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….
The Leaders of Coaching for Community Transformation Spotlight: Jeremy Lahoud
By Jeremy Lahoud Throughout 2016 we will be featuring several Leadership that Works’ coaches who are on the leading edge of community coaching. In this first installment of the series, Jeremy Lahoud, Senior Fellow at the Movement Strategy Center, shares how coaching has helped him…
The Leaders of Coaching for Community Transformation: A Sneak Peek
By Leslie Brown “We are the ones that we have been waiting for.” June Jordan’s quote captures the heart of community coaching. This innovative coaching method is changing the way that communities work and thrive by using coaching as both a philosophy—a way of looking…
Planting The Seeds of Change: How A New Coach Is Rejuvenating Communities
By Meghan Ondrish In order to bring transformative change, the Coaching for Community Transformation team is always on the lookout for innovative approaches to bring more value to their clients and communities. Lucky for them, they have Lily Hollister. Lily is a recent graduate of…
CCT Team Works Toward Racial Equality With Community Leaders
By Meghan Ondrish In February, a multi-racial Leadership that Works’ Coaching for Community Transformation team, which included Sharon Brown, Kathy Grosso and Johnny Manzon-Santos, began a new phase of coach training offered through the Center for Diversity and Innovation (CDI) at Kellogg Community College in…
Showing Up Powerfully Around a Racial Violation
By Susana Rinderle As a Coaching for Transformation student, I’m gaining experience and hours by exchanging coaching with other new coaches in my city in different training programs. These coaches are also part of a larger group which meets monthly for happy hour. The last…
How Powerful Questions Can Change Your Life Direction
By Sharon Brown “What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” I heard this question from Mary Oliver’s poem, “The Summer Day,” for the first time in 2006 in an evening program about life coaching at the New York…
Turning The Tide: How Coaching Helped Me Enhance My Cross-Cultural Leadership for Community Change
By Sophia Kizilbash When I enrolled in the Coaching for Transformation program in 2012, I was excited to gain some great new skills in a diverse learning community. Halfway through the program, I exclaimed to my teacher, “This program is so powerful, it should have…