Date		Location and topic
Wednesday 18 April 2012	Angela Hill	Leeds: 'Creative Reflective Practice for Professional Development’
Tuesday 15 May 2012	Alison Williamson	Bristol: 'The Coach, the whole person?  An exploration of what of ourselves we bring into the coaching room and what we leave outside?
Tuesday 12 June 2012	David Sleightholm	Slough: 'The 'S' Factor': An exploration of approaches to spirituality in coaching, in the context of today’s business environment'
Wednesday 14 November 2012	Alun Jones	Manchester: Topic TBC

Are you interested in becoming a qualified coach or mentor?

The OCM, one of Europe's market leading and most respected providers of professional coaching and mentoring qualifications, will be launching an open qualification programme at the Novotel Tour Noire in Brussels on the 24th and 25th April 2012. Interest in the programme has been high with only a few places avaliable, so enrol now to avoid dissapointment.

Our programmes are consciously very rigorous and challenging to meet the highest possible standards.  We advocate a situaional approach to coach-mentoring and encourage the serious development of a wide range of approaches to suit the variety of situations in which coaching and mentoring occurs.  This empowers individuals to develop their own unique coach-mentoring style that is appropiate to their situation and context.

During the programme you will develop a variety of approaches, skills, tools and techniques with workshops delvered by our own experts and a number of visiting international gurus including David Clutterbuck and Philippe Rosinski.

To view the latest prospectus please click here, If you are interested in enrolling on the programmes, then please contact Mark Lester at the UK office on  0044 (0) 1869 338989 or email mark@theocm.co.uk

We look forward to hearing from you.

The OCM announces new partnership with Professor Philippe Rosinski.

We are very excited to announce a new working relationship with renowned international coaching expert, Professor Philippe Rosinski.  Philippe has pioneered a global approach that leverages multiple perspectives for greater creativity, impact and meaning and his innovative approach of bringing the crucial intercultural dimension into coaching has won him global acclaim.  If you’d like to learn more about Philippe, please visit his website.

Philippe will be delivering workshops on Cross Cultural Coaching on our qualification programmes, commencing with our programme in Brussels that starts in April as well as on all our subsequent UK programmes later this year.

His books 'Coaching Across Cultures' and 'Global Coaching' will also be featuring as recommended reading for candidates on all our open programmes. This reflects The OCM’s growing belief that all coaches, executives and other professionals can gain great value from integrating a cultural dimension into their work in today’s increasingly globalised environment.

We are also delighted to be sponsoring Phillippe’s 'Leading and Coaching across Cultures' Seminar in London on 25th-27th April 2012, which is particularly suitable for experienced coaches working in this area.  In fact we are sending Diane and Angela from our team on it!  If you’d like to join them, or learn more about the course please have a look at the brochure or for enrolment information please contact seminar@philrosinski.com or call +32 (0)2 358 65 08

I hope by now you have all heard about The OCM's annual conference on the 5th July 2012. This promises to be a fantastic event with lots of CPD and Supervision sessions going on throughout the day.   We will also be holding our annual dinner awards dinner on the evening of the 5th July.  To book your tickets could not be easer go to http://www.theocm.co.uk/conference.asp and remember to make the most of our fantastic early bird offers that are only available for a limited time. 

CPD & Supervision Event, Barceló Oxford Hotel,

 Oxford, 5th July 2012

The theme for this years event is 'Managing your investment in coaching' that we will examine from many different angles, with both CPD and Supervision sessions that will be relevant to you regardless if you're an independent or working within an organisation.

We plan to release full session details at the start of April but if you are really keen to book your place you can do so now by taking advantage of our 'Really Early Bird' rate by booking online before the 31st March 2012.

We will also be running an early bird rate that coincides with the publication of the full session details, if you prefer to wait, so please check back soon to find out more.

Conference rates for 2012

Really Early Bird Rates – until 31st March
OCM Alumni, day only - £75 + VAT
Non OCM Alumni, day only - £105 + VAT

Early Bird Rates – 1st April 31st May
OCM Alumni, day only - £95 + VAT
Non OCM Alumni, day only - £125 + VAT

Standard Rate – 1st June onwards
OCM Alumni, day only - £115 + VAT
Non OCM Alumni, day only - £145 + VAT

Dinner Rate (no early bird)
£50

Firstly, may I begin by wishing you compliments of the season - I hope you had a happy and peaceful Christmas and enjoyed suitably cheery New Year celebrations!

I'm writing to tell you about the first CPD event of 2012.  It'll take place on Thursday 16th February at Kents Hill Park Training and Conference Centre in Milton Keynes.  It'll run from 09.30 - 15.30 and will be facilitated by Amanda Edwards, Coach-Mentor Supervisor with The OCM.  Our usual format is to offer a CPD session of about 2 hours in the morning followed by the opportunity for  group supervision in the afternoon.

The CDP topic will be Managing the coaching review process.  In these challenging times, coaches and clients are even more focused on the principles of value and return on investment.  How do we as coaches ensure that we have a robust and fit for purpose approach to reviewing the coaching process as we move through and conclude the relationship?  What is the latest thinking around client goal-setting and how does this fit in with the process? How do we really identify the value we have added to the client and how important is this?  This CPD session is opportunity to share and reflect on our processes for reviewing the impact of our coaching, review best practice and identify how we might want to enhance our approach as we move forward.  As well as providing a great networking opportunity, the event will help you build towards the total number of hours of CPD and Supervision required by the EMCC and you'll receive a CPD certificate which can be included in your log of personal development.

As with our previous events, there's no cost for the provision of CPD but we do ask for a contribution of £30 per head to cover the cost of the venue and light refreshments, which is payable before the event.   If you're not an OCM graduate or candidate, but an Associate or CIPD graduate or candidate and would like to attend, we'd love to have your company but ask for a contribution of £50 plus VAT. If you can let me know if you plan to attend before Monday 23rd January, that'll be great - please email pat@theocm.co.uk

I do hope you'll be able to join us for what will be a stimulating and innovative session and I very much look forward to hearing from you.

With kind regards as always,

PS Please see below for future CPD dates for your diary!

Thursday 22 March 2012          Katherine Long                                           Oxford
Wednesday 18 April 2012         Angela Hill                                                  Leeds
Wednesday 9 May 2012           Charlotte Bruce-Foulds                                Birmingham
Tuesday 15 May 2012               Alison Williamson                                       Bristol
Tuesday 12 June 2012              David Sleightholm                                       London
Thursday 5 July 2012                The OCM CPD and Supervision event          Oxford 

We are pleased to announce that the 2012 Annual CPD and Supervision conference will be held at the Barceló Hotel, Oxford on the 5th July 2012.  On the evening of the 5th we will also be holding our Annual Awards Dinner for this year's graduates and other OCM Alumni.

Following on from last year's success, we thought it best to give you plenty of notice to put the date in your diary as places will be limited and bookings will be taken on a strict first come, first served basis.  Like last year, we urge you to book early to avoid disappointment and take advantage of some great early bird offers that we’ll announce in the New Year.

Watch this space and save the date, we‘ll be in touch shortly with more information and instructions on how to book your place at this great event.

We look forward to seeing you in July.
                                                      
Best wishes

Lucy Morewood
Business Development Administrator

+44 (0) 1869 338989

lucy@theocm.co.uk

www.theocm.co.uk
 

 

 

If you are involved with coaching in your organisation, you will be aware of the need for regular, high quality supervision as organisations seek to

• Protect their investment in training internal coaches
• Enhance and professionalise the quality of coaching that is delivered
• Ensure there are robust processes for coach support, development and engagement

As an organisation, The OCM have been at the forefront of developing and delivering supervision training for individuals, delivering our first accredited programme in 2004.  Whilst there are excellent supervision qualifications available for the independent coach, we believe there is a gap in the market for a training programme that is uniquely designed to support the needs of internal coaches who are stepping into coach supervisor roles within their organisation.

To address this need, we are now proud to introduce our new "Coach as Supervisor" programme that is specifically designed to develop supervisory skills to enable experienced coaches to supervise other coaches with confidence and competence.  This is an ideal programme for an HR or L&D specialist who has qualified as a coach and now has the responsibility for developing an internal pool of coaches to work across the business and needs to provide them with supervisory support.

To view a detailed overview of the "Coach as Supervisor" programme please click here

We are running an open programme on the 18th January in London.  If you would like to speak to one of our experts to find out more about this programme (including content and pricing information) call The OCM on 01869 338989 or email our Business Development Manager Mark@theocm.co.uk  

The most recent surveys show that coaching and mentoring is used by 86% of organisations*, with an impressive

49%* of them rating it as the most effective talent management enabling activity. However, only 3%* of

organisations rate their talent development activities overall as very effective.

How can this be the case in the current economic climate? Surely it is critical that you make the most your

investment to ensure that your development activities become at least part of the 3% that are rated as very

effective. We have tackled this issue several times.

 

One of our clients, a global professional services firm, was keen to develop their leadership capability and move

towards a performance culture by creating coaching champions. However, they knew that to achieve their goals it

was critical to gain top level partner endorsement for their chosen strategy and by linking it directly to the wider

organisational strategy.

 

We worked with them to understand the exact leadership behaviours they wished to develop in order to achieve

their organisational strategy of a performance culture. We then incorporated these behaviours into a bespoke

performance coaching skills development programme specifically aimed at their partner population.

Crucially, we handpicked participants who were viewed as key stakeholders amongst that population. The results

were dramatic. The evaluation demonstrated that we achieved 80% positive** rating that the firm cared about an

individual's development (a key strategic goal). The evaluation also produced scores of 76%** and 73% positive**

for direct business benefits and indirect business benefits respectively.

 

Another client, a global utilities company, already had an active coaching culture which they wanted to continue

but were spending huge sums on external coaches and had no way of evaluating their impact or effectiveness.

They wanted to develop a highly effective internal coaching pool but also wanted to develop ways of protecting

their investment by ensuring the quality of internal coaching was as high as possible.

 

Having understood what they wanted to achieve, we delivered our Certificate in Coach-mentoring programme to

develop an internal pool of accredited coaches. The process took six months but the 12 coaches that were

created resulted in a direct cost saving of £171,500 in the first year alone.

 

We subsequently chose key stakeholders from the first cohort to embark on our ‘Coach as Supervisor’

programme. This has demonstrated their commitment to protect the organisation’s investment into training

internal coaches, enhancing and professionalising the quality of coaching delivered internally. It also

demonstrated to other key stakeholders that there are robust processes for coach support, development,

engagement and management.

 

In both these examples, working with us has enabled those with responsibility for procuring coaching and

mentoring services to not only maximise the return on their investment but also to be one of the few that could

rate their talent management strategies as very effective.

 

To find out more about how The OCM can help you manage your investment in coaching and mentoring, please

contact a member of our Business Development Team on 01869 338989.

 

* All figures come from the CIPD's 2011 Learning and Talent Development Survey

** All figures from The OCM's 180 Degree Feedback and Benchmarking Tool

2012 sees the official launch of the Distance Learning Diploma in Coaching and Mentoring.  The Distance Learning Diploma is an individual programme designed for specialists based outside the UK and those unable to attend the face to face elements of an open programme. The Distance Learning Diploma is aimed at those individuals who are working as an internal coach-mentor or as an independent professional working up to a senior management level. The programme can be started at any time and is therefore flexible in its approach with support provided by your own Coach-Mentor Supervisor to work around your diary. If you would like further information regarding the Distance learning programmes as well as other OCM qualification offerings please either visit our website or download a copy of our qualification prospectus.