The University of British Columbia (UBC), ranked among the top 20 public universities in the world, received the 2018 „International Prism Award’s Honourable Mention“ (finalist in second place) from the International Coach Federation.
This expresses a prestigious honour that recognizes the impact of UBC’s coaching programs in a number of areas, from personal development to shaping the organizational culture and addressing strategic goals.
Throughout the past decade and a half, budget shares have shifted toward coaching and away from traditional workshop-based training. Today, UBC’s employees all have equal opportunity to receive one-on-one coaching.
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A year earlier, EY – formerly Ernst & Young – received the same award for its coaching culture. The global director for Leadership & Team Coaching Practice said: “Whatever we invest in, we know that if we back it with coaching, we’re going to get a greater return on that investment.”
With regard to their executive-level management programme the new model emphasizes high-quality conversation, reflection, and learning from the past to plan for the future.
