ICF Pittsburgh

Dealing with Uncertainty: Creative Thinking for Making Good Decisions
2023-02-28 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
by Olya Vasylets, ACC
CCEs 1.5 (core 1.0/resource 0.5)
During this webinar we will talk about uncertainty and its different levels. We will also consider what the uncertainty is in sense of its perception. And how to deal with it using creative thinking approach tools. Webinar includes valuable information, interesting stories and useful practical tools with discussion and sharing new-gained experience.
In this webinar we will:

Find out more about uncertainty through real cases.
Learn how uncertainty, resilience and creative thinking approach are connected and how this connection may be seen, and thereby used in different areas of life and work.
Master creative thinking tools in practice to use them further.

Participants will gain knowledge on:

Understanding how to cope with challenges of uncertainty by creating a new vision.
Gain experience of using creative thinking tools in practice.
Feel more empowered to face with difficulties and problems and to design new solutions

Olya Vasylets, ACC is an ICF coach, translator, entrepreneur and founder of Creative Resilience Coach for Business and Non-Profit Organizations Leaders. She has a Master’s Degree in International Economics. Olya has work experience as an import and export manager, plus launching small businesses in the branch of clothes manufacturing. She is currently coaching and training business leaders. Olya is the Winner of the 2021 Coach Volunteer Award.
REGISTRATION

ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate/Premier – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25

Mastering the Stages of Change
2023-02-15 12:00 - 13:30 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
Sidrah Mohyuddin, BDS, ACC, NBC-HWC
CCEs 1.5 (core)

This presentation creates awareness on the Transtheoretical model of behavior change developed by Dr. Prochaska and his associates. It is designed to help you recognize your client’s stage of change from pre-contemplation to maintenance. We will discuss the characteristics of the stages of change and the communication guidelines coaches can use for each stage of change. Learn tailored messages versus a one size fits all approach.
In this webinar we will:

Recognize the stages of change.
Identify characteristics of each stage of change.
Identify the processes or how of change.

Participants will gain knowledge on:

Assessing your client’s motivational readiness.
Learn Communication guidelines for each stage of change.
Understanding the processes of change.

Speaker: Sidrah Mohyuddin, ACC is the president and founder of Renewed Realm LLC, a coaching practice specializing in life, career and health & wellness coaching. She has a bachelors in dental surgery and is an associate certified coach through ICF as well as a national board certified health and wellness coach. Sidrah enjoys working closely with clients in developing a well-rounded approach to life in order to embrace success, good health and happiness.
REGISTRATION:

ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate/Premier – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25

The Art of Beginning Again
2023-01-18 18:00 - 19:30 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
Chris Thyberg, ACC
CCEs 1.5 (core 1.0/resource 0.5)
To have a coaching mindset requires that we are always beginners, but what does that really mean in practice? Through an interactive co-learning experience, we will raise awareness of some common stumbles and unexpected opportunities to begin again that come up repeatedly in our coaching, including micro-adjustments in a session, macro-pivots across an engagement, and mega-restarts as we build our practices.
After awareness comes action and we will explore how to increase our capacities to choose new options with an emerging situation that is inviting us to Begin Again. We never are complete when it comes to “finding what is ours to do,” “getting out of our own way,” “losing presence,” or a host of other dings in our greatness as coaches and growing humans. With grace, we are always beginners, beginning again together.
In this webinar we will:

Explore three “buckets” of Begin Again signals:

Getting in our own way
Doing what’s not ours to do and missing what is ours to do
Falling out of presence

Learn from each other’s experiences with a past Begin Again moment, how we caught it, and what we did to change course.
Explore where a Begin Again opportunity is emerging and set an intention to choose a new practice to deal with this next restart more skillfully and effectively

Participants will leave this workshop energized to:
(1) Clarify and change our relationship to a current opportunity to drop into Begin Again.
(2) Harness that energy to design and commit to skillful practices of noticing where/when we need to begin again, and how to do so gracefully in service to our clients and the world.
(3) Build relationships of mutual support as colleagues intent on continuing growth. This can include connecting with a coach of our own.
Speaker: Chris Thyberg, ACC is Founder and Principal of The Serving Way. After 30- plus years in higher education and international nonprofits serving C-suite executives as in-house strategist and change-agent, Chris knows that today’s leaders are under immense pressure to excel individually and grow their teams to deliver greater performance. Certified from Georgetown University and ICF-credentialed, his broad expertise in leadership development serves emerging and experienced leaders in all sectors when they’ve run up against their growth edges. Using an eclectic approach that includes a variety of assessments, Chris draws out from leaders their inherent capacities to lead themselves well and lead others from the unique genius of who they are as the leaders they are called to be. Chris counts it a great blessing to have traveled extensively for professional and personal growth, having visited Africa, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
REGISTRATION:
ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate/Premier – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25

ICF Pittsburgh Holiday Social
2022-12-13 16:30 - 20:00 | Dave & Busters, 180 E Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, 15120, United States
Dave & Buster’s
180 E Waterfront Drive
Homestead, PA 15120
Time: 4:30-8:00 pm

Join us for food, fun and fellowship!
Cash Bar

Come celebrate our individual and collective successes!
Explore the benefits of active membership in ICF Pittsburgh.
Bring your ideas and input for future programs.

REGISTRATION requested by December 4, 2022.

Members and Guests – Free

ESCAPING THE WAR IN UKRAINE: 7 PERSONAL RESILIENCE LESSONS
2022-11-08 12:00 - 13:30 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
CCEs: 1.5 (0.5 Core/1.0 Resource)
All of us face challenges and losses in life. My family left everything behind in (our people, property, and businesses), to escape the horrible war of Russia over Ukraine and to protect our 3 children.
In this webinar I will share our story of escape from Ukraine, coming to the United States to start all over again, and 7 personal lessons on Resilience that I took from this experience. Please join me in exploring how we can all enhance resilience in our personal lives, our teams and our clients!
Learning Objectives:

Introduce the SOURCE model of resilience
Apply the SOURCE model to the challenges the participants experience
Explore how a coach can bring more resilience to individuals, families, and businesses

In this webinar Participants:

Will feel more hope and in control of circumstances in their life
Will realize that losses and challenges are the beginning and not the end (even if it is difficult to believe)
Will know and apply the SOURCE model of resilience to their challenges

Speaker: Olga Panivnyk is the Founder of BeChange, an Executive and Business Coach, Speaker, and Human Capital Executive with 25 years of experience in HR, Finance, M&A, and Change Management in global FMCG, Manufacturing, and Technology businesses. She is a resilient Ukrainian who has recently started the North American branch of her coaching and consulting business out of the Pittsburgh Metropolitan area.
She is passionate about partnering with her clients in bringing to the world the change they want to see, while maintaining their well-being and the well-being of their families, even at times of adversity like war. She is also recognized for empowering female leaders, i.e., team members and coaching clients, to thrive in their leadership roles.
Being a woman of faith, Olga is devoted to giving back to the community as a volunteer. Some of her volunteer highlights include helping to establish the International Coaching Federation chapter in Ukraine in 2017 and serving as Vice President and Treasurer of the ICF Ukraine Board in 2019-2020. When the war in Ukraine started in February 2022, she began raising funds for Solidarity Fund in support of Ukraine with the Knights of Columbus and served as an interpreter for the Trauma Resource Institute in their Ukrainian Humanitarian Resiliency Project.
Olga is a renowned public speaker on topics of inclusion and belonging and growing talent while growing businesses. She is also the author of the #leadershipkitchen, a weekly blog that talks about leadership in a human way.
REGISTRATION:
ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate/Premier – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25

Trauma-Informed Coaching: Necessary, Better, and *NOT* about Trauma
2022-10-04 18:30 - 20:00 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
by
Susana Rinderle, MA, PCC
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
CCEs: 1.5 (1.0 Core / 0.5 Resource)
Do you find your clients struggling in new ways with work and life? Are your traditional techniques and tools not working anymore?
Are your clients ghosting you? Do you want to coach more clients of color, or other marginalized identities?
It may be that a trauma informed approach to coaching is what you need. Trauma goes beyond a single horrific event that occurred in the past – it also includes unrelenting stress like unrealistic workplace expectations, or slow burns like an ongoing pandemic. The truth is everyone has some level of trauma – including your c-suite clients. Trauma informed coaching is better coaching – for everyone. It’s a must have in 2022 and beyond!
By the end of this 1.5 hour session, participants will:

Understand the reality of what trauma is and where it lives
Learn how trauma and chronic stress show up in coaching sessions and clients’ lives
Gain clarity about how to be more trauma-informed (what to know and what to do)
Obtain 1-2 practical tools for regulating their own nervous system as coaches.

Speaker:
Susana Rinderle, MA, PCC is a writer, poet, transformational life & leadership coach, and trauma-informed resilience practitioner. Her first career was in diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI), and leadership development, where she spent nearly 30 years garnering meaningful results for employers and clients as an internal subject matter expert, organizational leader, and external consultant. She worked across the U.S. and abroad in multiple sectors including nonprofit, corporate, healthcare, education and government.
Susana is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC), ICF Mentor Coach, and Certified Facilitator of The Resilience Toolkit. She held a university position in Guadalajara, Mexico, and was the co-founder and first Manager of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for University of New Mexico Hospitals. For twenty years, she was the President of Susana Rinderle Consulting, LLC, and is a former Principal Consultant for Korn Ferry in the leadership development practice. Susana is a former TEDx speaker, and her articles have appeared in Workforce Magazine, The Huffington Post, TLNT.com, ERE.net, Diversity Executive, American Diversity Report, Training Magazine, and Medium as well as academic journals.

"Exploring Microaggressions"
2022-09-27 18:30 - 20:00 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
Faciliated by
Pamelia Robinson, ACC
Dr. Erroline Williams, PCC
Rodney Austin
CCEs: 1.5 (1.0 Core/ 0.5 Resource)
In this session we will explore the:

Concepts of Microinsult; Microassault; and Microinvalidation as well as
Revisit different types of microaggression and their impact on those receiving them.

We will provide safe-space breakout sessions for personal sharing and learning.
This will be a fast paced, interactive session that will bring you new insights and
tools to better manage your relationships with colleagues, family, friends and new
acquaintances!
This webinar is free to everyone.
To register email: roberta@pittsburghcoaches.com

Two Secret Listening Strategies to Enhance Coaches’ Active Listening
2022-08-09 12:00 - 13:30 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
by
Laura Janusik, PhD, MBA, MA
CCEs: 1.5 Core
Active listening often is hailed as the hallmark of listening, but active listening isn’t enough. Listening is a cognitive activity and recent research (Bodie et al., 2020) has identified the 4 Listening Habits. Learn how to use cognitive listening habits with active listening to increase your coaching effectiveness. After all, when coaches listen well, they hear more, and they change more lives. What could be better than that?
Learning Objectives:

Participants will understand that listening is a habit over which individuals have control
Participants will identify their own dominant listening habits and listening blind spots
Participants will practice one to two verbal listening strategies to create shared meaning

In this webinar Participants will:

View listening in a whole new light
Self assess their dominant listening habit and have a better idea as to why they “mesh” better with some clients than others
See listening as a strategy, backed by science, and not just a skill

Speaker:
Laura Janusik, PhD, MBA, MA: On a scale of 1 to 10, how confident do you feel in your listening when you’re coaching? Laura Janusik, also known as Dr. Laura and DrJListen, has worked with hundreds of coaches and found that most are above average listeners, but they are amazed when they realize how much more research-based information there is to learn! So, Laura is leveraging her world-wide recognized expertise in teaching and training Listening to help coaches with research-based solutions that work. These listening solutions help coaches to Listen Well, Hear More, and Change Lives. Her PhD in Communication and MBA and over 20 years as a leading listening researcher and professor help coaches better help their clients. So, sit back, listen well, and learn how you can listen to your clients better!
Laura’s published nationally and internationally and has been cited in Forbes, Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, and US News and World Report, among others. Laura’s background includes 15 years of HR Management in private industry and 20+ years of academic experience as a professor, scholar, speaker and trainer. She’s the past president of the International Listening Association. Finally, her 12-hour course, Listening for Coaches: The Beginner’s Series, is accredited by ICF for CCE’s, and it’s geared for all levels of coaches so they can Listen Well, Hear More, and Change Lives.
Registration:
ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate/Premier – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25

Returning Citizen Ex-Offenders: Coaching Members of Vulnerable Populations
2022-07-12 12:00 - 13:30 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
and Tuesday, July 26, 2022
by Talib Shakir, ACC

CCEs: 3.00 (2.25 Core/ 0.75 Resource)

(Must attend both sessions to receive cces)
(One registration covers both sessions)
In Coaching Tips and Advice for Returning Citizen Advocates, Talib Shakir writes:
“Needs tend to drive us until we understand how to drive them. Until then, we will remain stuck. Coaching helps men and women who have been incarcerated tap into their potential and possibilities. It helps show the direct correlation between needs and values. An underlying value can create a driving need. When that need is not met, it will be held as a value.”
This workshop is for coaches wanting to work with people from vulnerable populations. Using Shakir’s book and lived experience as the foundation, coaches will strengthen their capacity for curiosity and compassion not only for people returning from incarceration but also for members of any vulnerable group.
In this webinar, participants will learn:

How to recognize the humanity of people returning from incarceration.
Communication skills for working with this population.
How effective, sensitive communication is important—and what happens when these skills come together.
How to recognize that vulnerability is everywhere and see the vulnerability in others.

Participants will be able to:

Cultivate their curiosity and ability to listen actively and well.
Create safe coaching spaces for members of vulnerable populations.
Deepen their capacity for empathy for members of vulnerable populations.

Speaker:
Talib Shakir, ACC is a trained life coach with a focus on leadership, wellness, and reentry. His work includes working with community leaders and college professors, in addressing anti-social behaviors and reentry needs. He received his training through the Institute for Life Coach Training (ILTC).
REGISTRATION:
ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate/Premier – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25

The Coach as Speaker
2022-06-01 12:00 - 13:30 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
How to Create a Masterful Speaking Presence
CCEs: 1.5 (0.75 core/ 0.75 resource)
Speaking to groups is the number one way to build a coaching practice, but only if who you’re being in front of the room is as present, authentic, and sincere as when you’re interacting with clients. But, what’s the key to making it happen?
Never stop being a coach! Apply the same core competencies to speaking as you do to your coaching. Create a safe and supportive environment in your room that honors your audience’s agenda. When you’re open and flexible in the moment, you create a dynamic synergy with your audience.
In this highly interactive and thought-provoking presentation, you will learn:

How to manifest a presence that’s warm and genuine while being profoundly audience-focused and intensely purposeful.
How the message you send goes beyond the words you speak.
What goes into creating a compelling, interactive presentation that evokes insight and encourages people to expand their thinking.
How to provide masterful coaching as you engage audience members.
How to make an offer from the stage that speaks to the needs of your audience members and lands like an opportunity for further exploration and growth … and how to stay unattached as you do it!

The bottom line: Talking with a client in a coaching setting is very much like speaking to a group of people you don’t know … if you approach it the right way.
Denise Hedges, PCC is a business development coach and speaking coach with over 30 years’ experience in sales and marketing. She specializes in training and coaching business owners to market themselves more effectively using the strategy of speaking. Denise works with coaches to help them move past any uncertainty or fear they have about sales and marketing, so they can attract more clients, make more money, and make a real difference in the lives of more people! She trains personal and business coaches all over the world! Visit her website at: http://www.DeniseHedges.com
Registration:
ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate/Premier – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25

“What’s In a Name?” a Persad Center presentation delivered by Ted Hoover
2022-05-03 18:30 - 20:00 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
CCEs – 1.5 (0.5 core/1.0 resource)

“What’s In a Name?” − Questioning? Non-Binary? Asexual? Two Spirt? Cisgender? Thanks to increasing visibility and acceptance, and the always-increasing speed of social media, every day we’re being introduced to more and more letters, words and phrases being introduced into the LGBTQ+ community.
“What’s In a Name?” is an awareness program presented by Persad Center designed to shed some light and navigate a path through this forest of language. The 45-minute program examines the specific meaning of letters in the LGBTQ+ “alphabet soup” with a discussion of how the evolution of the letters mirrors the history of the movement.
“What’s In a Name?” also looks at some of the most recent terms used in the trans and non-binary communities and how that language is helping us to move beyond the transphobic and outdated attitudes from the past.
In this webinar we will:

Examine the specific meaning of letters in the LGBTQ+ community.
Explore how the evolution of the letters mirrors the history of the movement.
Review some of the most recent terms used in the trans and non-binary communities. and how that language is helping us to move beyond the transphobic and outdated attitudes from the past.

In this webinar participants will:

gain a greater understanding of the meaning and use of letters and pronouns used by the LGBTQ+ community.
develop an appreciation for this language is helping us to move beyond the transphobic and outdated attitudes from the past.
be able to reflect on their own experiences and perceptions regarding the LGBT+ community.

Speaker:
Ted Hoover is an Educator/Trainer who works at the Persad Center, the nation’s second oldest behavioral health and wellness center working with the LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS community. Ted has previously worked with PA Bureau of Family Health on such issues as LGBTQ+ youth suicide prevention, adolescent sexual health and creating safe work/education environments across the Commonwealth. Additionally, he focuses on issues of discrimination, hate crime and human trafficking with area law enforcement and the Civil Rights Division of the FBI.
REGISTRATION

Mentor Coaching: What You Want to Know
2022-04-12 12:00 - 13:00 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
CCEs: 1.0 (0.5 core / 0.5 resource)

This program will address the most common questions about Mentor Coaching for ICF credentials.

What is Mentor Coaching?
How is it experienced?
What can I expect from Mentor Coaching?
How do I choose a Mentor Coach?
Who can be a Mentor Coach and what are the responsibilities?
What are the Mentor Coach requirements?
What are the benefits of having an ongoing relationship with a mentor coach?

In this webinar participants will:

Learn the definitions and details of Mentor Coaching
Learn factors in choosing a Mentor Coach
Learn the requirements and responsibilities of a Mentor Coach

Participants will gain:

Information needed to determine the best course of action for their unique Mentor Coaching goals.
Awareness of the benefits and opportunities of Mentor Coaching
Identify resources and opportunities for their next steps toward Mentor Coaching.

Speakers:
Linda Hedberg, PCC is a mentor to prospective and new coaches and a Certified Life and Leadership Coach. She is on the faculty of Professional Christian Coach Institute (PCCI), and her teaching includes coaching skills development and the ICF core competencies.

Cindy Schmelzenbach, PCC is a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, and a Conversational Intelligence Enhanced Practitioner. She serves on faculty at Professional Christian Coach Institute and her current practice includes Life Coaching, Strengths Coaching and ICF Mentor Coaching

Registration:
ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate/Premier – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25

COACHING THROUGH AMBIGUOUS LOSS
2022-03-21 12:00 - 13:30 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
and Monday, April 4, 2022

by
Craig Maier, PhD, PCC

CCEs: 3.0 (1.5 core/ 1.5 resource)
(Must attend both sessions to receive cces)
(One registration covers both sessions)

Over the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally altered the way we live. Many of us have lost loved ones and became sick ourselves. But even if we avoided the virus, we encountered loss in other ways: the business that closed, the job offer that never came, the friendship we never made, the school we could not attend, the marriage that floundered, and so on.
Marriage and family therapist Pauline Boss calls these losses “ambiguous losses.” These events can have invisible but profound effects on the people we coach. Over the two sessions, we will examine her book on the pandemic, The Myth of Closure, in light of the ICF core competencies. In the process, we will deepen our coaching practice during this time of change.
Text: Boss, Pauline. (2021). The Myth of Closure: Ambiguous Loss in a Time of Pandemic and Change. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN: 978-1324016816
Format: The course will unfold over two, 90-minute Zoom sessions. The sessions will be interactive discussions facilitated by the instructor.
Session 1 (March 21) will focus on Part One of The Myth of Closure, which explores ambiguous loss in several contexts, including the unresolved loss of racism. During these sessions, participants will:

Understand the construct of ambiguous loss and the role it plays in the context of coaching.
Appreciate how ambiguous loss—especially losses that arise from social conditions like racism, classicism, and sexism—shapes clients’ context, identity, environment, experiences, values, and beliefs.
Understand how ambiguous loss may affect clients’ capacity for growth.

Sessions 2 (April 4) will examine Part Two, which explores Boss’s research on responses to ambiguous loss. During these sessions, participants will:

Develop approaches to create empathy, trust, and safety in conversations around ambiguous loss.
Help clients integrate awareness, insight or learning about ambiguous loss into their worldview and behaviors.
Help clients explore how to move forward in ambiguous loss, including resources, support and potential barriers

In this webinar participants will:

Understand the construct of ambiguous loss and the role it plays in the context of coaching.
Appreciate how ambiguous loss—especially losses that arise from social conditions like racism, classicism, and sexism—shapes clients’ context, identity, environment, experiences, values, and beliefs.
Understand how ambiguous loss may affect clients’ capacity for growth.

Participants will be able to:

Develop approaches to create empathy, trust, and safety in conversations around ambiguous loss.
Help clients integrate awareness, insight or learning about ambiguous loss into their worldview and behaviors.
Help clients explore how to move forward in ambiguous loss, including resources, support and potential barriers

Speaker:
Craig Maier, PhD, PCC coaches leaders serving communities in crisis so they can help others heal and thrive. The author of two books and 25 essays on leadership communication, he is interested in how individuals and communities process trauma and grief. Prior to launching his coaching practice, he taught communication at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and worked for 13 years as a communication professional in the nonprofit sector.

Four Transformational Presence Leadership and Coaching Tools You Don't Want to be Without
2022-03-02 13:00 - 14:30 | MRAC Webinar
Participants will earn 1 Core Competency and .5 Resource Development CCEs for attending this webinar.
“Transformational Presence Leadership and Coaching Tools You Don’t Want to be Without” is a virtual workshop designed to empower coaches and leaders to deepen their competencies; it will improve presence, listening, awareness, taking action, communication, and trust. TPLC is an innovative approach to coaching and leadership in that it’s focus is on energy and transformation, watching for the potential that wants to emerge. Since everything is energy in motion, we work with the tools and the client’s energy so s/he can resolve conflicts, get unstuck, and confidently move forward in uplifting and dynamic ways. After briefly describing the essence of TPLC in the ‘virtual workshop,’ Nicki will introduce four TPLC tools; coaches will pair off in twos to practice three of the four tools after they’re presented. The fourth tool will be given to you in the slides.
Participants will:

develop a new perspective about working with their clients’ energies while noticing any potential that wants to emerge.

learn how to navigate through the four ways people engage, coaching toward choice and opportunity vs. drama and situation.

learn to promote dialogue between conflicting voices in a client by using the Three Intelligences.
know more about and utilize the two orientations we have in life—Soul and Ego—and how they can partner effectively.

be introduced to the “Deep Simple” tool Alan Seale developed to sift down quickly to the essence of an issue, asking what role it wants the person to play, and what they can do today to make an important shift start to happen.

Nicki McClusky specializes in helping “Those who help others”—especially coaches, consultants, healers, and nonprofit executives—to manifest their full potential and create the profound shifts they want to make in their own lives, their careers, and in their relationships. Nicki is the author of 15 books, including You Have A Self, The Joy Factor, Find Your Voice: An Introduction to Vocal Basics and the Voice of Your Soul, and recently, How to Stop Being Too Hard on Yourself. She has delivered webinars on Self-Talk, Energy Transformation and Transformational Presence to ICF chapters all over the globe.
For more information and to register click here.

Demo Coaching
2022-02-02 13:00 - 14:00 | MRAC Webinar
Participants will earn 1 Core Competency CCE for attending this webinar.
The session will include a 30-minute demo coaching session with Master Certified Coach, Darcy Luoma and a client. We will then spend20 minutes debriefing the session and reviewing the core competencies observed.
Darcy Luoma is a master certified life coach, dynamic facilitator, and professional speaker. She has her Masters of Science in Organization Development from Pepperdine University, where her thesis research showed profound results that life coaching significantly increases overall life satisfaction and professional growth. Darcy served for 12 years as the Director of U.S. Senator Herb Kohl’s office. Darcy is now the owner and CEO of Darcy Luoma Coaching & Consulting, LLC, which focuses on creating high-performing people and teams (www.DarcyLuoma.com). She is thrilled to have been voted Madison’s favorite life coach multiple times! Darcy balances her thriving business with raising her two energetic daughters, adventure travel, and competing in triathlons.
For more information and to register click here.

Who’s Brain Is It Anyhow?
2022-01-14 12:00 - 13:30 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
Dr. Barbara Schwarck, PCC
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
CCEs: 1.5 (1.0 core / 0.5 resource)
Many of us (including people who teach this stuff) experience our clients being stuck. We see negative patterns in the automatic flight/fight/freeze response and need to recognize that the reptilian brain interferes w/taking action. While it may be easy to coach clients to get them to a deep “AHA” moment, supporting them to actualize that awareness is another story.
My approach to success is based on research by Pavlov, Goleman & Goodhart, who demonstrated that having all parts of the brain aligned is the key to improving one’s performance. Success is not only a function of the conscious mind. It includes biochemical processes that are deeply embedded in our consciousness. The most powerful component in attaining and maintaining success and change is being congruent or aligned with your goals. Without goal congruence, success is merely a function of luck.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Neuroscience 101: A basic understanding of the brain and its functions
Emotional Rescue: How the brain supports or hinders success
Levels of Consciousness: What level(s) do I coach primarily
Muscle Testing: A tool for coaches
Neuro Emotional Coaching®: What does it looks like to be coached on all levels? You’ll experience it!

In this webinar:

Participants will be able to have a deeper understanding of how much of their clients’ unconscious and subconscious is involved in their clients’ success and how easily these parts of the brain can derail or support the coaching process.
Participants will be able to practice with each other to coach different levels of consciousness
Participants will have experienced two coaching tools geared to work with the un and sub conscious part of their clients brain
Participants will be able to evaluate these concepts and integrate them into their coaching practice.

Dr. Barbara Schwarck, PCC is the founder and CEO of Clear Intentions International (CII) through which she practices an innovative executive coaching technique – Neuro Emotional Coaching® – which she developed over two decades. Combining neuroscience with executive coaching, this process helps clients break through barriers and align their intentions in support of their goals and aspirations.
She inspires clarity and breakthroughs in the ways that people think, feel and behave, thus opening up the space and opportunity for rapid and sustainable change, leadership development and goal attainment with a focus on bottom-line results.
After emigrating from Germany to the United States in the late 1980s and to Israel in 2015, Dr. Barbara Schwarck accumulated multiple degrees, including: Master’s degrees in Applied Psychology and Public and International Affairs, and a Doctorate in Spiritual Science (DSS). She is certified as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coach Federation (ICF) and from the Coaches Training Institute (CTI). Through her extensive studies in kinesiology, she is a certified Neuro Emotional Technique (NET) practitioner and incorporates this methodology as an integral element of her Neuro Emotional Coaching® approach. This vast interdisciplinary mindset is what makes Dr. Schwarck’s executive coaching strategy so unique and effective.
Registration:
ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate/Premier – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25

Developing a Reflective Practice for Coaches
2022-01-05 13:00 - 14:00 | MRAC Webinar
Participants will earn 1 Core Competency CCE for attending this webinar.
As Margaret Mead declared – A small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. The potential for transformative change exists in the collective, reflective space of coaching supervision groups. Research has shown that collaborative learning alliances, like coaching supervision groups, are highly effective in facilitating targeted learning through the processing and reflection on the experiences of the group members. In addition, the coach participants feel less alone in their work, with shared client challenges being normalized collectively and processed objectively. My experience in leading both coaching supervision groups and in doing 1:1 supervision has shown that coaches within a group dynamic create a reflective space with increased possibilities to explore client work in greater depth and from a wider-angle view. Executive and organizational coaches working with leaders, teams, and groups are immersed in complex, diverse, and evolving organizational systems. Beyond coach training and mentoring there is the continued need, and professional responsibly, to grow and mature in our craft. A coach’s ability to show up confident, competent, creative, and compassionate for their clients when approaching coaching situations depends on the coach’s continuous growth, development and capacity to review and reflect on their work. This experiential session will showcase a new supervision model, the Tri-Lens Coaching Supervision Model™, which provides the framework for mindful reflective practice and builds coaches’ capacity to view their client work between three lenses to evoke attention and presence—Within (Self as Coach/Self as Supervisor), With Others (Coach/Supervisor; Coach/Clients), and With the System (Culture/Enterprise). The session will leverage a fishbowl structure, with 6 volunteers in the inner-circle supervision group with 2 supervisors and an outer-circle of observers. Other elements of the supervision group demonstration include a mindful centering exercise, reflective group work, volunteered case studies, supervisor facilitation, inner circle insight review, and a large group debrief/ Q&A. The workshop experience for all attending will be collaborative and introspective focused on mindful refection and learning from experiences and learning how to mindfully reflect through three lenses.
By the end of this session participants will have:
• Identified key effects of coaching supervision and reflective practice on raising the quality bar and supporting ethical integrity for coaches, clients, and organizations
• Been introduced to an integrative, systemic coaching supervision model (Tri-Lens Coaching Supervision Model™) related to mindful reflective practice that builds coaches’ capacity through continuous learning and the development of core coaching competencies
• Experimented with and observed coaching supervision conversations in a group format to enhance presence, broaden awareness, and build trust with coaching clients within organizational systems
For more information and to register please click here.

Holiday Social
2021-12-14 16:30 - 20:00
Dave & Buster’s
180 E Waterfront Drive
Homestead, PA 15120
Time: 4:30-8:00 pm
Join us for food, fun and fellowship!
Cash Bar

Come celebrate our individual and collective successes!

Explore the benefits of active membership in ICF Pittsburgh.

Bring your ideas and input for future programs.

Coach Lab Series
2021-12-01 19:00 - 20:00 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
VIRTUAL by ZOOM
The next ICF Pittsburgh Coaching Lab will be held online Wednesday December 1st from 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm. This Lab is for the benefit of the coaching community to help solve current questions and support those who have questions. Do you have a situation where it would help to brainstorm with other coaches? Are you searching for new insights about a particular coaching engagement? Come join us and spend an hour supporting your ICF Pittsburgh coaching community. Hope to see you there.

Stacey Etherson is a professional life and leadership coach who works with small business leaders who want to be more effective leading their teams.

Yes, And! Improve Your Coaching Skills with Improv
2021-12-01 13:00 - 14:00 | MRAC Webinar
Participants will earn 1 Core Competency CCE for attending this webinar.
Applied Improvisation is defined as the adaptation of improvisational theater principals and training techniques that enable participants to:
* Quickly build trust to connect with others,
* Deepen listening, improve presence, and nonverbal communication skills,
* Create a collaborative work environment, and, * Increase comfort levels with uncertainty and change.
These skills are closely aligned with the coaching skills we need to successfully work with our clients. Based on the work of Lev Vygotsky, a Russian psychologist who believed that “we achieve growth by engaging in group activity with other humans, rather than through an individual, internal process”, and Dr. Stuart Brown, medical doctor, psychiatrist, and founder of the National Institute for Play, who said, “during play, we can imagine and experience situations that we have never encountered before and learn from them”, there is evidence that applied improvisation has the capacity to improve our relational skills. I recently spent two years researching if applied improvisation could effect the empathetic communication skills of graduate-level dietetic interns. The results of our research concluded that we were able to move the dial in a positive direction in statistically significant ways with regards to the students’ empathetic communication skills. Since coaching is all about our ability to connect with our clients through our communication, applied improvisation exercises are vehicles to raise awareness and provide a safe space for experiential learning. And you don’t need to be funny to be successful!
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
1. Demonstrate the skills of “deep listening” – listening to words, tone of voice, body language, and silences as a complete communicative package to increase empathy and effectiveness.
2. Build a collaborative environment using a “yes, and” approach with clients, team members, and staff to foster ideation, problem-solving, and conflict-resolution.
3. Become comfortable and increase acumen in dealing with ambiguity, change, and emotions.
Sonja Stetzler, MA, CPC is the founder of Effective Connecting, providing executive coaching and communications-centered training for mid-to-senior level leaders within business and healthcare organizations. A respected communications and leadership coach and consultant, Sonja’s programs teach clients communication tools that positively impact their success and bottom line.
For more information and to register click here.

Beyond the Basics: Explore the Concepts of Hermeneutics
2021-11-08 19:30 - 21:00 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
A learning opportunity with renown author & coach, Dr. Philip Brownell
CCEs: 1.5 (1.0 core / .50 resource)

TOPIC: Chapter 15: Hermeneutic Coaching, Human Interactions, and Meaning Making
TEXT: PROFESSIONAL COACHING, Principles and Practice, Springer Publishing Co, 2019
As coaches, much of what we do hinges on understanding and being understood. Hermeneutics refers to the many ways that we interpret our experience, including that of comprehending and communicating with others. Proficiency in hermeneutics helps people form questions that go to vital places in the life worlds of both clients and coaches. It helps people actually work with the meanings emerging among them.
Join us for this program where we will explore the concepts of hermeneutics and how you can put them into practice in your coaching.
Key questions that will be answered include:

What does the term “Hermeneutic” mean?
What are key elements in the Hermeneutic approach?
How do they relate to my coaching? How can I utilize these concepts?

ABOUT the “Beyond the Basics” Program: Beyond the Basics is a Virtual reading, discussion & learning experience for all professionals interested in expanding their knowledge of coaching. Topics for each session are selected from the “desk-top” reference, PROFESSIONAL COACHING, Principles and Practice. Its editors, seasoned coaches themselves, intended to create one source that would bring together perspectives of expert coaches with experts on coaching and a way to move its content “off the shelf” and into everyday coaching practices. While It is encouraged that participants have a familiarity with the chapter material, everyone who chooses to participate will benefit from the extensive work & the breadth of knowledge that these highly acclaimed authors bring to the Coaching in Education session.
REGISTRATION:
ICF Pittsburgh Chapter Members/Affiliates/Premier ($0)
ICF Affiliate Chapters ($10)
Non members ($20)
Recording only ($20)
Register below.
Author
Phillip Brownell, MDiv, PsyD, PCC, is a Psychologist at Family Health Services of Idaho, located in Twin Falls, Idaho and is, along with Susan English and Janice Manzi Sabatine, one of the three editors of Professional Coaching, Principles and Practices. Dr. Brownell graduated from an APA accredited program in clinical psychology at George Fox University. He is a trained gestalt therapist and clinical psychologist. He is also an independent scholar, trainer, and professional coach. He is involved with the effort to establish a research tradition for gestalt therapy and a founding convener of The Research Conference, a biennial gathering of gestalt practitioner researchers for the purpose of networking and building a research tradition. Phil is the author of Gestalt Psychotherapy and Coaching for Relationships, Christianity and Gestalt Therapy: The Presence of God in Human Relationships, and Spiritual Competency in Psychotherapy.
Facilitator: Susan Hockenberry
EDITORS
Sr. Susan English, OSB, Ed.D, MCC is Co-director of the Duquesne University Professional Coach Certification Program and has a private practice as a life and leadership coach. She has training in both Internal Family Systems and Emotional Intelligence. Sr. Susan has over 30 years of experience as a teacher, college professor, and supervisor and is an award-winning student mentor. She has worked in public, private and prison school settings and has been an active leader in state and local professional and non-profit organizations. Sr. Susan is a past president of ICF Pittsburgh and holds a doctorate in education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Janice Manzi Sabatine, PhD, PCC is an ICF credentialed executive coach and biomedical scientist, incorporates evidence-based coaching approaches to help scientific and healthcare professionals become stronger, more effective leaders. She helps her clients leverage their strengths to improve performance with a special emphasis on helping them set clear expectations, handle difficult conversations, and lead without overt authority.

Mind-Shifting Imagery
2021-11-03 13:00 - 14:00 | MRAC Webinar
Participants will earn 1 Core Competency CCE for attending this webinar.
Although Dr. Elizabeth-Anne Stewart originally developed Image Guidance as a therapeutic process, she saw that it also had applications for life coaching which would be fully aligned with the International Coach Federation’s core competencies and Code of Ethics. Used as a forward-focusing tool rather than as a strategy for re-visiting the past, Image Guidance offers a doorway into self-knowledge (I know who I am) and self-awareness (I understand my dreams, desires, fantasies, motivations and purpose, as well as the limiting beliefs that are stopping me from living the life I want to lead).
In this interactive workshop, coaches will learn to use aspects of Image Guidance in all forms of coaching, from spiritually-based coaching to executive coaching. Applications include but are not limited to:
• Encouraging clients to identify and describe emotions such as fear, frustration, excitement, enthusiasm;
• Fostering awareness so that clients can identify and name “blocks” to their success, thereby reducing their negative energy, allowing them to become “unstuck”;
• Assisting clients to imagine new possibilities and outcomes and to work towards specific goals;
• Working with clients to prioritize, take action and evaluate;
• Affirming clients’ hopes and dreams while re-enforcing their belief in their own gifts;
• Supporting clients in their desire to accept new positions of leadership or areas of professional or personal responsibility etc.
Participants in this program will:
In this interactive workshop, coaches will learn to use aspects of Image Guidance in all forms of coaching, from spiritually-based coaching to executive coaching. Applications include but are not limited to:
• Encouraging clients to identify and describe emotions such as fear, frustration, excitement, enthusiasm;
• Fostering awareness so that clients can identify and name “blocks” to their success, thereby reducing their negative energy, allowing them to become “unstuck”;
• Assisting clients to imagine new possibilities and outcomes and to work towards specific goals;
• Working with clients to prioritize, take action and evaluate;
• Affirming clients’ hopes and dreams while re-enforcing their belief in their own gifts;
• Supporting clients in their desire to accept new positions of leadership or areas of professional or personal responsibility etc.
Participants in this program will:
1. Recognize and interpret the metaphors, symbols, and archetypes that occur and re-occur in their own lives;
2. Recognize and help their clients recognize and interpret the metaphors, symbols, and archetypes that occur and re-occur in their lives;
3. Deepen their listening skills by hearing the text beneath the symbols;
4. Ask more powerful questions by facilitating conversations between the client and his or her image;
5. Be more present to clients as they move beyond ordinary speech into the realm of imagery;
6. Learn how to use brief, safe and effective imagery interventions when a client seems “stuck.”
7. Apply the insights from image guidance to designing actions for further growth or awareness.
Dr. Elizabeth-Anne Stewart, PCC, is a board-certified life coach, author, and spiritual director with over thirty years’ experience offering inner guidance, retreats, and seminars. Born in England and raised on the Mediterranean island of Malta, she coaches clients to stretch beyond limitations and embrace the possible, accessing the extraordinary capacities within; she also serves as a Writing Coach, working with clients both in-person and remotely.
For more information and to register click here.

Savvy Strategic Alliances
2021-10-06 13:00 - 14:00 | MRAC Webinar
Participants will earn 1 Resource Development CCE for attending this webinar.
Most coaches start their own practice excited about “doing their own thing” and being their own boss. The flip side, however, is that working alone can be isolating and uninspiring at times. Solopreneurs crave both autonomy and collaboration in their businesses at the same time. Strategic Alliances are a great way to get both of those needs met while moving your business to the next level when you pick the right partners for the right projects. Coaches who crave collaboration often jump into strategic alliances without clarity of vision and strong design, and get little ROI as a result. When done well, Strategic Alliances can be one of the fastest and most joyous ways to grow your business. This training will teach you how to do just that.
Learn the best practices to creating and sustaining powerful Strategic Alliances with other professionals and watch your business grow. In this presentation your will learn:
• How Strategic Alliances can uplevel your business rapidly
• The 6 Keys you must have with a potential partner to create a thriving partnership
• The biggest challenges in creating strategic alliances (and how to avoid them so you quit wasting time and energy and start seeing results sooner)
• Tried and true, proven best practices for creating powerful, sustainable strategic alliances
Tara Butler Floch is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) and Professional Certified Coach (PCC) who is known as the “coaches’ coach”. She has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs level up their businesses since 2000, when she started her coaching and training company, after being a Sales & Marketing Executive of 3 global companies and managing teams of up to 80 people.
For more information and to register click here.

Integrating Spiritual Connection in Our Coaching Practice
2021-09-01 13:00 - 14:00 | MRAC Webinar
Participants will earn .75 Core Competency and .25 Resource Development CCEs for attending this webinar.
Although we often leverage the “wheel of life” to understand and take a wholistic approach, we often tend to think that spirituality is taboo to bring into your professional coaching relationships. Spiritual connection has been proven to improve health and wellness and often provides clarity and purpose. Having greater awareness and connection to Spirituality, as defined by the client, is a natural and integral part of personal growth. This program will discuss the importance of and share tools to enhance the coaches capacity to explore spirituality when it is presented by the client. The presenter will incorporate several tools/concepts, but rely heavily on the work of Lynn Underwood (given permission) where based on scientific research (World Health Organization) and global practice, Lynn refined a scale and language to help individuals and groups to gain greater awareness of their spiritual connection and it’s positive impacts.
As a result of this session, participants will be able to:

Explore building trust and the initial agreement where there is an openness to discussing Spirituality.
Introduce and practice using the Daily Spiritual Experience Scale, developed by Lynn Underwood.
Explain the purpose and use of the 16 questions from the Spiritual Experience Scale for yourself and others.
Discuss and share best practices and concerns regarding the use of the tool with clients to deepen awareness of Spiritual Connection.
Choose to support your client when she/he wants to explore spiritual connection and do it with more confidence, inclusion and respect.

Anne M. Papinchak, M.ED., PCC is an executive leadership coach, Anne focuses on building strong cultures, leaders and teams. She has over 20 years of working with executive leadership to assess, select, develop and implement cross-company strategic initiatives and teams to create the capacity to achieve business results. Anne is a Past President of ICF Pittsburgh and served as the Chair for the 2018 Midwest Region Coaches Conference.
For more information and to register click here.

Referring Clients
2021-08-10 19:00 - 20:00 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
Michael J. Marx, MBA, EdD, PCC, CPCC
CCEs: 1.0 (core)
Coaches are not therapists, yet coaching can be therapeutic. Where therefore is the line between coaching and therapy? As an ICF coach, you are responsible for being able to represent accurately what coaching can and cannot do. This presentation will help you know how to do that. Furthermore, there are times when the coach needs to know how and when to refer to professionals like lawyers, accountants, and mental health providers.
In this webinar we will:

Identifying barriers within yourself to broaching this subject
Knowing which type of professional to refer to as well as how and when
Learning how to differentiate mental health issues from “a bad day” or a “challenging time”
Initiating a caring and thoughtful discussion/referral for suspected behavioral health issues

Speaker:
Michael J. Marx, MBA, EdD, PCC, CPCC. Michael is an ICF Professional Certified Coach specializing in business coaching and corporate consultation. Dr. Marx has served as the leader of the ICF ‘Global Community of Practice on Ethics.’ He also serves on the ICF Independent Review Board and leads the team for the Ethical Interpretive Statements. Additionally, he is a past-president of Christian Coaches Network International and the author of Ethics and Risk Management for Christian Coaches (2016). He and his team have founded a non-profit call Coaching Suicide Awareness.
Registration:
ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate/Premier – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25

Gender, Sexuality, and Coaching
2021-08-04 13:00 - 14:00 | MRAC Webinar
Participants will earn .75 Core Competency and .25 Resource Development CCEs for attending this webinar.
When coaching Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) and gender non-binary people, having an awareness of the impacts and effects of their experiences of being outside of the heteronormative paradigm, can create deeper empathy, increased awareness of context, and allow for more trust and understanding in the coaching relationship. In this interactive workshop, we will explore many topics around gender and sexuality, through the lens of coaching clients who identify as LGBTQ or gender non-binary. Participants will leave with more knowledge on subjects related to sexuality and gender and a deeper understanding of the experiences of potential clients from this demographic. We will investigate the importance of language, then learn about, and discuss, the meaning of terms related to sexuality and gender (i.e.. queer, non-binary, sys-male/sys-female, they/them pronouns, etc.). This will also be an opportunity for participants to ask questions in a safe space, and even practice using some of these terms in an open dialogue.
Participants will gain knowledge and a deeper awareness of some of the challenges and complexities that may impact LGBTQ and gender non-binary coaching clients. They will leave with a greater capacity to understand some of the context present when working with clients from this demographic Additionally, they will have insight into topics and areas of focus where coaching may effectively support these clients. Furthermore, participants will learn about some of the specific language and terms that are related to gender and sexuality. Through open dialogue exploring these terms and their meaning, participants will become more comfortable using them. Finally, participants will increase their sensitivity and empathy for people experiencing life outside of the heteronormative paradigm.
Wil Fisher is a life coach, facilitator, producer, performer, and nonprofit professional. After graduating with a BFA in theatre from the Hartt School, Wil moved to NYC and found his energy pulled towards social rights issues affecting LGBTQ youth. He served as the director of special events for the Ali Forney Center (AFC), the nation’s largest organization dedicated to housing homeless LGBTQ youth.
Later, Wil served as the Executive Director of Easton Mountain, an LGBT retreat center where he worked with former ICF president Damian Goldvarg to launch the first LGBTQ Coaches Training program. He attended that program and became a certified life coach. He is a Fellow Coach with BetterUp and the founder of Willfully Living, his life coach practice that focuses on supporting gay, bi, trans and queer men.
For more information and to register click here.

ICF Pittsburgh in Person Summer Social
2021-07-20 16:00 - 19:30
Welcome All Pittsburgh Area Coaches!
North Park Latham Shelter
For directions click here.
Complimentary Food
BYOB

Come celebrate our individual and collective successes!
Explore the benefits of active membership in ICF Pittsburgh.
Bring your ideas and input for future programs.
Raffle of prizes

Please RSVP by July 10th to Roberta Rollings: roberta@pittsburghcoaches.com
Will follow Covid-19 Protocols in Place on the date

Sales is Your New Super Power
2021-07-07 13:00 - 14:00 | MRAC Webinar
Participants will earn 1 Resource Development CCE for attending this webinar.
Without sales, you have a very expensive hobby. And, you’re unable to make the impact and reach the very people that need your services. So, by attending this presentation, each attendee will not only gain clarity on how to view sales from a new perspective (sales as SERVICE), but will also gain confidence for how to handle objections and feel empowered through every step of a sales conversation. Sales are a key ingredient for running a successful busienss and every attendee will benefit from participating in this presentation.
In this innovative and interactive presentation, you’ll discover:

Why You’re Better at “Sales” Than You Think
The MOST Important Sale You’ll Ever Make (skip this at your own risk!)
10 Common Sales Mistakes Coaches Make (and what to do instead!)
How to Get to “Yes” More Often (and consistently Make More Money!)
The Magic question that will practically make objections dissolve on the spot (Yes, it’s THAT easy!)
and more!

To register click here.
Krista Martin, MBA, CPCC, PCC, is the President & Founder of Make Your Mark. As a sought after speaker and business coach, she helps her clients attract more clients, make more money, and create a bigger impact.

Harness Your Coaching Skills to Create Transformational Presentations
2021-06-02 13:00 - 14:00 | MRAC Webinar
Participants will earn 1 Resource Development CCE for attending this webinar
While public speaking is one of the most effective ways to attract the right clients to your business, position yourself as a thought leader, and make big impact in the world, most coaches who speak are following tired formulas for how to present (and sell) and are positioning themselves as experts at the expense of showing off their coaching skills. In this dynamic, interactive presentation designed specifically for coaches, Alexia Vernon will show attendees how to create presentations that provide audience members with a rich coaching experience, how to use core coaching competencies when inviting audience members into ongoing work, and how to overcome discomfort with visibility and owning a powerful point of view.
Participants will be able to:

Develop presentations that demonstrate their coaching acumen and create breakthroughs for audience members
Integrate the core coaching competencies of creating intimacy and trust, coaching presence, creating awareness, direct communication, and powerful questioning into their speaking
Sculpt and deliver powerful calls to action that guide raving fans into individual and organizational coaching clients

To register click here.
Alexia Vernon, ACC is the author of Step into Your Moxie: Amplify Your Voice, Visibility, and Influence in the World. Branded a “Moxie Maven” by President Obama’s White House Office of Public Engagement for her unique and effective approach to communication and leadership development.

Finding Our Calm in the Storm: Holistic Approaches to Stress Management
2021-06-01 18:30 - 20:00 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
Rosemary Hanrahan, MD, MPH, ACC
CCEs: 1.5 (0.75 core / 0.75 resource)

We are now nearly 18 months into the COVID pandemic. This has been a time of unprecedented change and disruption. Stress, is a natural and automatic physical, mental and emotional response to change, disruption and challenge–and a normal part of everyone’s life. When used positively, stress can lead to growth and meaningful action. But negative, long-term stress can impact on quality of life, livelihood and relationships. Managing stress will help clients (and coach) lead more balanced, healthier and fulfilling lives.
This interactive Well-inar will explore how stress may be showing up for us and our clients and will offer a range of holistic stress management strategies that can be integrated into coaching practice.
This Well-inar will:

Identify the types of stress and the potential positive and negative impact of stress
Discuss emotion-focused versus problem-focused stress management
Explore holistic “soul-lutions” for stress management that can be offered as a complement to coaching

Participants will be able to:

Recognize the different types of stress how they potentially show up and impact on individuals (coach and client)
Using a coaching Case Study, determine how to integrate holistic stress management practices into coaching
Create a library of holistic stress management practices and resources to utilize with individuals (coach and client)
Gain confidence and ease in introducing holistic stress management practices by participating in an interactive small group setting

Rosemary Hanrahan, MD, MPH, ACC is a certified professional coach, speaker, author, non-profit specialist, and physician with a Master of Public Health, brings her coaching and workshops to individuals and organizations in the academic, healthcare and non-profit sectors. In her speaking and coaching engagements, Rosemary draws on recent evidence-based studies by the American Medical Association, the National Academy of Medicine, the Institute of Coaching and the Greater Good Science Center at Berkley to help clients develop personal and professional strategies to remain engaged, passionate and productive in their chosen profession. Rosemary also facilitates professional development seminars and workshops for community groups and organizations on topics such as: Cultivating Caregiver Resilience, Compassion Fatigue Awareness and Prevention, Developing Strategies to Beat Burnout and Build Resilience.
Rosemary is certified as a Reiki Level I, II and Master Practitioner, Tai Chi For Arthritis and Falls Prevention Instructor, and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Practitioner. She has recently participated in an international Climate Change Coaching Training Circle, sponsored by Climate Change Coaches in the UK.
REGISTER:

ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate/Premier – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25
