ICFLA 2025 Annual Chapter Meeting
Virtual - OnlineAnnual Chapter Meeting
Date: Monday, December 8, 2025
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Pacific Time
This year’s Los Angeles Chapter Annual Meeting is a special occasion for our members to connect, reflect, and celebrate the collective impact of our chapter. Together, we honor the innovation, resilience, and leadership demonstrated by the Board, as well as the transformative work across our coaching community.
Sales Call Success: Position Yourself for a “Yes” Before You Even Say “Hello”
Virtual - OnlineSales Call Success: Position Yourself for a "Yes" Before You Even Say "Hello"
Speaker: Michelle Rockwood, ACC
CCEs: 0.5 Core Competencies & 1.0 Resource Development
Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Time: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Pacific Time
Drawing from her years of high-ticket sales experience, Michelle will give us an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at how top industry professionals get clients excited to book calls, show up on time, and be ready to buy!
Leading with a Coaching Mindset Virtual Cafe
Leading with a Coaching Mindset Virtual Cafe
Host: Dr. Damian Goldvarg, MCC, ACTC, ESIA
Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Pacific Time
This event offers a unique opportunity to explore the art of coaching and its ethical, impactful application to leadership roles. This is more than a discussion—it's a space to grow, connect, and unlock the potential of coaching in your everyday work.
New Coaches Cafe
Virtual - OnlineNew Coaches Cafe (Virtual)
Hosts: Alex Ojeda, ACC, Leadership and Men’s Coach, and Anais Babajanian, ACC, Business Coach and Strategist
Date: Thursday, December 18, 2025
Time: 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Pacific Time
Are you a new coach and have been in practice for less than three years? Once a month, we will meet to discuss what challenges each of us is facing in our business and share tips, knowledge, and resources to support and uplift one another.
West San Fernando Valley Coaching Cafe
Game N’ Grounds 21727 Devonshire St., Chatsworth, CA, United StatesWest San Fernando Valley Coaching Cafe
Facilitators: Camille McKinney, Leadership Coach, and Jen Wilson, PCC
Date: Friday, December 19, 2025
Time: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Pacific Time
Whether you are an experienced coach, just launching your practice or coach curious, a Coaching Cafe is for YOU! Attending a Cafe is an informal opportunity to build relationships and share ideas.
From Proposal to Partnership: Creating Coaching Contracts that Build Trust and Value
Virtual - OnlineFrom Proposal to Partnership: Creating Coaching Contracts that Build Trust and Value
Speaker: Brenda Baird, MCC
Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 2025
Time: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Pacific Time
CCEs: 1.5 Resource Development
This session, led by Brenda Baird, MCC, CMC, Executive Leadership and Mentor Coach, explores how contracts and proposals establish boundaries, clarify roles, and reflect a coach’s mindset and accountability.
Build Your Business SIG
Virtual - OnlineBuild Your Business Special Interest Group (SIG)
Host: Gretchen Hydo, MCC
Date: Thursday, January 22, 2026
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Pacific Time
CCEs: 1.0 Resource Development
Join Gretchen for an interactive 60-minute workshop where you’ll learn a straightforward, step-by-step approach to engaging potential clients and leading powerful enrollment conversations—without ever feeling salesy, pushy, or out of integrity. You’ll learn what to say, how to say it, and how to stay in leadership throughout the conversation so clients feel supported, not pressured.
January 2026 C³ Chapter Event
Hotel Angeleno 170 N Church Lane, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesICFLA C³ (Connect, Create, Celebrate) Chapter Event
The Ask It Basket: Start 2026 With Clarity, Confidence, and Coaching Wisdom You Can’t Get Anywhere Else
Hosts: Gretchen Hydo, MCC, and Edward Vicedo, MCC
Date: Thursday, January 22, 2026
Time: 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM Pacific Time
CCEs: 1.5 Core Competency and 1.5 Resource Development
Location: Hotel Angeleno, 170 N Church Ln, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Kick off the year by asking the questions that will truly move your business forward as you join us for an hors d'oeuvre reception, extraordinary networking, and collective coach wisdom to grow your coaching skills and business.
AI and Coaching: Bridging Fear, Curiosity, and the Future of Our Profession
Virtual - OnlineAI and Coaching: Bridging Fear, Curiosity, and the Future of Our Profession
Speaker: Dr. Sheila Boysen-Rotelli, MCC
Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Time: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Pacific Time
CCEs: 1.5 Resource Development
This session invites coaches to move beyond fear toward informed curiosity, exploring what AI is truly capable of today, where it outperforms and underperforms humans, and how it can become an ally in expanding the impact of coaching.
Executive Coaching Special Interest Group
Virtual - OnlineExecutive Coaching Special Interest Group
Creating Our Learning List
Hosts: Tom Henschel, Executive Coach and Susan Smalley, CPCC, PCC
Co-host: Desiree Briel Rodi, ACC
CCEs: 1.0 Core Competency and 0.5 Resource Development
Date: Friday, February 13, 2026
Time: 9:00 am – 10:30 am Pacific Time
Upon conclusion of this meeting, participants will have identified professional development topics they'd like to explore, set learning goals for the year, and strengthened their community.