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I have spent some of lockdown and this summer reading.  For anyone intrested in working with children and young people whilst using the person centred approach, then I highly recommend this book (link below). It is inspiring, insightful and is not too overbearing. It strikes a fine balance between scholarly and engaging. It is filled with numerous case studies that highlight good and bad practice. What really comes across is the author's passion and commitment to the person centred approach and the wellbeing of children and young people. Give it a try!

https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/counselling-and-supporting-children-and-young-people/book233201

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For anyone who wants to start researching for the dissertation, Barbara has recommended having a look at:

Bell, Doing your research project 6th edition
or
Thomas, How to do your research project 3rd edition
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Hello! I have just submitted my assignments for year 2 and would like to get a start on my dissertation. I have now thought of my topic but would like some advice on how the dissertation is laid out, what to include and what to expect in this next year.

Any help I would really appreciate:)

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More free webinars, this time from the Institute of Leadership and Management.  They're doing daily lunchtime half hour webinars and this week is all about coaching (perhaps because it's International Coaching Week). It's likely to be basic but practical and aimed at managers.  All webinars are recorded so you can view them later

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Our FREE Learn at Lunch, 30-minute webinars are run most Wednesdays at 13:00-13:30. Try one and see what you think? OR join us at our dynamic and topical leadership events.

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If you want a break from reading and want to see more live coaching demonstrations, try these two from Marcia Reynolds. (She did two on the same day last year.) There's a short intro to explain her style, then the coaching, then a debrief. (And just to show that online coaching is common!)

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I like podcasts for learning, as you can listen while doing other things (walking, washing up etc).  If you're interested in workplace issues, Adam Grant's WorkLife podcast is good. He gives discussion questions for each episode on LinkedIn. This week's episode was about loneliness at work. I also enjoyed the one on 'burnout' and 'relationships' from this series. Here's a link to this week's episode and discussion.

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In the past month, around the world, isolation has become a shared experience. Even before that, though, many of us were feeling it more often-and more intensely-than in the past.

Today's episode of WorkLife is about loneliness. You can listen here and discuss below. Highlights:

Loneliness is widespread. It's especially common in individualistic cultures, and in workplaces where the Protestant work ethic reigns supreme. Americans have fewer friends at work than we did in the past-and we're less likely to have them over for dinner and go on vacation with them than people in many other countries.

Company parties and happy hours don't usually help. When he was U.S. Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy learned that group events tend to stay shallow. To facilitate more meaningful conversations in his team, he started a little activity called Inside Scoop. Once a week, at the start of each meeting, one person would have a chance to share a photo that meant something to them. A Marine Corps veteran brought a picture of his mom and spoke about how she was a source of strength when he deployed. It helped them connect on a more personal level.

It doesn't take a village to create connection. When your organization lacks a sense of community-or you feel out of place in the existing culture-you can build your own micro-community. It's a small group of people who share your interests and understand you. Actually, it doesn't even need to be a group: having one friend at work is enough to reduce loneliness.

It doesn't take a long interaction either. My mentor Jane Dutton finds that you can create a high-quality connection in just one minute. It often starts with disclosing something about yourself, showing a genuine interest in the other person, and looking for uncommon commonalities between the two of you.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS (1) When you've felt lonely at work, how have you overcome it? (2) When working remotely, how have you gone about creating a more personal connection with your colleagues? My favorite approach is giving virtual tours of our home offices. (3) What have you learned about how to build rapid high-quality connections? New episodes of WorkLife with Adam Grant come out every Tuesday this spring. Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your favorite podcast player.

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In the past month, around the world, isolation has become a shared experience. Even before that, though, many of us were feeling it more often-and more intensely-than in the past.

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Researchers at the London Business School are offering free webinars currently. Some of the topics will be of interest to those working/coaching mentoring/leading in organisations.  I attended one this week from Herminia Ibarra. She covered some of the ideas found in her book 'Working Identity' on career transitions.

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Hosted by internationally acclaimed Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship Julian Birkinshaw, webinars will be broadcast twice a week and will feature faculty experts discussing the most pressing topics facing the world today.
View recordings from past webinars in the series
Upcoming webinars
Thursday 16 April 12.00 - 13.00 BST |Marketing leadership in a time of crisis
Rajesh Chandy, Tony and Maureen Wheeler Chair in Entrepreneurship; Professor of Marketing; Academic Director, Wheeler Institute for Business and Development

Tuesday 5 May 12.00 - 13.00 | Responsible business in a time of crisis
Alex Edmans, Professor of Finance, Academic Director of the Centre for Corporate Governance & Tom Gosling, Executive Fellow and Partner at PwC

Thursday 7 May 12.00 - 13.00 | Building a resilient supply chain: Lessons from COVID-19
Jérèmie Gallien, Professor of Management Science and Operations

Through its impact on both demand and supply, the coronavirus crisis is profoundly disrupting most supply chains worldwide. Which short-term and medium-term supply-chain strategies have proven most effective to date? What are the paths for converting this unprecedented threat into opportunities for supply chains going forward? In this webinar Jérémie Gallien will review implications and learnings for supply-chain management to date and analyse current best practices for supply-chain resiliency both during and after the coronavirus pandemic.
Book your place >>

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Pandemic Webinars | London Business School

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Hosted by internationally acclaimed Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship Julian Birkinshaw , webinars will be broadcast twice a week and will feature faculty experts discussing the most pressing topics facing the world today.

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Reverse mentoring. Do we finally have something to thank millennials for?

Having spent the last few weeks exploring the realms of the coaching & mentoring world, I came across the concept of reverse mentoring. The article is demonstrating how it works within the environs of business. Would it be applicable to any other field? That's what I'd like to find out.
https://hbr.org/2019/10/why-reverse-mentoring-works-and-how-to-do-it-right

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The virtual college offers a range of free courses which can be classed as CPD if you need it...

I've done a couple of these this morning.

I'll say the 'Understanding Young Minds' was quite a difficult topic to work through as it addresses self-harm and emotional resilience. Although it is aimed at parents for their children, it can also be applied for all ages in a range of professions. The course content has been written by the charity SelfHarmUK, and they have ensured there is a "Safe Space" if it gets a bit too overwhelming and you need a breather. If you click on the safe space logo to take a break from the course it plays calming music, allowing you to take a moment.

There are a couple of other hard hitting subjects so I'll advise that you do these only if you feel in the right headspace to do them. I had to take a few moments with the course above, but that's okay. I think it'll always be a difficult subject for me but hopefully it's helping me build my own emotional resilience for talking about it!

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Virtual College has produced a range of free online training courses in subjects such as Safeguarding Children, Health and Well-Being and Careers Advice. Here is a selection of some of the most popular free online elearning courses we offer. We're proud to offer free courses online with certificates which you can download and print for your records. Our free e-learning courses and free training courses are available to start straight away and you can learn anytime, anywhere.

5,334,047 registered online learners

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Free Online E Learning Training Courses | Virtual College

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Free online courses offered by Virtual College include Vocational Open Online Courses (VOOCs), designed to address skills gaps with bitesize e-learning.

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I found this video this evening. It's a little less formal than some of the links on here but hopefully it will help some of you who may of found transitioning back into academic space a little harder than some.

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An introduction to Counselling Supervision

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I would fully recommend having a look at the free online psychology course for those who are interested. It is insightful, compelling and it confirms and dismisses previously held beliefs regarding mental health. I have included a link below to a video clip from the course which is about one woman's struggle with voices in her head and her subsequent triumph over the condition.
https://www.ted.com/talks/eleanor_longden_the_voices_in_my_head?language=en

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Following on from last weeks EPC session, I found this piece intresting. Bordin (1983) considers a working based alliance model of supervision. At first, it seems dated but what he is considering is the empowerment for both the supervisor and the supervisee and ultimatley the added benefit to the client of the strong supervisory relationship between the two. https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/68473/10.1177_0011000083111007.pdf?sequence=2

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Mentoring for Young Lives Foundation https://youtu.be/hOI3PjyBbGU Tom

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Young Lives Foundation https://youtu.be/RttbnpEQIc4 Tom

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Here is some info about the Young Lives Foundation. They support and assist children and adolescents who are struggling with a varity of issues. Be it academic or social, the children are supported by being allocated a mentor, individually or as part of a group. I volunteer as a mentor. It has provoked my thinking. what are the differences when it comes to mentoring children and adults? Are there any at all? Do the core principles of mentoring remain the same? I'm discovering that maybe there are differences, I'll post back here with my thoughts in a week or two as I'm still learning the role. Tom.V.

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Harvard Business Review are releasing all articles relevant to Covid19 for free.  Relevant recent articles include:
'The Contagion we can Control', 'Coping with Fatigue, Fear, and Panic During a Crisis' and 'That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief', which consider our emotional responses to what's happening.

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Find new ideas and classic advice on strategy, innovation and leadership, for global leaders from the world's best business and management experts.

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The Institute of Coaching has an upcoming public webinar: The Science of Effective Coaching. Thursday March 26 at 11-12.30pm ET (3-4.30pm GMT).  It's presented by Dr Richard Boyatzsis. He's recently released a book 'Helping People Change' which covers these ideas too.

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Great coaches move us. They move us through a basic human process- our emotions. The effective coaches establish a deep emotional connection with others called resonance. They are literally, in tune with others around them. They create and nurture these resonant relationships through mindfulness, hope, compassion, and playfulness. In coaching, the combined effect of vision based coaching and resonant relationships with the client results in dramatically more effective coaching experiences. Unfortunately, most coaches are too focused on problems and specific remedial goals and lose their effectiveness over time. Based on decades of his own and colleague's research including dozens of longitudinal studies as well as hormonal and neuroimaging studies, Professor Richard Boyatzis will share examples of what effective coaching feels like, as well as understanding the neural processes that foster or inhibit it.

In this highly interactive session you will learn:

A process for developing sustainable improvement on EI, resonant relationship and the central role of compassion in it

To understand the psycho-physiological role of the Positive Emotional Attractor and the Negative Emotional Attractor

How coaching with compassion is effective in helping people change in sustainable ways, but coaching for compliance is not

Understanding the neural activations involved in these two forms of coaching

How to coach others to develop EI, resonant leadership, and to sustainably change

This is a public webinar Speaker: Richard Boyatzis, PhD
Richard E. Boyatzis is Distinguished University Professor of Case Western Reserve University, Professor in the Departments of Organizational Behavior, Psychology, and Cognitive Science, HR Horvitz Professor of Family Business, and Adjunct Professor in People/Organizations at ESADE. He has a BS in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT, a MS and Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Harvard University. Using his Intentional Change Theory (ICT), he studies sustained, desired change at all levels of human endeavor from individuals, teams, organizations, communities and countries, specifically has been researching helping and coaching since 1967. He was ranked #9 Most Influential International Thinker by HR Magazine in 2012 and 2014. He is the author of more than 200 articles on leadership, competencies, emotional intelligence, competency development, coaching, neuroscience and management education. His Coursera MOOCs, including Inspiring Leadership Through Emotional Intelligence has about a million enrolled from 215 countries. His 9 books include: The Competent Manager; the international best-seller, Primal Leadership with Daniel Goleman and Annie McKee; and Resonant Leadership, with Annie McKee, and Helping People Change: Coaching with Compassion or Lifelong Learning and Growth with Melvin Smith and Ellen Van Oosten. He is Fellow of the Association of Psychological Science and the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

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Webinar: The Science of Effective Coaching

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There are lots of relevant blog posts from CollectivEd that may be of interest. CollectivEd are a group of researchers and people involved in Education with a particular interest in how coaching and mentoring (and supervision) can be used to support learners and those working in Education.

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Education leadership is often talked about in hushed terms, there are so called hero-heads, there are numerous personal published narratives on leading schools, and we borrow and build theories of educational leadership.

During the last CollectivEd Advisory Board meeting in November 2019 our board members made a robust argument for the need to create and support a counter-narrative to the hyper-accountability culture that schools in England find themselves subjected too.

On February 4 th 2020 Carnegie School of Education held its second Carnegie Big 6 debate evening, with a discussion on how we can best support early career teachers.

There are lots of reasons to talk to your colleagues. Perhaps you need to pick their brains, perhaps you have a good idea to share. You might need to explore a dilemma with them or in leadership role you need to give them advice or guidance. Sometimes it's just good to talk.

We hear a lot of the difficulties faced by headteachers in England, but rarely hear of potential evidence-based solutions. At a time when the challenges in the education system are becoming acute it is essential that we find approaches which support school leaders and allow them to contribute to sustainable school cultures.

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CollectivED - Leeds Beckett University Blogs

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More online webinars - Here's the Managing Anxiety one-day summit this Friday 27th March.  You don't have to watch it live - if you register you'll get access to the recordings. It sounds like you'll get some mindfulness exercises too.

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Join me, Shamash Alidina for 6 live online interviews with top experts to help you manage stress and anxiety during the current crisis. Learn how to support friends and family, how to help your children and yourself. Practical tips, mindful advice and more.

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Free webinar on March 24th at 8pm with Dr Jim Knight & Professor Christian van Nieuwerburgh.  "Coaching: The last 10 Years"
(what they have both learned about coaching in education over the last 10 years).  Here's the link to the recorded webinar:  https://youtu.be/VAKWRmGoFYI

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For those of you looking for guided study relating to CCM, try this FutureLearn MOOC starting Monday 23rd March on Psychology and Mental Health. I often use MOOCs as professional development. They're free and you don't have to do the whole thing - you can just dip into what interests you.

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Psychology and Mental Health - Online Course - FutureLearn

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Mental health is multifaceted and the nature vs nurture debate is now considered too simplified and outdated in mental health diagnosis. On this six-week course, you'll explore some of the current challenges and debates in the area of diagnosis and treatment. With this knowledge, you'll also discover new ways of thinking psychologically about mental health.