Working With the Future: Phenomena Coming From the Future Into Coaching
Explore how coaches can work with clients looking to the future and operating in 'future facing' mode.
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Hosted by Erik de Haan and Tammy Tawadros
This workshop is part of a trilogy that tracks the flow of time during coaching. It follows on from It follows on from a CPD workshop by Marc Gaudart and Erik de Haan (launched in 2022) called First moments in coaching and another CPD workshop by Simon Cavicchia and Erik de Haan called Working with the present here and now
Coaching best starts with the end in mind. Part of our contracting consists of asking what will be different after successful coaching? And how will we know that we have achieved that difference? How can we address the question of the client, the underlying needs of the client for the future, and the client’s intentions and goals?
In practice future conditions may turn out to be different to how they are at present, or how we anticipate them now. Perhaps current structures are unsustainable. Or planning is inadequate. Or market conditions, resources, or regulations change dramatically. Threats to continuity throw the future into sharp relief for coachees, particularly when the need to change is pressing or urgent.
The unpredictability of the future often eclipse the client’s capacity to reflect- an ability which is necessary, if not essential condition for coaching to be effective. In this session we will explore how coaches can work with clients looking to the future and operating in 'future facing' mode. We will offer participants the opportunity to reflect on their own experiences with the future in coaching and pressures for results. We will introduce more creative ways of working with the future encompassing ways of imagining or hypothesising the future as ‘already present’ during our sessions.
By the end of the webinar, you will have obtained new insights into
- How to reveal the future within the present.
- How to move from ambivalence about the future to embracing the full polarity of future options.
- The coach’s use of self when it comes to the future.
Meet the speakers
Erik de Haan
Erik de Haan is the Director of Ashridge's Center for Coaching with over twenty-five years of experience in organisational and personal development.
He aims to support individuals in their search for what is right and just—for themselves and for others in their organizations. His expertise covers process consulting for organisational change, facilitating management teams, working conferences, executive and team coaching.
Erik has an MSc in Theoretical Physics and gained his PhD with his research into learning and decision-making processes in perception. He is a British Psychoanalytic Council registered psychodynamic psychotherapist with an MA in psychotherapy from the Tavistock Clinic; has (co-)authored more than 180 articles and 12 books; and sits on the editorial board of three journals including the Consulting Psychology Journal.
Erik has worked with universities, hospitals and multinational companies. He is currently Professor of Organization Development at the VU University Amsterdam. Erik is an Ashridge-accredited coach and supervisor and is qualified to deliver a range of psychometric instruments. He is fluent in Dutch, English, Italian, German and Spanish.
Meet the Speakers
Tammy Tawadros
Tammy is an experienced coach, organizational consultant, and work psychologist. She holds an MSc in HR & Organizational Consulting and is an Ashridge-Accredited Coach. Tammy's extensive experience includes executive coaching and leadership development, often using action learning and drama-based techniques.
Tammy also works with boards, senior teams, and cross-functional leaders to enhance their effectiveness and agility. She has worked with teams at all levels, helping them to build psychological safety, repair trust, and navigate complex change.
Tammy is increasingly engaged in exploring how individual and group level interventions help to sustain resilience in the face of continuous disruption, transition, and uncertainty, and in helping organizations to harness compassion and connection as a source of resilience, and a foundation for successful collaboration and innovation. She also has a particular interest in the topics of technostress, the stress engendered by engaging with the future of work, and in resilience generally.
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