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 [...]
Educators shape tomorrow’s society, and Christian Worth, PCC, France, is quite passionate about that truth. “I’ve seen my children going up or down with their education depending on the teacher they have had,” he explains. It is this observation that motivated Worth’s involvement with the Coaching for Educators (C4E) nonprofit organization. Worth first learned about [...]
I first went to Kenya in 2007 with a company called Accenture working on an eLearning program for nurses. Kenya quickly felt like home for me. I spent the next decade visiting Kenya on and off, learning more about its culture and specific challenges as a developing country. In 2017, while completing my coaching certification, [...]
“To have a foot in an activism movement, a foot in professional life, and a foot in different forums, we Coaches can really be a useful conduit and bridge,” noted Executive Coach Zoe Cohen, of Shine Coaching and Consultancy. In recent years Zoe has taken steps to bring her personal passion regarding climate change to [...]
As the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads across the globe, so do anxiety, confusion and negativity. Working as a Health Coach from Switzerland, where drastic measures have been imposed on individuals and businesses, has caused me to reflect and think about coaching in this “business as un-usual” time. The fears and negativity we are experiencing stem from [...]
As coaches we assist people to become the best version of themselves, not what others want them to be. So many people get distracted away from achieving their best. How can we enable people to stop this from happening, to start carving out the best version of themselves, and transform their own response to the [...]
Living a life in service to others has always been a part of life for Coach Annie Nogg Jason. “It was just a part of my upbringing,” she said. “The ‘healing world’ was a part of my family and my culture.” Choosing to spend more than 10 years in Workforce Development and Nonprofit positions was [...]
Sharing your impact: Sharing, networking, and supporting the courage to extend our reach—our ICF Foundation Bloggers offer our readers ongoing stories of successful societal progress efforts achieved through Coaching. We want to share your stories! We are seeking guest bloggers who are willing to share their social-impact experiences. Perhaps you’ve worked with an under-resourced population, [...]
Originally Posted on Coaching World, January 13,2020 Bill McCartney, a well-renowned football coach, once said, “All coaching is, is taking a player where he can’t take himself.” Inevitably, this process takes some time. With the average attention span of most humans on a downward spiral, coaching, as a practice, is bound to be adversely [...]
Seven years ago my life took an unexpected and difficult turn. My life partner, John, died while visiting the States just days before our movers came to pack our belongings for our journey to America from Germany where we had lived for 16 years. To be with John in the States, I had given up [...]