What the world needs now is beyond coaching.
WHAT ARE THE FIVE MATURITIES?
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The world in which coaching was born is not the world we live in now. We need new approaches to coaching which take us beyond formulas and new approaches to developing coaches which take us beyond competency models.
No singular role or profession is enough to address the complex needs we face. The Five Maturities is based in David's 20 years of pioneering thought leadership in the coaching space.
The Five Maturities offers a framework for practitioners who (want to) work in ways which include yet transcend coaching.
- They invest in their maturation so they can compassionately and courageously stand at the thresholds that are before us.
- They blend inner and outer work, enlightenment and pragmatism — knowing that each informs the other.
- They sense and get to the crux of issues quickly; they work directly with what is present in the moment.
- They bring all of who they are and what they know to their work to address what people need most right now.
The Five Maturities Report
David has written extensively on developing masterful coaches. He brought it all together in his groundbreaking report, “The Five Maturities: A New Paradigm for Coach Development” and available here.
Early support for the paper came from the Institute of Coaching at Harvard. David ran two standing-room-only sessions at the 2024 conference. He has presented globally on elements of this work for more than a decade.Â
The report offers new ways of thinking about coaching, what is beyond coaching, and how to develop the practitioners and practices the world needs now.
The report highlights why we need to (1) move beyond competency models, (2) think sociologically not just psychologically; (3) address critical client factors; and (4) develop more mature practitioners and more integrative practices.
Access The ReportNothing will take one further from the truth of [our] heroes than slavish imitation. Their individuation task has already been accomplished. Our duty is to risk living our lives as fully as they have risked living their truths.
-Â James Hollis
The Five Maturities Project
David is seeking practitioners, and educators interested in taking this work forward, like he is with an EMCC Global PPD team.
He is looking for opportunities to present on this work, like he has recently at conferences in Finland, Germany, Spain, UK, and US.
He is looking for opportunities to publish on this work, like he is for a book with GSAEC and a book with a Swiss university.Â
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Presentations on this work         Â
Association for Coaching
Association of National Organisations for Supervision in Europe
Australian Psychological Society
British Psychological Society
Coaching.com
European Mentoring and Coaching CouncilÂ
European School of Management & Technology
Fielding Graduate University
Institute of CoachingÂ
International Coach Federation
International Congress of Coaching Psychology
Melbourne Business School
Oxford-Brookes University
Rotterdam School of Management
Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology
University of Amsterdam
University of Applied Sciences NW Switzerland
University of Copenhagen
University of Jyväskylä
University of Sydney
University of Wollongong
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