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LCG APRIL 2018 Newsletter

Dear All,

Marian expertly used clean space to solve problems, generate new ideas and spark creativity for one of our members who volunteered to work with Marian through a 40 minute live demo, with lots of pauses for questions and comment. Individually everyone experienced an ‘inner’ clean space exercise, each having a different experience with the underlying theme that it was energising, gave space for clear thinking and the whole even high quality learning.

Quote from Jan Morgan:
Loved the way Marian highlighted the use of spacial metaphor.  I felt great clarity in a short spec of time.  Marions demonstration really showed how not asking about narrative, enabled powerful thinking to emerge.

If you were unable to attend the session, and would like to know more, Marian can be found at cleanlearning.co.uk

Feedback from Februarys event – The Love Paradox: how to unblock access to your best and healthiest self with Magdalena Bak-Maier

The event was inspiring and thought provoking - which cant be bad on a freezing Tuesday night!

Forthcoming event: 
Tuesday 24 April 2018  (18H15 Networking – 18H45-20H15 Session)

Resourcing the Supervisee – Supervision in a Thinking Environment with Linda Aspey

Book Here for Linda Aspey

We look forward to seeing you soon,
Warm wishes.
 
Carolyn, Hannah, Trish, Jan & Teresa

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LCG FEBRUARY 2018 Newsletter

Dear All,

In February, Dr Magdalena Bak-Maier  joined as our guest speaker for The Love Paradox: how to unblock access to your best and healthiest self. It proved to be a brilliant and thought-provoking evening, with plenty of time for conversation and reflection.

We ended up with a good turnout of attendees - despite the somewhat frosty weather! As usual, it was a pleasure to welcome new attendees and see many of our regulars once again.  

Some tweets from the night  -    

Amazing energy in the room this evening with Magdalena @ LCG. Learning through the sharing of both knowledge and hugs! @LondonCoachGrp  

Great evening with @LondonCoachGrp @JanOBrien10 With thanks to Magdalena for an excellent workshop

I love the way the team is opening the door for every practitioner and person who feels they can enrich others in #coaching to come forward.  Please step up and apply.  We are here to share our talents and passion with others. 

Feedback from January’s event – Associate coaching work: How you get it, love it & make good money from it with Ginny Baillie 

Good event with relevant information shared by the speaker. Good start to the year and plenty of take aways! 

It was an excellent event mainly due to Ginny’s style and content. She’s a great speaker and I would happily attend other events she might be leading or speaking at. 

Thank you for a very informative session, that really helped my thinking on building associate relationships.

   
We look forward to seeing you soon,
Warm wishes.
 
Carolyn, Hannah, Trish, Jan & Teresa

LCG November 2017 Newsletter

Dear All,

In October, Dr Stephen Burt joined as our guest speaker for The Mystery of Coaching Mastery.  There was a real buzz in the room and people learnt so much about technique, self-expression and self-awareness.  Thank you, Stephen!

As usual, it was a pleasure to welcome new attendees and see regular ones again. 

Some tweets from the night –

Mandy Murphy@CoachMandyM  Great event with Steve. Thanks very much. Love his line ‘who we are turns up anyway’! Thanks for all your hard work keeping LCG going 

Feedback from September’s event – Art in Action in Coaching with Jenny Bird and Sarah Gornall

I would be very keen to use the Art in Action unblocking strategy for clients with whom I believe it would resonate. Thank you!
  
The session prompted me to go and invest in a large, hard back sketch pad to use in my coaching and I am about to read Jenny and Sarahs book which I bought at the event.  Many thanks.
  
Thank you so much to the organisers. I have a very busy life and coaching is a small but very important part of my life, so I really appreciate being able to occasionally attend these events, reading the newsletters and feeling part of the London coaching community.

Final event of the year: 

Tuesday 28 November 2017 (18H15-18H45 Networking – 18H45-19H45 Session - 19H45-20H15 Networking)  
LCG - the next three years - The BIG Picture with Carolyn Hartwig, Hannah Salton, Jan Morgan and Trish Dooley 
Book Here for LCG - the next three years - The BIG Picture

As you know, we are stepping down after three years of co-chairing the LCG and Isabelle is also retiring from her role on the team.  We would personally like to thank all of you for your support.  It’s been fun and deeply rewarding!  Isabelle has been an absolute rock and we could not have done it without her (nor would we have wanted to!).  Teresa will be staying on to support the new co-chairs and we are delighted that she will be able to manage the handover and keep things ticking over as the transition takes place over the Christmas break.  Thank you, Teresa, for providing us with the stability that has enabled us to get on with our day jobs as well as running the group.
 
We look forward to seeing you to say goodbye later this month if you can join us.  As you know, the new co-chairs are stepping up and they, too, are looking forward to meeting you as they start their new journey with LCG.  Please do come along to say goodbye and hello and express your views about LCG’s priorities as plans develop for your LCG from 2018 onwards.
  
Warmest wishes,
Deborah, Kish, Isabelle & Teresa 

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LCG August 2017 Newsletter

Dear All,

We hope you are enjoying your summer break!   

We are all enjoying a little respite before the return of our autumn schedule (details below).  LCG has been running successfully for over 15 years and, as many of you will know, Kish and Deborah stepped up to co-chair the London Coaching Group in 2015 with a three year plan in mind. Isabelle joined soon after and has been a steadfast support at events and in developing and managing our social media. As we approach the end of 2017, Deborah, Kish and Isabelle are all preparing to step down in December. This means that LCG is looking for new blood to take over the running of the group.  It is time for fresh energy and ideas to build on the great work of its leaders to date. A unique coaching group, LCG prides itself on its long history, its success (over 2000 people on its mailing list) and the warmth of its community. Supported by all of the professional bodies, ICF, AC and the EMCC, we are pleased to attract new faces to every event we run. 

We have developed an Operations Manual that sets out the processes and scheduling of the groups activities, making it straight forward to pass on. We have automated most of the processes and, with the help of a VA, you could run this on about 4 hours a month. The majority of the work is in finding and engaging speakers which happens in October.  

If you would be interested in running the group, please do let us know by September 8th. We will then introduce any prospective chairs to the group at our September event.

At the July event, we had the pleasure to welcome Jo McHale and David Evans for Taming the Toxins and Speaking from the Heart – with Nonviolent Communication (NVC). Jo and David helped us identify toxic behaviours which was playful, yet insightful. We explored how to respond with feelings and universal needs. The group exercises gave us a real feel of how powerful NVC can be.

Some tweets from the night –

Karen Walsh‏ @KarenWalsh122  Jul 25
Thanks @jomchale for great intro to NVC courtesy of @LondonCoachGrp    

Feedback from Junes event  –  Personal Leadership: Making a World of Difference with Jan OBrien

Great practical insights that can be readily applied

Forthcoming events: 

Tuesday 26 September 2017 ( (18H15 Networking – 18H45-20H15 Session)
Art in Action in Coaching with Jenny Bird and Sarah Gornall

Book Here for Jenny Bird and Sarah Gornall

Tuesday 24 October 2017  (18H15 Networking – 18H45-20H15 Session)
The Mystery of Coaching Mastery with Dr Stephen Burt

Book Here for Dr Stephen Burt

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 Jan OBrien as our guest speaker for Personal Leadership: Making a World of Difference. We gained a huge insight into the Personal Leadership (PL) framework which is based on mindfulness and creativity. Jans session was very interactive and the exercises helped us develop a deeper understanding of the concept. Thank you Jan!

As usual, it was a pleasure to welcome new attendees and see regular ones again.

Some tweets from the night –

Kelling Wood Assoc.‏ @kelling_wood  Jun 27

Looking forward to seeing @JanOBrien10s talk on personal #leadership tonight with @LondonCoachGrp #coaching

Jan OBrien‏ @JanOBrien10  Jun 27 

Had a wonderful evening presenting Personal Leadership Making a World of Difference for the @LondonCoachGrp A wonderful group of people!          

 
Feedback from Mays event –  Do Organisations Dream? Transformational Coaching for Social Progress with Amina Aitsi-Selmi

I very much enjoyed Aminas energy, enthusiasm and her passion for the topic.  Thank you for the excellent presentation. 
 
I enjoyed working in a small group, which gave me a good chance to interact with everybody. 

A very good use of my time and really resonates with where i am in my thinking and coaching right now. A great choice!

Forthcoming events: 

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

Tuesday 26 September 2017 ( (18H15 Networking – 18H45-20H15 Session)
Art in Action in Coaching with Jenny Bird and Sarah Gornall
Book Here for Jenny Bird and Sarah Gornall

Tuesday 24 October 2017  (18H15 Networking – 18H45-20H15 Session)
The Mystery of Coaching Mastery with Dr Stephen Burt

Book Here for Dr Stephen Burt

We look forward to seeing you soon,

Warm wishes,

 
Deborah, Kish, Isabelle, Teresa & Vivian

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LCG June 2017 Newsletter

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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LCG May 2017 Newsletter

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

I really loved the 2 speakers.

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: 

• 1 coaching round
• 1 mentoring session
• 1 supervision session
• 1 subscription to Coaching Research in Practice
• Choice of 1 business resource subscription
• 10% discount on additional purchases 

This type of membership would normally cost around £90.

Please follow these 4 simple steps to sign up : 

1. Sign up for a free ReciproCoach account here.
2. Use the coupon code “LCG” when you sign up and you’ll get a free one year subscription to an online public web profile, coaching wheel, client intake form, session prep form or session reflection form.
3. Once logged in, click here to take advantage of the exclusive LCG ReciproCoach membership. For just £65 you’ll get a round  of coaching, a mentoring session, a supervision session and a subscription to Coaching Research in Practice. (Please note that you will need to select GBP as your preferred currency)  
4. Register for coaching, mentoring or supervision via the Register option in the members area. 

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. 

Book Here for Amina-Aitsi Selmi

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

We look forward to seeing you soon,

Warm wishes,

 
Deborah, Kish, Isabelle, Teresa & Vivian

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LCG April 2017 Newsletter

Dear All,

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.

Book here for Heather Day

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

Book here for Amina Aitsi-Selmi

We look forward to seeing you soon,

Warm wishes,

 
Deborah, Kish, Isabelle, Teresa & Vivian

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LCG March 2017 Newsletter

Dear all,

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 
Book Here for Moira McLaughlin
 
Please note the timings for the March session, given below .

• Networking from : 18.00
• ReciproCoach presentation – Vivian Wood : 18.30 – 19.00
• Less is More - Moira McLaughlin : 19.00 – 20.30 

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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LCG February 2017 Newsletter

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!

Some tweets from the night –

Christine Locher ‏@ChristineLocher  Great storytelling from @HeatherTowns @LondonCoachGrp today and great tips to build and showcase #expertise

Kelling Wood Assoc. ‏@kelling_wood@LondonCoachGrp great start to the year, many thanks @HeatherTowns

Janice B Gordon ‏@Janicebg  12h Great presentation by speaker @HeatherTowns for @LondonCoachGrp #getpaid to #speak

 
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.

2017 Speaker Events: 

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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