Like coaching itself, there are some tried and true fundamentals and basics that work and form the foundation for your coaching skills. So too, are the fundamentals and basics of establishing a strong and enduring coaching business.
• Discover why your business is like a peanut! • What do the numbers 16 and 5 have in common with your success? • How can three bubbles be foundational to your business model? These important questions and many others will be answered in this Business Fundamentals workshop!!
About Barry Foster
This webinar has been approved by the ICF for 1.5 Resource Development CCEUs.
Bring your favorite lunch and join the ICF VA Board of Directors as we discuss our plans for 2021!
Core .25 and RD .75 CCEU
Adult Development & Polarities – How some Polarities define Stages
Join us for February's ICF Virginia Chapter Professional Development, Adult Development & Polarities – How some Polarities define Stages with Pamela Potts, SPHR, PCC!
February 5, 2021
12:00 – 1:30pm
Virtual Zoom
1 Core, .5 RD CCEU
Our ICF Virginia Charter Chapter has previously explored Adult Development Theory with Pamela Potts, as well as Navigating Polarities, with Kelly Lewis. Whether you were able to join these sessions or not, you won’t want to miss this next installment of these developmental frameworks that visits both topics - together!
In this session participants will discuss polarities that “define” stages. Some of the fundamental developmental tasks at each stage of adult development involve becoming more skilled at managing polarities. A polarity is a problem that can’t be solved, it can only be continuously managed, either skillfully…or not. It also has two interdependent parts that can’t exist separately. For example, the Expert/3/4/Skill-Centric stage is almost defined by its focus on perfection; good enough not being good enough. The Achiever/4/Self-Determining stage can be defined by the heroic (and often losing) struggle to create or maintain a good work/life balance. When a person begins to struggle with the polarity as they see it at their current stage, they are doing work that can move them along the adult development continuum. As coaches, how do we help facilitate that movement? We will convene in small group discussions to look at the coaching questions that can help illuminate for coachees, the developmental task in front of them and how to more skillfully manage the polarity that is no longer working for them.
In this session, participants will be able to:
- Describe stage-based polarities
- Discuss how managing stage-based polarities can help stage transitions
- Ask coaching questions designed to help coachees navigate stage-based polarities
CCEU's for this program- 1 Core Competencies and .5 Resource Development
About the Presenter:
Pamela works with leaders who are interested in developing and deepening their own leadership style and presence. Her coaching style combines wit and wisdom to inspire leaders to learn how to express strength through vulnerability and courage, while focusing on tangible outcomes and results. She has an innate ability to identify core development needs and creative ways to help leaders implement next steps. Pamela is sought after for her compassion, humor, wisdom and results-oriented approach.
Pamela transitioned to coaching and human resources after 10 years in accounting. This rare combination of skills places her in a unique position as a coach, equally skilled in the “language of business” and the challenging “soft skills” that can derail leaders.
Pamela specializes in coaching senior leaders in the technology, accounting and finance and not-for-profit industries. Her clients are leaders who describe themselves as life-long learners that want to be able to handle complexity, ambiguity and rapid change with thoughtful, deliberate choices that maximize the outcomes for all stakeholders.
Pamela has a Bachelor of Science in Management and a Master of Science in Accounting degree. She also earned a CPA designation early in her career. Pamela graduated from Georgetown University’s Leadership Coaching Certification program in 2007 and holds a PCC certification from the International Coach Federation. She also holds an SPHR designation from HRCI. She is certified to administer the Leadership Circle Profile, MBTI, Thomas Kilmann conflict assessment instrument, and Maturity Assessment Profile (MAP). She leads a virtual community of practice focused on Adult Development. She is a skilled facilitator, workshop leader and conference speaker.
Pamela reads voraciously, loves brainstorming, synthesizing ideas and writing.
Members: Free
Guests: $15.00
It’s here: a business building program for coaches created by coaches. This five-month business development program offers coaches exclusive access to experts and peers. Through workshops and cohort groups participants will grow their coaching business and build their network.
This programs begins with a free workshop in January called, “Mastering the Fundamentals of a Successful Coaching Business”; which has its own event registration on our website. Below are the details for Coach to Creator program that begins in February 2021.
How will this work:
Monthly Workshops
Each month you’ll meet for a 2-hour workshop that includes 90-minutes of learning and 30-minutes for networking and space to develop your action items based on the material you just learned to help you build your business.
Moderated Cohort Working Groups
You’ll meet again two weeks later to discuss the progress you’ve made on your actions items and for more networking. The purpose of the cohort working groups is to give you the support you need to build your business.
Private Facebook Group
To keep the conversation going between scheduled events, we’ll have a private Facebook group. After you register, you’ll receive a link to the Facebook group. Please allow 1-2 business days to confirm your access to the group.
Program Dates and Times
This program includes (3) monthly workshops and (3) cohort groups all held virtually.
Workshop and cohort groups dates and times:
• February 10 (workshop) and February 24 (cohort group)
• March 10 (workshop) and March 24 (cohort group)
• April 14 (workshop) and April 28 (cohort group)
• May 12 - Graduation
Workshops:
11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., CST/ 12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., EST
Each workshop includes 90 minutes of learning with an additional 30 minutes dedicated to networking and creating individual action items.
Cohort Group (begin in February):
Each 60-minute cohort working group includes the chance to share your progress, best practices, and more networking.
Workshop and Cohort Working Groups
February 10 – Krista Smith, StoryBrand Certified
11 a.m.-1 p.m. CST / 12-2 p.m. EST
Krista Smith will share how to define your audience, write content to reach that audience, and how to select and use various communication channels to attract and engage your clients. Krista has been designing websites and helping business owners create and share their messages on all communication platforms for over 15 years. We recommend reading Donald Miller ’s StoryBrand book before this presentation.
February 24 – Moderated Cohort Working Group
11 a.m.-12 p.m. CST / 12-1 p.m. EST
Participants will share their progress, best practices, and lessons learned in a moderated discussion and smaller cohort groups. The cohort working groups are 60 minutes.
March 10 – Elizabeth Pampalone: Six months of Algorithm-Proof Social Media
Social media is probably the last thing on your to-do list at the end of a day or week. Yet, it probably also is the first thing on your mind. For most small business owners, these two things never sync up and it stays unfinished and becomes a stress. Elizabeth will share her proven formula for creating 6-12 months of evergreen posts for social media. She will also share with the attendees some of her favorite tools and tricks on creating stunning images in no time.
Sociance is the ability to create awareness for your business into a community of target customers. This takes your content to the next level by translating content information into customer engagement. Elizabeth will cover:
• Which social media platforms to choose
• How to develop an editorial calendar for social media
• What to Talk About
• Ways to drive engagement
• What not to do on social media
• Best tools to use
March 24 – Moderated Cohort Working Group
April 14 – Chris Kenney: Sales Mastery for Coaches
During this training -- designed specifically for coaches -- you will learn:
• How to close the sales you want at the price point you want
• How to position your services to create maximum impact during the sales conversation (and have your clients excited to say yes to working with you!)
• The Business Model for building a successful coaching practice (and why most people have this completely upside down!)
• Chris ’s EXACT step-by-step Signature Sales System – used to close more than $4 million in coaching services. (You will leave the training with the exact system in place, ready to use on your very next sales call!)
April 28 – Moderated Cohort Working Group
May 12 – Graduation
Investment:
Your investment for this customized business building program for coaches includes the monthly workshops, cohort working groups, access to the private Facebook group, bonus material and the unique opportunity to build your coaching business along-side other coaches.
• Super early bird (by January 17, 2020): $247 (for ICF Global members), $347 (for non-members)
• Early bird (by January 31, 2020): $347 (for ICF Global members), $447 (for non-members)
• Regular Registration (by February 10, 2020): $497 (for ICF Global members), $597 (for non-members)
Additional Information: The member discount is for ICF Global members. This discount is not included if you’re only a member of a local ICF chapter.
Registration closes when the event begins on February 10, 2021. Individuals will not be able to register for the program once the program begins. There will be no opportunities to register for individual workshops or individual cohort working groups.
Next Steps:
After registering, you’ll receive a confirmation email with the following links:
• Zoom link for the Workshops
• Zoom link for the Cohort Working Group
• Zoom link for the Graduation in May
• Private Facebook Group
The links for the workshops, cohort working group, and the graduation are separate Zoom links. Please allow 1-2 business days to confirm your access to the group.
Contact us if you don’t receive these links upon registering.
From cavemen to cartoonists, human beings have understood the power of simple images to communicate big ideas. Each of us uses images to communicate every day; we text a photo to a friend, create a chart for a presentation, or draw a map on a napkin. We understand that using visual images allows us to communicate complex ideas quickly, compactly, and often without a language barrier. Using sketches is another way of reflecting, summarizing, and bringing to life important coaching communications. Drawing images, metaphors and analogies allows the coach and client to co-create awareness and understanding. Our brains see patterns and make meaning from visual input within milliseconds; we often “see” what we mean before we can say what we mean. The result is greater awareness and insight into a topic which enables transformation. Clients often keep the visual notes as reminders and cues to turn their insights into actions.
In this workshop we will explore and practice several ways to incorporate images and visual elements into our coaching practice.
The program includes:
Employing visual tools in our coaching can increase our range and proficiency in core coaching competencies as well. For example:
Meet Carla Yetter
Carla is a leadership development coach with a focus on mid-career professionals. Considering herself a ‘right-brained’ engineer, she combines her technical training, management and leadership experience with a love of visual expression to create a unique coaching experience. By co-creating sketches, mind maps, and diagrams, individuals and teams can process complex ideas efficiently and gain new insights that are not available through words alone. She started her work life as a chemical engineer. There she learned the power of diagrams and pictures to simplify complex manufacturing processes, foster understanding and accelerate problem solving. Throughout her career as a manager the power of pictures was equally effective for enabling individuals and teams to communicate effectively and generate shared vision. Today as a corporate executive she still reaches for a marker to help people “see” what they mean.
TITLE: When Clients Attack: How to Maintain a Coaching Mindset in the Presence of Fear
DATE: Thursday, March 11, 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
PRESENTER: Kathleen O’Grady, MCC
CCEU: TBD
Program Description:
One of the most taboo and uncomfortable topics to discuss is how coaches feel when their client goes on the attack. While this can be a rare occurrence, it's bound to happen sooner or later. A coach's ability to maintain a coaching mindset, composure, and compassion is imperative to managing these delicate moments.
The group will be invited to speak openly and vulnerably about times when they were mistreated by their clients, how it made them question themselves as a coach, and how they professionally dealt with their own feelings while respecting their clients.
Participants will learn how to spot the three stages of fear-based resistance in their clients--and themselves. They will also learn tools to turn to when a future client inevitably becomes defensive (projecting their own fears/flaws) or otherwise adversarial.
Learning Objectives:
Spot fear-based resistance and address it head-on.
Develop tools and techniques to maintain confidence, self-compassion, and emotional peace of mind in the face of professional drama.
Form a clear plan to take advantage of peer supervision, mentoring, and other ethical resources instead of struggling in silence.
Core Competencies:
Demonstrates Ethical Practice, Embodies a Coaching Mindset, Co-Creates the Relationship, Cultivates Trust and Safety, Maintains Presence, Listens Actively, Evokes Awareness, Facilitates Client Growth
Presenter Bio:
Kathleen O'Grady, MCC, is the self-made authentic leader, and positively disruptive pioneer responsible for launching Raleigh Coaching, LLC in 2008. She did this to support individual and organizational clients by inspiring authentic leadership, creativity, and innovation. Why? Because every cell in her body was screaming at her to do so. She even left the 'stability' of corporate America during a global financial crisis to pursue her passion, on her terms. Her family and friends thought she was out of her mind, but they eventually saw that it was well worth the leap of faith.
Driven to increase her level of impact, she later launched Raleigh Coaching Academy™ (RCA) to credibly educate and foster coaches who share her commitment to the coaching field's ethical integrity. RCA's Certified Authentic Leadership Coaching (CALC) program, dedicated to honoring individual uniqueness, is the most competitive edge one can harness. It is the only ICF approved coach specific training in the world designed for Authentic Leadership. In other words, coaching to the soul versus just the goal.
Kathleen's contribution as two-time Past President of the Raleigh-Area Chapter of the International Coaching Federation Board of Directors and various other committee and advisory roles helped lead the chapter towards receiving multiple Global Awards from ICF. She is a graduate of The Business Coaching Certificate Program at NC State University and studied Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction through Duke Integrative Medicine. She holds the Master Certified Coach (MCC) credential through the International Coaching Federation and multiple assessment certifications. Kathleen's work has been featured in web articles by the NYTimes.com, Huffingtonpost.com, Forbes.com, and eFinancialCareers.com.
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