Di Henning
Following a career as an educator in an Australian education system, becoming a leader as principal and then in a role at system level, Di has worked with Growth Coaching International (GCI) since 2006 as an executive coach, coach trainer and coach supervisor. Di has facilitated all GCI’s signature coaching courses including Introduction to Leadership Coaching and Coaching Accreditation Program, and has been engaged in course design and review.
As a Senior Coach Practitioner with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC), Di provides executive coaching for leaders in the education sector. She is committed to enabling leaders to experience the value of being coached so they become passionate about building coaching cultures within their school or college. She brings her extensive knowledge and experience of coaching to conversations with school leaders about creating coaching cultures to better support the work of teachers.
With a Coach Supervisor credential in addition to her coaching credential (EMCC), Di has shifted her focus towards supporting leaders trained in coaching to transfer their coaching learning into practice; to build their confidence and competence as coaches and to ensure they can maintain fidelity with coaching principles and practice. Di provides individual supervision enabling a coach to explore and learn from their own practice thus developing their reflective competence, a capacity integral to coaching effectiveness. She is also a facilitator of Reflective Practice a GCI process of group supervision for both in-school and open entry groups.
As Lead Consultant Coach Development, Di supports the learning and development of GCI Consultants as supervisor, mentor and coach, facilitating the in-house Reflective Practice process required for all GCI Consultants as well as leading Coaching Induction for new GCI Consultants. She received the GCI Mandy O’Bree Award in 2021 in recognition of her contribution to people development.
Di has presented at ACEL and GCI conferences including the 2022 and 2023 Conferences where she has presented on Coach as Reflective Practitioner and Coach Supervision.
Special Interest Areas
- Coach Supervision
- Coaching as a leadership stance
- Leadership coaching & mentoring
- Reflective competence of coaches
- Coaching cultures for teacher agency
Qualifications and Memberships
- EMCC Accredited Coach at Senior Practitioner Level
- EMCC Accredited Coach Supervisor
- Fellow of Australian Council for Educational Leaders (FACEL)
- Solution Focused Business Professional Certificate, University Wisconsin, Milwaukee
- Accredited GCI Coach
- Certified Cognitive Coach (Centre for Cognitive Coaching, USA)
- Bachelor of Arts; Graduate Diploma of Education; Graduate Diploma of Librarianship (UTAS)
- Accredited Practitioner: Human Synergistics Lifestyle Inventory; GENOS International Emotionally Intelligent Leadership Survey; DiSC® Management Profile; Global Leadership Wellbeing Survey
References:
Gray, A., Henning, D. and McIver, Carey. (2021). Solution-Focused Coaching Supervision: What is it all about? Coaching Perspectives, The Association for Coaching Global Magazine. October 21, Issue 31, pp. 23-25.
