Tweet Today I sit and read all the applications to this years mentoring program at the university in Stavanger, and they all impress me for their motivation. Not only for joining this program, but overall both education and their work experience. A lot of them are raised in one country, education in two different countries …
Tweet I met my big, big inspiration: David Clutterbuck at the conference. I was not surprised since he was one of the founders, but I was nervous… Suddenly in one of the sessions he stands before me and someone introduced me to him. I told him that I was a huge fan and that he …
Tweet Dr. Julia Haddock-Millar talked about the accreditation for programs – EQA and for mentors – EIA. EIA – The European Individual Accreditation is an internationally recognized accreditation that demonstrates that an individual practicing as a professional mentor/coach has the appropriate level of knowledge and the ability to apply it effectively in their practice. EQA – The European Quality Award is an internationally recognized …
Tweet Professor David Clutterbuck and Kirsten M. Poulsen started after lunch on how to mentor executives, with a lot of examples. They really got me thinking because I am not that good in research on my mentors or my mentee. I will look up and read more about «Your future you»
Tweet David Ringwood started session 3 on day 2 and the topic was «Coaching the next generation – a large scale study of generational differences in Europe». Hei was talking about the challenges in the next generations. Especially the new generations (Y and Z) may be perceived as being very nomadic in their attitude to …
Tweet Dr. Paul Brown had the opening keynote session on the second day. He talked about the brain and the 8 basic emotions. The title was «Incoherent coaching and the amygdala hi-jack trap» Its always interesting to learn more about the brain. You can look here to see more about the 8 basic emotions:
Tweet My next training, session 2, was called: “Mystery of Mastery” What makes an excellent coach, excellent”? What is the difference between a good coach and a excellent coach. The trainer was Dr. Stephen Burt. The topic was very interesting, but i felt it became very theoretical, and it become very “namedropping”…He talked about Robert Green, …
Tweet Wow, what an opening… for me it was overwhelming just to be in the room of so many fellow mentoring and coaching colleagues. Our President Dr. Lise Lewis put the standard high and not to mention the fantastic Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson. She comes on stage in a wheelchair and told her fantastic story and …
Tweet My first ever seminar, session 1, is with Belinda Baillie. And she talked about energy – attitude and connection… powerful… The title was: «Working with the energy of a conversation and dancing with the magic».As a mentor i know how important energy is, both for myself, but also for my mentees. She talked about …
Tweet I am on my way to my first European Mentoring & Coaching Council conference and this year it is Dublin Scotland. I am so excited to be going and not only representing my country as the president of Norway, but also to meet other members and to go to workshop and trainings. I hope …