Keynote - Christian Van Nieuwerburgh
A-ha! Critical moments in Coaching
Christian is a highly sought-after executive coach, researcher and educational consultant with significant leadership experience in the public sector.
Before moving to the UK in 1997, Christian held senior marketing and business development roles in a number of organisations within the hospitality and fast moving consumer goods sectors. Since then, Christian has had a broad ranging and interesting career in the UK which included being a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s marketing department and a senior manager within educational services in two highly rated local authorities.
He is a well-respected facilitator, trainer and conference speaker with extensive experience of consultancy in the UK and abroad. As one of the field's leading academics, Christian heads up the Coaching Psychology programmes at the University of East London. While Christian’s particular area of specialism is “Coaching in Education”, he also teaches “Evidence-based Coaching: Theory and Practice” and “Leadership and Organisational Coaching”. He is the author of Coaching in Education (in press) and is actively engaged in a number of research projects in the field.
Keynote Description
”A-ha” moments are often cited in discussions about very effective coaching sessions. What are these critical moments? And, more importantly, how can we increase the likelihood of these occurring during our own coaching sessions? What’s the shift needed, in us, as coaches, to create the context in which critical moments can occur?
This interactive session will explore the notion of “critical moments” and briefly consider the research in this area of coaching before discussing ways in which participants can create situations in which “critical moments” can occur.