Events & Bookings

David’s forthcoming speaking engagements include:

He is in New York on the 4 February at the Executive Coaching Conference where he is delivering a session on the Pros and Cons of Virtual Coaching and Mentoring.
March sees him at the NHS/EMCC Conference in Manchester.
April he is in Turkey at a Management Conference and at the CIPD - HRD 2010 Conference in London
May is the Annual UK EMCC Conference and David will be talking on Creating a coaching climate in work teams

Research

David maintains a constant stream of research projects in management. Projects for 2009 include:

Survey for European Foundation for Management Development and European Mentoring and Coaching Council on the state of in-company coaching and mentoring.
Developmental conversations at the top: Survey, with Ashridge, Career Innovations and the Talent Foundation. Due to be published in January 2010
How goals evolve in coaching: Project with David Megginson for the EMCC. Due to be published Autumn 2010
Succession planning and the generation gap: survey comparing expectations of succession planning by babyboomers, Generations X & Millenials. Due to be published February 2010
Literature survey and interviews with HR professionals internationally around good practice in succession planning.

Coaching and coach supervision

As one of Europe’s top executive coaches, David maintains a limited client list of clients, drawn from CEOs, chairpersons and directors of public and private sector organisations. He is particularly drawn to clients, who are engaged in major strategic or cultural change for their organisations and who wish to achieve commensurate change in themselves. To find out more about being coached by David, contact us via the enquiry form below.

David provides both group and individual supervision to experienced executive coaches. He is one of only a small number of supervisors internationally, who have a formal qualification in this specific role. Individual supervision can be face to face, by e-mail, by telephone or using a mixture of media, To find out more about supervision opportunities, contact us via the enquiry form below.

Working with Boards and top teams

David designed and facilitated the National School of Government’s Stepping Up to the Board and Board assessment/ development planning. He has written and researched widely in effective Board/ top team behaviours and into the quality of Board/ top team dialogue. He is currently researching top team developmental conversations.

David can help your Board:

Reflect on how it compares to good practice in the behavioural and process aspects of corporate governance
Create a Board /top team development plan
Build a cadre of potential directors from diverse backgrounds and cultures