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Dear All,

Amina Aitsi-Selms session on Do Organisations Dream? Transformational Coaching for Social Progress was thought provoking as we explored our goals in the broader context of social progress. Drawing on her research and experience in diverse fields, Amina encouraged the group to dream, reflect and commit to actions aligned to their own purpose and make a difference in the world. It was great to see old and new faces amongst the audience. Thank you, Amina.

Feedback from April’s event – An Introduction to Logosynthesis and its application to coaching with Heather Day

Well structured delivery and great mix of info & practical
Many thanks for a fascinating evening. I know it is a brief session, so will have to try and attend a longer one to get the full benefit of this interesting subject
Excellent topic, really interesting, and great speaker

Forthcoming events:

Tuesday 27 June 2017  (18H15 Networking – 18H45-20H15 Session)
Personal Leadership: Making a World of Difference with Jan O’Brien
Book Here for Jan OBrien

Tuesday 25 July 2017  (18H15 Networking – 18H45-20H15 Session)
Taming the toxins and speaking from the heart with Jo McHale
Book Here for Jo-Mchale

We look forward to seeing you soon, 
Warm wishes, 

Deborah, Kish, Isabelle, Teresa & Vivian

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Dear All,

Last month, we were delighted to welcome Heather Day as our guest speaker. Heather is the only certified UK Logosynthesis trainer. Logosynthesis is literally a set of words put together to create meaning.

Members of the audience enjoyed the interactive exercises and worked on shifting energy in their personal space. We were amazed to learn that DNA can be reprogrammed by words and frequencies. Heather was very present and explained a complex topic with simple and meaningful terms. It was an excellent introduction to logosynthesis and gave attendees some great ways to use it as part of their coaching.

Feedback from Marchs event – Less is More! Harnessing the Power of Virtual Coaching with Moira McLaughin and Lisa Kaboutis

Helped me reframe my preconceptions about virtual environments and build on previous positive experiences. Huge thank you.

International Coaching Week (ICW): 15 – 21 May 2017

As many of you will already know this is an annual week-long celebration of the coaching profession. Originally started in 1999, ICW aims to educate the public about the value of working with a professional coach and acknowledge the results and progress made through coaching. During this week, coaches around the world offer a range of activities and pro-bono services in their local communities to share the impact of coaching.

LCG is running a special online coaching community offer. The coaching round will commence on 17^th May, to coincide with ICW 2017.

LCG participants are being offered a preferential membership rate of £65.

The membership offers:

Once you are logged in you will see that an LCG peer coaching round is available for registration until 14 May. Vivian Wood will be the main contact with ReciproCoach so if you have any problems or queries please email Vivian at vivianwoodcoaching@gmail.com and she will liaise with them directly. 

Forthcoming events:

Tuesday 23 May 2017 (18H15 Networking – 18H45-20H15 Session)
Do Organisations Dream? Transformational Coaching for Social Progress with Amina Aitsi-Selmi
The session will explore what it means to dream collectively and how coaching can contribute to supporting this principle at the individual and group (organizational) level through methods like backcasting.

Tuesday 27 June 2017 (18H15 Networking – 18H45-20H15 Session)
Personal Leadership: Making a World of Difference with Jan O’Brien

We look forward to seeing you soon, 
Warm wishes, 

Deborah, Kish, Isabelle, Teresa & Vivian

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It was great to see many of you last month for an extended session about virtual coaching.

March event:

Less is More! Harnessing the Power of Virtual Coaching with Moira McLaughin and Lisa Kaboutis:

Moira and Lisa shared insightful findings from their research in coaching with audio, telephone and video. More and more coaches work in the virtual space now. We worked in groups to practice listening for emotions, content, and intention when coaching with audio only. We also reflected on how virtual coaching can go deeper and become more focused than face to face coaching. There were many questions from attendees during this interactive session.

LCG Online Community presentation Vivian Wood:

ReciproCoach provides peer coaching, mentoring and supervision for coaches. LCG has been collaborating with ReciproCoach over the past year. As the lead for this project Vivian presented a video in which Kerryn Griffiths talked about why she originally set up ReciproCoach. The video then featured three coaches who described their experience of ReciproCoach and the benefits of being part of an online coaching community.

Attendees were encouraged to take advantage of the discounted membership that is available to LCG and become part of our own online coaching community (further details to go out as a separate announcement).

Feedback from Februarys event – Coaching in war zones and other intensive environments with Mark Walsh

Mark is very entertaining and definitely keeps the energy up in the room. I enjoyed his story, stories and presentation. The exercises were useful and I would have liked to have more time to explore them.

I found the speaker very interesting and highly knowledgeable and can see why some might find him difficult to watch.

I expected a talk about how coaching may be used in true war zones. Places where coaching could be relevant and yet where one asks the question: really? When people worry about security and daily bread? I felt very disappointed. What was covered was sloppy, at an elementary level and I felt this person (credential as impressive as they were) did not take the event very seriously.

Forthcoming events:

Tuesday 25 April 2017 (18H15 Networking – 18H45-20H15 Session)
An Introduction to Logosynthesis and its application to coaching with Heather Day

Logosynthesis is a new system of guided change that has been created by Dr Willem Lammers, who has a background in coaching, TA, NLP and Psychotherapy.

In this experiential session you will:
- Explore the concepts of personal space, energy and flow
- Learn how to apply Logosynthesis to your own issues through self-coaching exercises
- Discover how Logosynthesis can be used to work with limiting beliefs

Heather Day is an experienced coach and facilitator with a background in Psychology and Education.
She is leading the way in this field in the UK and is the only certified UK Logosynthesis trainer.

Tuesday 23 May 2017 (18H15 Networking – 18H45-20H15 Session)
Do Organisations Dream? Transformational Coaching for Social Pro-gress with Amina Aitsi-Selmi

We look forward to seeing you soon, 
Warm wishes, 

Deborah, Kish, Isabelle, Teresa & Vivian

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It was very nice to see many of you last month!

As we look forward to March, please note that our next event will be an extended session about virtual coaching (18H to 20H30). In addition to welcoming Moira McLoughlin for her session on harnessing the power of virtual coaching, we are going to include a short session on ReciproCoach – what it is, how it works and how we can build our LCG community virtually. As you know, we are keen to build our online coaching community as we don’t have co-coaching sessions at the monthly events. We feel that there is a great untapped opportunity for the LCG community to stay connected and to really benefit from coaching each other, don’t you? Many of you on our mailing list cannot attend the face to face events so we hope to be able to include you virtually. We really hope to see you there and welcome your support for the initiative.

February event: Coaching in war zones and other intensive environments with Mark Walsh

As Mark explained the body is more than just a brain-taxi, it is a key part of who we are. In coaching, working with the body helps coaches get to the heart of the issue.

Mark showed us embodiment techniques that could help with finding peace and calm such as centring. It was a very interactive session helping us raise awareness of our body and posture.

Feedback from Januarys event – The Speaking Coach: How to get paid to speak as a coach with Heather Townsend

Heather taught much by way of example - observing her effective speaking techniques complemented the content of her speech

Great story telling by Heather about her rowing experiences

It was good to remember that speaking does not have to be to a huge audience. It comes under many guises - webinars, training sessions, etc.

It was my first meeting and I was impressed to have such a high calibre and entertaining presenter

Forthcoming events:

Tuesday 28 March 2017 -
Less is more! Harnessing the power of virtual coach/Reciprocoach with Moira McLaughlin/Vivian Wood
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Please note the timings for the March session, given below .

Tuesday 25 April 2017 -
An Introduction to Logosynthesis and its application to coaching with Heather Day
Book Here for Heather Day

We look forward to seeing you soon. 

Warm wishes, 
Deborah, Kish, Isabelle, Teresa & Vivian

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Dear all,

We are delighted to announce our speaker events for 2017. Please see the full listing below.

It was lovely to see so many people at the January event, The Speaking Coach: How to get paid to speak as a coach with Heather Townsend, many of whom were new to LCG. Heather gave us a great overview of her own journey, following redundancy in 2008, to becoming an expert in an area “1” wide and a mile deep” – helping professionals in practice make partner. She is also a successful speaker and author. She shared many tips and practical advice on how to get paid speaking engagements as a coach, earning great fees and developing opportunities to connect with potential clients. Her down to earth approach left everyone in no doubt that the route to achieving success is having a strategy, developing and honing authority and building a strong network. Her session was fun, informative and full of engaging stories. Thank you, Heather!

Feedback from Novembers event – End of Year Review Session - Resourcing Resolutions from The System with John Whittington

Great session as always - thanks to you all for organising it with such professionalism, grace and aplomb!

More Please! Thanks for a great event and for running these workshops - a great source of learning and meeting other coaches, much appreciated.

Very powerful. Thanks for organising and thanks to John.

After careful consideration and review of our finances for 2016 we have unfortunately had to make a slight increase to our ticket price to cover our costs and keep LCG going. Tickets purchased in advance will now be £17.50 (plus Eventbrite fees) and £25 on the door. We are very grateful to the Holiday Inn for their very competitive rate which includes all refreshments. Please keep attending and bring your friends so that we can keep prices as low as possible.

Tuesday 28 February 2017
Coaching in war zones and other intense environments with Mark Walsh
Book Here for Mark Walsh

Tuesday 28 March 2017
Less is more! Harnessing the power of virtual coach/Reciprocoach with Moira McLaughlin/Vivian Wood
Book Here for Moira McLaughlin

Tuesday 25 April 2017
An Introduction to Logosynthesis and its application to coaching with Heather Day
Book Here for Heather Day

Tuesday 23 May 2017
Do Organisations Dream? Transformational Coaching for Social Progress with Amina Aitsi-Selmi

Tuesday 27 June 2017
Personal Leadership: Making a World of Difference with Jan O’Brien

Tuesday 25 July 2017
Taming the toxins and speaking from the heart with Jo McHale

Tuesday 26 September 2017
Art in Action in Coaching with Jenny Bird/Sarah Gornall

Tuesday 24 October
Finding your mastery, finding your voice with Stephen Burt

Tuesday 28 November
How to Win Executive Coaching Clients by Playing to Your Strengths as a Coach with Kevin Oubridge

LCG needs you!

We need an extra pair of hands to help us with the registration at our monthly events. Please contact isabelle@londoncoachinggroup.co.uk and join the team!

We look forward to seeing you over the coming year!

Warm wishes,
Deborah, Kish, Isabelle, Teresa & Vivian

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As we come to the close of 2016 for LCG we wanted to thank you all for your great support, encouragement, feedback and ideas throughout this year! We have had a wonderful array of speakers well attended by both regular attendees and many new ones.

Special thanks to all of our guest speakers -

and to Kerryn Griffiths and ReciproCoach, our strategic coaching partner.

November’s End of Year Review Session - Resourcing Resolutions from The System with John Whittington

In this second session of Resourcing Solutions from The System some of the participants who set goals using this process in January met again to discuss their progress and to reflect on their experience of working in this way. Using the constellations methodology we reflected on the year, reviewed progress, celebrated successes and took a step further on our journeys. Ably facilitated by John and Patrizia the group enjoyed further exploration and the powerful insights experienced when working with the unseen.

Feedback from Octobers event – Writing Yourself Well with Jackee Holder

An excellent evening - the exercises were powerful and we covered a lot of ground in the time available.

It was a great introduction to the topic and inspired me to learn more.

Amazing what insights I got from the writing exercises! Loved it.

Feedback from Octobers MasterClass event – Marketing Masetrclass for Coaches with Lisa Farr

Thank you for a very interesting and useful workshop. Lisa is delightful and an excellent instructor.

As ever, fantastic value. A follow-up half day in 6 months or so?? Many thanks as ever for the time that goes into organising these events; much appreciated.

Upcoming events:

We have received a range of wonderful speaker proposals for 2017 and are delighted to announce that our January speaker will be Heather Townsend, and her session on January 24^th, “The speaking coach: How to get paid to speak as a coach” will undoubtably be in very high demand. Heather is a fellow of the Professional Speaking Association and in demand as a speaker and coach. She is also an award-winning author, coach and speaker having written 4 books which have sold over 20,000 copies! Read More here

We will be announcing other speakers for 2017 soon…

We would like to say a special thank you to our best attendees in 2016 - Danny K, Jan OB, Rosie M & Willson H! They all attended the most LCG events over the last year.

We are also delighted to announce that in this years prize draw, COLLETTE RYAN, has won a complimentary ticket to a regular monthly LCG event of their choice in 2017. Please contact Teresa at admin@londoncoachinggroup.co.uk to claim your prize!

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

Warm wishes,
Deborah, Kish, Isabelle, Teresa & Vivian

What a treat! October’s special guest was Jackee Holder a leadership coach specializing in the power of writing. Author of 4 books, Soul Purpose, Be Your Own Best Life Coach & 49 Ways To Write Yourself Well, Jackee engaged the group in a fabulous few hours of writing & reflecting, sharing useful tips and techniques for therapeutic and expressive writing and a conscious and informed writing practice. Thank you Jackee for sharing your great talent and making healing, purposeful writing so accessible!

Some Twitter comments on the night included -

Carolyn Mumby ‏@CarolynMumbyCs Oct 26
@JackeeHolder @LondonCoachGrp @eventbrite thanks! inspiring training & practical writing tools for me and clients in #coaching#supervision

Kelling Wood Assoc. ‏@kelling_wood Oct 25
Great session tonight from @LondonCoachGrp & @JackeeHolder. Who knew that getting stuck in a labyrinth could be so illuminating? #coaching

Magdalena Bak-Maier ‏@maketimecountuk Oct 25
@KishLYL @JackeeHolder @LondonCoachGrp what a great session! Fifteen minutes in and we already did two writings :)

2. Our 1st full day Masterclass - Marketing Masterclass with Lisa Farr

Our first Masterclass with Lisa Farr was fabulous, interactive, and informative. The feedback we received speaks for itself with an overall marking of EXCELLENT. Thank you Lisa for working with us on this pioneering project and we look forward to working in this way more in the future.

Lisa is a consistent and authentic coach compared to other coaches on marketing. She turns up with 100% authenticity of their behalf! Great session. Martin Sealy

Lisa was excellent. Her style is very engaging, while still being focused and precise. She modeled what she taught, which helped cement my learning and I learnt more about coaching, as well as marketing. Sandra Husbands

Feedback from September’s event - Andy Britnell

I think it was a good overview to what is quite a large topic and for me, I found it really useful. It\'s definitely helped me to decide to start using social media a little more to promote my business. I also enjoy meeting other coaches which is one of the benefits of coming to these meetings. Thank you for organising this.

Andy is obviously very knowledgable and experienced, but somehow the session just didn\'t work for me.

Andy also offered a free 30 minute session with attendees the following day - 5 in total took that option up. Also, the presentation and mind maps have been forwarded to attendees who responded to the feedback survey.

Final event of the year:

End of Year Review - Resourcing Resolutions From The System with John Whittington

RESTRICTED TO ATTENDEES FROM KICKSTART SESSION IN JANUARY 2016

This is the second session of Resourcing Solutions From The System in 2016. A workshop, following on from our 2016 Kickstart Session, facilitated by John Whittington, using the constellations methodology to allow those present to reflect on the year, review progress, celebrate their successes and go a step further.

Thank you all for your fantastic support in 2016. We do hope that you have enjoyed LCG this year and look forward to seeing you again next year!

We plan to publish a schedule of events for 2017 by the end of December. We would love to receive your feedback on this year’s schedule before our planning meeting on November 18th so please feel free to send your comments to admin@londoncoachinggroup.co.uk and we will do our best to reflect your feedback in our activities for 2017.

Warm wishes,
Deborah, Kish, Isabelle, Teresa & Vivian

After the LCG summer break in August, it was great to we meet up again for the first of the autumn speakers. Andy Britnell (‪@andybritnell ‪@seemanaboutblog) joined us for a session all about social media. We explored what having the right approach to social media looked like and Andy outlined a clear process to follow to ensure that you get more out of it, wasting less of your valuable time. Andy is an expert in the field and shared many social media insights which, even for those of us with some experience of this medium, gained good value from. Social media activity was buzzing in the room so do check out the Tweets and ReTweets on 27/09 at https://twitter.com/LondonCoachGrp for more tips and ideas.

Thanks to all of those who attended the event and shared their feedback.

We are delighted to share some of the great feedback we received for the July Event with Linda Aspey -

This is the of the best CPD sessions I have attended. Engaging and thought-provoking - I am still telling people about it now almost a month later and am experimenting with certain aspects in my coaching. I was very inspired - thank you!

I can’t believe the fantastic knowledge and value I have had from attending LCG events this year. Rosie, Kish and Linda have all been brilliant presenters and on current and relevant topics which have had a very positive impact on both my coaching practice and on me personally. Many many thanks!:-)

Those people who responded to the feedback survey received 6 articles recommended by Linda.

Upcoming Events

N.B. There is only one more LCG evening event open to all this year!

Write Yourself Well with Jackee Holder

Creative writing is a reflective and intuitive method to gain professional and personal insight into your work as a coach or coach supervisor. You will learn how to become more insightful and self aware through creative writing practices and journal writing which offer insightful insights into your work and yourself. Read More here

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RESTRICTED TO JANUARY 2016 ATTENDEES ONLY

10:00 – 17:00
Marketing Masterclass for Coaches with Lisa Farr
Only 16 places left

Do read Lisa’s article What are the market rates for coaching?
For those of you who would like to discover how to attract more clients we have our first masterclass coming up. If you would like to learn what type of marketing activities work best for a coaching practice, please join us for the Marketing Masterclass. Read More here ...

Book Here Now!

We are now looking for speakers for 2017!

If you would like to speak at our events next year or know someone who may be interested, please contact admin@londoncoachinggroup.co.uk to request an application form and submit a proposal. Can you please submit your proposal by October 30th 2016.

We really hope to see you in October!

Warm wishes,
Deborah, Kish, Isabelle, Teresa & Vivian

In Julys session, Listen to liberate with Linda Aspey, we experienced the powerful impact of creating a Thinking Environment(R). It really was truly liberating to speak, uninterrupted, and to allow our thoughts to meander here and there. Both the listener and the person being listened to described feeling free in their exploration - the listener in not having a role other than to give undivided attention and the speaker in letting their thoughts and associations take them wherever they wanted, without censor. The output found its own structure and sequence and one could imagine how deeply empowering this type of listening conversation in business and in relationships would be. We learned some important aspects about the Thinking Environment(R) including attention, equality, place, diversity and incisive questions. Many thanks to Linda for sharing her expertise & anecdotes and for creating the environment with ease. I am sure those who attended will be looking for opportunities to experience more and Linda will be sharing further reading and details of upcoming opportunities to join her for more in depth exploration of how she thinks, inspires and delivers in her coaching for leaders with all those who attendees who complete the feedback survey.

Katherine Barton ‏@BartonInsights Jul 27

You cant have movement in your thinking until you have stillness. Thanks @LondonCoachGrp and @LindaAspey for a valuable evening

Jan OBrien ‏@JanOBrien10 Jul 26

@LondonCoachGrp @LindaAspey What a wonderful experience it was!

Rakish ‏@TheClearCoach Jul 26

Amazing to experience a listening environment this evening @LindaAspey @LondonCoachGrp #NancyKline #TheClearCoach

June Event with Kish Modasia Feedback
I loved the event, great transformations and tool kits
I really enjoyed this event and enjoyed learning tips on mindfulness for both myself and my clients
Loved the energy of the speaker

Upcoming Events

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THERE WILL BE NO LCG SESSION IN AUGUST - WE ARE TAKING A BREAK FOR THE SUMMER AND WILL BE BACK AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER!

Tuesday 27 September 2016
Making the Most of Social Media in Your Coaching Practice with Andy Britnell... read more here
Book Here for Andy Britnell

Tuesday 25 October 2016
Write Yourself Well with Jackee Holder - Tuesday 25 October 2016... read more here
Book Here for Jackee Holder

Tuesday 22 November 2016
End of Year Review - Resourcing Resolutions From The System with John Whittington
Book Here for John Whittington\'s Review (RESTRICTED TO JANUARY 2016 ATTENDEES ONLY)

AND FINALLY, DO REMEMBER TO -

sign up for ReciproCoach (our first LCG coaching round will start on September 19th and you need to sign up for membership before the end of August to take part). We really hope that you will join this online coaching community, click here to register for membership; and
book your place on LCG’s very first Masterclass in October Book Here for Lisa Farr

Have a great summer and see you in September!

Warm wishes,

Deborah, Kish, Isabelle, Teresa & Vivian

It was a real treat to welcome back Kish Modasia this month. Her powerful session on everyday mindfulness, Courage to STOP, was well attended and attracted both those familiar with her work and newcomers to LCG. There was a palpable shift in the energy in the room as Kish welcomed us to sit, silently, and reflect on how we were all feeling after the hustle and bustle of recent events. Brexit, world atrocities and the VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity & ambiguity) facing us rose to the surface. It felt good for some to air feelings and to put those thoughts to one side as we focussed on mindfulness, the breath, gratitude (to self & others) and our daily bread. Time was neither fast nor slow, merely irrelevant, a backdrop to our peaceful, rejuvenating, shared experience. Kish has a gift - her practical, down to earth application of an esoteric, potentially airy fairy tool hit the spot delightfully. Thank you, Kish!

“Meeting Josie and the opportunity to swap notes on nature-based work was excellent. Loved also how well organised it was and the warm welcome received by LCG.”

“Josies fresh delivery and enjoyable activities, particularly the pairs exercises was excellent”

“Very insightful - and a great introduction to how nature could be incorporated into my own coaching”

Upcoming events

Tuesday 26 July 2016
Listening to Liberate! Creating a Thinking Environment with Linda Aspey

This event is for coaches, facilitators, consultants and managers who are fascinated in how individuals, teams, groups and whole organisations can do better thinking together.

Why? Because the quality of everything we do depends on the quality of the thinking we do first.

Linda will facilitate a relaxed yet pacey and interactive session in which you can experience the impact of the Thinking Environment. You will gain new insights into how you can create liberating conditions for high quality thinking and decision-making, for building trusting relationships, unleashing creativity and achieving great, sustainable results faster… read more here

Tuesday 22 November 2016
End of Year Review - Resourcing Resolutions From The System with John Whittington
Book Here for John Whittingtons Review (RESTRICTED TO JANUARY 2016 ATTENDEES ONLY)

OTHER NEWS

LCG launches its first MasterClass!

Saturday 15 October
Marketing Masterclass for Coaches with Lisa Farr. Keep an eye out as details about this will follow under separate cover.

ReciproCoach Update from Vivian Wood

Our first LCG Coaching Round, due to commence in July, has been delayed until September to allow more people to sign up. It was clear when we talked to attendees at the last speaker session that some had not yet become aware of the new initiative. To make sure that we capture as many interested coaches for this launch session, I will be sending out reminders over the coming weeks to enable as many people as possible to sign up, ready for the September start. Those of you who were quick off the mark and have already signed up will be able to join a general ReciproCoach coaching round immediately and can then join the LCG round when in September, too!

Twitter @reciprocoach

We look forward to seeing some of you in July!

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