Here are the four videos from David Drake, Alex Linley, Simon Lutterbie and Sharon Peake. Brief details of each session are below. To access the videos click on the title. A link to the abstracts for these sessions can be found at the foot of the page.

Attachment Theory and Coaching: Working at the Intersection of Neuroscience and Narrative
Dr David Drake, Executive Director, Center for Narrative Coaching

In David Drake's presentation he describes how coaches can use the key elements of attachment theory to identify long-held patterns of insecurity in their client’s stories and lives. By tracking these patterns, coaches can look for the ways in which clients are living the same ‘story’ over and over again. He outlined the benefits of understanding these patterns and using attachment theory to help clients move in the direction of greater mental health and more adaptive behaviour.

Looking Forward, Looking Back: A Decade of Coaching Psychology and Positive Psychology
Prof Alex Linley, Founding Director, Centre for Applied Positive Psychology

Coaching psychology and positive psychology emerged at around the same time, just over a decade ago. Both have developed and contributed much in that time, but how? Alex Linley describes how the two fields work together at enhancing performance and well-being and the tools to make this happen. In particular how the strengths research can help us as Coaches in working with individuals, in our own development and for the future of Society.

Important Note: After Alex reads the message from Tony Grant he invites the audience to take part in a short exercise where they exchange stories. These are not captured by the audio. At that point we suggest you either move the time bar along to 9:35 or move forward one slide to slide 4 which will bring you to the point where the presentation resumes.

Dr Simon Lutterbie delivered a fascinating presentation on "Happiness in the time of recession". His study considers how coaching happiness can help employees weather difficult times. He looks at how happiness at work can be measured using the iPPQ index of 25 items and 5 drivers and considers its implications to workplace performance.

Sharon Peake delivered a thought provoking presentation "Telling Stories about Chaos" which she applies in career coaching and more specifically for coachees who are considering radical career transition. Sharon looks at how the principles of chaos theory can be of value as a framework to coaching conversations.

For the abstracts for go to the conference proceedings