11 September - Managing Partners Forum Conference on Marketing, London. 
"The Leadership Challenge for Marketing Departments". 

The conference is bringing together academics and practitioners from around the world, who are working with action learning and who have an interest in developing the method.  Organised around three complementary (and of course overlapping) streams of practice, the conference offers:

• The ‘refereed paper', which critically appraises the development of the method from the perspective of the researcher,
• The ‘account of practice', which focuses more on practical applications of action learning around the world and what the AL community might learn through this,
• The ‘workshop' - something more experimental, perhaps even provocative.

We're noticing that Action Learning is experiencing something of a renaissance (although some might well argue that it never went away...) Either way, in future facing organisations who need to move fast to respond to - and anticipate - global shifts, or who are tackling the intractable problems of today and tomorrow, action learning seems to be re-emerging as a method of choice.  

It seems particularly attractive to Generation Y - those born since 1980 and the newest intake into the world of work.  What seems important to them, in their learning and development, indeed how they engage with the world, is an approach that values and respects their experiences and perspectives; acknowledges multiple realities and helps them sift through and make sense of the proliferation of data available to them and take practical actions on the problems they face.  In a sense, perhaps this is not surprising, since Revans himself developed his method at a time when big questions were being asked of the taken-for-granted paradigms - in science, philosophy, human and social sciences. 

So, some of the sessions on offer at Henley in March look at Action Learning and the development of strategy; AL and organisation development; the varieties of methods and practices emerging around the world in the name of AL; using AL to support international partnerships.  We are delighted to be welcoming delegates from around the world - Canada, Germany, Bosnia Herzegovina, Finland, United States, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Ireland and the home countries of England, Scotland and Wales - bringing a rich variety of experience and practice to the March conference.

Download:  Action Learning Conference 2008 208 Kb

19 - 20 March 2008 - Embodied Leadership + Systems Thinking Workshop
A unique workshop to connect the power of two streams of leading edge practice which are rarely brought together - Systems Thinking & Embodied Leadership. The workshop, held to great acclaim for the first time in the UK last year, is an exciting fusion between the work of two of North America's pioneering teachers on leadership - Wendy Palmer and Barry Oshry.

Download:  Embodied Leadership + Systems Thinking Workshop 1.2 Mb  

11 March 11 - Transformational Coaching Master class in Dublin by Peter Hawkins (Executive Coaching Solutions)

Download:  MPF London 2007 52 Kb

In a Coaching Supervision seminar, Peter Hawkins will introduce some of the models and frameworks currently available before working through his own seven-eyed process model. During this highly practical seminar you will get the opportunity to apply the model to one of your existing clients or employees. The session will include personal reflection time and the opportunity for you to work through your experiences.

11 - 13 October - European Coaching & Mentoring Council (EMCC)

'Getting the organisation into coaching supervision' - Gil Schwenk presents at EMCC 2007 Conference.

'No man is an island' wrote John Donne and this is certainly true for work based coaching. Working within the wider, organisational perspective and context is a challenging task for any coach, where the question 'Who is my client?" holds many challenges.

Any workplace coaching has a three way contract between the coach, the client and the organisation. Even if this is not explicit, the organisation system constantly impacts and influences the coaching partnership.

Download: EMCC Conf 07 - Schwenk and Schwenk 316 Kb

For further information, please contact the conference organiser Amanda Shribman at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it  

Download conference summary:  APECS Conference Summary 60 Kb 

15th May - Book Launch
The launch of our new book ‘Coaching, Mentoring and Organizational Consultancy: Supervision and Development', written by Dr Peter Hawkins and Nick Smith and published by the Open University Press, will take place at The Royal Commonwealth Club in London at 6.30pm.

26 April - Coaching Supervision Masterclass
Peter Hawkins will be doing a master-class in Dublin on Coaching Supervision. 

 EMCC Conference 2006 - Schwenk 206 Kb

 EMCC Supervision Presentation 287 Kb