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June 06, 2008
Right-brain creativity in Sydney
I've just returned from a trip to Australia where, amongst other things, I was invited to run a half-day workshop for members of the New South Wales Chapter of ICF Australasia, during their annual programme of Coach Week.
On my last trip in October 2007, I ran a session at their ICFA conference entitled, "Making the Most of our Supervision: an Appreciative Inquiry". So this time I decided to be even more adventurous and run a workshop that explored the power of right-brained creativity, working with metaphor and visual imagery as a means to help us to reflect on our coaching practice.
We had a great time. There were 21 of us, gathered at the Menzies Hotel in Sydney, where we spent the morning "playing", using picture cards and furry toys to experiment with ways to facilitate our coaching of clients when either they or we feel stuck. The discoveries and new insights that people made for themselves, their practice and their clients were fantastic. I was really encouraged and excited by people's curiosity and interest in the whole idea of coaching supervision, which is quite new to many.
Here are some comments/feedback from participants...
"Good experiential introduction to some concrete methods for supervision and metaphor."
"Great tools, so relevant and insightful. Alison is a great example of a coach who is apt, eloquent, but very human and real."
"I loved that we came away with structure and useful processes."
"I learnt heaps about creative ways to supervise and coach."
"Emphasis on and support of supervision was a big takeaway for me."
Posted by Alison at June 6, 2008 06:14 PM
