Psychology Distilled

Psychology for leaders and business coaches.

Wonder if you need more psychology to be an excellent coach? Looking for new practical tools as a leader? Want to broaden and challenge your thinking? Or just hungry for fresh ideas…

Imagine a three-year psychology degree, distilled right down to the utter essentials – the key ideas and tools and downright astonishing bits that every leader and business coach should know. And made crystal clear by being anchored firmly in a timeline through history, with the context for each new approach compellingly explained – then brought right up to the future with a feast of weblinks, TED talks, etc. Delivered in bite-sized chunks so you can fit it easily into your busy work schedule. And where you learn alongside a small and fascinating group of your peers.

Top speakers, serious learning, new tools and great networking – welcome to Psychology Distilled! (“PD”).

This practical and inspiring course gives you a “map of the territory” of the psychology relevant to business coaching. It takes you in turn through each of the core domains of psychology, and introduces you to leading edge thinking that is already transforming coaching and the coaching-based leadership style. Then each seminar in the series supports and challenges you to apply its insights to your own work, and to the great issues of the day.

Who Is This Programme For?

What The Course Will Give You

Additional Benefits

The course fee includes all materials and refreshments each day.

For those logging Continuing Professional Development time, the full course represents 30 hours of structured learning and is fully accredited by Meyler Campbell and The Solicitors’ Regulation Authority (SRA).

Course Methods

Designed to stimulate discussion and real learning.

University-style lectures, plus corporate-type small group work to deepen learning.

Practical case studies, research evidence and the real world experience of the tutors will be used to demonstrate the psychological principles that underpin successful coaching.

Each 180-minute seminar is in two parts: an intensive lecture, followed by small-group discussion to embed the learning and develop personal insight and applications.

Course Format

The course runs in two formats: as a block course of three separate days, and in modular format of one seminar a month over ten months. In 2011 it will be offered in modular format only. Most will want to attend the entire series, but each seminar in the modular course also stands alone, and people are also welcome to attend as many or as few as they wish.

Programme Content

1 - Freud & Psychodynamic
The dark unconscious forces…
2 - Behaviourism
Are we trainable rats or innately gifted?
3 - Humanistic Psychology
The learning instinct and how coaches can unleash it.
4 - Cognitive Psychology
Avoiding common thinking errors, and techniques to deal with blocks.
5 - Social Psychology
We are far more affected by our context / team / tribe than we imagine: understanding systemic forces to coach for real change.
6 - When Things Go Wrong
The facts about cross-cultural coaching; and psychopathology: what exactly are narcissists, psychopaths etc, how to spot them and how to deal with them.
7 - Motivation & Change
They can do it but will they?! Research published in the last 5 years gives coaches greater ability to help clients build motivation.
8 - Neuroscience
The utterly fascinating brain, including how we learn, and therefore how we need to coach.
9 - Psychometrics
A comprehensive review of all the sweets in the psychometric sweetshop, and how to use them wisely.
10 - Positive Psychology
How high performance occurs, the science of good character and more.

Testimonials

“The lectures were excellent - well paced, engaging and informative.” Ted Beardsall CBE, Deputy Chief Executive, Land Registry
“Brilliant – congratulations!!” Verity Lewis, Head of HR, Württembergische
“Excellent. Helpful discussion and practical ideas.” Valerie Robert, HR Director Household Western Europe, Procter & Gamble

Course Directors

Anne Scoular

Originally a diplomat and international banker, Anne retrained as a psychologist and is now Managing Director of coaching consultancy Meyler Campbell, a leading provider of learning and development for senior business coaches. She is the author of The Financial Times Guide to Business Coaching, has taught coaching and led seminars at several Universities including London Business School, and has trained many of Europe’s leading professional coaches and business leaders. She was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine in 2006 in recognition of her thought leadership in business coaching, and is active internationally in business coaching accreditation and advisory panels. Anne was the original designer of the Psychology for Coaches course and her passion for the subject shines right through it.

Daniel Burke

Daniel is a former senior Partner at global consultancy KPMG. After leaving KPMG he retrained as a psychologist, and became a co-founder of The Alliance, a group of senior business coaches, (www.alliancecoaching.co.uk) and a Meyler Campbell Business Coach Tutor. He was on the Inaugural US Positive Psychology Coaching Training with Martin Seligman, and in 2007 published in the leading Positive Psychology academic journal his research on coaching and motivation. Also a jazz musician, Daniel has a fascination with making training events lively and engaging – for PD he has tracked down rare historic archival film footage to show you; and brings the research material vividly to life, including with web resources, TED talks, etc; and rings unusual bells…

Other Guest Lecturers may join us on topics related to their particular expertise.

Booking Details – Modular Course

Although designed as a series, each seminar will also stand alone and you are welcome to book for as few or as many as you wish of the ten seminars.

Dates for 2012

1 Freud & Psychodynamic 22nd February
2 Behaviourism 21st March
3 Humanistic Psychology 25th April
4 Cognitive Psychology 23rd May
5 Social Psychology 20th June
6 When Things Go Wrong 18th July
7 Motivation & Change 26th September
8 Neuroscience 24th October
9 Psychometrics 21st November
10 Positive Psychology 12th December

Time

Coffee and networking 2:45pm, Seminars 3.00-6.00pm sharp

Venue

Central London location

Fees

£350 + VAT per Seminar.

To book online click here, contact Meyler Campbell on 020 8460 4790, or email .

Meyler Campbell Alumni should login to the Alumni section and make their booking in the discount section.