Topic: Building a Successful Coaching Practice as an Introvert, Empath or Highly Sensitive Person
Speaker: Erica Becks, MSW, CLC
CCEs: 1.0 Core Competencies / 0.5 Resource Development
Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
In this dynamic workshop, participants will learn more about the unique personality traits of introverts, empaths and highly sensitive people, and discover ways to leverage their gifts to build successful coaching practices.
Topic: Credentialing SIG
Host: Carly Anderson, MCC
CCEs: 1.5 Resource Development
Date: Thursday, April 7, 2022
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Pacific Time
ICF provides a path of development for professional coaches who want to differentiate themselves from anyone who calls themselves a coach. The credentialing path supports coaches to develop from beginning level (ACC) to intermediate level (PCC), to advanced coaching skill level (MCC).
If you are interested in what it takes to become credentialed at ACC, PCC, or MCC level this group is for you! If you are a mentor coach who wants to engage in dialogue about competency distinctions to support your development as a mentor coach, you are also welcome!
Topic: Creative Coaching Exercises, Methods & Practices
Host: Tom Henschel
CCEs: 1.0 Core Competencies / 0.5 Resource Development
Date: Friday, April 8, 2022
Time: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific Time
If executive coaching is on your mind, we’re you’re SIG. Our backgrounds vary, from newbies to masters, but we all show up as learners. Ready to learn? Come join us. Turn on your video and join the conversation! Coaches create a learning community and trade best practices for exercises and practices.
Topic: MCC Group SIG
Host: Dr. Damian Goldvarg, MCC, ESIA
CCEs: 1.5 Resource Development
Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Pacific Time
The Master Certified Coach (MCC) is the highest level of coach certification offered by the ICF. As of 2020, there were only 1,258 MCC-accredited coaches in the world. This group is for MCCs to meet and learn from each other. We will discuss challenges, coaching trends, and how to advocate for the development of the coaching professional practice worldwide. Each session will be worth 1.5 Resource Development CCEs.
Topic: Coaching Supervision Group SIG
Hosts: Paul Sanbar, PCC, ESIA* / Courtney Birch Webster, PCC, CPCC
CCEs: 1.0 Core Competencies / 0.5 Resource Development
Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Time: 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Pacific Time
Supervision is a non-judgmental partnership in which the coach brings his/her work to a supervisor to explore challenges, ethical dilemmas, emotional responses, and how the personal may intrude into the professional. The supervisor does not evaluate or judge but holds a reflective space for learning and connection for the group.
Topic: Group & Team Coaching Case Studies
Host: Diana Ideus, MCC
CCEs: 1.5 Core Competencies
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time
How do you coach a team when they are not aligned with their leader? How do you support the expression of minority viewpoints in group & team coaching? How do you manage sessions when the participants all want different things? Join ICFLA's interactive Special Interest Group on Group & Team Coaching to discuss challenges and develop best practices related to Group & Team Coaching.
Topic: Build Your Business Like A Pro: An open discussion informed by the group on all things coaching
Speaker: Gretchen Hydo, MCC
CCEs: 0.5 Core Competencies / 1.0 Resource Development
Date: Thursday, April 21, 2022
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time
Bring your real-world questions, coaching scenarios, and questions to this 90-minute, hands-on SIG where you will learn how to elevate and build your business like a pro. Coaches have questions about pricing, what to say to clients, how to handle objections, how to talk about money, their own fears about being a good coach, insecurities about the sales and marketing process, and more. In this SIG we talk about it all. No question is off-limits!
Topic: Illuminating your Coaching Lenses
Speakers: Desiree Briel Rodi, ACC / Kathy Hadizadeh, PCC
CCEs: 1.5 Core Competencies
Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Following an enlightening and powerful session on “Coaching Blind Spots” with Alison Whitmire, we will continue to build and refine our access to emotions in order to illuminate our biases, assumptions, and lenses – all a part of self-awareness and what we bring to our coaching sessions that may either hinder our work or be of service to our clients. This interactive, guided and reflective workshop will take us through coaching scenarios, role play opportunities, and exercises to help us personally look at how our views can either stall our coaching when used without awareness, or can make our coaching more powerful when used with purpose.
Topic: The Boutique Effect: Create Raving Fans & Stop Scrambling For Your Next Client
Speaker: Mary Sue Dahill
CCEs: 0.25 Core Competencies / 0.75 Resource Development
Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time
You’ve got leads coming in, clients to take care of, speaking gigs, networking, and more. You’re almost at that point where you can hire help, but in the meantime… how do you stay on top of it all while giving first-class service to your clients? The Boutique Effect is the answer. A unique blend of high-touch, personalized client experiences and leveraging technology and automation will protect your time and make sure your pipeline never runs dry.
Topic: So much more than "take a deep breath": why being able to assess and correct your clients breathing will help the mind-body connection
Host: Ellen Cohen, J.D., CPCC, PCC
Speaker: Belisa Vranich
CCEs: 1.0 Core Competencies / 0.5 Resource Development
Date: Friday, April 29, 2022
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Pacific Time
In this interactive and educational Special Interest Group (SIG), we’ll explore the science embedded in coaching to better understand how our brains and bodies respond and change through coaching. There will be a special focus on new and innovative concepts, as well as working with thought leaders in the science of coaching.