Dr Peter Brown: Coaching at the Heart

Management Futures: Coaching at the Heart

In my job I spend a lot of time talking to coaches - helping them to talk to each-other and the wider world. It's all about sharing great practice, developing the profession, & making coaching even more effective. It's fascinating, and it's often fun - but it's really only the start of the story; coaching is about the client's agenda - it's about the people we help. So what do they think about it? How has coaching really impacted their lives?
Hello! And a warm welcome to this podcast from Management Futures. If you're new to what we get up to - I'll just mention that our work is about enabling leaders, teams, organisations and coaches - and that coaching is always at the very heart of what we do.
My guest today is Doctor Peter Brown. Pete believes (just like we do, here at management futures!) that if you give people the time, space and expertise to grow, they will achieve *amazing* things.
Pete has got a fascinating career background in areas such as elite sport, and optimising performance, where he’s worked as a consultant in Organisational Development and People Management. He’s now assistant director of Organisational Development at a pretty huge NHS Wales organisation – that’s Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, and Pete started off by explaining to me how a health board, in Wales, can be 5 times bigger than a single NHS trust such as I’m familiar with in England. Aneurin Bevan covers several hospitals, primary care services and community health work across the county of Gwent.
So with his big role, in a big organisation, with big challenges– I wanted to find out about Pete and how - in his organisational context – he’s putting coaching - and his own coach skills training – to work. Let’s hear more from the man himself, Doctor Peter Brown.
We really hope you enjoy the conversation,
All very best
Hugh
Hugh Reynolds, Head of Digital at MF
https://www.managementfutures.co.uk/
PS: A great resource Pete mentions is this one from Michael Bungay-Stanier, author of 'The Coaching Habit' and 'The Advice Trap': https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_bungay_stanier_how_to_tame_your_advice_monster?language=en
PPS: If you'd like to know more about Pete's work around 'Innovation Under Pressure', he's written a short series of articles for our friends at Leaders in Sport - together with Dr Adrian Neal. You can read these here:
https://leadersinsport.com/performance-institute/articles/innovation-under-pressure-how-the-nhs-in-wales-has-enabled-its-people-to-thrive-during-the-pandemic-part-i/
https://leadersinsport.com/performance-institute/articles/innovation-under-pressure-how-the-nhs-in-wales-has-enabled-its-people-to-thrive-during-the-pandemic-part-ii/
https://leadersinsport.com/performance-institute/articles/innovation-under-pressure-how-the-nhs-in-wales-has-enabled-its-people-to-thrive-during-the-pandemic-part-iii/