Yearly Archives: 2023

Closing Soon: The 2024 ICF Professional Coaches Global Board of Directors Election

If you haven’t yet cast your vote using your personalized ballot, don’t wait any longer. The 2024 ICF Professional Coaches Global Board of Directors election will close on November 15 at 11:59 p.m. (New York). This is your chance to shape the future of ICF and select the leaders who will advance our profession. Make your …read more.
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Embrace Radical Generosity This Month for #GivingTuesday

  “One of the things that I think unites all coaches is our commitment and our passion for driving change,” shares Michael Kobrin, ACC. #GivingTuesday is a global movement that unites individuals in a shared mission of radical generosity, to give selflessly and effect positive change in communities and causes worldwide. This November, we invite …read more.
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Magda’s Top 5 for November

Learn more about the work we’re doing this month with ICF CEO Magdalena Nowicka Mook’s Top 5 for November.
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ICF Communications: Share Your Input

As a global membership organization, our goal is to support you — our ICF members — as we champion coaching as a vital part of a thriving global society. We value your perspectives, as you are the heart of our community. Your insights could play a crucial role in helping us improve our services and …read more.
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Gain the Knowledge You Need to Advance Your Expertise

Prepare to elevate your coaching skills, enhance your practice, and stay current, regardless of your coaching niche. Our upcoming Community of Practice (CP) sessions provide direct access to expert insights. Whether you join us live or access on-demand content through the ICF Learning Portal, you’ll be immersed in an educational experience designed to keep you at …read more.
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Help ICF Develop Mentor Coaching Competencies

At ICF, we are on a mission to enhance our understanding and define the competencies that make mentor coaching truly effective, but we need your help to achieve this. Whether you have served as an ICF mentor coach or received mentor coaching within the past three years, your insights are invaluable. Your firsthand knowledge is what …read more.
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Aspiring to Become: How Values Drive Aspiration and How Parts Work can Resolve the Inevitable Inner Conflict

As a developmental coach, I work with people on who they want to be, not on what they will do or have. The outcome, of course, is that changes in who we decide to be drive corresponding changes in both actions and results. At the core of developmental coaching lies a foundational question of aspiration: …read more.
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Vote Now for 2024 ICF Professional Coaches Board of Directors

You may now vote for the 2024 ICF Professional Coaches Global Board of Directors through November 15.   On November 1, every ICF member in good standing was sent a personalized ballot via email. Please do not share or forward the ballot, as each link is personalized. If you did not receive a ballot via email, …read more.
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10 Psychology-Oriented Well-Being Hacks for Coaches

Positive Psychology research has indicated that higher levels of well-being lead to higher engagement, creativity, relationships, resilience, skills, and fulfillment. Therefore, by working on raising their well-being levels, clients will be more engaged and creative. Due to the positive relationship between well-being and personal/professional outcomes, well-being hacks may help clients maximize their potential.  As emotions …read more.
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5 Quick Reflections During Coaching Sessions

The journey is as important as the destination. I totally subscribe to this as a coach. While starting a coaching session may evoke anxiety and concluding one on a high note brings satisfaction, it is especially important to engage in periodic self-checks along the way as we coach. Grounding oneself is necessary so that we …read more.
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