Presenter: Joan Evans, Chief of Staff, Cone Health
"I am passionate about helping others to regain the balance in their lives. Our world is too fragile for us not to be focused on how we learn, and how we must change our ontology in order to live more satisfying lives at work, at home, and in our communities." — Julio Ollalla, Founder of Newfield Network
Ontological Coachingis a professional practice based on understanding how people function in their personal and professional lives and it examines the different ways people learn, communicate and change. In a broader context, Ontological Coaching addresses the issues that can arise in how people operate within those parameters (learning, communicating and changing) which limit their interpersonal effectiveness. In this program, we will explore how individuals explore their environment and how each person’s uniqueness creates a different interpretation of events from those around them.
Two important frameworks will be presented:
1. the Observer-Action-Result Model (OAR)
2. the coherence of Body / Emotion / Language (BEL Model) and practice applying these frameworks to coaching. This program will also cover core concepts of ontological coaching: speech acts, language distinctions, the drift and assessments and interpretations.
Benefits to Coaches Attending: The Coach in the ontological approach has learned to become a Human Observer, and in that role guides the coachee in learning to become an Observer of their own body, moods, language and emotions. By doing so the coachee can become more aware and through that awareness make choices that are beneficial to their life goals. Participants in the program will learn about the frameworks and approaches of this approach to coaching.
Presenter: Joan Evans, MBA,serves as Chief of staff at Cone Health. In this role, she provides leadership on initiatives and support to advance the CEO's agenda for Cone Health. She serves as his trusted advisor and manages strategic projects and other work critical to the successful execution of the strategic plan and brand promise. Previously, Evans was executive vice president of innovation and transformation at Cone Health.
In 2001, Joan started the Department of Organizational Development at Cone Health and was responsible for developing leadership competencies, a leadership development curriculum and a robust succession planning program for executive leaders. She was also responsible for designing and implementing an organization-wide coaching practice certifying Cone leaders to expand capacity of the OD department and building a culture of coaching and people development.Evans assisted the National Center for Healthcare Leadership develop an inter-organizational coach exchange model to supplement internal coaching capacity at large health systems nationwide.
Joan is a graduate of the NeuroLeadership Institute™ with a certification in neuro-leadership. Joan completed her coach training at the Newfield Network under the tutelage of Julio Ollalla and is a certified ontological executive coach.