CONFERENCE INFO

RESOURCE ROOM

2:45 pm GMT/UTC

WELCOMING REMARKS

Melvin Smith

Chair, GSAEC Board of Directors
Professor in the Department of Organizational Behavior and Faculty Director of Executive Education at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University; Co-Author, Helping People Change: Coaching with Compassion for Lifelong Learning and Growth

SESSION 1

What is the New Normal? Integrating Mutual Learning into Coaching Practice and Education

Qing Wang

Associate Professor in Educational and Coaching Psychology at the School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University

L. Michelle Bennett

Chief Collaboration Officer and Executive Coach specializing in Team Science, Collaboration, Interdisciplinary Research

SESSION 2

A CoachiNG Conversation About Meaning-Making During Difficult Change

Carrie Arnold

Director of Evidence Based Coaching at Fielding Graduate University, Leadership Development Consultant, and Executive Coach

Lorraine S. Webb

Human Resources Consultant and Executive Coach; Board Member of Foundation for Health Equity; and Vice President of Human Resources and Organizational Development at Philadelphia Gas Works (retired)

SESSION 3

Helping Organizations Thrive Through Coaching

Ian Day

Assistant Professor in Coaching Programs at University of Warwick, Executive Coach, and Co-Author of Challenging Coaching

Robert Croner

Senior Consulting Advisor at CCI Consulting, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (retired)

5:05 pm GMT/UTC

BREAK

5:30 pm GMT/UTC

SESSION 4

Igniting Possibilities in Coaching with Art and Creativity

Andrea Giraldes-Hayes

Course Director and Senior Lecturer in Coaching Psychology and Positive Psychology and Director of the Wellbeing and Psychological Services Centre at the University of East London

Desiree Cocroft

Empowerment Speaker, Activation Coach, Coach and Consultant at FranklinCovey, and Co-Founder and Board Chair at Signature Dance Company

SESSION 5

Exploring Emerging Coaching Techniques and Practices

Haesun Moon

Director of Training, Brief Coaching Certificate Program at University of Toronto, Executive Director, Canadian Centre for Brief Coaching, and Author of Coaching A to Z: The Extraordinary Use of Ordinary Words

Terry Maltbia

Associate Professor of Practice at the Department of Organization and Leadership; and Faculty Director of the The Columbia Coaching Certification Program at Teachers College of Columbia University

6:50 pm GMT/UTC

Break

7:00 pm GMT/UTC

DAY ONE KEYNOTE

Building authentic self and leadership through coaching

Jenny Rogers

Executive Coach, Writer, Editor, and Educator at Jenny Rogers Coaching, LLC and Author of Coaching Skills: A Handbook (in its fourth edition)

Charline S. Russo

Senior Lecturer, Organizational Dynamics Program, University of Pennsylvania; Founder, The CampoMarzio Group, helping organizations and leaders create, drive and sustain transformation through coaching and consulting; Co-Author, Cohort Programming and Learning for Adults: Improving Educational Experiences for Adult Learners

DAY ONE CLOSING

DAY TWO WELCOME

Mike Zwell

GSAEC President
Professor, Co-Founder and Chancellor of the Wright Graduate University and Wright Foundation for the Realization of Human Potential

SESSION 1

How AI and Coaching Co-Evolve to Serve Coaches and Clients

David Drake

Founder of the field of  Narrative Coaching and Founder and CEO of The Moment Institute

Nicky Terblanche

Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Leadership Coaching at the University of Stellenbosch Business School and Head of AI Research at Ovida

SESSION 2

Exploring Implications for Coaching in the Digital Era

L. Michelle Bennett

Chief Collaboration Officer and Executive Coach specializing in Team Science, Collaboration, Interdisciplinary Research

Adena Johnston

Executive Coach, Leadership Consultant, and Educator; Principal of The Lateral Group, a Division of Complete School Solutions

SESSION 3

The Becoming of a Coach

Alexandra Barosa-Pereira

Executive, Leadership, and Team Coach; Managing Partner at ABP Corporate Coaching; and Assistant Professor at Nova SBE Executive Education

Wendy-Ann Smith

Coach, psychologist, author, research, educator, and trainer of coaches; and lead editor of Positive Psychology coaching in the Workplace (2021) and The Ethical Coaches' Handbook: A Guide to Developing Ethical Maturity in Practice

Duminda Rajasinghe

Senior Lecturer HRM and Organisational Studies at Nottingham Trent University

BREAK

SESSION 4

Black Women Leaders and the Role of Coaching in Their Development

Jabulile Msimango-Galawe

Program Director, Master of Management in Business and Executive Coaching; Facilitator of the MBA Leadership Coaching Program, both at Wits Business School, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Pamela Larde

Associate Professor at Anderson University Center for Leadership and Organizations, Director of Education at the Institute of Coaching, and Founder of the Academy of Creative Coaching

SESSION 5

Sharing Power and Building Trust When Coaching at the Margins

Tim Kincaid

Executive Coach, Leadership Development and Change Management; Consultant, and Lecturer at the College of Business at the University of North Texas; President of International Coach Federation-North Texas Chapter; and Former President and Current Member of the Gay Coaches Alliance

Ursula Castellano

Associate Professor of Sociology at Ohio University and researcher and coach specializing in visual coaching in the U.S. Justice System

7:00 pm GMT/UTC

BREAK

DAY TWO KEYNOTE

The Grand Challenge for Research on the Future of Coaching

Richard Boyatzis

Distinguished University Professor in the Departments of Organizational Behavior, Psychology, and Cognitive Science at Case Western Reserve University and Author of Helping People Change: Coaching with Compassion for Lifelong Learning and Growth