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….
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…
Heart Power From Behind the Wall
By Kanya Likanasudh This past spring, I led a training in Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and Coaching at a prison in Chiangmai, which is in the Northern part of Thailand. Twenty-three prisoners, many with life sentences, participated for five days in April and then five more…
Holy Ghosts
By Bart Erbach A few weeks ago I attended the funeral of Daniel Berrigan, the Jesuit priest and poet who lived his life protesting war and promoting peace. It brought back a lot of memories, and feelings — and questions. I remember my mother telling…
How to Turn Your Multicultural Background into a Competitive Advantage
By Eduardo Delfino People moving into a new country usually undergo the stress to deal with an entirely new cultural environment, which may go far beyond language difficulties, and include behavioral, cultural and religious differences—among others—making a transition much more complex that we can initially…