What's on?     Here are details of events which look promising for coaching supervisors and consultants over the next few months. If you've spotted an event which isn't included on this page and which you'd like to share, please let me know here.   Creative Group Supervision for Coaches An opportunity to refresh and reflect on your coaching practice through a creative lens with Alison Alison will offer a unique opportunity to a small group of six coaches to work together with a particular focus on the use of creative resources to explore your client work and coaching practice. As a result, you'll gain an understanding of the effectiveness of right-brain approaches to effect change. You'll also develop your ability to apply creative interventions in your coaching practice. For further details, contact Alison on 020 8995 5485.   AC Co-Coaching Forum Chiswick, West London Programme Weds 17 February Thurs 18 March Thurs 15 April Thurs 20 May – Open Event All sessions run from 6.30pm with a 7.00pm prompt start and end at 9.00pm. Please bring £2 with you to help towards the cost of refreshments – thank you. For further information about other Co-coaching events and locations click here. Creative Group Supervision with Alison Hodge 2010 Starting in the Spring for a programme of six dates to be agreed throughout the year, for a group of six executive coaches. West London. Association for Coaching Conference: Going Global 11-12 Mar 2010 Alison will be facilitating a session entitled "Creativity in Coaching Supervision – Working with Imagery and Metaphor to find Coaching Solutions". Here's a brief synopsis of her session: Sometimes we find ourselves working with a client (coachee) who appears to have become "stuck" or "blocked" or indeed, we ourselves feel stuck in how to work with the client to help them to meet the aims of the coaching contract. In this experiential workshop, Alison will work with the participants to tap into their own creativity and then explore some client situations using picture cards/symbols. By tapping into our imagination we may discover things in the client situation or in our own practice and process that may be helping or hindering the client to achieve their declared outcomes. More here. EMCC UK Conference 2010 5-7 May 2010 Conference theme: The Changing Face of Coaching and Mentoring. Alison will be facilitating a session entitled "Have you ever wondered what to do or say? Developing our ethical awareness." Here's a brief synopsis of her session: Have you ever wondered what to do or say when you are coaching people in the same team or organisation? Ending the coaching relationship? Wondering whether to disclose confidential information to a third party? Facing a conflict of interest between client and sponsor? In this highly participative workshop, you will be able to explore, discuss and debate some of the core issues that we face when coaching and mentoring. On behalf of the EMCC UK Ethics Committee, Alison will refer to the current Code of Ethics to help guide us as we tackle and resolve questions of ethical ambiguity, contractual terms and boundary management. For information and booking, click here. ICF European Coaching Conference, Paris, France 17-19 June 2010 For information and booking, click here. BASPR Conference for Supervisors 24-25 July 2010 at St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham Each year the organising committee of BASPR (British Association for Supervision Practice and Research) selects a theme and invites keynote speakers and workshop presenters to connect to that theme. The theme for 2010 is: "The Competent Supervisor: Imprisonment or Liberation?" If you would like to be considered for a keynote address or as a workshop presenter, please submit your proposal to Michael Carroll, 73 Upper Church Road, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, BS23 2HX. For more details, click here. Further dates for events will be added during the year. If you know of an event that you think may be of interest, then please do let me know.       © Alison Hodge 2009 Tel: 020 8995 5485