Meyler Campbell Digest: November 2020

• Chris Askew awarded OBE, Meyler Campbell graduate and former John Stopford Scholarship winner Chris Askew has been awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen’s 2020 Birthday honours list, for services to people with diabetes. Congratulations Chris we’re all very proud of you!
• John Stopford Scholarship 2020 Applications, Each year, Meyler Campbell offers up to two free places on the Mastered programme to leaders from the charity sector. If you would like to put yourself forward, or you know someone who would benefit from this offering, please read the full entry criteria and how to start the application process here. The deadline for receipt of applications is Friday 13 November. For full information & application details, click here

• Key Figures at Tavistock, Meyler Campbell Faculty Member Jon Stokes has been listed as one of the key figures at the Tavistock Clinic, which is celebrating its centenary this year. You can read Jon’s 2019 interview for In Mind magazine here and find more about Tavistock Consulting, the organisation that Jon founded in 1995 here.
• Graduation 2020, Due to the changing restrictions regarding Covid-19, we have reluctantly decided not to hold a formal graduation ceremony for the 2020 graduates this year.  We intend to run a double graduation event on Thursday 23rd September 2021 to which graduates from both years will be invited to bring friends and family.  Be assured that we promise to make the graduation party in 2021 the best one yet!

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EVENTS

Daniel Difference Model with Sheldon Daniel
DATE: Tuesday 10th November | TIME: 3.30pm – 5.00pm (UK Time)

In this webinar Sheldon Daniel, Executive Coach and Strategic Communication Consultant, will introduce us to the Daniel Difference Model (DDM). The model is a way to explore a frame of thinking about your coaching relationship with your clients; attendees will also investigate “difference” in coaching and will be provided with practical tips on managing difference for an effective coaching outcome. Register here

Coaching Fishbowl with Liz Gooster
DATE: Wednesday 18th November | TIME: 3.30pm – 5.00pm (UK Time)

Your coach for this Fishbowl will be Meyler Campbell Faculty Member Liz Gooster. As Liz is fond of saying, coaching is about the client not the coach. This means her style is very much client-led and ‘in the moment’. She likes to keep her coaching fresh by drawing on a wide range of approaches and methods. However, she is highly influenced by positive psychology, so you are likely to see some glimpses of that on display in this session! Register here

Masterclass: The Art of Formulation in Coaching with Sarah Corrie
DATE: Thursday 26th November | TIME: 10.30am – 12.00pm (UK Time)

In a rapidly changing and increasingly complex world, the expertise of coaches will be called upon in new and diverse ways.  In this Masterclass, Professor Sarah Corrie, will share her knowledge and understanding of formulation, and why it is such a vital skill. Formulation can enrich our understanding of our clients’ needs and support us in devising effective and innovative interventions. Attendees at this event will learn more about formulation as an emerging area of interest within coaching: what it is and why it matters; how formulation can help coaches make sense of their clients’ needs; and how formulation can support the coaching process as it unfolds. Register here

Webinar: Coaching the rising stars of cancer research 
DATE: Tuesday 17th November | TIME: 1.00pm – 2.00pm (UK Time)

Meyler Campbell have teamed up with Cancer Research UK to coach some of the best up-and-coming scientists through the Mastered practice coaching programme. To celebrate this partnership, and to give our network the opportunity to hear from the next generation of scientific leaders, we invite you to join us for our webinar hosted by Ann Orton. The panel features Dr Amit Roshan, speaking about his research as a clinician scientist in Cambridge and how he has benefited from Meyler Campbell’s pro-bono coaching; and Brinda Lakshmi Varahan, a second year PhD student at Barts Cancer Institute. Find out more and sign up here.

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COACHING

Executive Coaches, Your Job Is To Deliver Business Results
Thank you to David Lancefield for sharing this HBR article from Ron Ashkenas.  Ron suggests that given the stress most businesses face that executive coaching will be eliminated unless tit can be directly linked with achievement of results through coaching. Read more

PSYCHOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE

The Hidden Brain – Deep Work
The challenge of cultivating deep attention and what we gain by immersing ourselves in meaningful work. Listen to the top rated podcasts here

In the run up to the presidential election in the US we have chosen two TED talks which help to explain some of the forces at work which define our political leanings and beliefs: How our psychological traits shape our political beliefs & The Psychology of Inequality and Political Division

RACE

In case you missed these BBC documentaries in celebration of UK Black History month they are still available to view on BBC iPlayer. Historian David Olusoga presents Black and British: a forgotten history – a four-part series documenting the enduring relationship between Britain and people whose origins lie in Africa. and Black is the New Black – a documentary series celebrating Britain’s black community and their experience of being black in Britain as told through interviews with some of its best-known members.

TECHNOLOGY

The Digital Human – Normal
Featured on BBC Sounds, a podcast tracing the evolving relationship between humans and technology. This episode is particularly relevant to the current context and the evolving nature of what ‘normal’ means. Listen here

THE WORLD OF WORK

Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat
Bruce Daisley of Twitter fame interviews psychologists and neuroscientists about how we can improve the culture of work. This episode focuses on resilience at work. Listen here

Management Today Intelligence Report –  Will Hybrid working ever work?
Management Today partnered with Hays to conduct this survey of 280 senior leaders, the results make interesting reading. Read the full article here

Women’s Career trajectories can be a model for an aging workforce
Do the experiences of women in managing their career paths offer a new way of thinking about careers for all? Read the full article here

COMMUNICATION

Research: Type less talk more 
Kumar and Epley’s recent HBR article focuses on the power of verbal communication for connection and how research suggests that more and more people prefer communicating in writing rather than verbally – a potentially unwise preference. Read more

LEADERSHIP

Without compassion, resilient leaders will fall short
In this article Meyler Campbell Chief Supervisor Carol Kauffman advises leaders on how to resist and curtail ‘contempt attacks’. Read more

Leadership an art of Possibility
The key tenets of the book by Rosamund Stone Zander and Ben Zander are brought to life in this wonderful video where Ben Zander uses symphony (sym phone: to sound together)  as a metaphor for the role of the leader as a conduit or conductor. Watch here

Dare to Lead with Brené Brown
The new podcast series based on Brene’s new book, Dare To Lead, was created for, and aims to, provide a place to learn (and unlearn) from one another. “The Dare to Lead podcast will be a mix of solo episodes and conversations with change-catalysts, culture-shifters, and as many troublemakers as possible … Together, we’ll have conversations that help us show up, step up, and dare to lead.” Listen to the new podcast series here