Speaking at conferences

Joy is often invited to speak, either in her personal capacity, or behalf of the UK International Coach Federation (UK ICF) or the Future of Coaching Collaboration (FCC) group. These are some of the conferences or webinars she has been part of:

• Coaching at Work Annual Conferences;
• Conferences & Exhibitions at the Institute of Directors & the Chartered Institute of Personal Development;
• UK ICF Annual Conferences;
• ICF Global Leaders Forum in Atlanta;
• Webinars to global audiences.

Topics Joy has spoken on include the return on investment from coaching, standards, and future trends in coaching. She has also co-written articles on these topics for publications, including Coaching at Work Magazine.

Coaching Research

Joy has co-authored highly rated research into how coaching leaders can also result in changes happening within their teams . See the article published in the academic journal Management Learning.

At the bottom of this page is a summary of her research findings on the individual and organisational benefits of coaching.

Individual benefits

• Focus: by providing clarity in setting short and long term goals.
• Support: by allowing time to reflect and think strategically.
• Increased self-awareness: by opening up your personal awareness and understanding of your interaction with others.
• Creative thinking: by stimulating new ways of thinking flexibly and innovatively.
• Motivation: by increasing determination so you take successful action quicker.
• Achievement of goals: by supporting how you go about achieving those goals.

Organisational Benefits

• Individual change: Because the leaders being coached (the coachees) are in control of their own learning, their motivation and focus increases. As a result, they are more effective in reaching organisational goals quicker.
• Team change: Following coaching, leaders demonstrate new behaviours to their team. They also introduce new procedures to embed team changes. These role-modelled approaches are then copied by other members of the team, maximising team performance.
• Cultural change: Coaching a critical mass of senior members within an organisation helps create a coaching culture in which people are more focused, open and willing to change and learn.