Moana Jackson: Portrait of a Quiet Revolutionary

 

Bias was designed in, let's design it out.

I was inspired this morning in a workshop entitled "Addressing bias in the workplace – A kōrero with Hiraina Tangiora" with three heavyweight mana wāhine. I have noted my key takeaways from each speaker below.

Kathie Irwin, MNZM, PHD, MInstD - Kathie Irwin & Associates, Former Director Māori Development at Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission

• Unapologetically Māori
• Bias was designed in, we can design it out.
• Say no to racism, say no to bigotry, say no to microaggressions - call it out! 
• Have fun in your pathway, and make it lighter!
• Advice: Do your homework, do your due diligence, and back yourself!

Māhina Melbourne - Group Manager, Ministry of Education

• For none, but ourselves can set ourselves free - Bob Marley
• Build strength within myself, create boundaries, well-being - tinana, wairua, whanau, hinengaro.
• Who inspires you? who are the people that make you feel like you?
• Kia tū kahikatea - our strength comes from standing as a collective.
• Bias elimination is an inter-generational journey.
• Whanaungatanga is your power - Atawhai Tibble
• Advice: Use your network

Professor Rawinia Higgins FRSNZ - Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington

• There is bias (cultural, sexism, ageism, etc), and there are microaggressions - so what are we going to do about it?
• Bias is about power, and how do we gain that power? and why at the expense of everyone else?
• Equity is not the same as Tangata Tiriti
• Advice: Work collectively

Delenta Elevate:Coaching Business Strategy For More Referrals and Renewals

 

Creating referrals and having clients renew with you is one of the best things you can do for your coaching practice. It is unknown for many coaches, but you can build a full coaching practice where you have 75% of your clients renewing every year, which means less time wasted on sales and marketing. ‍ In this webinar, Ankush Jain will be sharing his best business strategies for getting more referrals and nurturing them so you can keep sustainably growing your coaching business.  

You'll walk away knowing: ‍ 

- Why are referrals so important to your business. 

- Effective ways to ask for them. 

- How to nurture those relationships over time. 

- How to get clients to renew with you. 

THE ELEVATE YOUR COACHING BUSINESS Workshop series is targeted at ambitious coaches. It will provide you with the tools and give you insight on how to build a sustainable coaching business. You will also learn about some of the best practices and find out how to strategically grow your client base. This workshop series is a unique opportunity to get inspired and learn from some of our renowned Delenta Innovative coaching community members. 

About the speaker: Ankush Jain is a Principles-based coach, author, podcast host, and public speaker based in the UK with clients all over the globe. He is the founder of The Powerful Men's Group and runs soldout deep-dive immersions in the UK since 2015. Ankush also coaches other coaches to grow impactful and sustainable practices and he is the author of the book: Sweet Sharing: Rediscovering The Real You.

Master Your Mind, Business & Wealth by Richard Maloney

I'm attending another coaching webinar Master Your Mind, Business & Wealth with Richard Maloney. Richard is the Founder and CEO of Quality Mind. The questions he posed at the beginning of the session were:

* What were/are your dreams?

* What's held/holding you back?

He then started to unpack the reason why we might be achieving our goals and encourages us to think about our behaviors holistically, taking note of our mind, body, and soul. 

"Where your energy flows your focus goes"

1. Thought >> change your thought's to change the downward spiral.

2. Sensation

3. Mood

4. Anxiety

5. Panic attack

6. Depression

Create habits and routines >> the brain loves the change >> rewire your thoughts!

Everything we learn by 7 year olds impacts the trajectory of our lives.

Two ways to change > Hypnosis & Repitition and programming

1. What you think is what you get

2. Busting through your hidden barriers

3. Scaling your business to create wealth

Time, Wealth & Lifestyle

* What's the problem I'm solving?

* Create a step-by-stem proven system

* App & Backend Technology (website, learning management system, app)

* Mind-mentor guidance

* Like-minded community

* Scientific proof

Presence in coaching

This evening I had the great pleasure of attending the following workshop with Tunde Erdos and Maureen Owen.  

Integrative Coaching Presence: A needs exchange through somatic responsiveness in dialogue.

Presence is defined as the capacity to spontaneously respond to others’ needs at any given moment. This capacity shows in your body before you even utter a word. The body comes before the brain.

We all tend to have a default setting about money, love, work, and presence, which limits our potential to have healthy relationships. While we think we are present, we may have too much or not enough of it. The result is our presence-less-ness as we miss seeing what is relevant in our interactions at any given moment.

In this workshop, we will explore two obstacles to a presence in coaching as a growth intervention. We will reflect on:
– the consequences of our presence-less-ness in our default setting
– our presence-ness integrating the I, Other, and We in coaching

The workshop is based on a recently conducted large-scale international coaching research that investigated 184 coach-client pairs.

So what?

Initially, I was slightly overwhelmed by the content, in that I wasn't quite sure what was going on. It seemed like a bit of an airy-fairy session. I'm so glad I stuck it out because further into the workshop, I was pleasantly surprised by how much sense Tunde was making. Perhaps the stand-out statement for me was that 'everyone has a need'. Being present is about the 'I' too, in that you have to understand what you are wanting from the coaching relationship e.g. I want to work on my questions, I want to get through the format etc. Tunde shared an example that resonated with me so much, when coaching a client the story sounded familiar to one she had heard previously she made a connection and remembered a powerful question that was asked in the session, so she used it (her words were 'dumped' it) in the coaching conversation she was having and the client found it overwhelming. Might presence be more about being in tune with your client in the coaching dance?

Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership - stepping up and calling myself out!

Recently I've been talking about the Code and Standards with my tauira at TWoA. I'm pretty proud of the fact that I have been keeping a reflective journal since the early 2000s and took this online in 2008. Although some of my earlier posts are hardly worth mentioning ;) In my defence it was in the early days of Blogger. Fast forward to 2021 and I find myself reflecting on the Codes and Standards again. I and realise that I have made little to no progress in the Te Tiriti o Waitangi space (the labels world cloud proves that!) - certainly not as much as I could have or should have at this stage in my career. Hei aha, this post is about me calling myself out and setting professional goals in this space.

Here is what the profession demands for Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership

Understand and recognise the unique status of tangata whenua in Aotearoa New Zealand. 

• Understand and acknowledge the histories, heritages, languages and cultures of partners to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. 
• Practise and develop the use of te reo and tikanga Māori. Demonstrate commitment to tangata whenuatanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Reflection - 2018

I am privileged to be of Maori descent. My father is a descendant from Ngāpuhi and grew up in Kaikohe and Whangarei. I use Te Reo Maori and practice Tikanga Maori in all of my teaching practice and everyday interactions. This 'standard' is of significance to me professionally and personally, so I will look at further opportunities to embed this in my everyday practice.

Reflection - 2021

I'm calling myself out for not doing enough for Te Ao Māori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi. While there are a number of reflections on this blog it really isnt good enough! Being Māori isn't really enough in 2021! You have to actively and intently invest time into Te Reo Māori and so this is the start of my next professional (and personal) goal. 25 minutes every day invested in Te Reo Māori - be intentional, be committed! Stay tuned for my development.

Thinking deeply about primary education - key principles from Christopher Such (Reading)

 

Key principles shared by Christopher Such:

• Be guided by research - the process of teaching reading is exceptionally complicated. Know it and let it inform your practice.
• Teach phonics well - Essential that this is done to a high standard
• Consider language development as a key part of reading - reading stories, openly discussing things with children
• Developing fluency - know what it is, know how to assess it, encourage its development in children.
• Vocabulary - embed and teach this in a way that supports vocabulary development.
• Reading comprehension - understand and taught
• Teach the whole class as a default.