Webinar: Grit Breakthrough Programmes - The Power of Coaching
In this webinar, Ellie Garraway (CEO, Grit Breakthrough Programmes) explores the power of adopting a coaching approach for higher education professionals work to enhance the student experience. The session covers the practicalities of coaching and outlines what it looks like in practice, from thinking of coaching as a mindset rather than a set of tools, to the importance of listening and the art of asking skilful questions.
About Grit Breakthrough Programmes
Grit Breakthrough Programmes deliver intensive personal development programmes for staff and students in over 30 universities across the UK. Their programmes are all about creating a space where participants can explore their own blindspots: limiting thought patterns that are getting in the way of them achieving and experiencing what they really want for themselves. There is a strong coaching ethos that runs throughout Grit’s work, they are not about fixing or giving answers, they strongly believe human beings have everything they need to move forwards, they just might need the right challenge and the right support to make it happen. If you want to read the evaluative data on Grit’s impact on belonging, self-efficacy, engagement, retention and attainment, you can do so here.
About the speaker
Ellie Garraway is Grit’s Chief Executive and started out in the theatrical world before arriving at Grit in 2000.
Originally a practitioner, she quickly turned her hand to creating our work in schools, and has been designing and developing programmes ever since. She has a passion for seeing people liberated from their limitations and it is this that continues to fascinate and motivate her.
Made Head of Operations in 2008, Chief Operating Officer in 2013 and CEO in 2020. Ellie has recently gained an MSc in Positive Psychology and an MBA from Warwick University Business School. She is also a Level 5 qualified Transformational Coach.
She is a mum of two brilliant teenagers, runs long distances for fun and loves a good read.