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5 Ways to Further Your Coaching Career (When You’re Feeling Stuck) 

Coaching can be a very rewarding profession, especially if your work yields good results for your clients. But no matter how great your results, no one is immune to becoming a bit lost in their career. In fact, feeling as if you’ve been settling into complacency isn’t that unusual. Studies show that career stagnation can be attributed …read more.
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The Future of Nature Coaching

As we walk toward our destination, my client occasionally stoops to examine the natural curiosities littered across the forest floor. Some she tucks away, others she leaves undisturbed.  As we move, I watch the protective bark of her thoughts shed itself and reveal a softer, more malleable material beneath. This is where clients often begin in their coaching experience. Whether under the stunning landscape of the …read more.
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Kickstart Your New Year's Goals with a PSP (Personal Success Strategy) | by Wendy Buckingham

Originally Posted on The Coaching Tools Company as Kickstart Your New Year's Goals with a PSP (Personal Success Strategy) | by Wendy Buckingham It’s a new year and time to get down to planning the path to achieving those 2022 goals. Did you know that one of the easiest ways to improve your chances of…

Reflecting on 2021 with the ICF Foundation 

As we look back over the last year, we are so grateful and amazed at what was accomplished by ICF Members, Chapters and Credential-holders in 2021.   We started out the year with a new volunteer role, which contributed to the growth of our Council of Ambassadors – we now have 18 volunteers in this role across the globe. These ambassadors …read more.
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Coaching for Organizational Impact Webinar with Live Q&A

January 10 from 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. EST (New York) As coaches, we are keenly aware of the pandemic’s impact on our clients, their teams, organizations and work environments. Many of us, have had coaching conversations on how to adapt, lead and manage during these new and unprecedented times. During this webinar, Renée Robertson, PCC, …read more.
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Holiday Office Hours

With the upcoming holidays, ICF Global Headquarters will be closed Friday, December 24, 2021, through Monday, January 3, 2022. Regional Team office holiday closings will vary by region.
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Reevaluating Vulnerability: Is it Weakness? 

A successful senior leader, struggling in a new reporting relationship, turned to a peer for help. She voiced a desire to work with an external coach. The peer’s response was, “You don’t want to do that now. It will be seen as a sign of weakness.” I could hear disappointment in the senior leader’s voice as …read more.
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Procrastination: How a Coach Can Help

“I’ll do it later. No. Really. I will.” “Why do it today when I can do it tomorrow.”  “Oh, things came up.”  “I got so much done today! But no, I didn’t get to that….” Just do it already!  Well, if it were that easy, then we wouldn’t see so many clients seeking coaching services for help …read more.
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Happy Holidays 2021 | Thoughtful & Powerful Quote from Nelson Mandela

Originally Posted on The Coaching Tools Company as Happy Holidays 2021 | Thoughtful & Powerful Quote from Nelson Mandela With another challenging year behind us, I chose this beautiful quote from Nelson Mandela to ponder over the holiday season and into 2022. There are two parts to this quote, but I could only fit the…

Coach with the Playing to Win Framework

Let me start with an honest confession: straddling the domains of strategy consulting and leadership coaching offers me an excellent opportunity to migrate frameworks from one domain to the other. Effectively, both strategy consulting and coaching work on change, one at an organizational level and the other at an individual level. Hence, the possibility of adapting frameworks from one to the …read more.
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