Global Conversations: Inspiring individuals, Building communities, Impacting the world

Science and Coaching is proud to present a slate of offerings that will add new information to our coaching repertoire through the latest findings in research and science while challenging and expanding our thinking. Learning and development, two of the outstanding hallmarks of coaching, and the outcomes from Positive Psychology research consistently run through each of these exciting presentations.

Join us to deepen your learning and further develop and enhance your coaching. - Lynn Meinke, PCC (USA), Chair, Science & Coaching Subcommittee 

• Beginning at the cellular level, researcher Joan King, Ph.D., PCC, will assist us to become critical consumers of neuroscience research and give us tools from that area that we can use immediately. 
• Barbara Fredrickson, Ph.D., (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) will showcase her current ground-breaking research in Positive Psychology that will inform us how "positivity" leads to and is essential for us to flourish. Integrating her work from Positive Psychology with coaching.
• Caroline Miller, MAPP, will show us the positive connection between effective goal setting and success for individuals and organizations.  
• Margaret Moore, Ph.D. will spearhead a presentation of research that shows how coaching enhances positive outcomes in the medical field.  
• Coaching researcher Linda Page, Ph.D., ACC, will increase our learning about using metaphors to create flexible and nimble brains. 
• Research by Felice Tilin, Ph.D. and Susan Wheelan, Ph.D. will show us how coaching emotionally intelligent leaders positively impacts the success of their teams.
• Francine Campone, EdD, MCC; Tom Krapu, Ph.D., PCC; and Deepa Awal, Ph.D., PCC, will lead us on a learning journey into how those situations we encounter in coaching that we might label as awful or "critical" actually create a positive outcome by deepening our learning and making us better coaches.

CCEU:  CC = core competency / PD = personal development / BD = business development & marketing / OT = other tools & skills

Jack, Be Nimble! Using Brain Science to Create a Flexible Mind
Linda Page, ACC (Canada) - View bio.
Saturday, December 5: 9─10:30 p.m./0900─1030
CCEU:  1.25-CC/.25-PD
The news is in! Brain and mind are social. Scientific research indicates that we (socially) use our minds to create our brains. We can create nimble minds/brains/relationships that are neither trapped in the ruts of inflexible habit nor overwhelmed by chaos.

In this session, coaches will learn to differentiate between the brain and the mind and to understand why they are social; how brains react to stress and how different minds react to different stressors; how metacognition increases a client's capacity to powerfully expand potential. Take part in Jack's Challenge, an exercise where participants play different neurons that collaborate in creating a new kind of brain, one that consciously chooses what it pays attention to. Play a role in the global challenge of developing a new, more nimble human brain.

From Uh-Oh to Aha!: Learning from Surprising and Unexpected Moments in Coaching
Francine Campone, PCC (USA) - View bio.
Tom Krapu, PCC (USA) - View bio.
Deepa Awal, PCC (USA) - View bio.
Saturday, December 3: 11 a.m.─12:30 p.m./1100─1230
CCEU:  .75-CC/.75-PD
Have you ever had a moment in coaching that left you scratching your head and wondering what happened? As lifelong learners and professionals, we are continually presented with opportunities to learn from our experiences and better serve our clients. This workshop provides a practical strategy that coaches can use to deepen their learning and skills by reflecting on surprising (or critical) incidents in their experiences.

Critical incidents are experiences that give us pause, surprise us or have unexpected results. Bring your own surprise coaching events. In this session, we introduce the characteristics of such events and provide a reflection strategy for you to use in the session and in your continuing self-directed development. Three experienced coaches present their own unexpected events and discuss how these marked a turning point in their practice. You will leave with a deepened perspective of critical incidents in professional practice and an appreciation for the value of encountering the unexpected. The reflection tool provided can be used in continued practice by coaches at all levels of experience. Through hearing and sharing your events, you will also have an opportunity to learn from each other's experiences and learning.

Does Success Lead to Happiness or Vice Versa? Surprising Outcomes from Goals Research Every Coach Should Know
Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP (USA) - View bio.
Thursday, December 3: 11 a.m.─12:30 p.m./1100─1230
CCEU:  1.25-CC/.25-PD
Using cutting-edge research from the science of goal accomplishment and how it intersects with the science of happiness, Caroline Miller will guide participants to think in new and powerful ways about how to set goals, why the science of Positive Psychology is essential in this process, and what proven methods exist to maximize success.
The session will cover:

• How self-efficacy, one of the four traits of happy people, relates to successful goal-setting, and what the research says about success;
• Current research on Positive Interventions that work well with clients, and how to match them for an optimal "fit," while also assisting clients to learn how to assess their emotional temperature;
• How to set the "right" kinds of goals and spot inappropriate and unworkable goals and situations that hinder progress; and
• Major research theories that assist clients to maximize their chances of goal accomplishment.

Participants will set short- and long-term goals during a break, as well as create a tool that enhances goal accomplishment and drives home the research around creating a supportive, goal-directed environment.
 

The Evidence for Coaching: Executive Development, Health and Well-being
Margaret Moore (USA) - View bio.
Susan David - View bio.
Saturday, December 5: 2─3:30 p.m./1400─1530
CCEU:  .75-CC/.75-OT
While published literature on coaching research is at an early stage, including a handful of randomized studies in life and executive coaching and 15 randomized studies of coach-like interventions in healthcare, we have learned some important lessons. Susan David, Ph.D. and Margaret Moore, MBA, co-directors of the new McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School Institute of Coaching, will explore the literature, research designs, measurement instruments, and their conversations with coaching researchers. David will focus on the executive coaching literature while Moore will focus on the coaching research in healthcare. The most interesting research studies will be highlighted and lessons learned will be shared in areas such as goal attainment results, coach/client match, emotional intelligence of coach, improvements to mental health and well-being including resilience, optimism, and depression scores. Participants will get a summary of concise conclusions on this evidence for coaching, which can be shared with clients. Key references and papers will be provided. The presenters will also explore significant questions for future research. 

Coaching Emotionally Intelligent Leaders for Team Success: Cutting-Edge Research
Felice Tilin (USA) - View bio.
Susan Wheelan (USA) - View bio.
Thursday, December 3: 2─3:30 p.m./1400─1530
CCEU:  .25-CC/.25-PD/1.0-OT 
Have you ever heard any of these statements from your clients?
   " I have a great group of people but I can't get them to work as a team."
   "He is our top salesperson but he is so disruptive to the team."
   "My boss runs these team meetings and I don't know how to show my value."
   "Why can't these guys just be team players!!?"

All your business clients are members and/or leaders of a number of work teams. Therefore, understanding how teams develop is essential for success. Using emotional intelligence and group development concepts, this session will increase your ability to collaborate with clients be better leaders and members of those teams and add to your team coaching toolbox.

 Using current research studies in emotional intelligence and group dynamics, you will:

• Gain clarity about how you can work with your client to become an effective member or leader in the development of high performance teams.
• Become familiar with the critical differences between coaching individuals and teams.
• Recognize stages in which your client can intervene and when the team can benefit from a third party consultant or coach.
• Benefit from cutting-edge research about leadership, membership and teams, what we still need to learn, and how you can participate.