Link Past Event Success Apr 2021 - ICF South Florida Charter Chapter

Creativity in Coaching a Success!

When we work creatively with our coaching clients we liberate more of their awareness, so that they can focus more fully and deeply on the changes they want to make and on understanding their current situation. In this session Jenny and Sarah, with 37 years of coaching experience between them, explained why creativity with clients works and showed you how to use a range of simple techniques to support the growth of your clients and their enjoyment of your coaching. We looked at mapping, movement, diagramming and imagery…and some more creative approaches which we didn't know. Artistic skills a disadvantage!

At the end of the event participants were able to:

* Identify the benefits of non-verbal techniques in creating partnership in coaching

* Practice diagramming or mapping in coaching to develop client awareness

* Understand how creativity supports presence in coaching

* Identify the place of creativity in broader effective communication

Earned 1.5 Core Competency CCEUs.

Sarah Gornall, PCC

Sarah is a highly experienced coach and supervisor, at the leading edge of coaching in the UK. Described by clients as calm, wise, and inspirational, she has a successful track record in highly accountable leadership positions and served on the UK ICF Board for 6 years (President 2018 and 2019).

Sarah frequently works in partnership with Jenny Bird MCC. They run bespoke workshops to develop coaching competence and creativity across the UK and internationally. She has designed an MA module in Coaching and presented at a number of coaching conferences.

Sarah and Jenny are co-authors of the highly acclaimed “The Art of Coaching: a Handbook of Tips and Tools” which is on the reading list of UK coach training schools and universities, and “How to Work with People… and Enjoy It!”. Sarah is co-author of two other books, one of which focuses on coaching in school settings.

Jenny Bird, MCC

Jenny has been a coach since 2000, an MCC since 2006. She has been at the forefront of the development of coaching in the UK.
Her signature style includes original creative work which expands clients’ thinking and responses. She is co-author of The Art of Coaching (Routledge 2015), a core text in numerous coaching/ business schools and of How to Work with People … and Enjoy It!

Her consultancy, JB Executive Coaching Ltd offers all the coaching programmes and practices an organisation needs to set-up, support and sustain a coaching culture: “We like to partner generously with our clients”.

Jenny is also much in demand as a coach supervisor, working with both internal and external coaches, individually and in groups to support development and the most rigorous professional standards. She has presented at numerous conferences and webinars internationally sharing original approaches and fostering excellence in coaching and communication.