Change is inevitable—but coaching through change requires resilience, self-awareness, and the right tools. This GAIOP session will highlight three unique perspectives on navigating transitions:
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Integrating self-care into coaching practices during organizational change.
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Equipping leaders with tools to handle difficult conversations effectively.
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Building resilience and grit as dynamic, coachable capacities for growth and adaptability.
All sessions offer research-based strategies, practical exercises, and reflective insights that attendees can bring directly into their coaching practice.
Delivery Mode
In-person
Intended Audience
This seminar is intended for a general audience at a postgraduate level; no specific content knowledge is required.
Learning Objectives
Based on the content of this session, participants will be able to:
- Recognize the role of self-care in organizational transitions and its impact on performance.
- Practice at least one self-care exercise that can be applied in coaching engagements.
- Apply tools for handling difficult conversations in real-time coaching scenarios.
- Explore how to model and teach the same conversation tools to leaders they support.
- Understand resilience and grit as coachable dimensions of leadership performance.
- Apply frameworks and interventions for strengthening resilience and adaptive grit.
Featured Topics
Coaching Through Changes: Integrating Self-Care into Organizational Transition
Dr. Carmy Aristor, PhD, MBA – Founder, Destined Horizons Mental Health Practice
This presentation explores how evidence-based self-care practices can be incorporated into coaching engagements during times of organizational transition. Drawing on recent research, participants will learn and practice a simple self-care technique while exploring strategies to embed wellness into organizational cultures.
Coaching Through Changes: Using Difficult Conversation Tools in Coaching
Dr. Michelle Streich, PhD – Organizational Psychologist & Executive Coach
Difficult conversations are a defining part of leadership—and effective coaching. This session provides a dual-lens perspective: first, how coaches can use specific tools to support leaders navigating tough conversations; and second, how those same tools can be modeled and applied within the coaching relationship itself.
Building Resilience & Grit in Clients: Advanced Strategies for Executive Coaches & I/O Psychologists
Dr. Bonnie J. Taylor, EdD, MBA – Leadership Consultant & Executive Coach
Resilience and grit have become cornerstones of leadership development, yet too often they are framed as simple traits rather than dynamic, coachable capacities. This session invites attendees to move beyond the buzzwords and engage with evidence-based strategies for cultivating sustainable resilience and adaptive grit in clients. Participants will examine resilience not just as “bouncing back,” but as “bouncing forward” toward growth, adaptability, and purposeful action. Along with a toolkit of applied frameworks and interventions ready for immediate integration into their coaching practice, participants will gain a deeper appreciation for resilience and grit as context-dependent dimensions of human performance and leadership.
Agenda
Continuing Education (CE) Credits
This seminar is eligible for 3.0 continuing education credits for psychologists. To qualify for these credits, the entire program must be attended. There is no partial credit available. SIOP will email CE letters 30 days after the session to the individuals who responded "Yes" to question #1 on the post-event evaluation.
For more information about continuing education for psychologists, please visit the American Psychological Association at http://www.apa.org/education/ce
Your Presenters
Dr. Carmy Aristor, PhD, MBA
Dr. Aristor is a recognized mental health expert, speaker, and advocate specializing in self-awareness, trauma recovery, and emotional empowerment. As founder of Destined Horizons Mental Health Practice, she leads a team of clinicians dedicated to supporting individuals through the intersections of mental wellness, identity, and purpose. With over a decade of experience as a psychotherapist and supervisor, she is known for her cultural insight and her ability to create spaces of deep healing.
Dr. Michelle Streich, PhD
Dr. Streich is an organizational psychologist who has coached hundreds of leaders and executives across industries including healthcare, finance, and manufacturing. Her expertise spans leadership development, succession planning, and team building, with a coaching approach that integrates self-awareness, behavioral feedback, and self-care practices. She is especially recognized for helping leaders manage difficult conversations effectively. She earned her PhD and Master’s in I-O Psychology from the University of Tulsa and is a licensed psychologist.
Dr. Bonnie J. Taylor, EdD, MBA
Dr. Taylor is a leadership consultant and executive coach with more than two decades of experience helping leaders and teams build resilience, self-efficacy, and adaptive capacity. Through her consulting and coaching practice, she equips individuals and organizations with the tools to navigate change, strengthen leadership pipelines, and foster environments where people thrive.