We are delighted to announce our strategic partnership with the Executive Coaching Consultancy in the rollout of Maternity Coaching Services in Ireland. 

We are thrilled to be able to offer transition coaching to women in Ireland to enable their successful return to work. 

For further information please click on the following link:

Johanna presented a seminar on Psychometrics in Coaching for the Coaching Psychology Group of Psychological Society of Ireland on 30th November 2010. 

Johanna was an Invited Speaker at Deloitte's Inspired Leaders series 2010. She presented on the topic of Authentic Leadership. For more information please contact info@seven.ie.

In her role as the Head of Corporate Membership for the Association for Coaching, Ireland, Johanna is thrilled to announce the launch of the first of a series of ACI Corporate Think Tanks. Please click on the following link for more information: www.associationforcoaching.com/event/workshops.htm#1_8. Or to receive a brochure please contact olivia@associationforcoaching.com.

For more information on becoming a member of the Association for Coaching please contact Johanna or visit www.associationforcoaching.com

Sponsorship:

Kanchi are actively seeking one year's financial sponsorship for their Sounding Board project.  If you or your organisation is interested in endorsing this vital project please contact Nicola via nicola@kanchi.org. This is an opportunity for an organisation to learn, gain expertise and be part of how disability can make a positive difference to an organisation's business.

Organisation involvement with the Sounding Board will broaden your mindset, open up a waiting market and show how positive an organisation’s business is to disability and its future.

For more information on the Ability Awards go to www.theabilityawards.com or call the Kanchi team on 01 634 0018.

So it's Saturday, two days since the wonderfully named volcano, Eyjafjallajokull, erupted in Iceland. And here we are stranded in Boston. Well, originally stranded in Chicago and now, after a joyful (we were on route home for around 5 hours) yet failed (we had to turn around!) flight to Dublin, we have all been re-routed to Boston. And so we adapt, we adjust and just accept that things aren't that bad really... 'Sure it could be worse', 'Thank goodness for the credit card', 'Aren't we lucky we have a hotel room', 'At least we are safe'. Perspective is everything - we survive because we apply that wonderful psychological principle of gratitude. We stay optimistic and we see the bright side, as one clever text replied when hearing of my first night in a boutique hotel in downtown Chicago 'sure every cloud has a silver lining' (boom boom!). But this is one big persistent ash cloud.

Johanna has recently acquired Accredited Coach status from the Association for Coaching – this achievement was recognised at the Association for Coaching conference in Dublin by Katherine Tulpa, Chair of the AC. Johanna is one of three Accredited AC Coaches in the Republic of Ireland.

Maggie Van den Heuvel presented her research on 'Meaning-Making' at the 8th International Conference on Work Stress & Health, San Juan, Puerto Rico. The conference was convened by the American Psychological Association, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and the Society for Occupational Health Psychology. To find out more about Maggie’s research please see the following article:

Van den Heuvel, M., Demerouti, E., Schreurs, B. H. J., Bakker, A. B., & Schaufeli, W. B. (2009). Does meaning-making help during organizational change? Development and validation of a new scale. Career Development International, Vol. 6, pp. 508-533