Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 12:00 PM
The “Tridemic” of COVID-19, violence, and isolation significantly increased coaching encounters with extreme emotion, fatigue, and “atypical” behaviors. This can manifest as distrust, a breakdown in communication, demoralization, and disconnection at a time when advanced leadership is most necessary. Across industries, executives are seeking organizational tools to navigate through this trauma-filled time. They seek a framework that mitigates damage, increases individual and institutional engagement, and facilitates intra- or post-traumatic growth through healing-centered engagement.
Coaches need to be accessible, reliable, and to remain firmly within the coaching scope of practice when working with clients to move beyond toxic stress and harm. Grounding in trauma-informed principles and trauma-responsive practices encourages the coach to tap into deeper listening skills and more meaningful engagement, thus providing clients with a deeper, broader experience and toolkit.
Kemia Sarraf, MD, MPH, RCC, TIPC, or “Dr. K,”completed her Doctor of Medicine and Master of Public Health at the University of Utah, and her internal medicine residency at Washington University School of Medicine. Her career spans more than two decades and has included medical practice and education, trauma-responsive executive coaching and leadership training programs, public health programming, multiple board positions in the public and private sector, and farming.
Ann V. Deaton, PCC, PhD, TIPC, CTPC, earned her master’s and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, specializing in neuropsychology and health psychology. Her first career was as a clinical neuropsychologist in health care settings. Ann has authored two books about group and team coaching: Being Coached: Group & Team Coaching from the Inside and VUCA Tools for a VUCA World: Developing Leaders and Teams for Sustainable Results.