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In the first-ever program of its kind, the ICF Toronto Chapter launched Coach Connect, an initiative to gift pro bono professional coaching services to community nonprofit organizations. The program connects ICF Toronto Chapter Members with local nonprofit and volunteer causes that align with their values. ICF Toronto was recognized by the ICF Foundation for its …read more.

Monday: Unlocking Potential – Bringing Self-Awareness to the Coaching Process International Coaching Week (ICW) in Nigeria started with an informative webinar that focused on helping coaching clients build self-awareness using psychometric assessments. The webinar was presented by Kirsty Pott of the South African company JvR Academy. Starting with the meta, the facilitator introduced the ICF …read more.

I am a firm believer of learning and that learning is a great enabler for a coach. From time to time, we need to get into a learning environment to explore who we are becoming as coaches, what beliefs we have created and what patterns of behaviors we have picked up while we are working …read more.

International Coaching Week (ICW) 2018 represented the most significant event—and success—in ICF Edmonton’s history.  How do we come by that claim?  Several key results objectively tell us this was so: Highest-ever attendance of any Chapter function since our formation—with a combination of coaches and public members in attendance Strong financial performance from the event—more than …read more.

The ICF Foundation’s focus is to foster social progress through the power of pro bono coaching projects, such as its Ignite initiative. Started in 2017, Ignite aligns with the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goal for Education. To date, Ignite has 62 educational organizations partnered with 39 ICF Chapters that provide pro bono coaching to …read more.

Last month, I left the ICF Global Leaders Forum (GLF) in Dublin, Ireland on such a high. I could feel so much positive energy; I could see so much enthusiasm from our 170 fellow ICF volunteer leaders around the world. I am #ICFProud. We are #ICFProud It is clear that we all are passionate about …read more.

March is a month of renewal for our membership, and perhaps it is the moment that we make a quick assessment of the past year’s offering: what it was worth, what I learned, who I met and so on. Probably the following question goes through our heads: Was it worth the investment? For some colleagues …read more.

When Johan Uvin first arrived at the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) in Washington D.C., as its new president, he was approached by Lorri Manasse, PCC, to see if he and his staff would like coaching. Johan agreed, and a collaboration between IEL, the ICF Metro D.C. Charter Chapter, and the ICF Foundation began. This …read more.

Earlier this month, I presented at a Human Resources conference in the USA. It was a great opportunity for me to share some of our ICF research results with a potential client audience. If you are not familiar with the work our ICF Research team is doing, I invite you to check it out. For …read more.

At Canada’s University of British Columbia (UBC), coaching has been a way of life for more than a decade. The university introduced coaching as a talent development modality in 2003; since then, it’s become an integral part of UBC’s culture and strategy and is the catalyst for leadership effectiveness and employee engagement. In 2018, ICF …read more.