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growtHEdge: an introduction to the coaching pathway.

Dr Clare Kell

Clare Kell Consulting

https://clarekellconsulting.co.uk/

Hello! I'm Clare Kell, Lead HE Consultant at Clare Kell Consulting.

I have over 30 years experience working as a physiotherapy lecturer, educational developer and Director. These experiences of both supporting colleagues and navigating my own journey have sparked the development of GrowtHEdge which has been co-developed with Prof Karen Heard Laureote of KHL Consulting.

Together we have created GrowtHEdge and then two pathways of development: Karen is offering a mentoring route, and I’ve developed more of a coaching approach.

We both offer self-directed and collaborative packages so hopefully there is something for everyone.

Karen’s details are at the end of this presentation and in the PowerPoint notes for this slide: Professor Karen Heard-Lauréote: https://khlconsulting.co.uk/ KHL Consulting Ltd www.linkedin.com/in/profkhl

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A bit of a plan:

Why growtHEdge?
Share the core elements of the two options.
Answer some questions you may have.
Share my contact details if you’d like to get in touch for a chat.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DwndFQ1Yn2qxApypuvuFGvle8B9JFUoI/view?usp=drive_link

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Why growtHEdge?

Designed for HE professionals whose role expectations can clash with personal values.
Centred on you and your framing values: defining your authentic professional self.
Thinking of your role / envisioned role in terms of:

Intrapreneurship.
Entrepreneurship +
Extrapreneurship (and Unique Values Proposition).

How to notice, plan for, and work within tensions.
Values-explicit recognition, celebration and routes to development.

So why growtHEdge?

From personal experience we have felt the opportunities, but also the challenges, of senior leadership and education development roles where mandates from others can feel in tension with personal values and felt the wellbeing struggles that ensue.

We have also been challenged to find CPD for ourselves and our teams that do more than focus on specific skills: working in the third space is complex and CPD must recognise and support this.

These struggles led us to the literature around intra, entre and extra preneurship - and our ahha moments lead to GrowtHEdge: a values first approach to CPD that starts with you, what matters to you and then explores development and career opportunities that connect, support, and enable challenge and growth.

If you’d like to learn more about where growtHEdge came from you can find links to our blogs and opinion piece in the notes for this slide:

Heard-Lauréote, K., & Kell, C. (2025). Developing the developers: A values-first approach to Educational Developer growth. Innovations in Education and Teaching International https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/XA8QGDV6DBCY6AM2H4QW/full?target=10.1080/14703297.2025.2530128

Heard-Lauréote, K., & Kell, C. (2024). Proposing a framework to empower Educational Developers and support their ongoing professional Development. SEDA Spring Conference, Liverpool May 16-17 https://www.seda.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/HEARD-LAUREOTE-Spring-2024.pdf

Heard-Lauréote, K., & Kell, C. (2023). Intrapreneur, entrepreneur or extrapreneur, or all three? Making visible hidden skills and personal development journeys in third space professional leadership roles. Third Space Perspectives: Exploring Integrated Practice. Available at: https://www.thirdspaceperspectives.com/blog/intrapreneurentrepreneur

Heard-Lauréote, K., & Kell, C. (2023). Navigating the Transition: From Third Space to Independent Educational Consulting. Third Space Perspectives: Exploring Integrated Practice. Available at: https://www.thirdspaceperspectives.com/blog/navigatingthetransition

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The coaching pathways in a nutshell:

Fully self-directed.

2 hours 1:1
beginning, middle, end.
8 stand-alone resources to work through over 6 focussed tasks.
Rough commitment 2 hours per task.
Average 6-8 weeks.

Collaborative Values-in-focus.

5 hours 1:1
Focussed ‘Unique Values Proposition’ session.
12 resources.
Connected co-created action planning and iterative reflection.

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The core of both options:

Discovery call.
Step 1: Personalising your study 1:1.
Step 2: Completing the GrowtHEdge toolkit. c4 weeks, 4 tasks.
Step 3: Show and share 1:1.
Step 4: Revisit, review and preparation. c2 weeks.
Step 5: Detailed show and share.
Step 6: 3/12 check-in.

UVP 1: 1

Completing your GrowtHEdge concept map + follow-up reflection.

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Is it for me? What will I have to do?

Making visible.
Scaffolded reflection.
Space for safe conversation.
Support for options scoping and planning.

Personal.

Celebratory.

Build in rest / refreshment.

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Coaching approach: ClareMKell1@gmail.com

Mentoring approach:

Professor Karen Heard-Lauréote: KHL Consulting Ltd www.linkedin.com/in/profkhl