Group Career Coaching - Empowering Learners and Innovating Practice

Meldrum, Susan

Abstract

This interactive presentation aims to raise awareness of group career coaching and the Collective Career Coaching Approach (Meldrum, 2021) and its potential to empower learners and innovate practice. Through a presentation and the discussion of a case study it will offer baseline skills in its use.
Group career coaching is an approach with small groups which is able to build up meaningful inter-personal relationships within a group and has the potential to empower learners to improve their career and life chances (Thomsen, 2012). It is able to channel the existing skills set of career practitioners and be closer in practice to one-to-one career counselling and coaching than facilitated group workshops (Law, 1996).
Despite its benefits, group career coaching is underutilised and there are very few models of delivery. The Collective Career Coaching Approac is a model which uses critical pedagogical learning theory (Friere, 1970) and GROW coaching techniques (Whitmore, 2002) and is contributing to raising the profile of group career coaching. The presentation is aimed at researchers, practitioners and managers with an interest in introducing group coaching to service delivery.

Citation

Meldrum, S. (2024, September). Group Career Coaching - Empowering Learners and Innovating Practice. Paper presented at 2024 NICE Academy: Retracing our roots: Cultivating the Future of Career Guidance and Counseling Saxion Deventer, Saxion Deventer, Netherlands

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: 2024 NICE Academy: Retracing our roots: Cultivating the Future of Career Guidance and Counseling Saxion Deventer
• Start Date: Sep 18, 2024
• End Date: Sep 21, 2024
• Deposit Date: Jan 13, 2025
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• External URL: https://www.nice-network.eu/Events/Deventer-2024/Materials-of-NICE-ACADEMY-2024/