Published Articles by Wendy Wilson & Dr. Carmelina Lawton Smith

Coaching for Uncertain Times: The value of coaching for organisations in changing times

In this news article we explore how we are currently coaching in uncertain times and discuss the value of coaching for organisations in changing times. .... Read more →

SpotCoaching: A new approach to coaching for organisations operating in the VUCA environment

SpotCoaching undertook a study to evaluate the outcomes of a new delivery format for coaching in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environment .... Read more →

Your Call (SpotCoaching TalkTalk)

The telecom industry is hugely competitive and the margin for error is small. TalkTalk knew it needed to develop the right culture to stay ahead of the game, so now coaching is available for every employee, says Wendy Wilson and Dr Carmelina Lawton Smith. .... Read more →

Practitioner Journals

Lawton Smith, C. (2019). Research Matters – Employee Resilience: The value of coaching.Coaching at Work, Mar/Apr Vol. 14, No 2 pp 56-57.

Lawton Smith, C. (2018). ‘The Art in Mentoring’ Coaching at Work, Jan/Feb Vol. 13, No 1 pp 40-44.

Conferences and Events

Oxford Brookes University Business School, 20^th February, 2021 – Guest lecture: Setting Up a Coaching Business (Wilson)

Health and Wellbeing Conference, Birmingham NEC, 10^th March 2020 - Coaching as a Route to Resilience (Lawton Smith & Wilson) 

Lawton Smith, C. Paper Presented. ‘Spot Coaching’, South West Coaching and Mentoring Pool: Annual Conference, Taunton Race Course, 20^th. June 2017

Lawton Smith, C. & Wilson, W. Paper Presented: Coaching for Everyone. Special Group in Coaching Psychology 5^th International Congress of Coaching, Breaking New Ground, London, UK, 10-11 December 2015

Recent news & articles

Coaching as a route to resilience and well-being

This article brings together our current state of knowledge about how coaching might support resilience. It reviews relevant research and summarises some of the alternative approaches that may be applicable to coaching for resilience. .... Read more →

Coaching for Leadership Resilience: An integrated approach

Lawton Smith, C. (2017) "Coaching for Leadership Resilience: An integrated approach", International Coaching Psychology Review, Vol. 12 No. 1. Pp.6-23 .... Read more →

Spot-Coaching: A new approach to coaching for organisations operating in the VUCA environment

Wilson, W. and Lawton Smith, C. (2016). ‘‘Spot-Coaching: A new approach to coaching for organisations operating in the VUCA environment’ .... Read more →

New Report Highlights Importance Of Engaging Middle Managers To Fuel Business Growth

SpotCoaching are sharing an article which was originally published on Engage for Success and explores the importance of engaging middle managers to fuel business growth .... Read more →

The VUCA of BREXIT

SpotCoaching share this article which was published on Agility Code and asks key questions on what impact Brexit will bring .... Read more →

CIPD conference review: how can HR shape the future of work?

SpotCoaching is sharing a news article published by Personnel Today and looks at how HR can respond to the rapidly changing future of work .... Read more →