11th May 2016
Time: 3.45pm to 6.00pm
Venue: 28 Portland Place, London W1B 1DE
“You’ve made me realise I can do things. Just by making me think about it.”
A heartwarming yet not unusual piece of feedback from a coaching client. But this client was a prison inmate at the time. Coaching in prison – does it get more extreme than this? Yet Clare McGregor, founder of the charity Coaching Inside and Out and author of Coaching Behind Bars, maintains that coaching inmates of prisons is very similar to coaching executives in boardrooms, albeit in more punishing circumstances. The familiar techniques of overturning assumptions, exploring strengths and values, and setting goals can bring about extraordinary transformations and rekindle hope even in such a bleak environment. This thought-provoking and entertaining event will be a combined format of presentation, storytelling, discussion and questions. Clare will challenge your assumptions about who coaching can work for and the session is guaranteed to push you out of your comfort zone and to stretch your approach to coaching.
Clare McGregor is a Cambridge classics graduate with over a decade’s experience as a criminal justice consultant. She has worked on social inclusion for clients including the Department of Health, the Home Office and Ministry of Justice; as well as being a trustee of the criminal justice charities Clinks and Revolving Doors Agency. After 20 years developing services for people in crisis she focused her energy on coaching prisoners and those at risk of offending. Clare now runs Coaching Inside and Out, a social enterprise committed to unlocking the potential of men and women within the criminal justice system. She is the author of Coaching Behind Bars and you can hear her being interviewed by Clare Balding on Good Morning Sunday Radio 2 at 8:10am on 6 March.
