EVIDENCE BASED COACHING COACHING IN CONTEXT WEBINAR Thursday, September 29, 202111:00 am - Noon pm PDT / Noon -1:00 pm MDT / 1:00 - 2:00 pm CDT / 2:00 -3:00 pm EDT This session is approved for 1.0 CCE units in Resource Development.   Speaker: R. Karl Hebenstreit, PhD, PCC, PHR Join Fielding EBC alum R. Karl Hebenstreit, Ph.D. on an introduction to and journey through the Enneagram, an ancient framework that can help resolve the toughest organization development challenges.  Find out how the Enneagram is different from all of the other personality systems (yet is still correlated to them [...]

Speaker: Beena Sharma In today’s increasingly complex world, more mature leadership is being called for to truly affect change in measurable and sustainable ways. As a coach, our role is to support our clients to release unhelpful habits, gain new perspectives, and embody new ways of showing up to navigate challenges with more skill and influence. This is no small task. How do we know which approach, interventions or tools to use with a particular client? The answer is vertical development. Research over the last four decades has shown that vertical development enables us to comprehend and respond to challenges [...]

Speaker: Beena Sharma In this session, Beena will introduce an approach that Coaches can use immediately to facilitate a more integrated and integral development with their clients. ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Beena Sharma is the founding president of Vertical Development Academy (VeDA), with a vision to enhance the practice of leadership development using the lens of vertical development theory and measurement. VeDA certifies coaches globally in the art, science and practice of coaching for stage develo pment. Beena is a global thought leader in the area of vertical development, and a certifying master coach in the practice of Leadership Maturity Coaching. [...]

Change the world. Start with yours. Those six words mean a lot at Fielding Graduate University. These exact words prompted the program director, Dr. Carrie Arnold, who began her role in June of 2020, to refresh the evidence-based coaching program with a new delivery model. Apply by July 29, 2021, to be considered for the Fall term, and you will experience all the upcoming changes in the accredited coach training program at Fielding! Students will receive comprehensive, evidence-based coach learning in an 8-month (two-term) program delivered synchronously by some of the best coach instructors in the world. Learners will join [...]

Speaker: Chalmers Brothers, MBA I have had the privilege of asking literally thousands of leaders over the past 20 years a simple but often eye-opening question:  Of all the things you have to do to be successful as a leader, what would you say are the absolutely most important 1 or 2 or 3?  In other words, when it’s all said and done, what do you “get paid” to do as a leader?  As you might imagine, responses include: To set direction To enroll the company in our shared vision To ensure profitability To groom the next generation of leaders [...]

Why a Coaching Symposium? 2020 brought a new wave of virtual conferences, events, meetings, and gatherings. Many, myself included, have begun battling and mitigating what many are calling Zoom fatigue or virtual hangovers. We now relish the idea of a phone call that allows us to get up and move around our homes or outdoor spaces. Before 2020, few considered time on the phone all that appealing. The way we work continues to be different—awkward, and 2021 has not brought the swift return to whatever we deem 'normal' as quickly as we all hoped. So why is Fielding Graduate University [...]

Why a Coaching Symposium? 2020 brought a new wave of virtual conferences, events, meetings, and gatherings. Many, myself included, have begun battling and mitigating what many are calling Zoom fatigue or virtual hangovers. We now relish the idea of a phone call that allows us to get up and move around our homes or outdoor spaces. Before 2020, few considered time on the phone all that appealing. The way we work continues to be different—awkward, and 2021 has not brought the swift return to whatever we deem 'normal' as quickly as we all hoped. So why is Fielding Graduate University hosting [...]

Applying Science for Meaningful Change This session is approved for 1.0 CCE units in Core Competencies Speaker: Ellen Keithline Byrne, PhD Date: April 7, 2021 Time: 11 a.m. PST After decades of work experience as a leader, an executive coach, and leadership consultant, Ellen Keithline Byrne describes herself as a scholar-practitioner with a stronger bent toward practitioner. Ellen will share how she and her business partners applied research to their practice and designed powerful programs focused on advancing women leaders. In addition, she will discuss patterns and challenges that women have as they seek to advance in the workplace and how [...]