A Unique Programme
The Time to Think Coaching course is an intensive, advanced level professional programme to become a qualified “Time to Think Coach” for coaches who want to support their clients in going to the cutting edge of their own thinking.
This 4 day programme follows on from the Thinking Partnership course and has been designed to offer you an immersive Time to Think Coach experience, with three days together in the beautiful Cotswolds from Tuesday - Thursday 16, 17 & 18 May 2023 and the fourth day online on Tuesday 20th June.
The Detail
This course builds on the expertise you’ll have gained in creating a Thinking Environment for another, and particularly in giving generative attention and figuring out how to best help people to keep thinking for themselves. It will enable to you to take this approach, with professionalism and confidence, deep into your work as a coach, whether that’s as an executive / business or personal / life coach.
We’ll build on your learnings about the observed phenomena of “Waves and Pauses”, and explore how you can be supremely effective without asking traditional coaching questions, or without sharing ideas, models and tools unless and until invited. We’ll consider different parties’ expectations of a coach, contracting, session management, and maintaining a Thinking Environment when specific tools and exercises are an inherent part of an agreed coaching programme, for example, 360 feedback or personality profiling tools. And we will experience the Diversity Session, a powerful process for enabling meaningful conversations about diversity with groups and individuals.
The Venue
The course venue is a luxury private studio cottage between Shipston on Stour (CV36) and Moreton in the Marsh (GL56), surrounded by fields, quiet lanes and hills. We may spend some of the time in gentle outdoor walks to fully benefit from being in the glorious countryside. The course runs from 09.30 am to 5.00 pm each day
For the 3 days together if you are travelling especially to the area you might like to book local accommodation (via the usual booking platforms) to enjoy this as a retreat!
Qualifying as a Time to Think Coach
After the last group day online in June, you will be invited to undertake a 6-month Practicum period where you coach clients in a Thinking Environment, document your experiences and meet with Linda for supervision, both 1:1 and group.
When you have successfully completed the Practicum you will be invited to join the Time to Think Collegiate, our membership body for qualified practitioners, and I will be delighted to award you with your qualification as a Time to Think Coach!
NB
You will need to have done the Thinking Partnership course before starting the Coaching course and be having regular thinking sessions.
There are just 4 places for this course.
The course comprises of:
A 1:1 thinking session via Zoom with Linda prior to the start of the course
4 full day group workshops (3 in person and 1 by Zoom)
A raft of fascinating learning resources - course manual, articles, TED talks, blogs, exercises
CPD certificates (with detailed coaching competencies listed, if required);
2 hours of 1:1 Practicum supervision and 2 x 1.5 hour sessions of group supervision if you are choosing to go onto qualify as a Time to Think Coach. You can start your Practicum any time after day 3, and it should be completed by end of December 2023. The Practicum work asks that you undertake to:
1. PRACTICE COACHING SESSIONS: Practice-coach two people (not course participants) for three sessions each (six sessions in total). After each session, write/record a summary of the session and notes of your learning, as well as questions that the session raised for you.
2. EXPLICATE THE PAUSES: Demonstrate your competence in thinking through the ‘considerations’ that lead to the best choice of next question for the Thinker. Your Practicum Faculty will be in touch after day 4 of the course to let you know how they want you to demonstrate that competence.
3. CHARACTERISE THE THINKING SESSION AS COACHING: Communicate to your me as your Practicum Faculty (in whatever form we agree) your responses to these questions:
a. In what ways do you think the Thinking Session is a genuine and effective coaching framework?
b. What do you think are the features of the Thinking Session that are not usually found in other coaching approaches that you will need to explain to your clients? How would you explain each of them?
4. HAVE TWICE-WEEKLY THINKING SESSIONS: During the period of your learning and qualifying, continue to refine and advance your expertise by having two Thinking Sessions per week, confirming progress by email with me as your Practicum faculty mentor.
About You?
You will have already done a Thinking Partnership course, with any Time to Think recognized Thinking Partnership teacher, anywhere in the world, and wish to progress to become a qualified Time to Think Coach.
What is the cost?
£1950 fully inclusive of in person and online workshops, course materials, intersession learning support materials, and Practicum supervision with Linda. Refreshments and lunch on in person days are included in the fee. There is no VAT, and payment can be made in 2 stages if desired.
A discount may be available for low waged or those in hardship. Please ask me about this.
Beautiful accommodation options are available locally (via the usual platforms eg. Booking.com, Airbnb, Hotels.com, VRBO, etc) and you need to book soon as the Cotswolds is a popular place! If you let me know on booking that you plan to stay, I can connect you with other delegates who may also be staying and you could seek something together. I have not automatically included accommodation as I am in the lower middle of the UK and so my courses often attract people who live an hour or so away in all directions.
NB: To qualify and remain qualified as a Coach, Time to Think requires you to maintain paid membership (currently £100 + VAT pa) of the Time to Think Collegiate and to attend 4 CPD days per year at the Collegiate led by a Faculty member (usual charge c£70 per day)
To book a place
Firstly, please read the course Terms and Conditions here and then complete the booking form below and an invoice will be issued (please ask about staged payments). Linda will then be in touch with pre-reading, and tips for preparing for the course.
