Monthly Archives: August 2024

Executive Coaching Sessions: Are My Coaching Sessions Confidential, Even if My Employer Pays for Them?

It feels like yesterday when a client asked me the question “How will confidentiality be maintained between us, given the fact that my organization is paying for my coaching?” That was over a decade ago, during an introductory call with my very first executive coaching client. Thankfully, I was able to reference ethical standards created …read more.
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Pinnacle of Excellence: ICF Initiatives Inspire and Transform

Exciting news! The ICF community’s dedication to nurturing human potential has been recognized with three 2024 Power of Associations Silver Awards from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). This is the highest recognition an association can receive for any program they conduct with their members! “We are honored to receive three Power of Association …read more.
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Time is Running Out: Apply for the 2025 ICF Coaching Education Board of Directors by September 9

Are you passionate about setting the standard of excellence in coaching education? Motivated to contribute your expertise to advance the coaching profession? If so, we invite you to apply for a position on the 2025 ICF Coaching Education Board of Directors. As a board director, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring that ICF Coaching Education serves …read more.
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ICF Engage: Every Piece Completes the Picture

Your unique experiences and insights are an essential part of our diverse community. Like a missing puzzle piece, no matter how large or small, your input completes the picture of our coaching landscape. When you join your peers on ICF Engage, you’re not just adding your voice — you’re contributing to the community’s collective knowledge. Piece by …read more.
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ICF Communities of Practice (CPs): Cutting-Edge Coaching Topics Tailored to Your Interests

Health and Wellness Coaching: Coaching Clients Through Obstacles with Improvisation on September 25 at 11 a.m. (New York). Carrie Spaulding, PCC, will show you how to help clients recognize and break unconscious patterns through improvisation, boosting awareness and self-efficacy between sessions. Enhance your coaching toolkit with innovative strategies for transformation.
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United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Give. Unite. Thrive.

The work of the ICF Foundation is guided by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which aim to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges, like ending poverty, protecting our planet, and ensuring everyone has a chance to thrive by 2023. Coaching can play an integral part in helping organizations around the globe take on …read more.
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Coaching is Leading the Change in Workplace Well-Being

We have known for quite some time about our planet’s sustainability crisis, but since the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, addressing the human sustainability crisis in the workplace has also taken on a new urgency. The hallmark of this crisis is a pervasive lack of employee well-being, which has led to widespread stress, with over …read more.
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International Coaching Federation and Institute of Management Accountants Sign Partnership Agreement

-The organizations will collaborate on synergies that intersect management accounting and professional coaching- Lexington, KY and Montvale, NJ–International Coaching Federation (ICF), the leading global organization for advancing the professional coaching profession, and IMA® (Institute of Management Accountants), the association of accountants and financial professionals in business, have entered into a collaborative partnership agreement. Under the new …read more.
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12 Ways Established Coaches Can Evolve Their Practices

Once you’ve established your coaching practice, made a mark in your niche, and defined your unique intellectual property, it’s time to consider what’s next. In a previous ICF Coaching World article,  I described ways to grow your business. We explored four approaches — these are used as the foundational model for the work done in …read more.
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Coach FEATURE: James Dixon

Originally Posted on The Coaching Tools Company as Coach FEATURE: James Dixon We continue to meet our fellow coaches, get inspired and build coach community with our “Meet the Coach” features! This month we meet James Dixon, a UK based performance coach who works in business. About James Lives In: London, UK Company: Connectd Type…