Using solution focus coaching to accelerate performance and development

Friday 24th October 2014 at Friends House, London

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This workshop will enable new and experienced coaches to integrate solution-focused techniques with their existing practice, equipping them to respond to a range of situations with questions that generate new thinking in minimal time. Our coaching clients need to perform within the dynamic system of their organization. Therefore our coaching has to have the same dynamic ability to shift and respond – a solution focused approach helps us do this.

This workshop is highly relevant for coaches working with individuals and teams, and particularly benefits those coaches operating in environments where time is limited to provide support.

Learning outcomes and objectives:

Drawing on theory from the fields of organisational change and complexity, cognitive psychology, and appreciative enquiry, solution-focus coaching helps deliberately reframe problems to generate new thinking.

The initial theory will be presented by the facilitators, but workshop participants will have the opportunity to experience the techniques via real learning activities throughout the day. The facilitators are happy to adapt to the participants needs during the day, but aim to incorporate demonstration, group discussion, individual reflection and paired practice sessions to appreciate how solution focus coaching techniques can be applied.

The workshop will focus on practically using solution focus techniques, but will encourage discussion on using these techniques alongside existing coaching models and skills. It all about focusing on what works, and doing more of it!

The workshop offers a taste of the questioning skills employed in brief therapy, therefore will also appeal to practitioner psychologists working in clinic settings as well as coaches.