If intuition is a pedestal, how can I stand on it?
By Ana Polanco What does it mean to be at your coaching edge? For Leadership that Works Coach trainer, Coaching for Transformation grad, and business owner, Ana Polanco, it means following your intuition and allowing a plan to unfold by following its own energy. Having visited LMHQ last December…
Tools to Change the World
By Kawtar El Alaoui “I consider myself an ambassador, a door opener.” When Kawtar El Alaoui stepped into the Coaching for Transformation (CFT) program in Mumbai in 2014, she was a very different person than today. With a legal background and analytical nature, Kawtar recognized that her world and world view were constricted…
Giving Back through Coaching
By Sharon Brown Near the end of my Coaching for Transformation training in 2007, Virginia Kellogg, one of the founders of Leadership that Works, taught a teleclass on giving back. That class touched a place deep inside of me and planted a seed that would soon become a passion….
Revolutionizing Coach Training
By Charlotte Morse The Calling in Power and Culture Summit in Toronto in September was the most exciting conference I’ve been to in a long time. A community of 58 people came together to foster diversity, social equality, and social justice in the coaching profession….
Everyday Transcendence
By Jagruti Gala I would like to share a story of this natural life-impulse for transcendence from an after-school community learning centre that I have founded and run in Vadodara, India. One of the faculty works extensively with the urban poor. She had a new…
Transforming Health through Coaching: Insights and Advice from a Health Coach
By Karen Florence Establishing and growing a successful coaching practice is like any other endeavor in life. It is a journey, a process, and a roller coaster. It requires effort, patience, urgency, and intestinal fortitude. It also requires keeping your finger on the pulse of…
Learning Doesn’t End with Certification
By Charlotte Morse Certification is a milestone to be celebrated—a notable accomplishment, the end of a program, a goal reached. But certification is just the beginning of your learning as a coach. As you add the Certified Professional Coach or Certified Community Coach designation to…
My Sustainable Client Breakthrough Story: Serving Instead of Coaching
By Sarah Lightfoot My whole body was feeling tingly, as I hung up google hangout after a 90 minute, powerful conversation with my brand new client. I was so excited, because she agreed to a rate that would sustain me, right on the spot! Finally,…
Certification vs. Credential
By Charlotte Morse A common question that pops up in conversations with graduates, students and prospective students revolves around certification and credentialing for coaches. Is there a difference? Do I need both? How do I get certified? How do I get credentialed? The International Coach…