Submitted by Debra Gerardi, PCC The Coaching in Community resilience coaching initiative used a group coaching model to support nurse leaders through the creation of virtual healer’s retreats, to provide ongoing respite and renewal in a compassionate holding space. Throughout the first nine months of the pandemic (April 2020- December 2020), 37 AONL [...]
Submitted by Jacqui Ybarra, Korn Ferry "The Korn Ferry | Year Up” initiative is a grassroots effort led by kind-hearted dreamers at Korn Ferry (KF) who believe in the impact that coaching can bring to the masses and particularly to those who have not had access to career support in historically excluded communities. [...]
Submitted by Lila Andrea Chaudhuri, ACC Lila Andrea Chaudhuri provided pro bono coaching to an export company during the pandemic for their HR team members. Supporting HR aligned with their personal goal as well as organizational goal, and how to remain compassionate with staff members during pandemic crisis in the organization. Twelve one-hour [...]
Submitted by Joshua Ramey-Renk, PCC Early in the pandemic, Joshua Ramey-Renk was engaged in conversation with several nonprofit leaders about how leadership coaching is outside of their budgets and maybe even their vocabulary—some noting that it sounded like such a "corporate" thing. At the same time, he was talking with fellow HR professionals [...]
Submitted by Adele Chee Adele Chee created an initiative aimed at providing humanitarian and development organizations with an innovative way (coaching) of supporting the wellbeing and growth of a critical mass of their staff, particularly those serving in the most isolated and complex posts. During this time, she coached a client for five [...]
Sandy Henderson, PCC, Niagara Coaching Consortium A group of Niagara-based, ICF-Credentialed coaches (Sandy Henderson, Kimberley Mattinson and Sue Sheldon) formed the Niagara Coaching Consortium (NCC) with the sole purpose of giving back to their community and supporting not-for-profit leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic. The NCC partnered with Tamara Coleman- Lawrie, Director of Community [...]
Submitted by Barbara Asimakopoulou, PCC, Your Time of Power The voluntary program YOUR TIME OF POWER is an initiative of the students, alumni and professors of “Coaching Skills and Tools in Practice," an ACSTH training program provided by Human Resources Expertise; and it is taking place for the second time. The project started [...]
Submitted by Barbara Anderson, MCC Sydney, Australia Barbara Anderson visited Cambodia offering pro-bono coaching for the last five years (2015-2020) with other ICF coaches. In March 2020, along with SHE investment (a social enterprise in Cambodia), she began a Coach Training Program in Cambodia for 10 women to be trained as coaches in [...]
Submitted by Matt Kirilov, ACC ICF Nebraska Chapter Pro bono was provided to aspiring coaches, IT coaches, experienced life coaches, and anybody interested to experience coaching. For the past three years, every two weeks (on Wednesdays) the initiative Agile Coaching Circles met for an hour virtually as an Omaha, Nebraska based virtual meetup [...]
Submitted by Ailbhe Harrington, MCC, Connect A Coach Connect A Coach (CAC) provided four 45-minute pro bono coaching sessions to frontline workers in Ireland (e.g. doctors, nurses, care assistants, pharmacists, police, first responders, etc.). The Connect A Coach initiative was set up in response to a call in Ireland to support front-line staff. [...]
