Trust in who you are becoming
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
I had the joy of meeting Karen via an online supervision group organised by EY in collaboration with Henley Business School. Karen has written a book, Breaking the Coaching Code - How Great Coaches Transcend the Rules.
In our conversation Karen offers valuable insights into:
What it means to walk home to yourself.
The journey to and of self-acceptance.
And having a social conscience.
Karen’s key encouragements to Leaders:
Reconnect with your unique self rather than trying to be what you think a good leader is
Understand your strengths and be clear about your purpose
Build your ability to have effective conversations with clarity, compassion, curiosity and courage
About Karen:
Karen Foy has been coaching since 2003, her background before coaching was in the NHS working locally, regionally and nationally on policy related to patient experience. She caught the coaching bug on an Open University summer school whilst undertaking a module from the MBA on Creativity, Innovation and Change thinking about creativity innovation and change.
She heard about this thing called coaching and thought, that’s the thing she does when she’s supposed to be working and was blown away that she could do it as a career. She trained as a coach, built her business alongside her work, and then jumped in 2007 to become a full-time coach.
She already had a first degree in psychology and the next step for her was to undertake a master’s degree in Coaching Psychology which she gained in 2011. She is a Master Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation, a Certified Mentor for ICF Credentials and she has a Professional Certificate in Coaching Supervision from Henley Business School.
She has recently retired from her lecturing role at Henley Business School where she was the Programme Director for Accredited Coaching Programmes. Joining an academic institution was a crash course in acceptance as she is a Yorkshire woman from a ‘dyed in the wool’ working class background who left school at 14 with no qualifications.
She has come to a place where she is more able to welcome her gremlin of not being good enough as the gift it is to her coaching.
To connect with Karen:
Website: www.thecoachtribe.com
LinkedIn: @Karen Foy, MCC
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