BT coaches young apprentices
BT plans to repeat a three-month training and remote coaching programme for young apprentices, following a successful pilot. The programme focused on leadership, mental resilience, confidence and communication skills. The coaching was provided by social enterprise In Sync, according to the report in People Management. For each employee taking part, In Sync’s 25 coaches pledge to deliver similar development for a 16-19 year old from a disadvantaged background in a local school. BT has around 600 apprentices.
All change at BACP Coaching
Jo Birch has taken the helm at the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)’s Coaching division – one of many changes in its executive structure.
The first came in January when Jacqueline McCouat, last year’s BACP Coaching’s conference organiser, stepped down “for personal reasons”, swiftly followed by chair Linda Aspey and then Jayne Hildreth, Debra Jinks and Keren Smedley.
Birch will act as chair until February 2013, when open elections will take place.
New chair for BPS SGCP
Mary Watt, emeritus professor of psychology at City University, London, has taken over as chair of the British Psychological Society Special Group in Coaching Psychology. She said: “Coaching psychologists and coaches have the potential to make a very positive difference to the lives of organisations and individuals, but to maximise our effectiveness collaboration is critical.”
Ridler collaborates with EMCC
Executive coaching firm Ridler & Co is collaborating with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) UK on the fifth Ridler Report due out in Spring 2013.
Organisational users of executive coaching can complete the questionnaire, which will soon be online at www.ridler-report.com
In return, they will receive the 2013 Ridler Report next April. The report will continue to be available, free of charge, from September 2013. The 2011 Ridler Report is available, on request, at www.ridlerandco.com