Bob Garvey

Bob Garvey is one of Europe’s leading academic practitioners of mentoring and coaching. He is an experienced mentor/coach working with a wide range of people in a variety of contexts.

Formerly Head of Research at York Business School, Bob has great experience in many different international organisations. Bob subscribes to the ‘repertoire’ approach to mentoring and coaching. He is in demand internationally as a keynote conference speaker.

Bob has a PhD from the University of Durham in the UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and has published many books and papers on mentoring and coaching. He is a founding member of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) and Honorary President of Coaching York (a social enterprise for coaching in the community). In 2014, the EMCC presented him with the Mentor award for services to mentoring. Also in 2014, he received a lifetime achievement award for contributions to mentoring from Coaching at Work and in 2019 he was Highly Commended for the Coaching at Work ‘External Coach/Mentor Award’. He is an active researcher and is currently researching the notion of coach maturity with an international team of researchers.

Master class “Three Process to help Clarify Understanding in Mentoring”

22 November 2021 (Monday) 13:00 – 14:00 (GMT)

Speaker:
Bob Garvey, Professor, Managing Partner, The Lio Partnership, UK

Auriel Majumdar

Auriel Majumdar is a Creative Mentor and Coach, Supervisor with more than 20 years’ experience as leader, strategist and change maker. Formerly Course Leader for the MSc. In Coaching and Mentoring at Sheffield Hallam University, Auriel now teaches on prestigious international programmes for mentors and coaches and specialises in training mentors in the cultural and creative sectors. Her coaching, mentoring, supervision and teaching practices have an emphasis on the use of creative techniques to challenge individuals and teams to reflect on their experiences so they can continuously learn and develop. Auriel is proud to be accredited by the EMCC as a Master Practitioner coach and supervisor and is a volunteer member of the EMCC Global Accreditation team.

Master class for mentors and mentees "Learning together through dialogue and reflection"

23 November 2021 (Tuesday) 13:00 – 13:55 (GMT)

Speaker:
Auriel Majumdar, Mentor, coach, supervisor in EMCC, UK

Lis Merrick

Following a successful career in Human Resources with senior posts for Merrill Lynch, European Investment Banking and The Thomas Cook Group, Lis moved into a consultancy career in mentoring and coaching. She is currently Managing Director of Coach Mentoring Limited and was the EMCC (European Mentoring and Coaching Council) UK President - June 2015 to June 2018.

Lis was voted: “Mentoring Person of the Year 2011/12” by Coaching at Work magazine in the UK.

Her experience in mentoring programme design and development is now internationally acclaimed, with over 200 mentoring programmes to her name.

She lectures at Sheffield Business School on the MSc Coaching and Mentoring and on Coach Mentoring Ltd.’s own Post Graduate Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring for Leadership in Organisations, in association with Leeds Business School. She holds an MBA and an MSc in Coaching and Mentoring from Sheffield Business School. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the Chartered Management Institute in the UK.

Trouble shooting session for YBI mentoring managers and partner programs in Central Asia and Russia

24 November 2021 (Wednesday) 13:30 – 14:30 (GMT)

Moderator:
Liz Merrick, Managing Director, Coach Mentoring Limited, UK