Kingstown College Coaching Magazine vol.5 2019/2020

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The Corporate
Wellbeing Coaching
Conversation
At Kingstown College we have been developing a new
Diploma in Corporate Wellbeing Coaching. As part of
the research for this course a survey was undertaken
with more than 1000 responses. Dr. Chandrika
Deshpande gives us an insight into the findings.
The term the
“overwhelmed
employee” may
be recognised by
many reading this
article
The research and development
initiative around Corporate Wellbeing
was triggered by the growing need to
launch a Corporate Wellbeing Coaching
Program based on various inquiries and
requests we have been receiving.
As we began working on this area we
realised that there were gaps which
needed to be addressed in order to
integrate Wellbeing as a way of life
in organisations. This then formed
the basis of the presentation titled,
“Making the Case for a Culture of
Wellbeing in Organisations”. The
paper was presented at the 25th Annual
International Mentoring, Coaching and
Supervision Conference held in Dublin
in April, 2019.
Paula King (Coach and Master
Practitioner Level, EMCC) was one of
the key presenters and brought to
the presentation her varied and rich
experience of Coaching Senior leaders
across different types of organisations.
This article tries to summarise the key
aspects of the presentation.
“Corporate Wellbeing Coaching
contributes to a caring environment
in which every individual in the
organisation is encouraged to achieve
their full potential and optimum
performance for the benefit of
themselves and the organisation.” -
Paula King
Background:
The term the “overwhelmed employee”
may be recognised by many reading this
article. This is a term originally coined
by Deloitte in a report carried out in
2014. While the issue of highly stressed
workers is not new, the relentless
pace of business today has made the
problem worse. Driven by the always-