Presented By:

• Ms. Shelley Crawford, European Mentoring and Coaching Council, EDelia Coaching & TLU, MTU Cork campuses

Target Audience

This course is relevant to all staff in MTU who engage with students on a day-to-day basis, including academic and research supervisors and heads of function looking to enhance their people management skills.

Course Description

The TLU have consulted with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) to provide MTU staff with an opportunity to attend an accredited EMCC Foundation Level Course in Coaching and potentially achieve their individual EMCC Foundation Level Coaching Accreditation through this programme.

 This course comprises five modules and will be offered over 5 weeks as follows:

• Module 1 – Introduction to Coaching for Higher Education - Friday, 30th September 2022, 14:00 -16:30
• Module 2 – Using a Coaching Approach in HE roles – Friday, 7th October 2022, 14:00 -16:30
• Module 3 - Introducing the Impact of Positive Psychology on Coaching - Friday, 14th October 2022, 14:00 -16:30
• Module 4 – Introducing Strengths Coaching – Friday, 21st October 2022, 14:00 -16:30
• Module 5 - Using Coaching to Motivate Individuals/Teams in Higher Education – Friday, 28th October 2022, 14:00 - 16:30

Further details regarding module content can be found on the TLU website.

Presenter Biography

Shelley Crawford works with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council International as their EQA Workgroup Leader and as an International Programme (EQA) and Individual Accreditation Assessor (EIA) and Provider Liaison.

She is the creator and developer of the Jess (TM) Resilience-building Certification Programme and Team Resilience-building Programme for coaches, psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors and HR wellbeing facilitators. The programme provides unique tools that can assist people to build resilience in individuals, teams and groups. An experienced Resilience and Executive Coach, EMCC EIA Assessor, Coach Supervisor and Lecturer, Shelley's resilience-building work is underpinned by robust positive psychology, social and health psychology, cognitive behavioural principles and neuroscience research. Shelley is registered with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council and International Coaching Federation.

She has a vivacious, insightful, positive and dynamic personality which she brings, with an extensive experience in a variety of business areas, to her profession.

Her passion is resilience-building in leaders, individuals & teams. Shelley’s deep interest in helping people to be resilient assists them to realize their fullest potential & talents to achieve their goals - in diverse & culturally different environments. Global clients include, amongst others: EAP, SAP, Apple, GIBS, DAA, Health Services Executive, Lilly, QAAET, ESB, UCC.

Over the past 20 years, Shelley has coached clients through honest conversations, performance issues, resilience & stress management - designing programmes for government, corporate & higher education in Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand & Bahrain. Her work involves extensive travel in Europe, Africa & the USA.

Shelley’s selected areas of expertise include:

• Resilience-building - Creator of the Jess (TM) resilience-building programme. She presented the original design at the EMCC Conference in March 2017
• Design & facilitation of Leadership Development & Coaching courses globally
• Speaker & Conference Presenter

Shelley assisted with the development of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Coaching Programme.