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Sam Farmer
NZPsS ConferencePalmerston North28 August 2009
The Future Shape of the Coaching Psychology Special
Interest Group in New Zealand
CPSIG - for psychologists who coach
Breaking out
Coaching Psychology in NZ: Questions more than answers
Breaking out and breaking in – my journeyDiscovery: coaching involves engaging people
to reflect and be more conscious of the impact of their decision making. Tell me more!
This presentation: Is framed within my own bias (executive-related
coaching) Considers that coaching psychology encompasses a
wide client/need range Intends to raise, rather than answer, questions about
the place of coaching psychology in NZ
Overview
1. Two definitions
2. An application Coaching Psychology
3. Background to the establishment of CPSIG
4. The future of the CPSIG – your viewCPSIG - for psychologists who coach
Definition (i)
Executive coaching: is a helping relationship between a client
[with] managerial authority and responsibility … and a consultant
uses a wide variety of behavioural techniques and methods
[involves] a mutually identified set of goals [aims] to improve … professional
performance and personal satisfaction and … the effectiveness of the client’s organisation
[occurs] within a formally defined coaching agreement
(Kilburg, 2000, p67)
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Definition (ii)
Coaching Psychology is: an applied positive psychology draws on and develops established psychological
approaches the systematic application of behavioural science [aimed at] the enhancement of life experience,
work performance and well-being for individuals, groups and organisations
[for those] who do not have clinically significant mental health issues or abnormal levels of distress.
(Interest Group in Coaching Psychology, Australian Psychological Society)
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Applications of Coaching Psychology (i) Matching Service to Need?
Service – proportion of coaches with at least Masters in business or social sciences: In US - 90% In NZ - 33.9%
[Brooks & Wright, 2007]
Need - top 3 motivations for seeking a coach: To increase self confidence
(41%) Greater work-life balance (36%) Explore career opportunities
(27%)[ICF Survey 2009]
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Ponder point(from de Haan, 2008)
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What of themselves does the Coach bring
into the session?
What are the expectations and demands from my
profession
What are predictables and unpredictables of
the session?
What is the client bringing into the
session in relation to the organisation, as well as themselves?
What is the support or competition from
others/colleagues; view of other clients?
Applications of Coaching Psychology (ii)A Case Study
“Chas” was referred through word of mouth and initiated contact by email: Senior manager in small private educational establishment Goals:
Kick start my job search/clarify direction – where I want to be in my professional life and where
Manage the team – enrich their life and mine Manage up
Presentation Pakeha male in mid-40’s Husband of ex-patriot Father of two Organisation is paying for up to 10 sessions, but is not asking for a report “I sometimes experience panic attacks”
Considerations1. What might the coach need, and the coach invite Chas, to consider prior to the first meeting?2. What key questions and processes need to be addressed in your first meeting?3. What is the focus of the coaching sessions?4. What might be my intervention considerations throughout the sessions? (approaches & models)5. How might I review progress?6. What and to whom are my key accountabilities?7. What might be some models for supervision?
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CPSIG background (i): It started with questions
Who knows how to do this properly?How do they know how to do this properly?What is the formal pathway to establishing coaching
credentials?Where are the professionally relevant training opportunities?Why aren’t more psychologists delivering relevant training
events?Who can provide appropriate professional supervision (why don’t
many psychologists who coach receive relevant supervision)?How can we establish, inform and enhance an identity for
coaching psychology in NZ (both for our own profession and for
purchasers of coaching services provided by psychologists)?IE – is there a need for a professional identity for coaching
psychology in New Zealand?
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CPSIG background (ii): YES! There is a need for a professional
identity?
What/how should it be Contribute to informing continuous professional
development, including training and education, supervision
Development/adoption of a definition for coaching psychology
Open to psychologists from all scopes Development of standards Contribute to awareness within and outside the
psychology profession Contribute to recognition of need for accreditation Keep up with national and international developments
and network with other professional associations
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The future of CPSIG (i): Does coaching need psychologists?
An ex-psychiatrist on coaches: [they do not need to] be trained as mental health
professionals to be successful the majority of therapists could [not] work
successfully as consultants or coaches in organizational contexts
[their] attitudes, values, behavioural patterns, and personality traits … would make it difficult for them to adapt their ideas and methods to the typical corporate setting
[however,] the average consultant can benefit greatly from an increased knowledge of the unconscious dimensions and processes that influence behaviour regardless of the setting
(Kilburg, 2000, p. 17).
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The future of CPSIG (ii)What is the nature of the need?
Skills coachingCareer coachingLife coachingSpiritual coachingTeam coachingPeer coachingExecutive coachingSports coachingMinority coaching
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The future of CPSIG (iii): What do psychologists bring to coaching?
Professionalism Systematic assessment and formulation Applied understanding of psychology Scientist-practitioner approach Effective intervention programmes for
individuals, groups and organizations Supervision Training and education
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CPSIG’s future in your hands
The questions that remain for you to consider relate to how you see the CPSIG in 12 months’ time:
Is there a professional imperative for psychologists to enter the coaching arena?
What is unique about their contribution to coaching?
What will CPSIG be doing?
How will CPSIG be run?
Who will be CPSIG’s members?
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