• Invitation to the IDM Monthly Teleforum

• First European German-English 'Hidden Dimension' Workshop for European Coaches, with a F_.REE introductory Teleforum on September 6, 05, 18-19 CET

• Free Virtual Sessions for ICF Conference Attendees and other Interested Coaches :: Four Opportunities to Preview and Prepare for the IDM Seminar at the Upcoming ICF Conference in San Jose, CA on November 12, 2005.     

• Featured Article :: Speaking candidly about my own developmental journey as a Coach and OD Professional (Part I) by Antoinette Dawson, Director, IDM Ambassador Program

• IDM Fall Courses :: Many coaches have found that their view of the profession has changed forever on account of IDM courses they have taken; Discover the difference for yourself!

 

After about 45 f_.ree weekly teleforums attended by many members of the IDM community (including international members), we are moving to a single monthly Forum, to be held every first Monday of the month at 12 n ET. (Due to Labor Day, the September 05 Forum will be held on September 12, 05).

Many students at IDM got their first exposure to developmental coaching by way of the monthly Teleforums. Very often, the discussion on these forums has turned to issues of guidance, the question: HOW IS IDM EDUCATION DIFFERENT FROM CONVENTIONAL COACH TRAINING, AND HOW COULD DEVELOPMENTAL COACHING SERVE MY PRACTICE? We have been encouraged by the high level of interest in the Forum, and enjoyed making coach education better known.

If you have questions about how developmental coaching could enable you to serve your clients better, it is worth registering for one of the Forums!

Every first Monday of the Month, 12 noon to 1PM ET

(Due to Labor Day, the September 5 Forum will be held on September 12, 05)

REGISTER HERE for this upcoming Teleforum!

We Listen to Your Special Interests :: First European German-English 'Hidden Dimension' Workshop for European Coaches

Instructors: Otto Laske, Dr. Phil, Psy.D, and Jon Ebersole, MA, M.Sc.

Im September 2005 bietet IDM europaeischen Coaches erstmalig den bekannten Hidden Dimensions Workshop auf deutsch sowohl wie englisch an. Sprecher des Franzoesischen sind ebenfalls willkommen.

Es ist der Zweck dieses Workshops, die Teilnehmer in einige fundamentale Prinzipien eines Coaching Modells einzufuehren, das auf Einsicht in die emotionale und intellektuelle Entwicklungsstufe des Klienten beruht. Dies geschieht zu dem Zwecke, dem Coach Wege zu zeigen, mit Klienten in tieferem Vertrauen und mit groesserer Effizienz zu arbeiten. Das verwandte Modell leitet sich von Forschungen der Kohlbergschule Harvard her, insbesondere R. Kegan’s Forschungen.

Im Gegensatz zu konventionellem Coach Training, bezieht sich entwicklungs-begruendete Coacherziehung direkt auf den Entwicklungsstand des Teilnehmers. Durch Teilnahme am Workshop, wird den Teilnehmern die „verborgene Dimension“ ihrer eigenen Entwicklung sowie die ihres Kunden deutlich.

Fuer Fragen, richten Sie sich bitte an Jon Ebersole, MA, MSc, jme@dialogueservices.com , oder an Otto Laske, Dr. Phil., otto@interdevelopmentals.org.

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For the first time, beginning on September 15, 2005, the Interdevelopmental Institute (IDM) will offer the “Hidden Dimensions Workshop” for European Coaches. The course is offered in both English and German.

In contrast to conventional coach training, instruction in developmental coaching directly engages the participant in a quest to understand his or her own developmental stage which informs not only her work, but her approach to life’s issues more generally. Socio-emotional and cognitive developmental stages constitute the Center of Gravity from which we construct the meaning of our life and work. Coaches who understand themselves more deeply in this manner also find deeper insights about their clients, can foster greater trust, and become more effective in their coaching.

Developmental Coaching is based on developmental psychology – a school of thought originated by Swiss child psychologist Jean Piaget in the 1960s and extended in subsequent decades to examine adult maturation processes by Harvard University Professors Lawrence Kohlberg and his pupils (Robert Kegan and others). Beginning in the late 1990s, Dr. Dr. Otto Laske, a German native residing in Boston, USA, began pioneering the application of the developmental approach to executive coaching.

Dr. Laske describes the relationship between behavioral (the approach used by most coaches) and developmental coaching as follows:

"Coaches help bring about two kinds of changes in clients: behavioral and developmental. Behavioral change is change in how clients function in their job and life, while developmental change has to do with the clients' fundamental Frame of Reference. A person's Frame of Reference changes developmentally, and thus discontinuously: He/she goes to another "stage," rather than moving along horizontally. Without a developmental shift, behavioral changes do not last."

The Hidden Dimensions Workshop can be used as the first step towards certification as a Developmental Coach. For further information on coach education at IDM, Click Here.

FORMAT and REGISTRATION
 

• The course will be held via teleconferencing for four sessions of two hours each for a total of eight hours. Convening on Thursdays at 18:00 CET.

• Participants will be provided with background documentation and the European telephone number for the teleconference call upon registration.

Cost: $349, € 290, or CHF 440. per person (plus the cost of your telephone call).

Click Here to Register for the workshop.

For logistic questions, please write to Stephanie Taranto at Stephanie@interdevelopmentals.org
 

F_.ree Virtual Sessions for ICF Conference Attendees and other Interested Coaches :: Four Opportunities to Preview and Prepare for the IDM Seminar at the Upcoming ICF Conference in San Jose, CA on November 12, 2005.

IDM will present four preview sessions spaced two weeks apart, to introduce to the background and content of the two-hour seminar entitled: “There is more to what your client tells you than you think: How deeper answers to client questions surface.” These sessions will introduce the central ideas on which the seminar is based, and answer questions regarding the topic.

Schedule of Sessions:

• Sept 12, 05  @ 9 pm ET/6 pm PT

• Sept 26, 05 @ 12 noon ET/9 am PT

• Oct 17, 05 @ 9 pm ET/6 pm PT

• Oct 31, 05 9 @ 12 noon ET/9 am ET

These sessions will allow for an opportunity for conference attendees as well as other interested coaches to begin to develop an “ear” for the developmentally revealing aspects of language as it manifests in the interactions between coach and client.

These sessions will be held by Antoinette Dawson and Nancy Moynihan and will be primarily interactive, discussion based events.

Register Here for one of these f_.ree sessions.

Feature Article :: Speaking Candidly About my Own Developmental Journey as a Coach and OD Professional (Part I)

by Antoinette Dawson, B.S., M.A. (Leadership)

Finally! I have begun to overcome my own bottleneck(s)… I no longer stand in the way of my own thinking, or being, or coaching, or organizational perspective as I used to do!  How did this happen?  When did it happen? How do I know? What’s next?

Well, for me, like for many of you, it has been an arduous journey. I venture to say my readers will have many questions as to what is it like to really go the developmental path, compared to all of the other kinds of development they have invested in. In this short article, I will probably raise more questions than I will answer. But feel free to send your questions to Antoinette@interdevelopmentals.org!

Could I have overcome these bottlenecks on my own (that is, without engaging in IDM offerings)? I certainly have tried. Since early in my young adult years, I have been a seeker of how things work, I have been asking myself a multitude of questions. Here are some of them:

‘what makes people tick, what makes me tick, why don’t we tick the same way, how do I change the way I tick, can someone else help, where do I find them, what do I tell them…will they know when they meet me, what skills are required, what questions are required, what perspective is needed, where did they get it, can they pass it on to me, what will it look like on me, what will it sound like coming from my voice, who should I tell, how will they know, how will they test it, will it make them more aware, will it make them more fulfilled, will it help them overcome their own bottleneck?’

I think now that all of these questions occurred because I did not have access to a consistent conceptual framework within which to ask the right questions, -- those having to do with my meaning making. Although, clearly, the IDM framework is a MODEL, it is a model validated through research over the last thirty years. And that helps asking the right questions, in my experience!

There are, of course, many ways to ask questions about oneself. It strikes me that I have been asking questions in a multitude of ways, too many to enumerate. Some of these stand out:

• Self talk, journaling, self-help, reflection, self-care, exhortation, purpose, reflection, changes and shifts

• Relationships, conversations, formal education, training, coaching, counsel, 360 feedback, strength indexes, value inventories

• Positive psychology, prayer, meditation

to name a few.

What I’ve learned is that as long as you don’t attend to the tacit assumptions you are making – about oneself and others – your are SUBJECT TO THEM, that is, not in control of them. This is, in fact, the developmental condition, as one learns at IDM: We can only look at our assumptions once we have revised them!

The other thing I’ve learned is that one cannot provoke a shift through mere learning or “changing,” however radical. One has to be ready for it!  Also, one has to have the developmental potential needed to proceed on life’s journey. Some of the learning I have done has been just that, learning. It has not been development. I’ve learned that neither learning nor change are, by themselves, development in the emphatic sense of IDM. Development happens discontinuously, not incrementally. You wake up some day and you find yourself sporting another world view. You are in trial situation, trying on the new world view like a new dress or suit. How far can I reach in it? What did I lose to gain this new self? How can I recover from my risk to fall back to earlier stages?

In particular, I have learned that developmental shifts –in the emphatic sense -- work! I know this since my formerly ‘hidden’ dimensions are no longer hidden to me.  What I have finally realized is that most of the intuitive, innovative inklings, and all of the ‘evidence’ presented to me…about me…, was research gathered, packaged, and presented about ‘research.’ It was NOT research about me, about how I think or how I tick, or how I presently make sense of my own journey!

What developmental thinking and evidence-based coaching has offered me is a glimpse, a look, a snapshot, an inward glance at how I am making meaning with myself, with my experiences, with life purpose up to this point. Developmental thinking and developmental mentoring has introduced me to MYSELF, -- the hidden dimension that mediates between me and my own thinking and meaning making. The barriers separating me from myself are revealed and thus minimized, overcome, subject to the perspective and thinking that I have wanted to identify and project, but could not – before now.

How did this happen?

The subject-object interview [taught in the Workshop, Gateway, and Program One Part A] was for me the starting place for tacitly introducing me afresh to my own stage & level, and explicitly introducing me to a frame of reference that showcased for me what my own ‘thought forms’ are. Through partaking in Program One Parts A and B, I now understand much better how I think about what I think about. 

How did I get to this point?

I am a lifelong learner and student of adult development. I selected IDM after meticulously searching and sifting through the various advanced coach training programs on the market. I thought initially that the focus on post-graduate coach education would be a certifiable distinction in my Executive Coaching and OD work. With that in mind, I did not enroll with the expectation that the process would identify and elucidate my own hidden dimensions. 

Mentoring was part of what happened!

During the actual study of behavioral and cognitive development at IDM, and through mentorship with Dr. Laske, I experienced a transformational breakthrough, I would say. I believe this to be true because I now better understand that there is a relationship of the (informative) assessment data collected during my professional career and the three (transformative) developmental tools used in Evidence-Based Coaching.  I have become, so to speak, a product of the product.

What I would suggest

I invite the reader to learn more about the Interdevelopmental Institute and its developmental tools.  Having just recently completed a Masters in 21^st Century Leadership and nearing the completion of Program One (Certified Developmental Coach),  I can attest to the fact that the rigor and practicality of this coursework stands up to the expectations of post-graduate education and furthers the advancement of sustainable adult development.

Email Antoinette Dawson

Learn more about the Interdevelopmental Institute courses and programs Antoinette refers to in the Feature Article, by viewing the table below and by visiting the IDM website.

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