Whilst we are publicising upcoming events, there is going to be a really great professional development event for coaches who are interested in helping their clients better manage their stress and anxiety.

I (David) met Stephen at last year’s Coaching Psychology Conference in London and invited him out to Australia on behalf of the APS Interest Group in Coaching Psychology. Luckily he was already coming out to New Zealand in November and being in the neighbourhood, agreed to a national tour of workshops. It been a remarkable amount of work putting the tour together so I’m going to be really glad when it gets underway in Sydney on Saturday 24 October at the Establishment.

Stephen is one of the world thought leaders in coaching. He is one of the most energetic and accomplished people I have ever met. My impression was that he either started or is involved with nearly every coaching organisation in Britain. These include the Centre for Coaching, the Stephen Palmer Partnership, and the Centres of Expertise. He is head of the Coaching Psychology Unit at City University London and has authored or edited 35 books and over 150 articles. A brief bio can be found here.

He will be presenting advanced techniques in the assessment and active management of stress and anxiety with coaching clients. The workshop is targeted at experienced coaching psychologists rather than executive coaches, but anyone who has clients who has problems with stress and anxiety will be able to get something from the workshop. You can find out more about the content and book for the Sydney workshop on Saturday 24 October here. Stephen will also be presenting the workshop in Adelaide on 27 October, Brisbane 29 October and Melbourne on 31 October.

If you are coming along to the Sydney workshop, come up, say hello and let me know you found out about the workshop via this blog. I’ll be hosting the event and introducing Stephen so you shouldn’t be able to miss me.

See you there