We are pleased to announce that the Institute of Human Excellence and the
have teamed up and formed a partnership to build on the success of Catalyst 2008
by jointly presenting Catalyst 2009

Catalyst Australasian Executive Coaching Summit - 2009

24-25 March 2009, Sydney, Australia

Call for Papers

Catalyst 2009 is an event designed to provide leading-edge thinking and inspirational case studies in the field of Executive Coaching. It is a focal point where coaching professionals can meet to discover, evaluate, debate, and take their thinking and skills to the next level.

Again chaired by Sir John Whitmore, and building on the success of the inaugural 2008 event, we are planning a program of presenters from research, training and practice backgrounds in the business of coaching.

Three keynote speakers will be setting the tone and themes of the event:

Sir John Whitmore: Presenting on the current state of the coaching profession
                               internationally.

Richard Barrett: Speaking about values-based leadership and its applications in
                         business, government, education, nations and communities.

John Matthews: Presenting on Spirited Coaching: engaging people at work
                         through creating meaning and purpose.

Catalyst will also include a “Village Faire” to provide participants with an opportunity to learn first-hand about coaching tools and instruments. There will be ample opportunity to network with other participants and connect with speakers to discuss their ideas and presentations.

We are now seeking contributions from prospective speakers.
These should fit into one of the three themes described below:

Coaching to GROW Leaders:
Leadership GROWth is central to many coaching practices in organisations. Leadership is a much talked about topic and one that our culture is having great difficulty with, as in organisations people have traditionally been promoted for technical expertise rather than people leadership. Many organisations now have well developed and mature practices of coaching, including internal and external coach training, coaching panels, coaching skills workshops and structured coaching programs.

In this theme we encourage coaches and other professionals to talk about their experiences of coaching in corporate environments as well as in not-for-profit organisations and government organisations. We would love to hear from internal stakeholders/coaches and external coaches and coaching organisations involved with comprehensive organisational coaching programs. We envisage presentations and case studies from coaches as well as coachees and sponsors. Topics could include “onboarding” (the first 90 days), transition coaching and career coaching, coaching panels, ROI and the business case for coaching, derailers, the case for internal and/or external coaches, and choosing a coach.

Coaching Credibility:
In an unregulated marketplace credibility continues to be an issue for coaches and the organisations that employee them. We like to think that this is a topic which will continually be openly discussed and debated as, at the moment, we have to be a self-regulating profession. In this theme we would like to hear from people who are thinking about this area through research and teaching as well as through organisational structures and processes. We will debate some topics such as coaches as psychologists, as well as explore case studies and research about coaching effectiveness research, supervision and training.

Spirited Coaching:
This theme represents common ground for many practitioners who embed their practice in the transpersonal and the spiritual. In this realm, coaching is regarded as a vehicle for reaching beyond the concept of one's individuality to its relationship to, and beyond, the much larger whole. Spirited coaching recognises the need to deepen the coaching relationship to realms beyond just the personal, to look for the greater purpose and meaning of our lives and the planet. Within this, we encourage presentations that demonstrate critical thinking as well as openness to spirituality within the organisational coaching arena.

Included could be topics such as mindfulness and coaching, holding the coaching mindset, coaching to make a difference, coaching and happiness, and coaching for values. Other possible topics could be coaching for the “here and now”, meditation and coaching, and deepening the coaching experience through exploring issues of wisdom, meaning and purpose.

We invite potential speakers to submit their presentation outlines by clicking here.

Papers need to be submitted by 30 October 2008. The steering committee will then consider all submissions and make the final selection.

Download last year’s brochure (PDF)

Questions should be directed to:

Amy Powell
apowell@developmentpartners.com.au

Dr Hilary Armstrong
hilarya@iecoaching.com