Events
Valley Village Coaching Cafe
Valley Village Coaching Cafe
Facilitators: Paul Sanbar, MCC, ESIA
Date: Friday, October 16, 2026
Time: 3:00 pm - 4:30 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.
Latine Coaches Virtual Cafe
Latine Coaches Virtual Cafe
Facilitators: Alex Ojeda, PCC and Elaine Padilla, PCC, and Mónica O. Duarte, PCC
Date: Monday, October 19, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Pacific Time
The ICF Los Angeles and ICF San Francisco Bay Area chapters are partnering to launch this Virtual Café, a gathering space created to connect, uplift, and amplify Latine coaches by centering their lived experiences, cultural perspectives, and professional journeys.
Group and Team Coaching SIG
Group and Team Coaching SIG
Host: Marielle Hajducko, PCC
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am Pacific Time
CCEs: TBD
The Group & Team Coaching SIG is a space for coaches who are working with, or considering moving into, group and team coaching and want to sharpen their understanding and practice through real-world conversation and shared learning.
October 2026 C³ Chapter Event
Trends in Coaching: What’s Changing, What’s Human, and What’s Next
Speakers: Charlotte Jordan, CEO of Coaching.com, and Michael Welsh, Head of People, Programs & Strategy at OpenAI
Host: Susan Smalley, PCC, CPCC
CCEs: 1.0 Core Competency & 1.5 Resource Development
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Time: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Pacific Time
Location: Hotel Angeleno, 170 N Church Ln, Los Angeles, CA 90049
As AI and evolving organizational needs reshape coaching, human coaches have a powerful opportunity to redefine their value. Join an engaging conversation on what’s changing, what organizations will expect next, and how coaches can evolve their practice for the future.
Central Coast Coaching Cafe
Central Coast Coaching Cafe
Facilitator: Diana Ideus, MCC
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 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.
Westside Coaching Cafe
Westside Coaching Cafe
Facilitators: Greta Petruska CPC, ELI-MP and Claire Campion, Career Transition Coach for Women
Date: Thursday, October 22, 2026
Time: 12:30 pm - 2:00 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.
Pasadena / San Gabriel Valley Coaching Cafe
Pasadena / San Gabriel Valley Coaching Cafe
Facilitators: Kendra Nitta, PCC, and Elaine Padilla, PCC
Date: Friday, October 23, 2026
Time: 3:00 pm - 4:30 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.
Emotional Intelligence Special Interest Group
Emotional Intelligence Special Interest Group
EQ at Work: From Individual Insight to Organizational Impact
Speaker: Shruti Rustagi, PCC
Host: Desiree Briel Rodi, Ph.D., PCC
Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Time: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Pacific Time
CCEs: TBD
Shruti Rustagi will offer a practitioner's view of bringing emotional intelligence into the workplace. The session is anchored in her four-pillar framework of curiosity, openness, adaptive resilience, and empathy that Shruti developed through her work with middle managers and functional leaders navigating organizational change.
Boundaries That Build Trust SIG
Boundaries That Build Trust: A Practice Lab for Coaches
Host: Dr. Joan Flora, PCC
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Pacific Time
CCEs: 1.5 Core Competencies
The Boundaries That Build Trust SIG is a practice-based learning community grounded in boundary tensions coaches encounter in practice. It explores moments of emotional pull, over-responsibility, uncertainty, and relational strain.
New Coaches Cafe
New Coaches Cafe (Virtual)
Host: Alex Ojeda, PCC
Date: Thursday, October 29, 2026
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.