Posted 5/15/09
CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION
1ST ESMT COACHING COLLOQUIUM
TRICKY COACHING: DEALING WITH DIFFICULT CASES
IN LEADERSHIP COACHING
ESMT - European School of Management and Technology
Center for Leadership Development Research
Friday Afternoon & Saturday, December 11 & 12, 2009
ESMT Campus, Berlin, Germany
The fee includes attendance fee, conference
and break-out room usage, coffee-breaks, lunch,
wlan access on campus, conference materials, and
evening activities on Friday, December 11
The Center for Leadership Development Research at ESMT in
Berlin, Germany announces a call for papers and
participation in the 1st ESMT Coaching Colloquium "Tricky
Coaching: Dealing with Difficult Cases in Leadership
Coaching." The planned Colloquium will serve as an
opportunity for academics, practicing leadership coaches,
Human Resources and Learning and Development professionals,
and management consultants to enhance their knowledge,
skills, and networks through an intensive collaboration on
difficult cases in the practice of leadership coaching.
The initiative brings together the value propositions of
professional development conferences, personal supervision,
and academic exploration and investigation. The ESMT
Coaching Colloquium is an opportunity for participants to
learn by presenting their difficult leadership coaching
cases, by discussing the cases presented by others, and by
analyzing the cases of other participants and offering
their expert solutions.
TOPICS:
Potential participants are asked to submit a short paper
(4-5 pages) that describes a difficult case or situation in
their leadership coaching experience. The paper should
consist of two parts:
- Part 1, the authors are asked to briefly describe the
context of the leadership coaching intervention, outline
the challenge that they faced in working with the
particular client, and put together the questions that
they may have regarding this particular situation.
Obviously, the authors should take care of the necessary
client identity protection measures, while providing
enough information for the colloquium participants to be
able to work with the situation at hand. Please make sure
that the description covers the following aspects:
Describe the general situation, describe your role,
discuss what made it tricky or difficult to handle. Part
1 should not exceed 2000 words.
- Part 2 should contain a description of the steps taken by
the coach and the outcome of those steps. Please make
sure that part 2 covers the following aspects: How did
you approach the challenge? What could you deal/cope
with? What couldn't you deal/cope with? Part 2 should not
exceed 500 words.
PAPER SUBMISSIONS:
All the submitted papers will be reviewed by the Colloquium
Convenors for acceptance for discussion at the Colloquium.
Acceptance will be based on the perceived match of the
submission with the topic of the Colloquium and expected
interest for those who attend it. Authors of the accepted
papers may be asked for additional revisions or editing of
their submissions for actual presentation at the
Colloquium. The Convenors reserve the right to reject
submitted papers without explanation. The accepted papers
will be assigned a presentation slot at the Colloquium.
Prior to the Colloquium, each accepted participant will be
asked to read several other submitted papers and prepare an
expert opinion on the situations described in them. An
analysis and recommendation paper should summarize the
expert opinion. These short papers (no longer than 1000
words) will be presented and distributed during the
Colloquium, following the presentation of the corresponding
difficult case and its discussion. The Colloquium Committee
may choose several presented cases and commentaries to be
invited for a potential subsequent book publication. The
authors of the selected papers will be offered an
opportunity to contribute to the new book as chapter
authors and/or as case commentators.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES:
Submission of Papers Deadline - June 30
Notification of the Authors of Accepted Papers -
September 1st
Submission of Final Accepted Papers (with requested
revisions) - October 1st
Distribution of Final Papers for Comments - October 15
Submission of Comments on Assigned Papers - November 15
COLLOQUIUM PARTICIPATION FEE AND LOGISTICS:
Understanding the need for professional development of
coaches, the Center for Leadership Development Research at
ESMT establishes a minimal fee for participation in the
event. Authors of the accepted papers and invited
commentators are offered a reduced participation fee of 95
Euros. A limited number of observers may be accepted for
the Colloquium without submission of a paper/acting as a
commentator. The "Observer" fee is 395 Euros. Participants
are responsible for their own travel arrangements. A
contingent of rooms at preferential prices will be reserved
at a nearby hotel for self-booking using a provided code.
PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:
Please send your paper and/or address inquiries to:
CONTACT: Kate McCourt
ESMT Program Manager
Email: MAILTO:coaching@esmt.org
COLLOQUIUM CONVENORS:
- Prof. Manfred Kets de Vries, the Raoul de Vitry
d'Avaucourt Chair of Leadership Development at INSEAD and
Director of INSEAD Global Leadership Center,
Fontainebleau & Singapore, and Distinguished Professor
and Director of the Center for Leadership Development
Research at ESMT
- Prof. Konstantin Korotov, Associate Professor, ESMT
Andreas Bernhardt, Program Director and Executive Coach,
ESMT
- Kate McCourt, Program Manager, ESMT
- Liz Florent-Treacy, Research Project Manager, INSEAD
- Laura Guillen, Postdoctoral Fellow, INSEAD