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2018 marks the inaugural year for Ignite: Engaging Humanity Through Education. This initiative is part of the ICF Foundation’s long-term strategy to advance social progress through coaching by aligning with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals set forth by the United Nations. This year, the focus for Ignite is Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No. 4—ensuring inclusive …read more.

While coaching: Me (the coach): “I hear tension in your voice.” Client: “No, you don’t.” Wait—that’s not how it is supposed to go! In coach training, they said to listen for shifts and use them to create clarity. I had heard a change in her voice, and I assumed I knew what it was. I …read more.

Welcome to a new year! As coaches, we know very well that our mindset is key to how we engage with and experience our life. Our attitude deeply informs how we feel, the decisions and choices we make and what we do. We have also known for a long time that a positive mindset is …read more.

As I move into the last few weeks of being the 2017 ICF Global Chair, I wanted to share my reflections on the year. We as coaches, and as members of ICF, really focus on connecting, conversing and building community, and I have had the great privilege of being able to do this throughout the …read more.

Welcome to the new coachfederation.org! We’re excited for you to experience all this site has to offer. As you look around, you will notice a cleaner, more intuitive design than our previous site. During the planning phase, we put a lot of consideration into the reasons why you may visit our website. Thus, we’ve divided …read more.

Hello colleagues! It has been a great pleasure to meet several of you in Washington, D.C. at Converge 17! When I talk to you, and I look at our people, chapters and regions in light of the context in which we live, what comes to my mind is the word accountability. Curiously, it is a …read more.

“Enough is enough,” I told myself as I stepped into my Bangkok home after consecutive trips to Europe, Latin America and Iran, where I had succumbed to the pleasures of the flesh—savoring local delicacies, as much as of the mind, meeting amazing people….My cruel mirror concurred as it reflected sharply, “You are overweight.” Under such …read more.

When I decided to run for the board last year, many of my colleagues wondered why. Hadn’t I done my service as president of the ICF Board in 2000? Wouldn’t I be bothered with the current board structure, so different from the Wild West days of ICF? Would I be helping or getting in the …read more.

When I reflect on the ICF Core Competencies, the one that resonates most to me is the power of presence. This is the one I focus on, and I try to improve every day. There are several ways to define presence. For me, presence is about the ability to remain attentive, aware and fully in …read more.

It’s been one of those weeks around my place. I just replaced the telephone and internet service—it’s never smooth! Crews have just finished replacing natural gas lines; holes and pipes and workmen in the neighborhood. And now, NOW, I get notice that my road will be resurfaced!  I will grant you that a smooth street …read more.