Open Door in partnership with Synergy Global proudly presented this outstanding program of FREE virtual events to celebrate International Coach Week form the 4th – 8th May, 2020.
Featuring an international line up of speakers; experts in workplace coaching and organisational culture; case studies from top organisations and whole suite of coaching skills workshops.
8:30 am – Morning Focus Meditation (15 minutes)
We are not hugging trees and saying ‘owww ummm’. This is a simple, refreshing, guided meditation for people with a lot on their minds.
15-minute mediation to help you centre and focus on the day or topic of your choice.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
9:00 am – Introduction to Self-Coaching (15 minutes)
In this webinar we introduce the importance of being able to coach ourselves towards our own goals; and the ICF Core Competencies which underpin our coaching professionalism and practice.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
Discover our flagship coach training program, the Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching.
10:00 – 11:00 am AEST- Warts and All; From PCC to MCC, insights into the journey.
(USA EDT 3rd May 8pm; Canada PDT 3rd May 5pm; UK BST 4th May 1am)
CCEU’s Awarded: 1 hour Resource Development
There’s nothing like a reality check when you think you are ‘ready’ for MCC and then find out there is a LOT more to learn.
Join us as we discuss the ‘warts and all journey’ from PCC to MCC: offering a pragmatic focus on stretching your coaching; the credentialing pathway; professional supervision and mentor coaching; and becoming the best coach you can be.
Hear from three ICF MCC coaches about the pathway from “good to great” and the lifelong pursuit of excellence in our coaching.
Panel presentation by MCC’s: Natalie Ashdown, Heather-Jane Gray and Lynne Brisdon
11:30 am – Introduction to Coaching (20 minutes)
In this webinar we introduce key concepts around coaching in the workplace including: what is coaching/what is it not; the range of coaching in the workplace; how coaching is different from other techniques; and characteristics of a great coach.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
12:30 pm – The Coaching Process (25 minutes)
Join us for this webinar as we discuss the process of coaching: from identifying the need for coaching, through to recapping and celebrating the results that clients have achieved.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
1:00 pm – Basic Questions and Reframing (25 minutes)
Join us for this webinar where we focus on basic question structure; questions to avoid; how to coach people to stay ‘above the line’ – focussed on options and solutions; and reframing negative statements in the workplace.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
2:00 pm – Introduction to Coaching – The GROW Model (25 minutes)
In this webinar we introduce the foundational GROW Model of coaching, which was popularised by Sir John Whitmore in his book ‘Coaching for Performance’; and consider the many opportunities to use GROW in the workplace; reasons why we don’t achieve our goals and why we need to watch out for ‘wiggle words’.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
3:00pm – 4:00pm – Coaching as a fundamental enabler of transformation and empowerment at Air Force
(USA EDT 4th May 1am; Canada PDT 3rd May 10pm; UK BST 4th May 6am)
CCEU’s Awarded: 1 hour Resource Development
Just over 5 years ago Air Force embarked on a journey to bring coaching skills to the organisation to support the vision of 5th Generation Air Force. Starting with just one person attending coach training to ‘test the waters’, Squadron Leader Anita Green will share how Air Force see coaching as being a fundamental enabler of transformation and empowerment to be achieved and some of the obstacles.
At Air Force it is not only about creating great coaches but the targeting of key people, such as COs, Star Ranks, influential SNCOs to kick start the change in Air Force. It is not simply about great coaching but the creation of an empowered organisation (or at least great pockets of excellence) to lead the way through the effect that coaching and other key interventions and leadership enables. Hear the remarkable story of the evolution of coaching at Air Force.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown interviewing Squadron Leader Anita Green
4:30 pm – Conducting the needs analysis (25 minutes)
Coaching in the workplace starts with understanding the clients/stakeholders needs. This webinar focuses on a practical tool that you can implement across a range of scenarios in the workplace.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
5:00 pm – Afternoon Transition Meditation (15 minutes)
Make the move from work to home (even if it’s from one room in your house to another) with a simple, refreshing meditation practice. Designed for people with a lot on their minds, to transition with ease out of work and into their evening.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
8:30 am – Morning Focus Meditation (15 minutes)
We are not hugging trees and saying ‘owww ummm’. This is a simple, refreshing, guided meditation for people with a lot on their minds.
15-minute mediation to help you centre and focus on the day or topic of your choice.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
9:00am – 10:00 am – How to coach anxious clients (in Covid-19 times)
(USA EDT 4th May 7pm; Canada PDT 4th May 4pm; UK BST 5th May 12am)
CCEU’s Awarded: .5 hour Resource Development & .5 Core Competency
In uncertain times our clients may display more anxiety than before.
How do you engage and coach your client effectively whilst acknowledging their anxiety in a way that supports their progress?
Sam Adkins, the Natural Anxiety Specialist teaches you how to recognise hidden anxiety; how to use anxiety physiology to calm your client; and when to directly acknowledge when a client is anxious.
In this webinar, you will learn how to be confident in the face of your client’s anxiety and how to use techniques to anchor your stressed client so they can really benefit from your coaching.
Presenter: Sam Adkins
10:30 am – Effective communication and The Five levels of Conversation (25 minutes)
Join us for this webinar when we discuss what it really means to be effectively communicating; and how to coach across the Five Levels of Conversation in the workplace.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
11:00 am – VAKAd Learning preferences (25 minutes)
This webinar introduces learning preferences based on VAKAd; and how to utilise an understanding of preferences to more effectively coach a person in the workplace.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
12:00pm – 1:00pm – To coach upwards or not to coach upwards? That is the question.
(USA EDT 4th May 10pm; Canada PDT 4th May 7pm; UK BST 5th May 3am)
CCEU’s Awarded: 1hr Core Competency
They say that you can coach upwards, downwards and sidewards, but how feasible is that notion in a hierarchical organisation?
In this webinar, Air Commodore Ian Scott, provides his practical ‘5 P’s’ for coaching upwards and uses his years of experience as a senior officer with Air Force to demonstrate what to do and what not to do.
Presenter: Air Commodore Ian Scott hosted by Natalie Ashdown
1:30 pm – Behavioural Styles and Coaching (25 minutes)
This webinar introduces the four basic behavioural styles; and how to utilise an understanding of behavioural styles to more effectively coach a person in the workplace.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
2:00 pm – MBTI Preferences and Coaching (25 minutes)
This webinar focuses on MBTI preferences; and how to utilise an understanding of these preferences to more effectively coach a person in the workplace.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
3:00pm – 4:00 pm – Calm Amongst The Chaos
(USA EDT 5th May 1am; Canada PDT 4th May 10pm; UK BST 5th May 6am)
CCEU’s Awarded: .5 hour Resource Development & .5 Core Competency
Are you juggling children, family and work, while trying to keep professional and unsure how long your resilience will last?
What if through this crazy time we have the ability to evoke a sense of calmness?
To do this we need to understand the anchors and techniques to evoke calm and the key insights for navigating this new chaos we find ourselves in.
Join us as we explore: ‘not knowing’ anxiety and how we are coping; stress assessment and indicators; mindfulness – what it is and how it works. Backed by research you will be finding and knowing your inner anchor for calm; exploring presence and what it offers; and how to get started.
Presenters: Charlotte Thaarup and Heather-Jane Gray, MCC
4:30 pm – GROW Model Demonstration (60 minutes)
Listen to Brigitte Calvert PCC, one of Open Door’s coaching experts conduct a ‘live’ coaching demonstration using the full GROW Model; includes a debrief of key learning points.
Presented by Brigitte Calvert, PCC.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
8:30 am – Morning Focus Meditation (15 minutes)
We are not hugging trees and saying ‘owww ummm’. This is a simple, refreshing, guided meditation for people with a lot on their minds.
15-minute mediation to help you centre and focus on the day or topic of your choice.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
9:00am – 10:00 am – The World in Crisis – Thoughts on Leadership (60 Minutes)
(USA EDT 5th May 7pm; Canada PDT 5th May 4pm; UK BST 6th May 12am)
CCEU’s Awarded: 1 hour Resource Development
In 1990, Dr Charlie Pellerin was in his eighth year leading the Hubble Space Telescope development team. His team built, and then launched the world’s most anticipated telescope, only to discover after the launch, that the Hubble telescope had a flawed mirror, and was useless.
Just when Charlie thought things could not get any worse, the Failure Review Board reported that the root cause was a “leadership failure.” Charlie was the leader of the Hubble team.
After mounting Hubble’s space repair mission, Charlie dedicated himself to understanding how social forces affect people and teams.
Since then he has worked with over 1,000 teams to enhance performance and reduce risk.
Natalie Ashdown interviews one of NASA’s mostly highly decorated scientists and one the most experienced leaders in the world, Charlie Pellerin, to explore his insights on leadership, particularly in times of crisis, in this not to be missed webinar.
Presenters: Dr Charlie Pellerin hosted by Natalie Ashdown
10:30 am – SMART Goals (25 minutes)
The SMART acronym first appeared in 1981 in the November issue of ‘Management Review’ in an article written by George Doran, Arthur Miller and James Cunningham, and it is still extremely relevant to all our coaching today.
This webinar digs into key coaching questions to ask around each element to increase the effectiveness of your coaching.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
11:00 am – EARS, WDEP and Miracle Question (25 minutes)
This webinar increases your coaching flexibility by introducing short and sharp models for everyday coaching conversations including: WDEP, EARS and the Miracle Question.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
12:00 – 1:00pm – Embedding a learning culture at CSIRO (60 Minutes)
(USA EDT 5th May 10pm; Canada PDT 5th May 7pm; UK BST 6th May 3am)
CCEU’s Awarded: 1 hour Resource Development
CSIRO, Australia’s National science agency, solves the greatest challenges that we face as Nation and as a global community.
A culture of learning under-pins all the work, not only in the pursuit of science, but in the pursuit of leadership.
Coaching is also considered a key enabler of learning and a means to embed learning over time.
Join us for this unique opportunity to explore learning at CSIRO, as Anne Haine shares her key insights from years of experience across many leadership development endeavours.
Presenters: Natalie Ashdown with Anne Haine, Director of Learning and Leadership at CSIRO
2:00 pm – More everyday coaching and types of questions (25 minutes)
This webinar focuses on increasing your coaching flexibility by loading up your coaching toolbelt with a range of different types of questions, including: chunking, question deconstruction, scaling questions, thought bubbles and decision making questions.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
3:00 – 4:00 pm – Neuroscience in Coaching: Conversational Intelligence (C-IQ)™ & Neurozone™ (60 Minutes)
(USA EDT 6th May 1am; Canada PDT 5th May 10pm; UK BST 6th May 6am)
CCEU’s Awarded: .5 hour Resource Development & .5 Core Competency
These days, many coaches are using neuroscience to inform their practice but there appears to be a lot of gaps in knowledge and effective implementation.
Are you clear on a basic definition of neuroscience and neuroplasticity if a client asked? Are you curious to understand how our brain responds to threat, safety and bonding neurochemically? How can we best facilitate an environment of trust and a feeling of safety for coaching?
Are you considering doing more training in this area and if so, which tools will you pick?
This webinar explores two systems of coaching: Conversational Intelligence (C-IQTM) and NeurozoneTM and how they assist in answering these important questions.
Presenters: Heather-Jane Gray, MCC and Dr Shirley Schulz-Robinson, PCC
4:30 pm – Coaching underperformance (30 minutes)
It’s all very well to be focussed on high performance in coaching, but what do you do with the people who are under performing?
This practical webinar offers a reframe on the ‘old style’ remedial approach to performance management, along with key insights to changing mindsets, language and giving feedback.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
5:00 pm – Performance conversations in the workplace (30 minutes)
Performance conversations can bring up a lot of negative connotations in the workplace.
This webinar focusses on moving towards using performance conversations as part of every-day high performance; provides a model for having an effective conversation and how to get under the surface of any resistance.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
5:30 pm – Coaching scenarios and resistance to coaching (25 minutes)
This practical webinar explores the many ways you can use your coaching techniques in the workplace. And the flip side – how to overcome the resistance that you may face when implementing coaching back in the workplace.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
8:30 am – Morning Focus Meditation (15 minutes)
We are not hugging trees and saying ‘owww ummm’. This is a simple, refreshing, guided meditation for people with a lot on their minds.
15-minute mediation to help you centre and focus on the day or topic of your choice.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
9:00am – 10:00am – 4-D Systems: How NASA builds high performing teams (60 Minutes)
(USA EDT 6th May 7pm; Canada PDT 6th May 4pm; UK BST 7th May 12am)
CCEU’s Awarded: .5 hour Resource Development & .5 Core Competency
Dr Charlie Pellerin has worked with over 1,000 teams to enhance performance and reduce risk. This journey began in 1990, when he was in his 8th year leading the Hubble Space Telescope development team. Having built and launched the world’s most anticipated telescope, he discovered that it had a flawed mirror and was useless.
When he thought things couldn’t get any worse, the Failure Review Board reported that the root cause was a “leadership failure,” and Charlie was the team leader!
After he mounted Hubble’s space repair mission, he dedicated himself to understanding how social forces affect people and teams.
The result of Charlie’s experience is reflected in the ‘4-D Systems Model’. This session is a unique opportunity to discover more about the 4-D Systems Model; the thinking behind its design; and how the Model can be used to help transform behaviours for cultural change.
Presenters: Dr Charlie Pellerin, Hosted by Heather-Jane Gray, MCC
10:30am – 11:30am – Good to Great Coaching – Accelerating Coaching Excellence (60 Minutes)
(USA EDT 6th May 8.30pm; Canada PDT 6th May 5.30pm; UK BST 7th May 1.30am)
CCEU’s Awarded: 1 hour Resource Development
What differentiates executive coaches particularly in the corporate marketplace?
What is the key difference between good and great coaching?
What advice can we glean from the experts about staying ahead of the game in this VUCA world?
How do we get insight into the impact we are making as coaches?
Join us for this exciting opportunity to explore what the executive coaching market needs right now from coaches and how we can best prepare to deliver what senior clients are looking for.
Presenters: David Goldsmith, MCC, Hosted by Heather-Jane Gray, MCC
2:30 pm – Key ideas on effective feedback (25 minutes)
This webinar covers key concepts that need to be considered to ensure feedback in the workplace is effective and how a coaching approach can assist.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
3:00 pm – Opening the challenging conversation (25 minutes)
In this webinar we take a coaching approach to: prepare for a challenging conversation; to consider ‘what is it you want?’; to prepare a feedback script; and lay out the appropriate ground rules.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
3:30 pm – Values, attitudes and beliefs and results (25 minutes)
In this webinar, we explore how an understanding of values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviours lead to a person achieving, or not achieving the results that they want. We also dig deeper into the importance of values and how to elicit a person’s values to enable them to achieve their goals.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
4:30 pm – Coaching through conflict – understanding the sources (25 minutes)
In this webinar we take the approach, that in order to coach a person through conflict, we first need to identify the source of the conflict. Using coaching questions to identify the source of the conflict, opens up options for coaching through the conflict and finding options to move forward.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
5:00 pm – Coaching through conflict – finding the higher purpose (25 minutes)
Too often when parties are in conflict they will take ‘hard and fast’ positions. Rather than focussing on positions, in this webinar we look at coaching techniques that focus on finding the ‘higher purpose’ or balcony position. It is from this position that we can coach people to find options and solutions to resolve their conflict.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
5:30 pm – Afternoon Transition Meditation (15 minutes)
Make the move from work to home (even if it’s from one room in your house to another) with a simple, refreshing meditation practice. Designed for people with a lot on their minds, to transition with ease out of work and into their evening.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
8:30 am – Coaching through change (25 minutes)
In this webinar we take a look at uncertainty and how people will potentially respond to change; then focus on John Kotter’s 8 Step Model for Leading Change; and the coaching questions that have been designed to enable the model to become an effective coaching tool
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
9:00 am – Coaching through resistance to change (25 minutes)
Regardless of how well we are trying to lead people through change, we are likely to face resistance. In this webinar, we consider how to ‘get under the surface’ to identify the key resistance to change and to coach through the resistance.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
10:00 am – High performance through strengths-based coaching (25 minutes)
In this webinar we focus on strengths-based coaching and make the distinction between what energises us in our work and job competency. We explore how to coach a person to leverage their strengths towards high performance and identify underlying limitations that potentially prevent a person from achieving their goals.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
10:30 am – Strengths-based coaching – overplay, underplay and weaknesses (25 minutes)
In this webinar we focus on how to coach people towards their strengths – by specifically looking at: how strengths can be ‘dialled up’, over-played or under-played; how this limits performance; and how to coach a person to focus on leveraging their strengths to achieve their goals.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
11:00 am – Strengths-based coaching – the Strengthscope toolsTM (25 minutes)
The StrengthscopeTM tool provides the opportunity to identify your top seven strengths that underpin your high performance, and those weaknesses that might be holding you back. This webinar demonstrates the profile and how it can be used in your coaching.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
12:00 – 1:00 pm – Performance conversations: why we need different not more (60 Minutes)
(USA EDT 7th May 10pm; Canada PDT 67h May 7pm; UK BST 8th May 3am)
CCEU’s Awarded: 1 hour Resource Development
What is the link between conversations that shape performance and the active management of change? There is an ongoing search for improved performance management, and this often turns into calls for more conversations. In this presentation, Professor Deborah Blackman explains that why this is not always as effective as anticipated. She presents four distinct types of conversation but suggests there is a tendency in current practice to focus on one. We know that change is not the linear, easily managed process it is sometimes portrayed as, therefore we discuss: the criticality of creating shared understandings of what success looks like; the concept of conversational readiness; and how slowing down and planning the conversation process will not lead to delayed outcomes. Based on a conversational typology, originally developed by Ford and Ford, the presentation highlights that, to achieve high performance, employees need to develop a clear sense of purpose and this typology can help develop this
Presenter: Professor Deborah Blackman
2:00 pm – Your leadership and coaching reflection (25 minutes)
In this webinar we take some to reflect on: our leadership, including our vision and values; and how a coaching approach influences our approach to leadership.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
2:30 pm – Team coaching (30 minutes)
This webinar focusses on an overall approach to coaching teams including: a team survey to identify where the team is now, and where they want to be; a number of elements to consider when coaching a team; and gives you the opportunity to create your own case study with your team.
Presented by Natalie Ashdown.
Clients Only Event – register via the Facebook Group
The recording of this session is available on Open Door Online for currently enrolled Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching students.
2:00 – 3:30 pm – Mental health and coaching (90 Minutes)
(USA EDT 8th May midday; Canada PDT 7th May 9.00pm; UK BST 8th May 5.00am)
CCEU’s Awarded: 1.5 hours Core Competency
With the broadening role of coaching, comes more exposure to mental health issues in the workplace and with coachees. In this session, Nick McEwan-Hall ACC, will show you how being aware of mental health issues, and having Mental Health First Aid skills is essential for all coaches.
We’ll look at the facts on mental health in Australia, as well as discussing how to respond when a coachee discloses a mental health problem, or when we suspect there might be a mental health problem developing.
Presenter: Nick McEwan-Hall, ACC
