When fully integrated, coaching changes the way organizations grow people from the first day until the last. Coaching skills enable early managers to provide feedback and grow their people; internal coaches empower leaders to lead with clarity and purpose day-to-day; external coaches help senior executives find the best in themselves and the vision to drive the organization forward.

Corporate partners and internal coaches who are trying to make an impact in their organizations will often seek our advice in scaling coaching concepts and practices across their organization. The most common question is, “Where do we begin?”

This Coaching Conversation will explore how organizations are achieving this in a variety of innovative ways and the impact they are experiencing.

The Panel

Pam McLean

Cofounder & CEO, Hudson Institute of Coaching

A preeminent authority on coaching, transformation learning, and transition and change in the adult journey, Pamela McLean, Ph.D. has been at the forefront of the field of the emerging field of coaching for the past 30 years. As CEO and co-founder of the Hudson Institute of Coaching, Pam oversees and ensures Hudson provides the highest-quality coach training to seasoned professionals and leaders, as well as consulting to organizations worldwide. 

Pam is the author and co-author of several books, articles and white papers focused on coaching, human development and transformational learning. She most recently authored The Completely Revised Handbook of Coaching and is the co-author of the well-known book on transition and change, LifeLaunch, A Passionate Guide to the Rest of Your Life, and most recently Self As Coach, Self As Leader.

Jeanne Smith

Coaching Culture Architect, Sr. Executive Coach at Procore, CPCC, PCC

“As a Coaching Culture Architect, my vision has been to offer everyone in our organization a greater understanding of what it means to lean into asking vs. telling, and to recognize not only the valuable impact to our business with this mindset and approach but more importantly how it fuels our hearts for a genuine connection with our own curiosity towards personal and professional growth.”

Arfan Qureshi

Senior Director, Talent, Organizational Development & Culture at Campbell Soup Company

Arfan has a proven track record in the diagnosis, design, delivery, and assessment of Organizational and Learning and Development interventions at a number of Fortune 500 companies such as Campbell Soup Company, Comcast, and The Hershey Company.

Jason Miller

Hudson Faculty Member, MA, PCC

Jason evokes leaders, teams, and organizations to access and express their unique inner purpose, aimed at generating the greatest impact in the world. He facilitates a deeper, more trusted connection to our natural human creative essence. He has 25+ years of experience in coaching and developing people for transcendent change, always leveraging life itself as a lab for continuous self-learning and growth.