Coaching Workshops
All coaching workshops are facilitated by Herb Stevenson through the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland.
Coaching Ethics is a two day foundation course that addresses coaching ethics. Utilizing the ICF Ethical standards, the focus of the course is to exam how to provide rock-solid coaching and stay above the fray of unethical practices.
Life Coaching: A Gestalt Approach is a three day journey through the field of Life coaching. Day One will provide a theoretical review of how Life coaching evolved and the theoretical foundations that have been built in the last decade, including use of assessments and professional certification. Day Two will continue the theory building as primary concepts underlying Gestalt theory will be presented and overlain onto Life coaching. Day Three will focus on a series of exercises and live coaching that will enliven the theories presented and create a series of experiences that will enable the student to embody the coaching process.
Executive Coaching: A Gestalt Approach is a three day journey through the field of executive coaching. Day One will provide a theoretical review of how executive coaching evolved and the theoretical foundations that have been built in the last decade, including use of assessments and professional certification. Day Two will continue the theory building as primary concepts underlying Gestalt theory will be presented and overlain onto executive coaching. Days Three will focus on a series of exercises and live coaching that will enliven the theories presented and create a series of experience that will enable the study to embody the coaching process. Experiential exercises are interspersed throughout the workshop.
Developmental Coaching supports the client by bridging the gap that can create extended competence. Bridging the gap focuses on what is missing. It builds on existing skills and thoughts by using them as pillars to discover new competencies; often, competencies required by recent position changes within the organization, the environment, and/or the recent future.
Performance Coaching is often related to the Peter Principle--promotion into incompetency. Rather than executive/leadership skills, the individual has not been exposed to specific management skills. In these cases, the focus of the coaching is to backfill the competency with specific skills to round out the management abilities of the individual.
Coaching for Strategy/Visioning is forward thinking--visioning. It may be known that present performance is more than adequate, but future positions or dreams require a larger executive skill base or an expanded mind-set or simply a greater self awareness in order to be effective for future challenges.
Coaching for Emotional Intelligence is based on the realization that emotional maturity, or as stated in business, emotional competency can be taught for those that have not naturally developed it in their day-to-day life. Often, the issue is not a deficiency, but having never been afforded the opportunity to develop the emotional competency required as we move up the ladder of life.
Cultural Diversity & Coaching is based on a global approach to business and leadership. With the increasing globalization of the world, cultural competency is a must in a world of cultural diversity. This workshop will address the ever increasing shift needed to be a leader in a culturally diverse world. 3-5 days.
Coaching and Resistance is based on the fact that resistance is common occurrence for all change efforts. This workshop will address what are resistances, the various models of resistance, including the gestalt and the model of Rick Mauer. 3-5 days.
Coaching Polarities is based on the core concepts implicit to gestalt theory that all meaning is created by knowing the other–our polarity. Incorporating the rich tradition of gestalt theory and the cutting edge models of Barry Johnson’s polarity management, this workshop addresses how to support executives caught in a paradox that seems to have no end. 3-5 days.
Setting up Your Coaching Practice is a three-five day workshop on the nuts and bolts of setting up a coaching practice. Besides the very basics of starting a new business, such as stationary and business cards, the focus is also on the process the new coach experience in starting a new venture.
Marketing Your Coaching Practice is a three-five day workshop that focuses on the basics of creating a marketing plan, developing contacts, building a website, securing contact lists, building e-newsletters through services such as Constant Contact.