Clarendon Coaching

Episode 1: Professor David Clutterbuck

My Guest on this first Episode of the Clarendon Chronicles Podcast is none other than Professor David Clutterbuck, who everybody in the global Coaching & Mentoring community will recognise.

David has been at the leading edge of Coaching, Mentoring, & Leadership for more than 45 years. He is one of THE pioneers and foremost GLOBAL authorities in Coaching & Mentoring, and is a prolific author of over 80 books on Coaching, Mentoring, Leadership & Management, including “Everyone Needs A Mentor”, “Mentoring In Action”, and “Coaching The Team At Work”.

He is also the Co-Founder of the Professional Accreditation Organisation the European Mentoring & Coaching Council, in addition to being Visiting Professor at Henley Business School (Reading University) & Oxford Brookes University. David is also a serial entrepreneur. He currently leads Clutterbuck Coaching Mentoring International (CCMI), a Global network of Coaching & Mentoring experts & trainers.

Additionally, he is a sought after, and often controversial, Global Keynote Speaker. In launching the first Episode of the Clarendon Chronicles Podcast, it is a great privilege that David has offered to share his time and Thought Leadership on Coaching & Mentoring with me.

In this Episode, we discuss many aspects of Coaching & Mentoring, including:

1. The qualities needed to be a successful Practitioner.

2. How the industry is evolving against a background of constant change & technology.

3. How Coaching & Mentoring differ.

4. The essential skills of a Coach and Mentor.

5. How Organisations are often blinded by their own dysfunctionality.

6. The rise in importance of Team Coaching, and

7. Why Coaching & Mentoring is such an important Learning & Development intervention in Organisations.