On this Special Edition for Climate Coaching Action Day, we’re joined by the phenomenal David Clutterbuck. He describes himself as “one of the last men standing in coaching” having been involved in coaching and mentoring for over forty years. An avid scribbler, he’s written over seventy books and is a fountain of all knowledge around everything coaching.
He shares memories of the outdoors from scaling a cliff on a beach visit aged four, his sixtieth birthday adventures climbing Mount Clutterbuck in the Canadian Rockies, trekking alone through Ireland and his regret that he hasn’t taken a party of executives and coaches to the Kalahari Desert to walk, talk, be alone and sit around a fire….yet!
We touch on the influence of COVID on our use of the outdoors, the concept of personal reflective space and the aspect of walking side-by-side.
As part of Climate Coaching Action Day we then focus on how our actions as human beings and coaches impact climate change. This includes:
• Carbon off-set ‘fee’ for travel to coaching clients
• Climate benefits of virtual coaching and reducing international travel commitments
• Client perceptions of coaching outdoors
• Possible impact of climate activists if they had more coaching skills
He also describes one of this current projects to create five million school aged coaches to encourage students to be more effective human beings. Keep an eye out for more details on this initiative which will be released later in 2021, which includes resources for students such as “How to mentor your parents!”
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David Clutterbuck is one of the early pioneers of developmental coaching and mentoring and co-founder of the European Mentoring & Coaching Council. Author of more than 70 books, including the first evidence-based titles on coaching culture and team coaching, he is visiting professor at four business schools. He leads a global network of specialist mentoring and coaching training consultants, Coaching and Mentoring International.
