About the GCC Steering Committee
| Michael J Cavanagh, Ph.D. ClinPsych Coaching and Clinical Psychologist Deputy Director, Coaching Psychology Unit School of Psychology University of Sydney Australia, NSW 2006 Email: michael@psych.usyd.edu.au |
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Michael Cavanagh is a coaching practitioner and academic. With over 20 years experience in facilitating personal, group and organizational change, he has coached leaders and managers at all levels from a diverse range of public and private, national and multinational organizations. As an academic Michael’s primary role is as is Deputy Director of the Coaching Psychology Unit at the University of Sydney.
Among his other roles are:
| Professor David A Lane PhD, C.Psychol, FBPsS, FCIPD International Centre for the Study of Coaching Middlesex University/Professional Development Foundation 21, Limehouse Cut, 46 Morris Road, London E14 6NQ Email: david.lane@pdf.net www.pdf.net |
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Early career spent in Banking and in legal and later forensic practice, switching to education and academia, with periods as visiting Professor at Syracuse University and Middlesex University and honorary posts at University College London and City University London in addition to senior roles within business. For some twenty years I have acted as a consultant on organisational development for major corporations, and provided research forum and benchmarking projects on an international basis. Spent sometime as a Non Executive Director in a PLC company and as part of a buy out of a specialist expatriate management service and as the Director of the Professional Development Foundation. Have acted as a professional coach for senior management, including CEO levels for twenty+ years. I have published widely.
As Research Director of the International Centre for the Study of Coaching at Middlesex University I contribute to leading edge research in coaching as well as supervising leading coaches undertaking Doctoral research with the Centre. I also developed a Masters programme in Executive Coaching, which is now available in the USA, South Africa and the UK and the first Professional Doctorate programme in coaching.
I am currently Chair of the British Psychological Society Register of Psychologists Specialising in Psychotherapy and Convene the Psychotherapy Group of the European Federation of Psychologists Associations. My work with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council has been concerned with Codes of Conduct and Standards and kite marking of coach training. Working with the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches I have researched and developed the standards for the Certified Master Business Coach award. My contributions to counselling psychology led to the senior award of the BPS for “Outstanding Scientific Contribution.”
Dianne Stober, Ph.D. |
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Dianne Stober is an educator, practitioner, and scholar in the emerging area of coaching.
Dianne has been highly involved in the development of coaching as an emerging profession. She contributed to the design, implementation, and delivery of the coaching concentration in the Organizational Management and Development program at Fielding Graduate University, along with Fielding's Evidence-Based Coaching Certificate program. She also taught coaching courses for the University of Texas-Dallas and Colorado State University. Along with her colleague, Anthony Grant, she co-edited The Evidence-Based Coaching Handbook (Wiley, 2006). Dianne has presented and published her work in a wide variety of scholarly and professional venues such as the American Psychological Association, APA’s Division of Consulting Psychology, the Australian Evidence-Based Coaching Conference, the International Journal of Evidence-Based Coaching and Mentoring, International Journal of Coaching in Organizations, the Professional Coach and Mentor Association, and the International Coach Federation. She is on editorial boards for the International Coaching Psychology Review and the International Journal of Evidence-Based Coaching and Mentoring. Dianne is also the current Vice President of the Graduate School Alliance in Executive Coaching in North America and is a member of the Research Advisory Panel of The Foundation of Coaching. In addition to her academic pursuits, Dianne is an active coach and consultant. She has recently joined a consulting psychology firm specializing in workplace safety, Sentis USA, and is helping develop their leadership development and executive coaching practice. Dianne has worked with individuals across a range of fields from innovators in high-tech to university faculty to leaders in non-profit organizations.
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