ICF Foundation Board Trustee ICF Foundation Trustee Ann Dorgan, PCC, has spent the last five years as a member of the Foundation’s board. When asked what part of her board experience has been most rewarding, Dorgan replied, “Working on the ICF Foundation’s board has been a highlight of my career. It is a joy to [...]
Celebrating 10 years successfully serving midcareer professionals as an external coach, Monique Betty, PCC, ICF Florida, found that she was being drawn to a new niche of young professionals in Silicon Valley who were seeking her services. Initially, Betty was somewhat reluctant to serve this niche because of their limited years of workplace experience. However, [...]
When ICF coach Ron de Vries’ child started school in Auckland, New Zealand, Ron visited the Principal to ask if they might find value in having coaching support. The Principal was intrigued by Ron’s offer to support their development and commented that it sounded like the support they receive from Springboard Trust. That generous offer [...]
Today much of the world is still divided into classes, into more and less, into abundance and scarcity— based on intentional design or unintentional circumstances. In some places on this earth, it is a given, an established fact of scarcity. After all, where there is no water, there is no life. The way we have [...]
2020 has been a year of disruption and change, leading so many of us into an existential crisis that has inspired taking stock and reflection. This reflection has raised important and challenging questions like “what is my real purpose?”, “what is really important to me?” and “how can I have more of an impact and [...]
In early 2020 as the Covid 19 pandemic began to extend around the globe reshaping all of our lives. Changes were happening fast. Many people began working from home and were having to plan how they would set up an office work-station in their homes. With the short notice the pandemic created, setting up the [...]
“Going down the iceberg a bit” is a phrase used by Gai Foskett, MCC New Zealand, to describe her method for working one-on-one with her corporate coaching clients; and more recently, with her pro bono clients in the education setting. Applying corporate leadership strategies to coaching education leaders has become an effective approach for Foskett [...]
When I was a young, ambitious, college student, I was excited about setting out and creating my version of the American dream. I thought the formula was simple: work hard + study hard + “be professional” = wild success. Looking back on that time, I was naive about the obstacles I’d have to navigate to [...]
From Engaging Humanity Through Education, to Engaging Coaching for Humanity and the Planet: Since 2017, the Ignite Initiative has used the collective power of the ICF chapters’ pro bono projects to accelerate progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #4 Education. Now the Ignite Initiative is evolving to a new phase of this work [...]
Yes, a wedding reception. So often the talk is about coaching or education, but we don’t often see them truly united. What if there would be more talk around marrying the two? What would open up if we professional coaches joined our superpowers and lined up behind this common cause? If I carried on with [...]
