Sept 2007
Another year, another conference and this one was our biggest yet. Over 40 associates, friends, clients and those meeting us for the first time joined the core and support teams from Bath Consultancy Group for a two-day event at Leigh Park Hotel near Bradford on Avon.

Designed on the Open Space principle, everyone contributed themes or ideas. From the numerous potential discussion groups and endless post-it notes, a structure emerged that incorporated and joined together linked themes. These ranged from deference to wisdom, from well-being to women's needs as leaders, and from culture change to business strategy.

The Association of Professional Executive Coaching and Supervision (APECS) has appointed its first president, Dr Peter Hawkins. Chairman of Bath Consultancy Group and joint founder and partner in the Centre for Supervision and Team Development, Dr Hawkins is a driving force in coaching and supervision.

July 2007 
12 WEST Midlands local authorities and the West Midlands Local Government Association are working in partnership to develop a Regional Coaching Pool to train managers in delivering high quality coaching across the authorities.

June 2007
"Wales can learn a lot from Denmark's thriving public sector". That's the premise of a pioneering scheme that has helped Welsh public-sector leaders to develop a new perspective on their roles back home.

Tim Smedley from People Management reports on the Local Government leadership development inquiry between Wales and Denmark, facilitated by Bath Consultancy Group.  

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May 2007
A keynote speech by Peter Hawkins at the APECS Conference at Henley Management College:

Supervision, like coaching, starts with questions, not answers.

Coaching supervision is widely advocated but poorly or rarely implemented. This is highlighted by recent research from the CIPD (2006) showing that 88% of organisers of coaching and 86% of coaches believe they should have regular ongoing supervision. However, only 44% of coaches receive regular supervision and only 23% of organisations provide regular coaching supervision. This may be changing, however: 58% of the coaches receiving supervision only started within the last 2 years.