My focus is to help those who coach through coach supervision and others (leaders and followers) to improve their collaborative skills through the idea of 'responsible conversation' - see https://www.responsiblepm.com/responsible-conversations . In essence the learning is to hold space for open dialogue between people and to trust in others having their own wisdom to set their own direction and make their own decisions.Are you a 'techie' who finds soft skills a bit too 'soft' yet 'hard'?Are you a coach who is driven to help their clients even more and might enjoy a supervision group?I adapt to others' missions and enjoy a group's bigger purpose: easier than driving my own goals, but still enjoy my independence for critical thinking. In the 21st Century complexity.I'm taking more interest in philosophy; the search for meaning through supporting others has become even stronger. This year I have coached individuals, supervised and mentored coaches and helped project managers to mentor or be mentored, sometimes in groups. I love group work and clients who're driven by purpose(s) and also recognise that every human situation is complex and we don't always know the answer.Who is Shirley? Objectively:A professional Project Manager/Coach for hire; 'Dr Shirley with coaching/mentoring research interests: doctorate research title "how project managers develop soft skills through coach practice". Doctorate conferred in 2019.A PMI UK volunteer: long time involvement in the Mentoring programme for members Subjectively: I feel confident in my soft skills model. I learned confusing theory about soft skills through academic study. I learned practical soft skills through acting as a coach; you can too. Coaching skills/philosophy are powerful tools for anyone involved in distributed leadership environments such as projects, where relationships and feedback matter. 'Internal' processing is just as relevant to explore as 'external' behaviour.I'm proud of professional & academic credentials:Doctorate in Coaching and Mentoring 2019 (Oxford Brookes),Certified PM: PMP since 2002,Certified Coach: ACC credential with ICF in 2014,MSc Software Engineering 2000 (Oxford Uni),BSc Engineering Science 1973 (Warwick Uni).I'm proud of a technical career: the perfect roles of Test lead and PM for me 1991-2005, from manager 1988-1991, from software engineer, from software development planner (Requirements expert), from hardware development engineer (Yes logic and chip design!) Specialties: Motivational Maps, NL P Practitioner, Team Coaching Supervision