Breaking the Mould

The Association for Coaching Ireland’s Second International Conference will challenge, will surprise and is a coaching conference that will be different from what has gone before; this is a conference that will break the mould.

Coaches of all disciplines and corporate and academic organisations developing coaching capability will be challenged to step up and step away from the tried and tested models. They will be invited to take risks, to stretch, to innovate - all critical factors in building resilience to thrive in challenging times.

The conference represents excellent value for money and commences with an evening masterclass and networking supper on the 31st March followed by a full day programme on the 1st of April 2011. You are welcome to attend either event or both. Association for Coaching members can avail of a discounted delegate rate, however all non members are welcome to attend and will be eligible for a discount on their membership fee should they join the Association within one month of attending the conference. For more details on membership offers please contact olivia@associationforcoaching.com.

During last summer, we surveyed our members asking how we could best serve their needs when organising our Conference. Most of the respondents expressed a desire for:

enhancing their existing skills and learning new techniques

hearing inspiring speakers from the ‘Real World’

looking at trends in coaching and hearing what others are doing 

opportunities to find out more about developing your coaching practice, and your own development as a coach

Some Corporate members also expressed a desire to hear how other organisations have introduced coaching.

In designing our programme we have considered your responses and 'Breaking the Mould' is our response to the more common themes put forward by our members, with our sincere thanks for your inputs. We are confident that it fits the bill!

In order to accommodate the different requirements of our diverse (and rapidly-growing) membership, we will be organising two streams of workshops. One will focus on the needs of individual coaches and the other will have more of a corporate flavour. Of course, you can choose which you would like to attend.

Please visit the Association for Coaching Ireland stand which will be fully staffed during registration and during all breaks throughout the day. We will be happy to meet you and answer any questions you may have.

Caroline Casey is a Social Entrepreneur, Co-founder of London based charity, Elephant Family, Founder of Kanchi and the O2 Ability Awards.

Myles Downey, Author, Director of Studies at the School of Coaching and one of Europe’s foremost Business Coaches.

John Leary Joyce, Founding Dsirector of the Academy of Executive Coaching, President of EMMCC UK and a highly effective team coach working in large organisations.

Enda McNulty  is Managing Director of Motiv8 and works with some of Ireland’s top sporting and business teams on performance excellence.

Yvonne McWey is Head of Leadership and Development for the Ulster Bank Group and prior to joining Ulster Bank three years ago, Yvonne was Head of Organisational Development for eircom, Ireland’s leading communications provider.

John Fitzgerald is Founder of Harmonics and an expert on Career, Business Performance and Leadership Development.  His 6-step approach to career change was recently featured in a groundbreaking RTE1 TV series “Rising after Redundancy”. 

Caroline Littleton is a Talent and Management Development Consultant at Vodafone. She is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and qualified Business and Executive Coach. Prior to joining Vodafone, Caroline worked as a Business Psychologist with Pearn Kandola and began her career in the Public Appointments Commission.

Yvonne Fagan is an Executive Coach with over ten years experience of coaching sales performance, behavioural change, leadership and teams in dynamic environments.  A course leader on the Advanced Management Diploma in Business and Executive Coaching in UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, Yvonne also supervises developing coaches as part of her coaching practice.  Yvonne works across a diverse range of client sectors and coaching agendas from developing leaders to back to work programmes.

David Adams is a Business and Leadership Coach and an international performance poet who has brought poetry to coaching as a means of unlocking creativity and driving innovation in teams and individuals.

Colm Murphy is a Leadership and Team Coach with over ten years experience in learning and development. He is a faculty member of the University College Dublin’s Executive Coaching Program and tutors on the Postgraduate Diploma in Executive Coaching. He is a strong advocate of focusing on people’s strengths and passions in order to help them be truly distinctive and impactful in all aspects of their lives.

Colm formed his own coaching company, Dynamic Leadership Development in 2008.

Oliver Johnson was the Founding Chair of AC Ireland and is a member of the AC Global Advisory Panel.

Oliver is a Board-level Coach, working with chief executives and directors.  He is Director of Leadership Development and Coaching at Penna.

During 2010 Oliver began work on an initiative to explore the relationship between less, enough and more.  As a result  l e s s ©  was launched on 1.1.11.

Niamh Shiells is Chair of Association for Coaching Ireland and Founder and Director of Advance Coaching.

Gay White is Head of Professional Forums for Association for Coaching Ireland and Founder and Director of Zero One Consulting.

Katherine Tulpa is CEO and Co-Founder of the Association For Coaching (AC), and Co-CEO of Wisdom8.