Colin Wood
Education
Oxford Brookes University
Master's degree, Coaching and Mentoring 2012-01-01 - 2014-01-01
Bond University
MBA, Business Science 2001-01-01 - 2002-01-01
South African Institute of Management (SAIM)
Diploma, Business Managment 1997-01-01 - 1998-01-01
Churchill High School
, 1982-01-01 - 1989-01-01
Oxford Brookes University
PhD, Coaching & Mentoring 2019-01-01 -Work Experience
Arete Integral
Current
Arete Integral
Hillside Primary School
2011-09-01 - 2013-07-01
Hillside Primary School
W2 Ltd
2007-02-01 - 2013-05-01
W2 Ltd
Blue Pencil
2005-12-01 - 2007-01-01
Blue Pencil
T-Systems International
2000-10-01 - 2005-11-01
T-Systems International
Evolution
1998-11-01 - 2000-09-01
Evolution
Edcon
1998-03-01 - 1998-10-01
Edcon
Skills
Summary
Over 23 years of experience in consulting, management, leadership and coaching in about a dozen industries, two masters’ degrees, one in coaching and mentoring and the other in business (MBA), and now focussed on leadership development and coaching. I believe that making changes to lives, whether individuals or groups is about as important as it gets. My passion for understanding how people grow originated in coaching sessions of my own, nearly 20 years ago as a young manager. What began back then was a process, not only of understanding and co-operating with personal and professional change at the time, but one that allowed the assimilation of change as a phenomenon and an ever-present force into life itself. Ken Wilber's AQAL Integral model has a strong influence on my pratice and philosophy and I specialise in the adaptation and application of this model for organisations and leaders. Alongside the application in practice, I am an advocate for the evolution of the coaching profession, conducting and presenting research to contribute to the growth and professionalism of coaching and mentoring. Some people manage to grow gracefully and apparently effortlessly - I am not one of them. Gaining developmental altitude is hard and pointless without purpose.
