Evidence based medical and public health leadership and career coaching
I use a range of evidence based behavioural science and applied psychological interventions to improve outcomes in my work as an Executive Coach, Mentor and Career Counsellor, ensuring highly effective coaching programmes for medical and public health leadership, career counselling and career coaching, and staff development and team coaching.
I am trained to an advanced level in ‘3rd wave Cognitive Behaviour Therapies’ applied to the leadership and career coaching context, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT); these methods all focus on present moment awareness, compassion for self and others, values-based living and willingness to take action even in the face of difficulty. They address internal as well as external barriers to effecting change, ensuring that the impact of my coaching programmes are long-lasting.
Below is a summary of recent ACT in the Workplace References, it is growing rapidly. For a full list of ACT RCTs and Meta-analyses, click here.
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Bond, F. W. (forthcoming). How to create a flexible organisation: Scaling‐up ACT’s model of psychological flexibility. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Bond, F. W., & Bunce, D. (2000). Mediators of change in emotion‐focused and problem focused worksite stress management interventions. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 5, 156–163.
Bond, F. W., & Bunce, D. (2003). The role of acceptance and job control in mental health, job satisfaction, and work performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88, 1057–1067.
Bond, F.W., & Flaxman, P. E. (2006). The ability of psychological flexibility and job control to predict learning, job performance, and mental health. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 26, 113–130.
Bond, F. W., Flaxman, P. E., & Bunce, D. (2008). The influence of psychological flexibility on work redesign: Mediated moderation of a work reorganization intervention. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93, 645–654.
Bond, F. W., & Hayes, S. C. (2002). ACT at work. In F. W. Bond & W. Dryden (Eds.),
Handbook of brief cognitive behavior therapy (pp. 117–140). Chichester, England: Wiley.
Bond, F. W., Hayes, S. C., Baer, R. A., Carpenter, K. M., Guenole, N., Orcutt, H. K., … ZettleD. (2011). Preliminary psychometric properties of the Acceptance and Action
Questionnaire – II: A revised measure of psychological inflexibility and experiential avoidance. Behavior Therapy, 42, 676–688.
Bond, F. W., Lloyd, J., & Guenole, N. (2013). The work‐related acceptance and action questionnaire: Initial psychometric findings and their implications for measuring psychological flexibility in specific contexts. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 86, 331–347.
Bond FW, Lloyd J, Flaxman PE, Archer R. Psychological Flexibility and ACT at Work. In Bond et al. Hayes, Steven C. Zettle, Robert D. Biglan, Anthony Barnes-Holmes, Dermot. The Wiley Handbook of Contextual Behavioral Science; Wiley, 2015
Brinkborg, H., Michanek, J., Hesser, H., & Berglund, G. (2011). Acceptance and commitment therapy for the treatment of stress among social workers: A randomized controlled trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 49, 389–398.
Brown, K. W., & Ryan, R. M. (2003). The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well‐being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 822–848.
Ciarrochi, J., & Bailey, A. (2008). A CBT‐practitioner’s guide to ACT: How to bridge the gap between cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
Dahl, J. C., Plumb, J. C., Stewart, I., & Lundgren, T. (2009). The art and science of valuing in psychotherapy: Helping clients discover, explore, and commit to valued action using acceptance and commitment therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
Dahl, J., Wilson, K. G., & Nilsson, A. (2004). Acceptance and commitment therapy and the treatment of persons at risk for long‐term disability resulting from stress and pain symptoms:A preliminary randomized trial. Behavior Therapy, 35, 785–802.
De Board, R. (1978). The psychoanalysis of organisations: A psychoanalytic approach to behaviour in groups and organisations. London, England: Tavistock.
Donaldson‐Feilder, E. J., & Bond, F. W. (2004). The relative importance of psychological acceptance and emotional intelligence to workplace well‐being. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 32, 187–203.
Emery, F. E., & Trist, E. L. (1960). Sociotechnical systems. In C. W. Churchman and M. Verhulst (Eds.), Management science, models and techniques (vol. 2, pp. 83–97). Oxford, England: Pergamon.
Flaxman, P. E., Blackledge, J. T., & Bond, F. W. (2011). Acceptance and commitment therapy: The CBT distinctive features series. Hove, England: Routledge.
Flaxman, P. E., & Bond, F. W. (2010a). A randomised worksite comparison of acceptance and commitment therapy and stress inoculation training. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 48, 816–820.
Flaxman, P. E., & Bond, F. W. (2010b). Worksite stress management training: Moderated effects and clinical significance. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 15, 347–358.
Flaxman, P. E., Bond, F. W., & Livheim, F. (2013). The mindful and effective employee: An acceptance and commitment therapy training manual for improving well‐being and performance. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
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Harris, R. (2009). ACT made simple: An easy‐to‐read primer on acceptance and commitment therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
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Psychotherapists in clinical practice: Cognitive and behavioral perspectives (pp. 327–387).New York, NY: Guilford.
Hayes, S. C. (1993). Analytic goals and the varieties of scientific contextualism. In S. C. Hayes,J. Hayes, H. W. Reese, & T. R. Sarbin (Eds.), Varieties of scientific contextualism. Reno,NV: Context Press.
Hayes, S. C., Bissett, R., Roget, N., Padilla, M., Kohlenberg, B. S., Fisher, G., Masuda,
A., Pistorello, J., Rye, A. K., Berry, K., & Niccolls, R. (2004). The impact of acceptance and commitment training and multicultural training on the stigmatizing attitudes and professional burnout of substance abuse counselors. Behavior Therapy, 35, 821–835.
Hayes, S. C., Luoma, J. B., Bond, F. W., Masuda, A., & Lillis, J. (2006). Acceptance and Commitment therapy: Model, processes and outcomes. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44, 1–25.
Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K. D., & Wilson, K. G. (1999). Acceptance and commitment therapy: An experiential approach to behavior change. New York, NY: Guilford.
Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K., & Wilson, K. G. (2012). Acceptance and commitment therapy. New York, NY: Guilford.
Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K. D., Wilson, K. G., Bassett, R. T., Pastorally, J., Toarmino, D., & McCurry, S. M. (2004). Measuring experiential avoidance: A preliminary test of a working model. The Psychological Record, 54, 553–578.
Hayes, S. C., Villatte, M., Levin, M., & Hildebrandt, M. (2011). Open, aware, and active: Contextual approaches as an emerging trend in the behavioral and cognitive therapies.
Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 7, 141–168.
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Jeffcoat, T., & Hayes, S. C. (2012). A randomized trial of ACT bibliotherapy on the mental health of K‐12 teachers and staff. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 50, 571–579.
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Lloyd, J., Bond, F. W., & Flaxman, P. E. (2013). The value of psychological flexibility: Examining psychological mechanisms underpinning a cognitive behavioural therapy intervention for burnout. Work and Stress, 27, 181–199.
Luoma, J. B., Hayes, S. C., Twohig, M. P., Roget, N., Fisher, G., Padilla, M., … Kohlenber(2007). Augmenting continuing education with psychologically focused group consultation: Effects on adoption of group drug counseling. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 44, 463–469.
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Martin, R. L. (2009). The design of business: Why design thinking is the next competitive advantage. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business Press.
McCracken, L. M., & Yang, S. Y. (2008). A contextual cognitive‐behavioral analysis of rehabilitation workers’ health and well‐being: Influences of acceptance, mindfulness, and values based action. Rehabilitation Psychology, 53, 479–485.
Noone, S. J., & Hastings, R. P. (2009). Building psychological resilience in support staff caring for people with intellectual disabilities: Pilot evaluation of an acceptance‐based interventionJournal of Intellectual Disabilities, 13, 43–53.
Noone, S. J., & Hastings, R. P. (2010). Using acceptance and mindfulness based workshops with support staff caring for adults with intellectual disabilities. Mindfulness, 1, 67–73.
Noone, S. J., & Hastings, R. P. (2011). Values and psychological acceptance as correlates of burnout in support staff working with adults with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 4, 79–89.
Oliver, J. (2013). Passengers on a bus ‐ an acceptance & commitment therapy (ACT) metaphor. YouTube. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/1flviKM
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Stafford‐Brown, J., & Pakenham, K. I. (2012). The effectiveness of an ACT informed intervention for managing stress and improving therapist qualities in clinical psychology trainees. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 68, 592–613.
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Torneke, N. (2010). Learning RFT: An introduction to relational frame theory and its clinical application. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
Varra, A. A., Hayes, S. C., Roget, N., & Fisher, G. (2008). A randomized control trial examining the effect of acceptance and commitment training on clinician willingness to use evidence‐based pharmacotherapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 449–458.
Vilardaga, R., Luoma, J. B., Hayes, S. C., Pistorello, J., Levin, M. E., Hildebrandt, M. J., & Bond, F. (2011). Burnout among the addiction counseling workforce: The differential roles of mindfulness and values‐based processes and work‐site factors. Journal of SubstanceAbuse Treatment, 40, 323–335.
Zettle, R. D. (2007). ACT for depression: A clinician’s guide to using acceptance and commitment therapy in treating depression. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
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References relating to medical leadership and medical management courses
UK Government (2013) Report of the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry Volume 3: P1553, 24.184. London: The Stationery Office.
West, M., Borrill, C., Dawson, J., Scully, J., Carter, M., Anelay, S., Patterson, M., Waring, J. (2002) The link between the Management of People & Patient Mortality in Acute Hospitals. International Journal of Human Resources Management, 13(8), 1299-1310
Shipton H., Armstrong, C., West, M., Dawson, J. (2008) The impact of leadership and quality climate on hospital performance. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 20(6), 439-445
Borrill, C., West, M., Shapiro, D., & Rees, A. (2000). Team working and effectiveness in health care. British Journal of Health Care Management, 6(8), 364-371.
Spurgeon, P., Mazelan, P., Barwell, F.(2012) Why physician involvement can inspire higher performing healthcare. Health Services Journal.
West, M., Dawson, J. Admasachew, L.; & Topakas, A. (2011) NHS Staff Management and Health Service Quality: Results from the NHS Staff Survey and Related Data. Department of Health.
Spurgeon, P, Mazelan, P and Barwell, F. (2011) Medical engagement: a crucial underpinning to organizational performance, Health Service Journal, 24(3), 114-120
Faculty of Occupational Medicine (2010) Occupational Health Service Standards for Accreditation. London: FOM.
The Committee on standards in Public Life (1995) The 7 principles of public life.
General Medical Council (2013) Good Medical Practice. London: GMC.
General Medical Council (2012) Leadership and management for all doctors London, GMC.
