits and characteristics which are common to world class people who are
at the pinnacle of their professions? How do world class people think, make decisions,
approach challenges and setbacks?
To find the answer Simon spent several years interviewing a wide range of people (chef,
Olympic athlete, barista, adventure racer, mountaineer…) at the top of their profession to
identify those traits, habits and characteristics which are common to them all.
During this session, Simon will share the 8 key characteristics that he discovered and explain
how we can apply them to our work, business and lives.
Organisational Performance Improvement through
Coaching Conversations
Vincent Traynor and Carmel Millar
Over the last 18 months, Surrey County Council has achieved significant
performance improvement through a development programme run by PB Coaching.
The impact on people has been amazing - 95% would recommend it - and the impact on the
organisation is tangible, with key stakeholders noticing a demonstrable shift in performance.
At its heart is an advanced coach training course which gives people the skills and confidence
to coach each other for performance improvement. We have built on this by embedding
honest, coaching conversations into the fabric of the organisation - such as how to deal with
key projects and how key stakeholder groups relate to each other - to take performance
improvement to the next level.
In this presentation Vincent and Carmel will share their methods and evaluation data together
with the key lessons and emerging issues for both of their organisations.

5. Powerful Interventions for Different Team Types
Lynn Scott and Lois Burton
This interactive session outlines how coaches can support the development of high potential
and transformational teams through their coaching work – even when they are only working
with one member of the team. It will also help coaches identify their own areas for
development as team coaches.
Our unique Transforming Teams model – find out about dysfunctional teams, resistant
teams, high potential teams….. and their readiness (or not) for team coaching
o Strategies for working with coachees whose teams may be at any one of these stages
o Experience a short Transforming Teams exercise
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6. Speakers’ Bio
Professor Bob Garvey is chair in Business Education at York St John
Business School. He is one of Europe‟s leading academic practitioners of
mentoring and coaching. With extensive business experience across many
sectors, Bob mentors a number of people from a variety of organisations.
He has published many papers on the practice of coaching and mentoring in
a variety of journals and is a member of the European Mentoring and
Coaching Council. His latest book was published by Sage in November 2011. He regularly
contributes to „Coaching at Work‟ and currently, is collaborating on a new major text book for
Sage with Professors David Gray and David Lane.
Lis Merrick is Managing Director of Coach Mentoring Ltd and a member of
the Coaching and Mentoring Research Unit at Sheffield Business School
through which she lectures on the MSc in Coaching and Mentoring. She is
also a Senior Associate of Clutterbuck Associates and is an accredited
assessor and responsible for assessor development for the International
Standards for Mentoring Programmes in Employment (ISMPE).
Lis‟s expertise is in the design and running of coaching and mentoring programmes,
particularly for the development of global talent management and to support women through
the glass ceiling. She specialises also in cross cultural coaching and mentoring, developing
coaching cultures and works globally as an Executive Coach. She has a regular column on
mentoring in “Coaching at Work” and has recently contributed to several books and articles in
the field.
Paul Stokes is the Acting Director of the Coaching and Mentoring Research
Unit (C&MRU) at Sheffield Business School and is Course Director for the
MSc in Coaching & Mentoring courses. He is an active member of the
European Mentoring & Coaching Council, serving on the European
Conference Committees and the UK Conference and Research Committees.
As well as being an independent coach and consultant in his own right, Paul

7. is an active researcher and academic, having co-written two books and several book chapters
and academic journal articles on mentoring and coaching. His current research interests
include "the skilled coachee" and the role of supervision within coaching and mentoring
Simon Hartley is a sport psychologist and performance coach at Be
World Class. He helps athletes and business people to get their mental
game right. During the last 15 years, Simon has worked with gold
medallists, world record holders, Olympians and championship winning
teams. He has worked at the highest level of sport, from Premiership
football and rugby union to Olympic sport, golf, tennis and even motor sport.
Since 2005, Simon has also applied the principles of world class sport psychology to business,
education, the charity sector and healthcare. His first book, Peak Performance Every Time
(was published by Routledge in 2011) and his second, entitled Be World Class is due in 2012.
Vincent Traynor, Head of Organisation Development at PB Coaching
Vincent is an experienced executive coach, systems consultant and trainer
who delivers ROI performance improvement in organisations facing change,
turbulence or growth.
This short video highlights the impact of his work -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzT8tzG8b50
At PB Coaching Vincent is responsible for all aspects of our organisation programmes
including: sales, design, delivery and ROI realisation.
Carmel Millar, Director of Human Resources, Surrey County Council
Carmel has played a huge part in the refocus of the Council; leading on
shaping top leadership programmes and introducing organisation-wide
workforce and management development programmes. Carmel has been at
the forefront of driving strategic and organisational change, and has led a
significant organisation-wide culture change programme at Surrey. The
council has been short-listed for „Most Improved Council 2012' and the shift in culture has
been pivotal in improving the organisation's performance.
Carmel has a proven track record of leading HR departments within local government and
health services. Her career has included working for Nottingham City Council as Assistant
Chief Executive, Director of HR for The British Library, and she has also worked in senior
positions at the London Borough of Hackney, CAFCASS, Department of Health and Brighton &

8. Hove Council, including significant organisational change management experience within
central and local government
Lynn Scott and Lois Burton completed the Advanced Professional
Diploma in Executive Coaching run by PB Coaching and accredited by
Leeds Metropolitan University more than ten years ago and are two of
the most experienced and successful coaches in the North West.
In the early days of their coaching careers they realised that many of their 1-1 executive
clients experience challenges with their own teams that could not be entirely solved in the 1-
1 coaching relationship. With this in mind they completed some in-depth Team Coaching
training and have since worked with a variety of senior teams to improve their leadership
impact, presence, results and working relationships.
Helen Chapman is an accredited Leadership and Team Coach who has a
passion for finding innovative ways to help business leaders and teams to be
more effective and resilient. Her clients say that she has a unique ability to
simplify complex issues and tease out what is important. She has published
three picture books that help her clients to explore the topics of Resilience,
Effectiveness and Change.
She trained as a NLP Coach, is a founder member of the Association for Coaching, and is also
a member of the panel that assesses new Coaches for the Association.
Vera Woodhead is a Leadership and Team coach, Business mentor and
Lecturer in Leadership who utilises powerful conversations and creative
interventions to generate tangible business outcomes and transformative
learning. She is a programme tutor on the Goldman Sachs 10K High Growth
programme with Leeds University Business School and a Leadership, Innovation
and Enterprise facilitator at Leeds Medical School. Her research findings on coaching teams
were published last year.
She has a passion for helping people create the lives they love, tapping into their talents and
strengths and putting them to use in a way that makes a difference to themselves, their
teams, organisations, community….