In this episode we are joined by the delightful Dr Liz Donovan who has had a stellar career as a paediatric consultant and neonatologist, as well as being the Director of Medical Education at University Hospital Southampton. Liz came out of retirement to return to Southampton to work on a very special project, supporting medics through a coaching programme.

The Doctors’ Development Unit offers support to senior clinicians within the trust. A pool of consultants have been trained as coaches by us here at Your Coaching Journey and are making good use of their coaching skills in their work with their consultant colleagues.

Liz has been heading up the coaching consultant team at Southampton, and has been delighted with the results of the coaching that has been conducted there. An independent evaluation of the effectiveness of the coaching within the trust has recently been carried out. The evaluation revealed some remarkable findings in terms of the social return on the investment that has been made and the efficacy of the coaching.

Liz will be sharing some of the report’s findings with us, along with her own reflections on the art of coaching.

Resources:

You can contact Liz about this research by emailing her at Liz.Donovan@uhs.nhs.uk

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Helen:

www.linkedin.com/in/helenleathers/

Email: helenleathers@yourcoachingjourney.co.uk

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On our podcast we regularly explore topics that coachees might bring to a coaching conversation.

One such topic is ‘burnout’ and as with many topics that arrive at the door of the transformational coach, this is an important topic that affects many members of the medical community.

Burnout is a complex phenomenon, and we might well be coaching individuals who are at different stages in the burnout journey. They may be feeling stressed and concerned about ending up burnt out; they may be at the point of almost burning out; or they may have already burnt out.

There is a place for coaching in all of these situations and in this podcast we begin to explore the concept of burnout, how it is defined and measured, and how we might go about supporting someone around their relationship with burnout.

Join us for a fascinating conversation about burnout and how coaching might provide a useful intervention for those who are experiencing the symptoms that arise at the different stages of burnout.

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Contact Details

Find out about our Doctors’ Transformational Coaching Diploma

Connect with the hosts:

Tom:

www.linkedin.com/in/tomdillondoctorstranformationalcoachingdiploma/

Email: tomdillon@yourcoachingjourney.co.uk

Helen:

www.linkedin.com/in/helenleathers/

Email: helenleathers@yourcoachingjourney.co.uk

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From time to time we will have an episode where we answer listeners’ questions about coaching.

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Here at Your Coaching Journey we believe that the primary role of a coach is to facilitate the coachee’s own thinking around their situation, allowing them to gain new perspectives and consider their options for moving towards their desired outcome.

Coaching is about encouraging the coachee to find their own answers, rather than the coach providing them with them.

So how do we square the non-directive approach with the concept of the coach introducing coaching tools, models and exercises.

In this episode we explore the idea of being directive about the coaching process without being directive about the way that the coachee is thinking. We have no wish to advise the coachee about their situation, the options they have, the decision they might make, or the options they might take.

What we are interested in is deepening the pool of meaning for the coachee, widening their perspective and offering models and exercises that generate new thinking.

In this episode we discuss how we might go about achieving this fine balance of managing the coaching conversation, introducing the coachee to new concepts and remaining non-directive with regard to the content of the coaching conversation.

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Contact Details

Find out about our Doctors’ Transformational Coaching Diploma

Connect with the hosts:

Tom:

www.linkedin.com/in/tomdillondoctorstranformationalcoachingdiploma/

Email: tomdillon@yourcoachingjourney.co.uk

Helen:

www.linkedin.com/in/helenleathers/

Email: helenleathers@yourcoachingjourney.co.uk

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In Episode 52 of the podcast, we talked about using metaphor in coaching and briefly touched on the coaching approach known as Clean Language.

In this episode we take a deeper dive into the ‘Clean Language’ approach and explore its origins. We also take a look at what distinguishes it from other coaching approaches and explore some of Clean Language’s strengths and weaknesses.

We know that reflecting back the coachee’s own words in a coaching session often proves more powerful than paraphrasing, and the ‘Clean Language’ approach takes this approach to another level. In using the client's own terminology, a clean language coach builds on their choice of words to elicit metaphors and a metaphorical landscape. In this way they allow the coachee to think differently, and gain new insights, about themself and their situation.

During this conversation we will explore what the ‘Clean Language’ approach sounds like, how it is constructed and what we might draw from it to weave into a more integrative approach to coaching.

Resources:

Link to YouTube video of Dave Grove

https://youtu.be/gdMRqXjESbI?si=9tbrojdgrd_twxBn

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Contact Details

Find out about our Doctors’ Transformational Coaching Diploma

Connect with the hosts:

Tom:

www.linkedin.com/in/tomdillondoctorstranformationalcoachingdiploma/

Email: tomdillon@yourcoachingjourney.co.uk

Helen:

www.linkedin.com/in/helenleathers/

Email: helenleathers@yourcoachingjourney.co.uk

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Here at Your Coaching Journey, we have been training doctors to be transformational coaches on the Doctors’ Transformational Coaching Diploma for the past five years and this continues to be our flagship training programme.

More recently we have adapted our learning offering and created a Transformational Coaching Diploma for Lifestyle Medicine. On this programme we train doctors who are interested in lifestyle medicine and health coaching to become transformational coaches. This course has an emphasis on working with people around behaviour changes that lead to improved health and wellbeing. The programme has proved tremendously popular, and we have new cohorts starting regularly throughout the year.

In this episode we provide a brief introduction to what common benefits the two programmes have for learners and set out elements that differentiate the two courses.

Resources:

Further Information on the Doctors’ Transformational Coaching Diploma can be found by clicking on the following link:

https://yourcoachingjourney.com/doctors-coaching-diploma/

Further information on the Transformational Coaching DIploma for Lifestyle Medicine can be found by clicking on the following link:

https://yourcoachingjourney.com/lifestyle/

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For more information about our training, our podcast and our other coaching services visit our website at https://yourcoachingjourney.com/

Connect with the hosts:

Tom:

www.linkedin.com/in/tomdillondoctorstranformationalcoachingdiploma/

Email: tomdillon@yourcoachingjourney.co.uk

Helen:

www.linkedin.com/in/helenleathers/

Email: helenleathers@yourcoachingjourney.co.uk

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Accreditation - ‘What is it?’ and ‘Why would I want to apply for accreditation?’

These are questions that we are asked from time to time, and so we thought that we’d offer our thoughts on the matter in this episode of the podcast. While it’s not essential to be personally accredited as a coach, there are some real benefits for those who do apply for accreditation.

In her role as an accreditation assessor with the Association for Coaching, Helen is well-versed in the assessment criteria that applicants are expected to meet. She is, therefore, well placed to answer your questions and concerns about accreditation and the accreditation process.

During this episode. Helen will provide the benefit of her wisdom and experience. She will also be offering you the inside track on how our Transformational Coaching Diploma supports you in the process of becoming accredited and will also let you have her top tip on getting started on the road to accreditation.

Resources:

Helen has created an online mini-masterclass on accreditation which you can find out more about here. While this is designed for our own graduates coming out of our Transformational Coaching Diplomas, much of it will be of use if you have qualified elsewhere.

https://t4s.site/ycj-coaching-accreditation-masterclass/lets-get-accredited/

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Contact Details

Find out about our Doctors’ Transformational Coaching Diploma

Connect with the hosts:

Tom:

www.linkedin.com/in/tomdillondoctorstranformationalcoachingdiploma/

Email: tomdillon@yourcoachingjourney.co.uk

Helen:

www.linkedin.com/in/helenleathers/

Email: helenleathers@yourcoachingjourney.co.uk

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Do You Have a Question?

From time to time we will have an episode where we answer listeners’ questions about coaching.

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From time to time we devote an episode to questions about coaching that have been asked by our listeners.

In this episode we are discussing the requirements around supervision for coaches, tools you can use to explore a coachee’s core values, and what you would need to consider when thinking about group and team coaching, as opposed to one to one coaching.

If you have a question to ask about coaching and would like us to answer it for you on the podcast, do send us your questions, or even drop us a voice note of your question, and we’ll feature it on a future episode.

If you’d like to purchase a copy of the values coaching cards you can find them at the following link: https://yourcoachingjourney.com/products/

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Contact Details

Find out about our Doctors’ Transformational Coaching Diploma

Connect with the hosts:

Tom:

www.linkedin.com/in/tomdillondoctorstranformationalcoachingdiploma/

Email: tomdillon@yourcoachingjourney.co.uk

Helen:

www.linkedin.com/in/helenleathers/

Email: helenleathers@yourcoachingjourney.co.uk

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Join us today as we have a fascinating conversation with coach and paediatrician, Dr Nikki Paul.

We caught up with Nikki to find out what she had been doing since she successfully completed our Doctors’ Transformational Coaching Diploma in 2023.

As well as having a role as a paediatrician Nikki is also a mum and a widow. Since completing the coaching diploma Nikki has seen it as her mission to help widowed mums process their grief and learn to love their life. Her company, ‘The Grief Coach’ supports widows by coaching them as they journey through their grief and find a new path forward. Nikki is actively involved in educating the public about the realities of grief.

Resources:

You can connect with Nikki via her instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/the_grief_coach/

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Contact Details

Find out about our Doctors’ Transformational Coaching Diploma

Connect with the hosts:

Tom:

www.linkedin.com/in/tomdillondoctorstranformationalcoachingdiploma/

Email: tomdillon@yourcoachingjourney.co.uk

Helen:

www.linkedin.com/in/helenleathers/

Email: helenleathers@yourcoachingjourney.co.uk

Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin:

www.instagram.com/yourcoachingjourney/

www.linkedin.com/company/your-coaching-journey/

Do You Have a Question?

From time to time we will have an episode where we answer listeners’ questions about coaching.

If you have a question, please send it to us using one of our email addresses above and you may get a mention in a future episode.

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