Submitted by Sandeep Budhirajam, ACC During the second wave of COVID-19 in India, Sandeep Budhiraja’s daughter (who runs cochwale.co.com) noticed a lot of women were struggling in relationships and jobs due to their lives being turned upside down and the inability of families to support women to come back to their jobs. In [...]
Submitted by Lolo Chetti, MCC, Holding Space Coaching & Consulting During COVID-19, Lola Chetti could see that this was going to be an uncertain and difficult time for coaches. She wanted to reach out and do something positive and helpful for ICF Coaches. Lola used LinkedIn to reach out to coaches who were [...]
Submitted by Melissa Williams-Platt, PCC ICF South Africa Chapter For the past few years, Meliassa Williams-Platt has been focused on coaching health professionals in all disciplines in South Africa. With the onset of COVID, this became even more important now that health professionals were not only faced with the daily trials of healthcare, [...]
Submitted by Melanie Burdett, ACC The Island Coaches Collective was started as an initiative in 2015 by professional coaches who live or work on Waiheke Island. Our mission is to offer professional development for ourselves as coaches and personal development to the entire Waiheke Community. While we have been offering face-to-face workshops since [...]
Submitted by Dee Raquel Joma, PCC, Be Unstoppable Foundation In response to the pandemic, Dee Raquel Joma founded the Be Unstoppable Foundation, a charity whose purpose is to help people with 'Positive Mental Health,' by educating and supporting them through our purposefully created programs that are supported by coaching sessions (counseling sessions also [...]
Submitted by Maria Lea Ungson, PCC, Haraya Coaching Haraya Sibol is the community development initiative of Haraya Coaching to partner and support the education sector in the Philippines. They work with individuals, communities and community partners to help change mindsets, inspire and equip our youth to feel more empowered about their future. “Sibol” [...]
Submitted by Lori Manasse, PCC ICF Metro DC Chapter Food for Others provides food for those in need in Fairfax County, Virginia. Prior to COVID, they were providing roughly 1,800 meals weekly. At the height of COVID, this number rose to more than 4,000 meals weekly and has stabilized at roughly 3,000 meals [...]
Submitted by Kate Doherty, PCC ICF Metro DC Chapter Nine volunteer coaches from the ICF Metro DC Chapter provided pro bono coaching to Friendship Place staff to support their leadership development in conjunction with the organization's Emerging Leaders Program (ELP). The coaching took place over a three-month period. Individuals received between three and [...]
Submitted by Charlie Warshawski, PCC, Love Your Coaching United Kingdom During the pandemic, Love Your Coaching (a coach training organization) became very aware in the United Kingdom (UK) that a considerable burden was falling on head teachers (principals) and other school leaders. After the health service, the education sector was probably the most [...]
Submitted by Francesca D’Angelo, PCC In November 2019, Francesca D’Angelo, PCC started an executive master’s in business administration at MIP Graduate Business School in Milan (IT). An executive MBA takes a deep commitment for all executive students to earn the full MBA degree in 22 months while working full-time. You need time to [...]
