1. ‘Context, Culture and Positive Psychology:
Reflecting on Advanced Practice’
A webinar series with Christian van Nieuwerburgh, Professor of Coaching and Positive Psychology
7th, 23rd, 30th June and 7th July 2017

2. Questions and Possibilities
Webinar 1:
‘Coaching and Positive Psychology’
Questions and Possibilities
Christian van Nieuwerburgh
7th June 2017

3. and Creating the Conditions for Human Flourishing
[alternative title to webinar]
Unlocking Potential
and Creating the Conditions
for Human Flourishing
@christianvn

4. Our time together Individuals Organisations Emerging questions
Implications
Individuals
Organisations
Exploration
Emerging questions
Integration
Why and what?
Importance
Definitions

5. What is it about coaching that makes your heart sing?
“Singing heart” by Dragan Todorovic

6. “Unlocking people’s potential to maximise their own performance”
Defining coaching
“Unlocking people’s potential to maximise their own performance”
“It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them.”
Whitmore 2002

7. Defining coaching psychology
“coaching psychologists work with well-functioning clients, using theoretically grounded and scientifically validated techniques to help them to reach goals in their personal and business lives.”
Grant 2006

8. Defining positive psychology
“The science of optimal functioning”
The study of “what makes individuals and communities flourish, rather than languish”
Hefferon & Boniwell 2011

9. What is “evidence-based coaching”?
Evidence-based practice
Practice
Research
Theory
Grant & Cavanagh, 2004; 2007

10. What is “evidence-based coaching”?

11. Exploration: Emerging questions
How important are “goals” in coaching conversations?
What about wellbeing?
Hear back from table groups
What is “advanced practice”?

12. What might integration bring to practice?
UNLOCKING POTENTIAL
Coaching Psychology
Mental Toughness
Positive Psychology
Contributions from alumni
van Nieuwerburgh 2016

13. What might integration bring to practice?
OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE
Coaching Psychology
Mental Toughness
Positive Psychology
Contributions from alumni
van Nieuwerburgh 2016

14. What might integration bring to practice?
SUBJECTIVE WELLBEING
Coaching Psychology
Mental Toughness
Positive Psychology
Contributions from alumni
van Nieuwerburgh 2016

15. How much is it already “built in”?
Coaching process
For example, the GROW process
Coaching skills
Skills such as asking powerful questions, active listening and summarising
Coaching way of being
Humanistic, person-centred approach
van Nieuwerburgh 2017

16. How much is it already “built in”?
Coaching process
Goal-focused, solution focused, supportive conversation
Coaching skills
Active listening demonstrates valuing of coachee, open questions demonstrate respect
Coaching way of being
Humanistic approach that celebrates human potential, bias towards the positive
van Nieuwerburgh 2017

17. Implications: Individual flourishing
Raising awareness of meaning and purpose
Using Positive Psychology Interventions
Identifying and using strengths more broadly
Incorporating Self-Determination Theory

18. Implications: Individual flourishing
Raising awareness of meaning and purpose
Using Positive Psychology Interventions
Identifying and using strengths more broadly
Incorporating Self-Determination Theory

19. Implications: Individual flourishing
Raising awareness of meaning and purpose
Using Positive Psychology Interventions
Identifying and using strengths more broadly
Incorporating Self-Determination Theory

20. Implications: Individual flourishing
Raising awareness of meaning and purpose
Using Positive Psychology Interventions
Identifying and using strengths more broadly
Incorporating Self-Determination Theory

21. Implications: Individual flourishing
Raising awareness of meaning and purpose
Using Positive Psychology Interventions
Identifying and using strengths more broadly
Incorporating Self-Determination Theory

22. Implications: Organisational flourishing
Professional Practice
Staff Motivation
Stakeholder Engagement
Art of Leadership
Wellbeing of staff
Goals of organisation
Adapted from van Nieuwerburgh & Campbell, 2015

23. Christian van Nieuwerburgh 7th June 2017
Webinar 1:
‘Coaching and Positive Psychology’
ANY QUESTIONS?
Christian van Nieuwerburgh
7th June 2017

24. Thoughts, reflections, questions
“Coaching is an applied
positive psychology”
van Nieuwerburgh & Green 2014
MSc in Applied Positive Psychology
and Coaching Psychology (MAPPCP)
School of Psychology, University of East London

25. Follow up Topic Type of resource Access to resource
Coaching and self-determination theory (Spence & Oades)
Article
“Coaching way of being”
(van Nieuwerburgh)
Blog
Coaching in the context of positive psychology
Podcast
Positive Psychology Interventions (website)
Website
Strengths-finding and strengths use (website)

26. References
Grant, A.M. (2006). A personal perspective on professional coaching and the development of coaching psychology. International Coaching Psychology Review 1(1):
Grant, A. M. & Cavanagh, M. (2007). Evidence-based coaching: Flourishing or languishing? Australian Psychologist, 42(4):
Grant, A. M. & Cavanagh, M. (2004). Toward a profession of coaching: Sixty-five years of
progress and challenges for the future. International Journal of
Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring, 2(1), 1-16.
Hefferon, K. & Boniwell, I. (2011). Positive Psychology: Theory, research and applications. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill. 

27. References
van Nieuwerburgh, C. (2017). An Introduction to coaching skills: A practical guide. 2nd edn. London: Sage.
van Nieuwerburgh, C. & Campbell, J. (2015). A global framework for coaching in education. CoachEd: The Teaching Leaders Coaching Journal, 1: 2-5.
van Nieuwerburgh, C. & Green, S. (2014). Developing mental toughness in young people: coaching as an applied positive psychology. In D. Strycharczyk & P. Clough (Eds.), Developing mental toughness in young people for the twenty first century. London: Karnac.
van Nieuwerburgh, C. (ed.)(2016). Coaching in professional contexts. London: Sage.
Whitmore, J. (2002). Coaching for Performance. 3rd edn. London: Nicholas Brealey.

28. References
Grant, A.M. (2006). A personal perspective on professional coaching and the development of coaching psychology. International Coaching Psychology Review 1(1):
Grant, A. M. & Cavanagh, M. (2007). Evidence-based coaching: Flourishing or languishing? Australian Psychologist, 42(4):
Grant, A. M. & Cavanagh, M. (2004). Toward a profession of coaching: Sixty-five years of progress and challenges for the future. International Journal of
Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring, 2(1), 1-16.
Hefferon, K. & Boniwell, I. (2011). Positive Psychology: Theory, research and applications. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill. 

29. References
van Nieuwerburgh, C. (2017). An Introduction to coaching skills: A practical guide. 2nd edn. London: Sage.
van Nieuwerburgh, C. & Campbell, J. (2015). A global framework for coaching in education. CoachEd: The Teaching Leaders Coaching Journal, 1: 2-5.
van Nieuwerburgh, C. & Green, S. (2014). Developing mental toughness in young people: coaching as an applied positive psychology. In D. Strycharczyk & P. Clough (Eds.), Developing mental toughness in young people for the twenty first century. London: Karnac.
van Nieuwerburgh, C. (ed.)(2016). Coaching in professional contexts. London: Sage.
Whitmore, J. (2002). Coaching for Performance. 3rd edn. London: Nicholas Brealey.

30. Christian van Nieuwerburgh 7th June 2017
Webinar 1:
‘Coaching and Positive Psychology’
THANK YOU!
Christian van Nieuwerburgh
7th June 2017