Let me share a little history about the coaching and mentoring scene in the past and why our Postgraduate Diploma is so relevant to the organisational world now. As well as being more contemporary and appropriate than many alternative programmes, it focuses particularly on a practical and pertinent agenda to suit current organisational and consultancy needs.
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Across nine live, virtual webinars in January 2027, this foundation-level course will give you the fundamental knowledge and skills to be an effective coach and mentor. Plus, fast-track access to the European Mentoring and Coaching Council’s Global Individual Accreditation (EMCC EIA) will recognise your successful ongoing application of competence.
Creative techniques are transformative in coaching and mentoring. They release blockages, or reveal a deeper awareness. This ready-to-use collection of short poems targets coaching and self-reflection. Each sequence, such as “Even a Day” for burnout prevention or “Gorges de la Nesque” for perspective shifts, includes a poem, its intended use, and coaching questions.
AI-generated image: Anne Kristine Arbon using ChatGPT (OpenAI), 2026. Oil-painting-style illustration of a woman facing a locked cupboard overflowing with papers in a damaged organisational setting, symbolising pain that an organisation has tried to contain rather than address.
We already talk about stress, burnout, wellbeing and resilience. Do we really need another term? Someone may not simply be exhausted by the amount of work. They may have been asked to act against their values, prevented from doing what they believe is right, or left to witness harm they could not stop? Sometimes the organisation they trusted has betrayed the very values it asked them to uphold? That is different. It may look like stress or burnout from the outside, but the damage can reach further: into conscience, identity and trust. This is where the idea of moral injury helps. Continue reading
