EMCC launches EIA across Europe

This morning we  distributed a press release on the occasion of the successful EIA launch in Switzerland on Monday.

Please find the complete text here Pressrelease EIA 2 as well as some pictures of the Swiss Launch event in Zürich.

We are now well on the way into the 2010 launch schedule across Europe, responding to an increasing demand for transparency on coaching and mentoring standards of quality.

With the  solid evidence based competence frame of both EQA and EIA  we are setting the standards for the coaching and mentoring profession. We acknowledge the fact that coaching and mentoring as such are dynamic processes that develop over time. Therefore EMCC stays open to cooperation with other regulatory and professional bodies to share and develop experiences and changes over time. We proactively seek this kind of collaboration and invite others to participate in our projects and task forces.

We offer European quality and Global recognition as reflected and acknowledged by our affiliated and direct membership from all over the world.

Looking forward to meeting you on one of our local or global events!

Petr Necas

It was great to see so many of you . . .

It was great to see so many of you at our recent EMCC annual conference in Amsterdam. You made it to a great success.  It was a joy to experience the inspiring and creative buzz in the workshops and demonstrations and to take in the challenging key notes!

I look forward to welcoming even more participants in Dublin during the next and 17th International Coaching and Mentoring conference November 18-20,  2010.

While many of us now start preparing for the Holidays and New Year’s Eve, the forthcoming EMCC newsletter  will bring you wishes from all our affiliated countries in their respective languages and some of them even present a short review of 2009 and plans for 2010. Look out for the next issue to be published soon on the website and, if you’re a member, in your mailbox.

Let me tell you something about EMCC’s achievements in 2009 in which we progressed according to plan:

• We have built a financially robust organisation enabling future growth
• We have created a structure suitable for future EMCC needs and supporting strategic priorities
• We have launched EIA (European Individual Accreditation) in the UK
• We have made EQA (European Quality Award) available throughout Europe
• We have created a new communication and marketing platform for EMCC making use of facebook, LinkedIn, twitter, wordpress and our website

Our strategic priorities for 2010 are:

• To strengthen EMCC leadership – both internally and externally
• To increase distribution of EQA across Europe
• To launch EIA in all affiliated countries
• To develop and present new products e.g. possibly a supervision EQA/EIA
• To engage all our members in defining the meaning  of coaching and mentoring according to EMCC
• Launch the refurbished EMCC website and continue to improve our communication internally and externally
• To work with each affiliated country to secure local presence, global reach
• Continue EMCC growth by affiliating new countries
• Work with other coaching and mentoring bodies towards one globally recognised code of ethics
• Work with other coaching and mentoring bodies to gain a self-regulation status of the coaching and mentoring profession

I want to use this opportunity to wish you and your families peaceful Holidays and a prosperous new year. Until the next update!

Petr Nečas

EMCC 16th Coaching and Mentoring Conference

Welcome to the 16th Annual EMCC Coaching and mentoring Conference!

We got an inspiring start with a key note speech by Kim Morgan, a successful coach, chair of a coaching network and coaching trainer who’s running three companies of her own.

‘Regard yourself being the most important toolkit you have ‘ was the theme of her key note speech that inspired the audience of  well over 200 people attending the conference. Her presentation of stories, self experienced ups and downs, metaphors and well put questions led to a vivid Q&A session with many participants.

The key note set the tone for the intermission and the sessions following on it and a creative buzz and lots of ideas are currently filling the meeting rooms of the Holiday Inn Schiphol just a few minutes away from Amsterdam Airport.

The new house style of EMCC shown in the banners and throughout the flyers and other conference materials is making a welcome impact on the crowd and are well in par with the quality of what EMCC represents.

EIA our all new individual certification launches in the UK . . .

October 29 EMCC UK launched EIA , European Individual Accreditation and the starting point of a series of launches across the 18 EMCC affiliated countries over 2010.

The waiting is over . . . EIA, the most rigorous and thorough individual accreditation standard for coaching and mentoring practitioners. A new dedicated website is now live, offering a ‘one stop shop’ to becoming accredited. (NB.UK applications only!)

EIA has been designed to be a seal of approval of not only academic rigour and relevant experience, but also to provide emphatic evidence that the coach/mentor is fit to practice according to a four-tier Competence Framework:

• Foundation
• Practitioner
• Senior Practitioner
• Master Practitioner

EIA ensures that practitioners differentiate themselves by providing

• Rigorous and demanding standards
• Assurance for users/buyers of coaching/mentoring services of competence and ability
• Evidence of continuous development
• Recognition of the application of good practice in coaching/mentoring

Once again EMCC is delivering what the marketplace has been waiting for: An individual accreditation process that recognizes and validates experience, education, development over time and proof of proper application. The first time out it was EQA: European Quality Award, the accreditation that qualifies the standard for coaching and mentoring educational programs. It has rapidly become the most wanted certification for educational programs at universities, institutes and independent training facilities.

Find out more about both accreditation programs at www.emccaccreditation.org, or click the link in the sidebar.

Best wishes from

Petr

In advance of the 16th Annual EMCC Coaching and Mentoring Conference

In a couple of weeks, on November 26-28 to be exact, our annual conference kicks off in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Extra ordinary keynotes and over 35 workshops, demonstrations and seminars are the highlights of this networking event where everybody meets interested in coaching and mentoring.

It is also the occasion for the General Assembly, our highest decision making body, that gathers to discuss the future of coaching and mentoring and more specifically the role that EMCC is going to play in the forthcoming year. Evaluating the past, making up the balance and planning for what is to come.

This blog contains the views that I want to share with you regarding our organization and the development of coaching and mentoring and related topics.

One could easily get the impression that EMCC communicates  primarily through the Special Interest Groups (SIG’s) and task forces consisting of its members. However EMCC has a reach beyond our membership as clients (organizations and individuals alike) want to get more information on what coaching and mentoring actually is all about.

What is coaching? What is mentoring? What to expect from a mentor? What qualifications should I look for when I want to engage a coach? Where do I look for a trustworthy and qualified education in coaching?  What kind of coach do I need for this specific problem?

These are just a few and some of the most frequent asked questions that reach our people. Valuable questions that need answers; Answers built upon research and experience. Answers that reflect the latest developments in the field and profits from the exchange of results and knowledge gathered by clients, practitioners and professionals.

During the conference there will be special seminars dedicated to the launch of EIA (European Individual Accreditation) our individual certification process with four levels and available in the UK by the end of October. Following EQA (European Quality Award) an accreditation process aimed at educations in mentoring and coaching, this is the latest contribution we make to raise the standards and quality of the profession.

Our conference is a place where a couple of hundred participants from all over the world are in the epicenter of the coaching and mentoring field looking for news, trends, research and developments, using the opportunity to network with some of the top names in the profession, sharing experiences, opinions and research results.

All of this to move the development of mentoring and coaching forward towards commonly agreed best practice, one code of ethics and clearly defined levels of certification and accreditation.

Please visit www.emccouncil.org to read more about  the conference and download the brochure with the complete program and a listing of  the keynote speakers and exiting workshops and seminars.

I am looking forward to welcoming you in Amsterdam and share the experience with you.

Until the next update, best wishes from

Peter Necas