In this episode Dr Natalie Lancer examines ‘How do coaches work race?’ with Dr Terrence Maltbia, Charmaine Roche and Nankhonde Kasonde-van den Broek. We explore how race shows up in the coaching context by debating:

• What it would take for the world of coaching to take an anti-racist approach
• What the implications are for coaches wanting to bring up race
• What neutrality in coaching means and the associated ethical implications
• How fixed and growth mindsets affect our approach to working with race
• Why we get anxious when we talk about race
• The challenges of tackling racism at the systemic level
• The shortcomings of diversity work in relation to race

 

Learn from our panel of experts who interrogate the evidence and draw on their life experiences, to gain deeper insights into this critical topic. Hear how we must do the foundational work, in order to get to the real work of dealing with race today. Our guests today are:

 

Dr. Terrence E. Maltbia is Associate Professor of Practice in the Department of Organization and Leadership, at Teachers College, Columbia University and also serves as Faculty Director for their Coaching Center of Excellence. He has over 30 years of diverse experience as an external and internal organizational effectiveness consultant, thought leader and educator.

Terry was recognised as #1 In Coach Education in the World by Thinkers50 Marshall Goldsmith’s Top Global Coaches.

Charmaine Roche is Director of Lifeflowbalance Coaching and Consulting Ltd and an Association for Coaching Accredited Executive Coach, Coach and Leadership Supervisor, and PhD researcher at Leeds Beckett university. Charmaine focuses on the ethics of coaching for social change in oppressive contexts.  She is currently engaged in a ground-breaking global research project exploring the views of Black, Indigenous, and other coaches of colour about what the world of coaching needs to do to take and anti-racist approach.

Nankhonde Kasonde-van den Broek is an Executive Coach, development activist and serial entrepreneur. She is the Founder and Lead Consultant at Nankhonde Kasonde Consultancy, Founder and CEO at ZANGA African Metrics. She develops affordable, accessible coaching in Africa, with over 20 years of multicultural experience supporting international organizations and Governments across multiple sectors. Nankhonde is the winner of the 2021 Thinkers50 Marshall Goldsmith Coaching & Mentoring award.

 

Your host, Dr Natalie Lancer, is a Chartered Psychologist, coach and supervisor. She is the Deputy Chair and Secretary of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Coaching Psychology and an accredited member of the Association for Coaching. She is the host of this podcast series and invites you to email any comments to docp-tcppod@bps.org.uk

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