Welcome to the EMCC Ireland
We exist to promote good practice and the expectation of good practice in mentoring and coaching across Europe.
We are a pan-European Council that consists of representatives from several national EMCC's plus direct members in countries where a local EMCC does not yet exist.
EMCC Ireland (EMCC IE) is the Irish group affiliated to EMCC.
The 17th Annual EMCC Conference - Dublin - 18 - 20 November 2010
The 17th Annual European Coaching and Mentoring conference took place in Dublin, Ireland 18 - 20 November 2010. Go to the dedicated conference website to view what took place www.emcc.ie
It turned out be an extraordinary international event with 21 countries represented, with the largest ever attendance and record high feedback from attendees.
Ireland was highly praised for the warmth of the welcome extended. If you would like to know more, please contact IE.administrator(at)emccouncil.org
Past Events
- Jim Bradley
Emotional Intelligence
"In hard times, the soft stuff often goes away. But emotional intelligence it turns out isn't soft. If emotional obliviousness jeopardizes your ability to perform, fend off aggressors, or be compassionate in a crisis no amount of attention to the bottom line will protect your career. Emotional Intelligence isn't a luxury you can dispense with in tough times. It's a basic tool that, deployed with finesse, is a key to professional success"
This event was presented by Jim Bradley
Transforming Culture "Do Coaches help or Hinder?"
The very skills that we need for survival are not officially acknowledged or valued, and where they do exist, they are often deployed or structured in a way that guarantees they will be squeezed out in these austere times. Coaching is in the heart of this dilemma – but coaches are both the problem and the solution.
Lorna McDowell of Xenergie Consulting Ltd facilitated an evening of enquiry on the topic for EMCC members.
Lorna McDowell is a systems and transformation coach.
Inaugural Conference
EMCC Ireland would like to thank all of our guest speakers and everyone who attended our conference
Professor David Megginson, Keynote Speaker, Paula King President EMCC IE, Mr Michael McDonnell Director CIPD Ireland, Guest Speaker on topic Resilience, Mr Patrick Meehan Treasurer EMCC IE, Mr. John Ryan Ethics EMCC IE
Prof. David Megginson PhD—Keynote
David Megginson is Emeritus Professor of Human Resource Development (HRD) in Sheffield Business School, David has published 17 books on HRD, many of them about coaching and mentoring but also about HRD itself, continuous professional development, self-development and learning from burnout. The Title of David’s Keynote Speech is “Should Performance Coaches Focus On Performance!” David will also do a performance coaching demonstration based on a whole life perspective ’As If There Were More To Life!’
View and download Prof. Megginson presentation here.
RESILIENCE
Mike McDonnell is director of CIPD Ireland, past President of the European Association for People Management (EAPM) and chairman of Excellence Through People (ETP).
View and download Mike Mc Donnell presentation here.
GROWTH
Patrick Barr is the Microsoft EMEA OEM Supply Chain Director. Patrick is responsible for the supply chains that deliver Microsoft products to OEMs, Distributors and System Builders in EMEA
LEADERSHIP
John Shine is Chairman and Managing Director of ESB Networks Ltd. He joined ESB in 1978 and held a number of senior positions in the Networks, Marketing and Business Development areas of ESB.
Introduction to President of the EMCC IE - Paula King
Paula King is President of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council Ireland (EMCC IE). Paula holds an MSc in Coaching and Organisational Development from Portsmouth University is also a Master Coach, Accredited Corporate Coach and a Fellow of the European Coaching Institute. She is the Managing Director of Executive Coaching Solutions Limited (ECSL), a training and consultancy company based in Dublin, Ireland www.ecsl.eu and has over fifteen years experience in executive coaching, mentoring, training and HR.
“I deeply believe that coaching is the key ingredient in achieving sustainable and measurable change and development for the individual, group and organization.”
Paula King
President EMCC IE
European Quality Award EQA
Following the announcement and launch last autumn of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council's quality standards project, the pilot phases have now been completed and the standards set for coaching and mentoring training.
These standards offer the market place the much needed framework to enable:
- Purchasers of coaching and mentoring services to understand the quality of what they are buying and to make appropriate choices for their respective needs.
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EMCC Regions
Committees
Members of EMCC are invited to participate via email in Special Interest Groups. If you sign up for these, you will be sent the relevant Committee meeting notes and have the chance to email your views to the Chairperson.
The four groups and an introduction of their remits is given below:
- Standards
- Research
- Membership & Marketing
- Conference
Annual Conferences
The annual conference brings together researchers, scheme co-ordinators and practitioners of mentoring & coaching from across Europe.
For anyone involved in mentoring & coaching European business, education or the community at large, it provides a central focus which has increased in popularity since the first conference was held in 1992.
New insights and developments in mentoring & coaching are continually evolving and the annual conference acts as a show case of these developments as well as a forum for sharing current best practice.
