{"id":1057,"date":"2010-04-29T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T09:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localenterprise.wordpress.com\/?p=1057"},"modified":"2010-04-29T09:55:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-29T09:55:00","slug":"jumping-on-the-enterprise-coaching-bandwagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2010\/04\/29\/jumping-on-the-enterprise-coaching-bandwagon\/","title":{"rendered":"Jumping on the Enterprise Coaching Bandwagon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting to see how much effort is starting to go into selling qualifications and training to the enterprise coaching market.<\/p>\n<p>SFEDI Enterprise are launching their <a href=\"http:\/\/localenterprise.wordpress.com\/2010\/03\/02\/enterprise-coaching-award-new-from-sfedi-enterprises\/\">Endorsed Award in Enterprise Coaching<\/a> and ILM are pitching\u00a0their\u00a0coaching qualifications (other suppliers are available).<\/p>\n<p>I am \u00a0not sure that <span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">now<\/span> is the right time to be pursuing qualifications. \u00a0Of course it makes sense for the employers to have qualified staff, and it makes sense for coaches to have qualifications, but does it really serve the customer? \u00a0Will it support the reflective\u00a0practice\u00a0and development which our\u00a0nascent\u00a0profession demands?<\/p>\n<p>Do we not risk converging too quickly on tried and tested methodologies? \u00a0On embedding lowest common denominator practices? \u00a0Do we not put the focus too\u00a0early\u00a0on &#8216;proving\u00a0our competence&#8217; rather than reflecting on and developing our practice?<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s avoid the bittersweet seduction of qualifications and instead pursue the development and\u00a0recognition\u00a0of methodologies that work in <strong>our<\/strong> communities, with <strong>our<\/strong> customers in <strong>our<\/strong> contexts. \u00a0Let&#8217;s avoid the one size fits all mentality and lets encourage innovation and creativity in pursuit of our full potential.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Some thoughts on Best City outcomes\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/07\/05\/some-thoughts-on-best-city-outcomes\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Some thoughts on Best City outcomes<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Getting to Grips with Social Finance &#8211; FREE TRAINING\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/06\/12\/getting-to-grips-with-social-finance-free-training\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Getting to Grips with Social Finance &#8211; FREE TRAINING<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Improving Employability&#8230;\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/05\/15\/improving-employability\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Improving Employability&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Inward Investment &#8211; What&#8217;s the problem?\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/05\/01\/inward-investment-a-dummies-guide\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Inward Investment &#8211; What&#8217;s the problem?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Smile or Die &#8211; Why I don&#8217;t subscribe blindly to the school of positive thinking\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/04\/19\/smile-or-die-why-i-dont-subscribe-blindly-to-the-school-of-positive-thinking\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Smile or Die &#8211; Why I don&#8217;t subscribe blindly to the school of positive thinking<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting to see how much effort is starting to go into selling qualifications and training to the enterprise coaching market. SFEDI Enterprise are launching their Endorsed Award in Enterprise Coaching and ILM are pitching\u00a0their\u00a0coaching qualifications (other suppliers are available). I am \u00a0not sure that now is the right time to be pursuing qualifications. \u00a0Of course [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[67,123,141,164,209],"class_list":["post-1057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-enterprise","tag-enterprise-coaching","tag-management","tag-operations","tag-professional-development","tag-training","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}