Another big milestone in my coaching journey
This week I reached another big milestone in my coaching journey. I’m thrilled to share that I’ve completed completed my post-graduate Professional Certificate in Executive Coaching from Henley Business School.
I now am certified to Senior Practitioner (Level 7 ILM) and the program is triple-accredited (ICF, EMCC and AoC). The Henley coaching program is one of the world’s most highly regarded and it exceeded the promise.
For me, this isn’t about a certificate on the wall. It’s about deepening the 30+ years of leadership and coaching experience I bring to my clients.
The course involved:
📚 9 months of intensive study and training
🏫 3 separate weeks of in-person study at the beautiful Greenlands campus at Henley-on-Thames
⏱️ 100+ hours of external coaching work by me
🎯 On-going coaching mentorship and supervision by some of the best seasoned coaches in the industry
✍️ Two in-depth academic papers that I wrote on Unconditional Positive Regard and Reflective Practice
And all of this while building my coaching business and successfully fighting an aggressive bowel cancer. That made the journey even more meaningful for me.
The programme not only expanded my toolkit of coaching and mentoring skills, it also pushed me into deep self-reflection on who I am as a coach, leader and person. Many of those insights I’ve already started sharing here on LinkedIn: how I stay curious about new people and ideas, how I grow from setbacks, and what empathy, challenge, ambiguity and vulnerability mean in leadership. More of this to come…
I’ve always believed in life-long learning, but this programme has rekindled my passion for it, even at my ripe old age. I’m already thinking about what might be next.
A huge thank you to Julia Carden, Jude Fairweather, Aboodi Shabi and Christina Skarin for their tutoring, mentorship, supervision and support.
A particular highlight has been my peers on the course, who I worked shoulder to shoulder with through thick and thin. I now count each of you as close friends and colleagues.
And of course, thank you to my clients, who I continue to walk alongside as they transform their businesses, careers and lives.
Above all, I’m reminded that growth never ends and I’m excited to keep bringing this learning into the work I do with leaders every day.