ChatGPT for Coaches
2023-09-12 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
by Chuck Gohn, ACC
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
CCEs: 1.5 (0.5 core / 1.0 resource)

This 90-minute webinar will introduce life coaches to the revolutionary AI tool, ChatGPT, and its potential applications in the coaching industry. Participants will learn how to leverage this technology to enhance their business operations (with real examples), from social media engagement and email marketing to course design and creating powerful questions.
The webinar will include but not be limited to the following key areas:

What is ChatGPT?: An introduction to ChatGPT, and its capabilities.
ChatGPT for Social Media Presence: How to use ChatGPT to create engaging social media content and connect effectively with your audience.
ChatGPT for Client Emails: Using ChatGPT to craft persuasive marketing emails and personalized follow-up messages.
ChatGPT for Course Design: Utilizing ChatGPT to brainstorm course topics and create captivating course descriptions and outlines.
ChatGPT for Powerful Questions: Using ChatGPT to Create powerful coaching questions tailored to specific sessions and client objectives.
Ethical Considerations when using ChatGPT: Ensuring compliance with the ICF Professional Code of Ethics when using ChatGPT in your marketing efforts.

Participants will gain knowledge on:

Understand the capabilities of ChatGPT and how to access and use it effectively.
Appreciate the assistance that ChatGPT can bring to the business development
Realize the value that ChatGPT can add to client relationships and coaching sessions
Be aware of the ethical considerations when using ChatGPT in their coaching business.

Chuck Gohn, ACC is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in coaching, business, non-profits, and academics. He holds an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential and serves on the board of the International Coaching Federation’s Pittsburgh Chapter. Chuck is also a Fellow Coach with BetterUp Coaching and teaches Life Coaching at Allegheny Community College.
Chuck’s academic qualifications include a Doctorate from Fuller Seminary, a Master’s from Emmanuel Seminary, and a Bachelor of Science in Business from Portland State University.
With his diverse background, Chuck is equipped to facilitate profound transformative change in individuals and groups through his coaching skills, work, and life experiences.
Chuck is the founder of Chuck Gohn Coaching (chuckgohncoaching.com), a comprehensive Learning Hub for Life Coaches that caters to both established coaches and those considering a career in coaching. Chuck is the author of ChatGPT for Life Coaches: a practical guide for enhancing your life coaching business
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Applications of Polyvagal Theory in Coaching
2023-09-19 12:00 - 13:30 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
Michael Forlenza, PhD, MPH, PCC, TIPC
CCEs: 1.50 (0.75 core/0.75 resource)

Regardless of one’s coaching niche, coaches are being asked with greater frequency to support clients through experiences of toxic stress, burnout and even trauma. Polyvagal theory offers both a scientific understanding of the feelings of safety that give rise to connection, growth, and restoration and practical implications for coaches to both self-regulate and co-regulate with their clients. Participants will learn simple practices and techniques that can support client neurophysiological shifts from protection to connection and from surviving to thriving. This shift supports the emergence, restoration, and cultivation of resilience as a function of both connection and feelings of safety.
In this webinar participates will learn:

About the neurophysiology of feeling safe and the importance of safety to learning and growth in coaching.
About their own and others bodily and behavioral reactions to past and current experiences.
Specific breathing and movements patterns to support self-regulation.

Participants will be able to:

Recognize, regulate, and co-regulate reactions in themselves and others.
Intentionally shift their own state to support state-shifts in their clients.
Come to value the felt-sense of safety and connection as foundational to the coaching relationship.

Speaker:
Michael Forlenza is an experienced leader, international leadership consultant, and leadership development coach having worked for over a decade with both executive and emerging leaders across a wide variety of corporate and economic sectors including academic medicine and healthcare, public health, higher education, mental health care, financial services, insurance services, legal services, law enforcement, sales, government, biotechnology, engineering, management consulting, hospitality, and food service. Prior to becoming a full-time coach, consultant, and facilitator, Michael served as Assistant Dean in the School of Leadership and Professional Advancement at Duquesne University where he initiated, founded, and taught Executive Coaching in the Professional Coach Certification Program (PCCP), an International Coach Federation Accredited Coach Training Program, also having served as its Executive Director. He is currently a Senior Faculty Member and Director of Faculty Training with Lodestar Consulting and Executive Coaching where he leads and facilitates programs in Trauma-Responsive Leadership and teaches a Trauma-Mitigation Master Class for Coaches.
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Invisible Power of Culture: How Cultural Dimension Can Enhance Your Coaching and Business
2023-10-24 12:00 - 13:30 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
by Elena Semenchuk, PCC
12:00 pm. to 1:30 p.m.
CCEs: 1.50 (0.75 core / 0.75 resource)

Join our enlightening webinar as we delve into the crucial intersection of culture and context within both coaching and the broader business landscape. As a coach, understanding and embracing the impact of culture on oneself and others is essential. Why? We’ll explore that together!
Why Culture Matters in Coaching: We will dissect why the cultural dimension has become prominent in the new ICF competencies, shedding light on how cultural awareness can enrich not only our coaching practices but our lives as well.
Exploring Cross-Cultural Coaching: Engage in an interactive and stimulating conversation on how cross-cultural coaching aligns with global trends. Discover classifications and models of culture that can enhance your coaching mindset and methodology.
Defining and Enhancing Your Cultural Reality: Assess your current cultural reality and uncover strategies to refine and elevate it. What does this mean for you and your clients?
Navigating Cultural Differences: We’ll delve into effective ways to navigate cultural variances, avoid ethnocentric pitfalls, and leverage these differences to benefit both your coaching practice and your personal growth.
Whether you’re a seasoned coach or new to the field, understanding the dynamics of culture is vital in today’s globalized world. Don’t miss this opportunity to deepen your cultural acumen and enrich your coaching practice!
Learning Objectives for this webinar are:

Understanding culture and why it is essential in coaching and business.
Cross-cultural coaching as a response to world trends.
How updated ICF competencies respond to the necessity of being aware of cultural differences.

Expected Outcomes for Participants are:

Cultural dimension in coaching – classifications and models to work with.
Defining your current cultural reality and finding ways to enhance it.
How to deal with cultural differences – avoiding ethnocentric pitfalls to leverage differences.

Elena Semenchuk, PCC ICF, is a renowned entrepreneur, cross-cultural expert, and business coach who specializes in guiding leaders to reach unprecedented heights in both life and business during uncertain times. With a background that spans 15 years in the corporate world, Elena’s experience is rich and diverse, having worked in various fields and businesses across cultures in Ukraine, Spain, and Poland.
Having lived in three EU countries over the course of nine years, Elena’s global perspective is further enriched by her proficiency in six languages. Her keen understanding of cultural nuances makes her an invaluable asset in cross-cultural coaching.
In addition to her entrepreneurial endeavors, Elena serves as a Business and Executive coach and Mentor Coach, offering tailored support to professionals striving for excellence. Her leadership is also evident in her role as the Head of the Committee for Professional Development at ICF Ukraine, where she works diligently to advance the coaching profession.
Elena holds a Master’s degree in International Economics, which underpins her sophisticated approach to business coaching. Her unique blend of academic knowledge, cultural insight, and corporate experience equips her to offer transformative coaching that resonates across borders.
Whether working with individuals or organizations, Elena’s multifaceted expertise makes her a sought-after coach for those looking to thrive in today’s ever-changing global landscape.
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COACHING FOR EMANCIPATION: A BASIC INTRODUCTION
2023-11-03 12:00 - 13:30 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
by Dr. Hany Shoukry
CCEs: 1.5 (0.5core/ 1.0 resource)

“I think of coaching as a way to change the world, one person at a time. It is true that coachees come to coaching with their deeply personal and unique stories and goals, but it is also true that their stories are woven into a much larger social fabric, with a universal scene in the background. Both coach and coachee come to the session, but never entirely on their own, the room is filled with organisational, social, and political systems that are shaping the encounter.’ Dr. Hany Shoukry, in Coaching’s Search for Meaning Coaching Perspectives, October 2021
In this session, Dr. Shoukry will help us explore how coaches can support their clients through integrating, and critically examining the interplay between the individual and their social context. The session will start with a brief overview of Dr. Shoukry’s body of work, covering: coaching as a social process and the impact of oppression.
In this webinar we will learn how:

To develop an integrative worldview of the interaction between individual and society.
To explore the implications of coaching clients using the CFE Framework.
To learn how coaching can play a role in social change.
To see coaching as a social process.

Participants will gain knowledge on:

Exploration of the interplay between coaching and the social context.
Exploration of the dynamics of coaching in oppressive social environments.
Development of a critical perspective and awareness of a social dimension that needs to be considered in the coaching process.

Speaker: Hany Shoukry, PhD is an Honorary Research Associate at Oxford Brookes University. A researcher, trainer, and practitioner of coaching, he is particularly interested in the intersection between individual and society, and in the role of coaching in social change. Hany’s research was one of the earliest calls to consider coaching from a social perspective and led to the development of the Coaching for Emancipation (CFE) framework. Hany trains and supervises coaches and human development practitioners, and offers, through Humangene.org, pro-bono coaching, particularly to clients living in oppressive conditions or belonging to socially diverse groups. Born in Egypt, he lives in the UK, and is also a senior technology leader at Sky, Europe’s largest media company.
REGISTRATION:
ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate/Premier – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25

Peer Networking & Fireside Chat: Ignite Your Coaching Journey with Christy Uffelman
2023-11-16 17:30 - 19:30 | The Wine Library (in the PA Market), 108 19th Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222, United States
The Wine Library (in The PA Market)
108 19th Street,
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
The power of a peer group is undeniable. It is a brave space not only to celebrate successes, but also to share best practices, vulnerable lessons learned, and powerful accountability. And it’s an important part of our ICF Community.
Join us on Thursday, November 16th for an exclusive opportunity to network with your peers and engage in an intimate Fireside Chat with the CEO of EDGE Leadership, Pittsburgh-based group coach thought leader, and PEER Technology® founder, Christy Uffelman, BCC, MHCS.
Event Highlights:
Strategic Networking and Appetizers: Connect with fellow coaches fostering meaningful relationships within our community while enjoying a selection of appetizers from the Penn Market. – (5:30 – 6:30 PM)
(cash bar available)
Exclusive Fireside Chat with Christy Uffelman, BCC, MHCS – (6:30-7:15 PM)
This isn’t your typical keynote; it’s an interactive experience driven by YOU! Together, we’ll shape the conversation and explore topics that matter most to you as a coach or leader.
Discussion could include, but is not limited to:

Integrating group coaching for authentic connection.
Expanding your coaching impact and revenue.
Effective selling and marketing strategies.
Entrepreneurial insights, from solo-preneurship to scaling your business.
Navigating marketplace shifts and building a strong, authentic brand.

Space is limited to 60 attendees – REGISTER NOW
Registration:
ICF Pittsburgh Member – $20
Non-Member – $45

Contribute to the Conversation!
Upon registration, you will receive a link where you can share any questions you may have both for Christy AND your peers. Your queries will help shape the dialogue during the event.
About Christy Uffelman, BCC, MHCS:

Founder of EDGE Leadership
Group Coaching Thought Leader
Creator of PEER Technology®

Christy’s work centers on igniting personal growth to create more courageous and authentic leaders. She believes that WHO we are is HOW we lead.
As the Founder of EDGE Leadership, Christy spent the last 10 years amplifying organizations striving to increase inclusion, enhance connection and curate belonging, from Fortune 500 companies to Girl Scout troops!
She’s revolutionized group coaching with her PEER Technology® framework, coaching peer groups of up to 1500 people simultaneously across virtual, hybrid and in-person settings.
Additional Achievements include:

Author two books, including the Amazon #1 bestseller, “The PEER Revolution: Group Coaching that Ignites the Power of People” (2022).
One of the first 50 coaches selected globally by Dr. Brené Brown to bring vulnerability and courage building to corporations through Dare to Lead (2018).
Over 10,000 leaders worldwide have benefited from the group coaching programs at EDGE.

Learn more about Christy click here and explore her bestseller, “The PEER Revolution,” click here.
Connect with Christy on social media:
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Learnings (and unlearning) on the Way to MCC
2024-01-05 12:00 - 13:00 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
CCEs: 1.0 (core)

by Rob Michelucci, MCC, ACTC, BBC
As professional coaches, we’re continually looking to refine and improve our coaching skillset. And, all of us have blind spots! In parallel to our skill improvement, we may have picked up some routine or even unpreferable coaching habits along the way. During this interactive, one-hour webinar, Rob Michelucci, a local Pittsburgh ICF Coach and Duquesne graduate, will share what he’s learned and unlearned on his 2023 road to earning the MCC credential. Whether you’re on your journey toward becoming or renewing an ACC, PCC, or well on your way to the MCC credential, expect to learn (or relearn) MCC-level techniques as we tap into the wisdom of our group and collectively unlearn some habits we may have picked up along the way!
In this webinar we will:

Present core skill learnings from the ten hours of MCC mentorship Rob received in 2023.
Recap some “bad habits” he had picked up over the years that he had to “unlearn” for MCC-readiness.
Tap into the wisdom of the group for more of the same.

Participants will gain knowledge on:

Learn select MCC-level coaching techniques
Unlearn less preferable habits we may have picked up along our coaching journeys
Accelerate MCC-level readiness

Speaker:
Rob Michelucci, MCC: Since earning his initial ICF graduate credential from Duquesne University in 2016, he has accumulated ~2500 hours of life, career, and executive, individual and team coaching of leaders at top global social media, financial, tech companies and more, with additional experience in LGBTQ+ coaching. In addition to his private practice, Rob currently coaches with five industry-leading platforms.
In February 2023, he earned the International Coaching Federation ACTC credential, and in September 2023, he earned both the ICF MCC and Center for Credentialing & Education BCC credentials.
Rob’s mission is to help people realize—to both come to an awareness of and to fulfill—their potential.
Registration:
ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate/Premier – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25

Create a Year You Love -- and Love Creating It!
2024-01-22 12:00 - 13:00 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
Use Visioning in 2024 to achieve what you really want — for yourself, your clients and your organization
by Donna R. Billings, PCC
CCEs: 1.0 (0.5 core/0.5 resource)

Don’t you think the topsy turvy year 2023 is a compelling reason to head into 2024 with all cylinders firing – with a plan/vision for taking charge of your life in a world of uncertainties and unpredictables?
Coaches: come to this presentation to experience your “best self” in 2024. As you settle into the new year, are you looking for new ideas to jumpstart and infuse a refreshed mindset into your own world as well as for your clients? What intentions have you set for yourself to make you a richer, stronger, and more self-aware individual? How are you helping your clients re-focus for a successful 2024?
Get energized as Donna shares her experiences over the past 25 years in helping her clients see their own energy shift as a result of a unique yearly visioning and intention-setting process. Learn how you, too, can bring your and your clients’ best selves into 2024 with a refreshed mindset. Discover creative ways to set goals and resolutions
Through discussion, a short case study and hands-on practice in the chat rooms, participants will walk away with:

an energy shift as you learn to experience this new year differently;
a greater awareness of the importance in setting a vision for yourself and for your clients; and
one or two practical tools to use for yourself and your clients to experience 2024 differently.

Speaker: Donna R. Billings, PCC, has transitioned through a very diverse. multi-level career, both in the corporate world and in academia. As a professionally certified coach, an author and former university faculty, she functioned as a senior level Organizational Development and Human Resource Manager; a full-time MBA assistant professor; and both adjunct faculty and consultant in the former Duquesne University’s School of Leadership and Professional Advancement. She was the architect and co-founder of Duquesne’s Professional Coach Certification Program. Donna was awarded Innovator Coach of the Year at the 2013 ICF Midwest Regional Conference for her work in developing this program.
Her coaching career has spanned more than 25 years and her client base has been diverse, from coaching new leaders from around the world as an invited participant in a joint program of the International Coach Federation and the United Nations UNICEF and World Food Programme to coaching top leaders in academia and corporate.
During her academic career, she designed and/or taught leadership, management and diversity courses in the MBA program at Chatham University. At Duquesne University’s School of Leadership and Professional Advancement, she designed and taught an on-line course called Leading and Coaching Across Generations.
Donna’s coaching certifications include CPPC through the Coach Training Institute; Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coach Federation (ICF); Behavioral Coach trained by Marshall Goldsmith. She is an authorized facilitator for Team Coaching International; trained in Organizational Relationship Systems Coaching; and a master certification trainer for the Center for Leadership Studies. She has served on the ICF Research and Education Committee; and is Past President of the ICF-Pittsburgh Coaches Association. Donna earned her Master’s Degree in Business from Robert Morris University. She is the author of the memoir/coaching book, Red and Purple Hiking Boots: An Older Woman’s Trek to “It’s Never Too Late”.
REGISTRATION
ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25

GETTING MORE YES’s: How To Navigate The Sales Conversation
2024-02-07 18:00 - 19:00 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
by Laura Berman Fortgang, MCC
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
CCEs: 1.0 resource

We love what we do. We start out with the best of intentions, and then, we are faced with the realities of finding and keeping clients. How do you do that and eventually, have folks coming to you with less effort on your part? You become comfortable with selling.
Join Laura to glean the mindset, action and strategy needed to go from tolerating sales conversations to welcoming them because you find out they’re not about selling at all. They’re about serving!
Discover how to make that shift through the five steps to a consultation and become masterful at overcoming objections. This presentation will show you how to hear more YES’s.
As a result of this presentation, participants:

Will shift their mindset to be bolder in their treatment of their work as a business.
Will understand how to authentically increase their income and impact, and how to help their small business clients do the same.
Will have a five-step template to a solid sales conversation and tips for overcoming the client’s propensity to say NO.

Expected outcomes for participants:

More and better clients
More ease with sales
Higher revenues

Speaker: Laura Berman Fortgang, MCC is an award-winning coach known internationally as a pioneer in the personal coaching field. Laura is also a best-selling author, sought-after speaker, TV personality (Oprah and All National Morning Shows), corporate spokesperson, interfaith minister and performer. Her TedX talk currently boasts over 1.9 million views.
Laura’s five books are published in 13 languages. She has addressed audiences around the world on topics such as Reinvention, Career Satisfaction and Small Business as well as bringing coaching to diverse clients ranging from homemakers to celebrities and Fortune 100 companies.
Laura is known for her unique career clarity “Now What?®” methodology and her A-List Coach Business Mentoring Program.
REGISTRATION:
ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25

The Neuroscience of Coaching - Why Coaching works
2024-03-06 12:00 - 13:30 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
by Ursula Pottinga, CPCC, PCC, MNTC
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
CCEs: 1.5 (1.0 core / 0.5 resource)

In this lively, inter-active webinar we will explore the neuroscience rationale WHY coaching works and address three main challenges that our clients want to address: stress, making changes and the balance between being and doing.
Coaches and our clients have this powerful piece of equipment in our heads and getting a bit of a User’s Manual can help us understand why coaching works. When we provide a scientifically-based rationale, clients listen and engage more readily. When clients engage, we can go further and deeper with the coaching, thus impacting both the client and their organization more profoundly.
In this webinar we will gain knowledge on:

Understanding the science of stress: How to manage stress levels in our client’s lives.
Diving into the connection of neuroplasticity and coaching: Why change is hard and uncomfortable and how to make these changes “stick”.
Exploring two neural networks that help us understand the tuck and pull of “being and doing”.

Coaches will be able to:

Work more effectively with clients’ stress levels using the Goldilocks of the brain tool.
Will be able to explain and normalize clients’ struggle with any type of change and support them using one or more of the Seven Factors to neuroplasticity concept.
Demystify clients’ viewpoint that doing doing doing (Task network) is the effective way of working and showing them that the networks of the brain (Task and Dream Networks) need to work in harmony for best results.

Speaker: Ursula Pottinga, CPCC, PCC, MNTC is the co-founder of BEabove Leadership and is the co-developer/leader of its ground breaking training program for advanced coaches: Neuroscience, Consciousness and Transformational Coaching.
Ursula also has her own consulting and coaching company, Profound Growth. In this capacity she supports highly successful leaders break out of patterns that have held them back from claiming the best version of themselves, impacting culture, relationships and creating new paths forward. She speaks and coaches internationally and has co-authored a number of books. She is the co-author of The Guide to Getting It: Remarkable Management Skills, Create a New Normal and the spiritual journal: Universal Intentions.
REGISTRTION
ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25

The Role of Coaching in Fostering Awareness and Challenging Automatic Negative Thought Patterns
2024-04-17 12:00 - 13:30 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
by Rosemary Hanrahan MD, MPH, PCC
CCEs: 1.5 (1.0 core / 0.5 resource)

Almost everyone experiences automatic negative thoughts such as catastrophizing, generalizing and labelling. These unhelpful cognitive distortions tend to be more common during times of stress, and can negatively impact behaviors, life satisfaction and relationships.
This interactive Webinar will explore the types of automatic thoughts, the neurophysiology associated with these thought patterns, and will offer tools that can be used in coaching to help clients challenge and replace unhelpful thoughts with more realistic and positive ones.
In this webinar we will:

Identify types of negative thought patterns that emerge in coaching conversations.
Discuss the root of these thought patterns, also known as cognitive distortions, and the impact on feelings, behaviors and outcomes.
Explore tools that will help clients gain awareness of unhelpful thought patterns, challenge them and replace them with more positive and realistic ones.

Participants will be able to:

Recognize when client may be experiencing negative automatic negative thought patterns.
Gain confidence in offering clients tools to challenge and replace negative thought patterns.
In small group interactive sessions, gain experience using a tool.
In small group interactive sessions, gain deeper learning from lived experiences by discussing coaches’ experiences with this topic, either personal or with clients.

Speaker: Rosemary Hanrahan MD, MPH, PCC is a physician, professional coach and nonprofit specialist who is committed to lifelong learning and she is passionate about creating facilitated learning experiences for others. Whether the topic is holistic stress management, strengths-based leadership or thriving through change, Rosemary enjoys the positive energy and insights that evolve when individuals share knowledge, best practices and lived experiences.
For over two decades, Rosemary has been facilitating workshops and training for community groups, family caregivers, healthcare professionals, university faculty, and professional coaches. She has also worked with nonprofit organizations in strategic visioning and planning and has facilitated focus groups.
REGISTRATION
ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25

RaeNotes for Coaches
2024-04-24 12:00 - 12:30 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
by Andrew Lee and Tatiana Lykova
How to use RaeNotes for professional coach development and mentor coaching.
Participants will gain a comprehensive overview of RaeNotes, including how its AI-driven transcription and in-built ICF assessment tool can transform sessions review and aid in self-reflection.
In this webinar we will:

Navigating the RaeNotes Platform: Learn how to navigate through a coaching transcript, capturing all the ICF Core Competencies, PCC Markers, and ACC/MCC BARS.
Enhancing Self-Assessment Practices:Discover how RaeNotes can be an invaluable tool for cultivating a coaching mindset, fostering self-awareness, and further enhancing your skills as a developing coach.
Utilizing RaeNotes for accredited programs: From session transcription to exporting pre-filled evaluation forms aligned with ICF and other standards.
Exploring Best Practices: How coaches utilize RaeNotes, with examples and testimonials from experienced coaches who have successfully integrated RaeNotes into their practice.

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How to Work with (Almost) Anyone
2024-05-09 13:00 - 14:30
Michael Bungay Stanier
1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
CCEs: 1.5 (resource)
Happiness and success depends on working relationships. The people you manage. Your boss. Key collaborators. Important clients.
We tend to leave the fate of these relationships to chance. We cross our fingers … and hope for the best.
There’s a better way.
In this practical and interactive session, you’ll see how you can build the best possible working relationship with anyone (well, almost anyone)—and help your clients do the same.
You will leave with a renewed optimism about the quality of working relationships, a determination to actively manage them, and a plan to get things started.
In this practical session, you’ll learn how to reverse that trend and build the best possible working relationship with anyone. Well, almost anyone. You will:

learn the three attributes of a resilient and long-lasting relationship
understand how you can aspire to “the best possible relationship” with every one of your key working relationships
investigate the one awkward but essential conversation that will set up success
take a deep dive into one of the Keystone Conversation questions, and prepare your best answers to them

Speaker:
Michael Bungay Stanier is best known for his book The Coaching Habit, which is the best-selling book on coaching this century and is considered a classic. His most recent book is How to Work with (Almost) Anyone. It shows how to create psychological safety by building the Best Possible Relationship with key people at work.
He founded Box of Crayons, a learning and development company that has trained hundreds of thousands of managers to be more coach-like in organizations from Microsoft to Gucci.
He left Australia about 30 years ago to be a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University … where his only significant achievement was falling in love with a Canadian … which is why he now lives in Toronto, having spent time in London and Boston.
He recently won the coaching award from Thinkers50, known as “the Oscars of management”.
REGISTRATION:
(Note: Registration for this webinar is a two-step process. Once you have registered and paid, you will receive an email with a link to register to get the webinar zoom link.)

International Coaching Week Event: A New Venture in Holistic Coaching and Opportunities with AI and Coaching
2024-05-15 17:30 - 19:45 | CoHatch, South Side Works, 2681 Sidney Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15203, United States
Live in Balance:
A New Approach
by
Anne Papinchak
and Dr. Suzanne Paone
Live in Balance combines focus therapy and coaching to help your team achieve harmony across their personal and professional lives. We facilitate evidence-based personalized practices that result in greater clarity, purpose, productivity, sense of well-being and more effective teamwork.
In this program we will:

Describe ways to recognize and enhance coachability
Recognize a new client assessment to create a personalized wellness plan focused on professional and personal
A way to combine coaching and therapy services to provide more complete support

Participants will gain knowledge on:

Recognize elements of coachability
Awareness and advocacy of holistic coaching – work and personal
Consider the benefit of combining coaching and therapy

Anne Papinchak, PCC, CEO and Executive Coach, as a co-founder of Live in Balance, Anne is excited to offer an innovative solution to address today’s workplace challenges. Anne is passionate about working with people to harness the power within for the purpose of having a greater positive impact. She has served as an executive leader, internal strategic change agent, and an organizational performance consultant. Working with clients as an independent executive coach and business consultant, her real-life experience and training has led her to co-create an alternative to the status quo – a unique offering that combines coaching and focus therapy.
Dr. Suzanne Paone, Chief Product Officer and Therapist, is a founding partner of Live in Balance, LLC who has over 30 years of progressive health industry experience including training in the innovative, complimentary health discipline of yoga therapy. With a passion for improving quality of life for high performing professionals, she developed the client centered practice of Focus Therapy. In alignment with client goals, she collaborates with licensed medical experts to develop customized practices that promote nervous system balance and reduce the harmful effects of chronic stress. Live in Balance affords Suzanne the opportunity to support the health and well being of current and emerging leaders as they become their best selves in business and communities.
Coaching In The Era Of Artificial Intelligence:
Where We Are And Ethical Questions
by
Anna Gallotti, MCC
This webinar addresses various aspects and implications of artificial intelligence technologies, from basic definitions to the ethical and ecological considerations of AI usage. Here’s a summary of the primary objectives and topics covered:

Understanding AI Technology that matter for us
Exploring AI Applications in coaching
Opportunities and Challenges of AI in Coaching
Ethical and Societal Implications: how we can collectively act to have an ethical AI in coaching
Regulatory and Legal Frameworks: the state of the art

Participants’ outcomes are:

Increased Awareness and Knowledge: Participants will gain a deeper understanding of artificial intelligence technologies, including their applications, the differences between machine learning and deep learning, and the potential of generative AI and large language models
Ethical Considerations: the magnified effects of AI technologies in coaching, for example, concerning biases, privacy, dependency, and loss of agency
Guidance for AI Use in Coaching: The webinar offers insights into how AI can be ethically and effectively integrated into coaching practices including considerations for client data privacy and session confidentiality

Anna Gallotti, MCC has been a Coach since 2001 and at the MCC level since 2009. She is the president of the Coaching and Artificial Intelligence task force and was vice president and president of the Thought Leadership Institute at ICF at the global level.
Anna founded and runs two coaching companies, one in Paris and one in New York and travels between the two continents. She coaches international executives and management teams, and develops organizational change projects.
In 2021, she founded the Group Coaching Institute, a coaching school that combines individual, group and team coaching with an innovative methodology. Anna has written three books, including “Making the Right Choices” and “Coaching Managers and Executives”, “The art and practice of coaching” (with other 12 Master Coaches). Since 2020, she has been a contributor to Forbes.
ICF UKRAINE: UPDATE
AND EXPERIENCES
by
Olga Panivnyk
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.
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.

COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENT – In the spirit of International Coaching Week and people helping people, we will be collecting donations at this event for the North Hills Community Outreach’s (NHCO) food pantry. Needed items are peanut butter, pasta sauce, granola bars/snacks, canned tomatoes, soups (chunky or condensed), crackers, grape and apple juice.
This Event is Sponsored by Live in Balance, LLC – Pittsburgh-Based Organization Focused on Creating Sustainable Healthy Leadership https//liveinbalance.co

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Body Electric
2024-06-25 12:00 - 13:00 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
by Ann-Marie McKelvey, MCC, LPCC
CCEs: 1.0 (0.5 core/ 0.5 resource)
The Body-Mind connection is one of the most valuable approaches in coaching. Witness a 20 minute somatic and mindfulness coaching session followed by a Q & A with Mindfulness Coaching School founder, Ann-Marie McKelvey, MCC.
In this webinar we will:

Learn to incorporate Body-Mind awareness in coaching
Learn and implement one mindfulness/awareness practice into your life and coaching sessions
Explore the wisdom of the body

Participants will gain knowledge on:

Practicing reading the body
Identifying the body’s wisdom
Implementing one somatic and mindfulness practice

Speaker: Ann Marie McKelvey, LPCC, MCC, is a Buddhist Chaplain, Psychotherapist, MCC Coach, EMDR Consultant and Founder of Mindfulness Coaching School.
Her focus is on Mindfulness, Somatic and Wellness coaching along with EcoPsychology.
While coaching Ann Marie utilizes mindfulness, Positive Psychology, EMDR and Somatic coaching as well as art, humor, and nature to co-actively enhance the lives of her clients. She contributed the two chapters, EMDR and Positive Psychology and EMDR and Coaching, to the book EMDR Solutions II: Depression, Eating Disorders, Performance and More.
Ann Marie can be reached at https://MindfulnessCoachingSchool.com/Ann-Marie/

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Understanding the When, How and Why of Coaching Relational Trauma
2024-07-09 12:00 - 13:30 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
by Ursula Pottinga, CPCC, PCC, MNTC
CCEs: 1.5 (1.0 core/0.5 resource)

In this highly interactive webinar participants will gain insights into the when and how of coaching clients impacted by relational trauma, particularly narcissistic abuse. We will dive into some definitions, specific terms that can be helpful for clients and neuroscience aspects that will assist attendees to understand the subtleties and what to listen for. In the coaching conversation, coaches will learn some tips and approaches of how to better support clients at various stages of the recovery journey without letting go of the coach approach.
In this webinar we will gain knowledge on:

The When and How of Relational Trauma Coaching
Some neuroscience aspects of relational trauma and it’s impact on health
How relational trauma coaching is different from “regular” coaching
Coaching strategies that support clients impacted by relational trauma

Coaches will be able to:

Understanding the Window of Tolerance and what is means for coaching clients
Some of the neuroscience and impact on brain and physical health, including insights from early childhood studies (ACE)
Some language we can share with clients for better understanding,
Tips and approaches of how to better support clients

Speaker: Ursula Pottinga, CPCC, PCC, MNTC is the co-founder of BEabove Leadership and is the co-developer/leader of its ground breaking training program for advanced coaches: Neuroscience, Consciousness and Transformational Coaching.
Ursula also has her own consulting and coaching company, Profound Growth. In this capacity she supports highly successful leaders break out of patterns that have held them back from claiming the best version of themselves, impacting culture, relationships and creating new paths forward. She speaks and coaches internationally and has co-authored a number of books. She is the co-author of The Guide to Getting It: Remarkable Management Skills, Create a New Normal and the spiritual journal: Universal Intentions.
REGISTRTION
ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25

ICF Pittsburgh in Person Summer Social
2024-07-11 16:00 - 19:30 | Roosevelt Shelter in North Park
Welcome All Pittsburgh
Area Coaches!
ICF Pittsburgh
in Person
Summer Social
July 11, 2024
4:00 pm to 7:30 pm
North Park Roosevelt Shelter
10301 Walter Road
Allison Park, PA, 15101
724-935-1971

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 1st
Scroll down to register and get tickets
To register, please email Roberta at roberta@pittsburghcoaches.com and indicate your dietary needs – none, vegetarian or vegan

Funcomfortable: The Uncomfortably Fun Truth About Growth
2024-08-12 12:00 - 13:30 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
by James Garrett
CCEs: 1.50 (0.75 core.0.75 resource)

The biggest thing that holds our clients back is staying in their comfort zones. Whether it’s avoiding feedback, procrastinating, or not pursuing their dreams, avoiding discomfort keeps our clients stuck. Embracing discomfort is the key to growth and the good news is that it’s scientifically trainable. In the same way that getting to the gym makes us stronger, getting to the discomfort gym is the ticket to personal growth. The real question is how do you help your client embrace discomfort? In this session, you’ll learn the five science-based tools to help your client change their actual brain chemistry by adding the magic ingredient of FUN. Fun is what makes our brain want to repeat a behavior. But it’s also a skill. The better you get at combining discomfort with fun, the more momentum and growth your client is going to create in their lives. Everything your client wants lies on the other side of discomfort. Come to this session to learn the evidence-based skills for how to make getting outside your comfort zone actually fun — both for you and your clients! Because mastery always feels better than comfort.
In this webinar we will:

Demonstrate how to facilitate “getting-out-of-your-comfort-zone-exercises” with clients, which will help their clients build the necessary cognitive and emotional resources in order to do the difficult work of personal development.
Differentiate between whether a client needs help moving out of their comfort zone (needs more challenge) or whether they need help moving out of the panic zone (needs less challenge).
Define for clients how their brain naturally resists discomfort, but that with skillful application, the client can make the discomfort of growth more rewarding by adding fun, play, and enjoyment.

Participants will gain knowledge on:

Why brains naturally avoid discomfort
How to help your clients do the hard thing even when their brain’s telling them to do the opposite
How to use fun as a tool to help your client make hard things more enjoyable by:
Fun-Fusing (pairing difficult things with fun things)
Fun-Framing (reframing threats to challenges and gamifying difficult tasks)
Fun-Friending (utilizing friends and colleagues for fun and accountability w/ productivity sprints)
Fun-Setting (to recharge when your client’s batteries are low)
Fun-Vesting (using daily deposits of fun to build stress resilience later on)

Speaker: James Garrett is a brain coach and founder of Brain by Design. He’s spoken on stages ranging from Harvard to TEDx and his work has been featured by The New York Times, Fast Company, and Harvard Business Review. He spent years doing research with some of the best psychologists in the world at Columbia, Tufts, and Yale. He’s a content creator and course builder and his course called, “Brain Science for Coaches” has been rated as one of the best courses for coaches and is currently certified by ICF for 30 continuing coach education credits. He’s a certified coach through the Whole Fit coaching program. He also built one of the only brain-based positive psychology curricula in the Middle East and trained thousands of Arab youth in partnership with Queen Rania of Jordan. A rare combination of scientist, trainer, and entrepreneur, in 2019 James launched the Deep Change Project, a personal journey to discover what’s possible at the outer edges of neuroplasticity and to overcome fear.
REGISTRATION:
ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25

From Adversary to Ally: How to Coach the Inner Critic
2024-09-19 12:00 - 13:30 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
by Paul Boehnke, PCC
CCEs: 1.50 (0.75 core/0.75 resource)
From Adversary to Ally focuses on how to coach the inner critic, a common obstacle in coaching practices. No matter what kind of coaching we specialize in, we all encounter that nagging voice inside our heads telling us we’re not measuring up somehow. We feel it firsthand as it stops us from confidently growing our businesses, makes us think we need yet another certification or course, or holds us back from charging our true worth. And it’s not just us—our clients face it too. Whether it’s in their struggles with confidence, battling feelings of being a fraud, or getting stuck in procrastination and confusion.
Despite various tools available, many only provide temporary relief without addressing the root cause. In this session, attendees will learn a process to overcome the negative messages of the inner critic voice. Combining skills of a performing musician with principles of coaching, attendees will learn what’s needed to successfully, sustainably, and predictably train the mind into new more beneficial patterns of thought. There will be client examples to learn from, detailed descriptions of each phase in the process, and a worksheet to help attendees experience the entire method. The four phases of this process are easy to learn and remember.
In this webinar we will learn:

What to do when your critical voice shows up.
To recognize the lies it tells and why you believe them.
How to alleviate the suffering caused by negative self-talk.
How to create thoughts that support you.

The power and sustainability of this method come from the depth of understanding and compassion each phase brings to the client. The four phases of this process get to the root of the issues clients are facing and create custom-designed solutions to their custom created blocks. Attendees will discover how affirming with compassion the intention of the inner critic not only allows it to step back, but provides powerful information with which to move forward.
Participants will gain knowledge on:

Embodies a Coaching Mindset: ongoing learning and development as a coach, develops ongoing reflective practice. Attendees will deepen knowledge of inner critic and how to coach it.
Listens Actively: Notices, acknowledges and explores client’s emotions, energy shifts, non-verbal cues or other behaviors. Notices trends in the client’s behaviors and emotions across session to discern themes and patterns. Attendees will learn how to spot disguised inner critic thoughts and get to the bottom of them.
Evokes Awareness:Asks questions that help client explore beyond current thinking. Invites clients to share more about experience. Helps client identify factors that influence current and future patterns of behavior, thinking or emotion. Attendees will discover the motivations and fears behind inner critic thoughts and how to reframe them.
Facilitate’s clients growth: integrate new awareness, insight or learning. Partners with client to design goals, actions and accountability. Attendees will develop tools and action plans to anchor learning

Speaker: Paul Boehnke, sought after speaker, author and certified life coach helps millennials and business leaders become more effective by clearing the fog of doubt, self-criticism and overthinking that prevents them from realizing their true purpose.
As a classical musician, Paul Boehnke stumbled on a unique process that not only helped his performances but could easily be applied to taming the negative thoughts of his inner critic. Then he realized this process not only works for him but works for everyone, musician or not.
In his book, “Thoughts On Demand: Turn Negative Self-Talk into Unstoppable Confidence” he shares the process that he uses to help clients transform that little voice in their heads that argues for their limitations into a champion of their potential instead.
REGISTRATION:
ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25

Coaching the Sale
2024-10-09 12:00 - 13:00 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
CCEs: 1.0 Resource
Newer coaches often struggle to figure out how to market their coaching practice in a manner that feels authentic to them. In this workshop, we will discuss how to “coach the sale” by bringing active inquiry into the sales conversation you have with leads. We will also give a high-level overview on marketing and sales best practices with time for Q&A to dive deeper into the specific questions and context that you have.
Whether you are looking on a direction of where to start or seeking new ideas to grow your practice, you’ll leave with at least one actionable insight to take with you after this workshop.
Primary learning objectives for this webinar

That we don’t necessarily sell coaching, but rather a solution to a client’s problem that is unlocked through the modality of coaching.
How to bring best practices of active inquiry into the sales conversations you have with leads.
Marketing 101: How to begin figuring out your ideal customer & how to reach them.
Sales 101: How to align your coaching offering to serve the objectives of your leads so they are excited to pay for and work with you.

Expected outcomes for participants for this webinar:

Coaches will have a mindset shift on how they view “selling”.
Coaches will have a more grounded introductory understanding of marketing and sales to build their confidence moving forward.
Coaches will leave with at least one actionable insight to use to grow their coaching practice.

Speaker:
Max Polec, ACC is the Founder & Executive Coach of The CEO Strategy where he has served 300+ entrepreneurs, executives, and leaders. Max is a builder of people and coaches leaders who aspire to be multipliers. His goal is to impact as many leaders as he can along their journey to achieve the mission they, their team, and their organization strive for. He is an ICF-certified coach. The International Coaching Federation acts as the gold standard globally for coaching. Max is also a certified Executive Coach through the Center for Executive Coaching.
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ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25

Group Coaching 101 – Amplify Your Coaching Impact
2024-11-13 12:00 - 13:30 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
CCEs: 1.5 Core

As group coaching continues to gain traction, coaches need to be equipped to meet the demand.
In this session, Dominique and Maribel will:

Deﬁne key terms and differentiate between group and team coaching.
Focus on group coaching, sharing a framework that outlines the elements of a cohesive coaching cohort. This will help visualize the various factors that impact the evolution and success of a group program, with a particular emphasis on trust.
Share a simple and effective session structure that coaches can apply for one-off group coaching sessions. This practical approach will equip coaches with the tools and techniques for successful coaching.

You will reﬂect on this content with your peers in breakouts and have the opportunity to ask questions to deepen your understanding of the concepts shared.
This interactive session is a must for all coaches who want to differentiate their offerings through group coaching.
In this webinar we will:

Differentiate between group and team coaching
Encourage your group participants to adopt a coaching mindset
Build trust in your coaching groups
Adapt the 1:1 coaching session structure to groups

Participants will gain knowledge on how to:

Identify the type of groups you want to work with
Teach your group participants to become coaches to each other
Gain simple and effective techniques to build trust in your coaching groups
Apply a simple group coaching session framework for maximum impact

Speakers:

Dominique Mas, PCC, Co-founded Group Coaching HQ, an ICF accredited organization offering the toolkit, knowledge, practice and community to help you build impactful group coaching programs.
She is fueled by her 17-year career in educational leadership and passionate about creating engaging growth opportunities for individuals and groups. In the latter part of her education career, she was a teacher trainer for the International Baccalaureate and a school leader in top rated international schools in Europe, Asia and the U.S.
After moving into coaching, she spent three years helping build a global startup focused on group coaching. As their Head of Coaching and Curriculum, Dominique created group coaching programs for Fortune 500 companies and smaller organizations that want to invest in their people. She has also advised companies on building their own internal group coaching programs and trained hundreds of coaches in the art of group coaching. All this in addition to being a coach of course!
She holds a M.Ed in Educational Leadership and Change, is an ICF PCC, Certified Mentor Coach, Team Development Essentials Certified coach, Hogan Assessments Certified Coach and a certified LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Facilitator and Coach
Maribel Alemán, PCC partners with corporate clients to address a broad range of challenges. Whether the focus is on developing a Leader’s strengths; carving a path to maximize a team’s performance or enhance a team’s structure or processes, the initiatives created from these partnerships are geared to ultimately support the Leaders’ and the organization’s goals.
As an Executive Coach and Professional Trainer Maribel has partnered with such organizations as Chief, HBO, TED, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, National Australia Bank, Viacom, Hess Oil, Roche, Hatch Mott MacDonald, MTV, American Management Association, A+E Networks, History, H2, Lifetime, Prudential, Verizon, Provident Bank, the New York Times and many more.
Maribel earned her M.B.A with a concentration in Management and Global Business from Rutgers University. She is a Certified ICF PCC Coach. Maribel also holds Coaching Certifications from the Gestalt International Study Center, Global Team Coaching Institute and Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching. She is certified in various 360 and style assessments including Hogan, CDR 3-D Suite, Korn Ferry PDI 360, MBTI, Social Styles, DiSC, TKI and Strengthscope. She has been featured in FOLIO, as well as in Workforce Magazine. She has been a guest speaker at professional and business organizations such as CTHRA and BCFM.
REGISTRATION:
ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25

All Member Chapter Meeting
2024-11-19 18:30 - 19:30 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
As we near the end of 2024, it’s time to look ahead and review the chapter priorities we set for 2025 and beyond. Since we exist to serve YOU, our members, we’d like to invite you to participate in an extended ICF Pittsburgh board meeting on Tuesday, November 19th, 6:30 pm, via Zoom.
In this meeting we will announce the 2025 board members. We will also provide a brief overview of our strategic plan. Each committee lead will provide a brief overview of their committee and their plans for the upcoming year. We will have two break-outs to help us gather ideas for future engagements. There are two board openings available for 2025/2026: Secretary and Director of Partnerships and Sponsorships and each committee needs volunteers. We invite you to join us to learn how you can help and to help us plan for events in upcoming years.
Key takeaways include:

*Help shape the events for 2025
*Get to know your board members and fellow members a little better
*Learn about ICF Pittsburgh plans for 2025 and beyond

Sign up no later than November 15.

Grief Coaching: Another Path to Healing!
2024-12-06 12:00 - 13:30 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
by Dr. Lisa Connors, PhD, NCC, BCC, FT
CCEs: 01.50 (0.75 core/0.75 resource)
Grief coaching is another path to healing. The presenter will explore how grief coaching can support clients moving from loss to a more fulfilled and meaningful life. Dr. Connors will also discuss how clients can discover possibilities in a more transformative coaching approach. Grief coaching is not about surviving but about thriving, changing one’s narrative, and gauging more forward-thinking to transition from healing to hope. In grief coaching, clients create a new and different future for themselves.
In this webinar we will:

Describe the role of a grief coach.
Discuss the elements of a grief coaching session.
Differentiate between grief coaching and grief counseling and grief therapy.
Demonstrate when to refer to counseling or therapy and when to refer to coaching.

The expected outcomes from the learning objectives are to understand and effectively use all the information presented in:

Serving clients experiencing death and non-death loss.
Applying motivational interviewing skills when doing grief coaching.
Utilizing a more integrated approach when coaching grief clients.
Understanding how a grief coach continues clients’ grief work.

Speaker: Dr. Lisa Connors, PhD, NCC, BCC, FT, is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor, and a Board-Certified Coach. She is also a Fellow in Thanatology (the study of death, dying, & bereavement). Lisa specializes in grief, loss, bereavement, trauma, sexual and domestic violence, HIV, mental health disorders, and substance abuse issues. At present, Lisa is a college professor and an ILCT instructor.
REGISTRATION:
ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate/Premier – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25

Improvisation for Communication and Empathy
2025-01-10 12:00 - 13:30 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
by Nilesh Shah
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
CCEs: 1.5 (0.75 Core / 0.75 Resource)
Principles of improvised theater are translatable across disciplines. Improvisers use exercises to hone skills related to present moment awareness, communication, emotion, and empathy. We will learn and practice exercises to practice these skills.
In this webinar we will:

Grow capability to be more present
Work with ‘what is’ being presented
Listen to what is happening in the moment
Flow with the unexpected
Grow empathic skills

Participants will:

Deepen your fundamental coaching skill
Cultivate flexibility
Embrace not knowing

Speaker: Nilesh Shah, PhD is an Assistant Professor at the School of Dental Medicine and School of Public Health at University of Pittsburgh, where he teaches biostatistics, medical improv, and facilitates standardized patient sessions. He also collaborates on several research projects related to oral health and public health. Nilesh is a 2006 graduate of The Second City-Detroit Conservatory and writing programs and has performed improv regularly for 20 years, participating in improv and comedy festivals around the country. He also serves on the board of directors at Arcade Comedy Theater in Pittsburgh and previously served as the programming director of the Pittsburgh Comedy Festival. Nilesh attended the Medical Improv Train-the-Trainer Workshop in 2016 and has been teaching medical improv to dental students, pharmacy students, and faculty ever since. He presented a talk titled, “Improvisational Theater: Techniques for Improving Communication, Confidence and Empathy“at the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) in 2017. He serves on the steering committee of the Medical Improv Collaborate (MIC) and actively participates in its research ensemble. Nilesh received his BS at Case Western Reserve University and his PhD in Biostatistics at University of Pittsburgh.
REGISTRATION:
ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25

COACH LAB- JANUARY 2025
2025-01-14 18:00 - 19:00 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
Join Kerry Donati and Terrie Sackett as they kick off the Coach Labs for 2025. The first one is scheduled for January 14 (Tuesday) at 6pm. The discussion will be centered around the topic of growing your coaching business. The article they will be discussing is from the ICF-Global website (it’s available to anyone, you don’t have to be a member) – 5 Proven Strategies to Land Your Next Coaching Gig by Kristine “Kurly” de Guzman, PCC.
Registration: Free

ICF Pittsburgh Holiday Party
2025-01-22 17:30 - 20:30 | Coughlin’s’ Law-Mt. Nebo Pointe, 138 Green Valley Road, Pittsburgh, PA, 15237, United States
It’s time to celebrate the season and the year ahead with the ICF Pittsburgh community! Join us for an evening of fun, connection, and inspiration at our Holiday Party:
When: Wednesday, January 22nd, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Where: Coughlin’s Law – Mount Nebo Pointe
138 Green Valley Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
We’ve planned some great activities, including:
• Event Photography by Chad Isaiah: Capture the evening’s special moments with professional photos.
• Coaching Book Swap: Bring coaching-related books to exchange with a colleague and discover new inspiration!
We look forward to celebrating with you and making this a memorable Evening!
REGISTRATION:
ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate – $0
Guests – $20

Mentor vs. Supervisor: Demystifying Your Coaching Development Journey
2025-01-28 18:00 - 19:30 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
WEBINAR
by Christy Stuber, PCC and Jane Rahenkamp, PCC
CCEs: 1.5 resource
Feeling lost in the maze of coach development options? This program clarifies the distinctions between coach mentoring and coach supervision. Discover the unique strengths of each approach, learn when to leverage each for optimal growth, and gain insights on selecting the perfect guide for your coaching journey. Empower yourself to make informed decisions and elevate your coaching practice to new heights!
PRIMARY LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to differentiate between the core purposes and approaches of coach mentoring and coach supervision.
Participants will be able to articulate the key benefits associated with both coach mentoring and coach supervision.
Participants will be able to identify ideal scenarios for seeking coach mentoring vs. coach supervision.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES:

Distinguish between coach mentoring and coach supervision
Identify the key benefits of both coach mentoring and coach supervision
Recognize the ideal scenarios for seeking coach mentoring vs. coach supervision

Speakers:
Christy Stuber, LCSW, PCC is currently the Director of Credentialing for ICF-Pittsburgh. She is a professional coach certified with the International Coaching Federation who has spent the past 20+years helping people live the lives they desire. She is a licensed clinical social worker, a certified NeuroTransformational coach, and was trained under Brené Brown’s Dare to Lead program. Christy made the courageous and compassionate decision to start her own business during a pandemic and has coached over 2,500 hours across the globe. She has experience coaching on platforms such as BetterUp, CoachHub, Bravely, as well as referrals through nonprofits and corporations. Christy speaks about self-compassion, self-awareness, and burnout to groups such as Allegis Global Solutions, Quantum Metric, and Pittsburgh Human Resources Association. She is currently the External Coach Coordinator and Administrator of the coaching program of the University of Pittsburgh Biomedical Masters Program. Christy recently earned her Coaching Supervision Certification through the Goldvarg Consulting Group.
Jane Rahenkamp, PCC, MS is a professional certified coach with more than 1700 hours of coaching to date. She began her coaching journey at the Professional Coaching Certification Program at Duquesne University in 2015. She also holds a MS in Leadership and Business Ethics from Duquesne University, where she currently teaches as an Adjunct Professor. Jane also teaches in 2 ICF Accredited Coaching programs, sharing her knowledge of coaching through instruction and mentoring. She is currently a Distinguished Fellow Coach for Better Up where she coaches employees from numerous organizations including NASA, the Air Force, Google, Pfizer, American Express, Chevron, BP and Warner Brothers. Jane’s 37 years’ experience with the Postal Service, along with her Leadership degree and teaching experience provides her with a unique skill set that allows her to relate to what individuals are encountering in their work life and assist them in finding new ways to improve in all aspects of their lives.
REGISTRATION:
ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25

“Life Coaching Isn’t Just for Grownups – Three Powerful Mindset Skills Every Child Can Learn at a Young Age”
2025-02-05 12:00 - 13:00 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
WEBINAR
by Renaye Thornborrow
CCEs: Pending
When faced with challenges or disappointments, most kids don’t have the tools to handle them. As a result, they often get down on themselves or give up on themselves – developing belief systems that can hold them back for the rest of their lives. As coaches, we’ve seen the impact of childhood events on adult clients over-and-over again.
Coaching isn’t just for grownups. It’s a game changer for our youth when they learn how to break through limiting beliefs and proactively create supportive beliefs to help them thrive. Life coaching can help kids learn how to use the power of their thoughts to handle the ups and downs of growing up and to develop a mindset for creating happiness, confidence, and success in life.
In this session coaches will learn about three powerful mindset skills that all kids can learn at a young age and how they can use stories and activities to coach kids (the skills work for grownup clients too).
Four learning objectives:

Why life coaching is critical for our youth and how coaching children is different from coaching adults
Three traps that crush self-esteem and mindset skills that can help kids beat those traps
Activities you can use immediately to help children practice these mindset skills
How you can use coaching stories to evoke awareness, learning, and action in children

Outcomes

Coaches will immediately understand how coaching kids is different from coaching adults
Coaches can be in action supporting both children and their adult clients in self-esteem
Coaches can earn 1 Core Competency CCE

Speaker: Renaye Thornborrow is leading a worldwide mission to bring life coaching and mindset skills training to kids. Since 2013, her company, Adventures in Wisdom, has certified hundreds of coaches in over 30 countries, helping them create a business they love as a life coach for kids while empowering children around the world. Life coaching is a game changer for children as they learn how to build confidence, resilience, and mindset skills for life; and it is a game changer for coaches as they increase their impact and income while doing their work in the world serving kids. Renaye is a personal development expert, member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF), and former 3-year board member for the Association of Coach Training Organizations (ACTO). She is a retired corporate marketing executive and the proud mother of 22-year-old twins – a son and a daughter. Adventures in Wisdom is an ICF CCE (Continuing Coach Education) provider.
REGISTRATION
ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $2
Recording only – $25

Coaching with IFS: Co-Creating Healing and Awakening with Internal Family Systems
2025-02-06 18:00 - 19:30 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
by Dr. Guthrie Sayan, PhD, PCC
6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
CCEs: 1.50 (0.75 core/0.75 resource)
The ICF recently sponsored a study that found that 85% of coaches have clients requesting help with their mental well-being. This presentation addresses that need. It will change how you see and work with your clients. IFS is best known as a psychotherapeutic model, but it is more than that: it is a personal development model that can be used by practitioners from all the helping professions to support their clients in healing and awakening. IFS provides a framework for understanding the human psyche and how to end suffering. It synthesizes three big ideas: (1) The human psyche naturally divides into sub-personalities, called parts. Inside each of us are innumerable parts of different ages, temperaments, talents, and strategies to make us happy. (2) These parts live in a relational system, interacting with each other just like people, often getting into conflicts that cause us trouble. To change, we need to understand the dynamics between parts. (3) Everyone has an enlightened core, called Self, with all the qualities and resources we need. The vast majority of people are unaware of Self. IFS provides a way of accessing Self that is much faster than generally believed in most spiritual traditions and in other models of the psyche.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
This presentation helps coaches understand themselves so they can better support their clients in finding the mental and emotional wellbeing they want. It focuses on three core ideas:

You have many sub-personalities. This is natural, universal, and beneficial.

These sub-personalties are part of relational system that is operating off out-dated programs developed in infancy, childhood, and adolescence. This causes suffering.

The solution is to introduce these sub-personalities to Self, the natural leader of the internal system, who has been obscured by sub-personalities. Self is the enlightened core of every human–no exceptions.

Speaker:
Guthrie Sayan PhD, PCC, is the co-founder of the Institute for Healing & Awakening, dedicated to evolving global wellbeing. He is the creator and lead trainer for the institute’s signature programs: Coaching with Spirit, a Level 1 ICF accredited coach training, and Coaching with IFS 1 & 2, a combined two-year program that provides basic, intermediate, and advanced training in Internal Family Systems, a life-changing personal-development model. These programs teach coaches how to come into embodied and grounded presence so that they can coach from a place of natural calm, clarity, and confidence. Guthrie helps wounded healers and seekers become the people they long to be, light workers who want to facilitate this planet’s shift to a higher level of consciousness.
Guthrie earned his BA from Princeton University, BA, and his MA and PhD from University of Connecticut, MA, PhD. Additional training and certifications include: Coaches Training Institute, CPCC; CTI’s leadership training program; certified True Purpose coach and small-group facilitator; training in Psychosynthesis; training in Voice Dialogue; Level 3-trained IFS practitioner; graduate of the Luminous Awareness Institute; graduate of Lynda Caesara’s two-year Energy Class; programs offered by Jeffery Martin: 45 Days to Awakening Challenge, Finder’s Course, Locations & Layers Mastery, all designed to support spiritual awakening or moving into persistent non-symbolic experience.
REGISTERATION
ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25

COACH LAB - FEBRUARY 2025
2025-02-17 18:00 - 19:00 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
Join Kerry Donati on Monday, February 17th for the next Coach Lab.
Discussion topic:
Living the Coaching Mindset

How has the coaching mindset impacted your life outside of coaching sessions?
What elements of coaching do you practice in your daily life?

How have those practices impacted your experience of life?

Perceptions
Emotions
Physicality
Interactions / relationships
Presence

How can you further leverage the coaching mindset in your daily life?

What benefits do you see in doing so?

For yourself.
For others.
Holistically.

What are you taking away from this discussion?
What are you inspired to practice or ponder further?
What are the benefits of practicing the coaching mindset more intentionally in your daily life?

ICF Exam: Conquer Your Coaching Credential with Confidence
2025-02-20 18:00 - 19:30 | ICF Pittsburgh Webinar
WEBINAR
by Jane Rahenkamp, PCC and Christy Stuber, PCC
CCEs: 1.50 resource
Feeling overwhelmed by the ICF Credentialing Exam? This program equips Professional Coaches with a powerful roadmap to success. Demystify the exam format, learn from coaches who have taken (and passed) the exam, develop strategies to ace sample scenarios, and connect with your colleagues preparing to take the test. Walk away feeling confident, prepared, and ready to demonstrate your coaching expertise!
PRIMARY LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the ICF Credentialing Exam format, content domains, and assessment style.
Apply coaching principles and the ICF Code of Ethics to analyze and select the best and worst coaching actions in sample exam scenarios.
Develop a personalized study plan that addresses their identified knowledge gaps and leverages their preferred learning styles.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES:

Increased confidence in approaching the exam: By understanding the format, content domains, and assessment style, coaches will feel less apprehensive and more prepared to tackle the exam.
Enhanced ability to analyze exam scenarios and select the best coaching responses: By applying coaching principles and the ICF Code of Ethics to practice questions, coaches will develop the crucial skill of selecting the most effective approaches based on ICF standards.
Development of a personalized study plan: By incorporating strategies for creating individual study plans, coaches will walk away with a clear roadmap that caters to their specific learning needs and styles, maximizing their study efficiency.
Connection with a supportive community: Through panel discussion and engagement of all participants, coaches will have the opportunity to network with each other. This can foster a sense of community and allow them to share resources, ask questions, and support each other on their exam journeys.

Speakers:
Jane Rahenkamp, PCC, MS is a professional certified coach with more than 1700 hours of coaching to date. She began her coaching journey at the Professional Coaching Certification Program at Duquesne University in 2015. She also holds a MS in Leadership and Business Ethics from Duquesne University, where she currently teaches as an Adjunct Professor. Jane also teaches in 2 ICF Accredited Coaching programs, sharing her knowledge of coaching through instruction and mentoring. She is currently a Distinguished Fellow Coach for Better Up where she coaches employees from numerous organizations including NASA, the Air Force, Google, Pfizer, American Express, Chevron, BP and Warner Brothers. Jane’s 37 years’ experience with the Postal Service, along with her Leadership degree and teaching experience provides her with a unique skill set that allows her to relate to what individuals are encountering in their work life and assist them in finding new ways to improve in all aspects of their lives.
Christy Stuber, LCSW, PCC is currently the Director of Credentialing for ICF-Pittsburgh. She is a professional coach certified with the International Coaching Federation who has spent the past 20+years helping people live the lives they desire. She is a licensed clinical social worker, a certified NeuroTransformational coach, and was trained under Brené Brown’s Dare to Lead program. Christy made the courageous and compassionate decision to start her own business during a pandemic and has coached over 2,500 hours across the globe. She has experience coaching on platforms such as BetterUp, CoachHub, Bravely, as well as referrals through nonprofits and corporations. Christy speaks about self-compassion, self-awareness, and burnout to groups such as Allegis Global Solutions, Quantum Metric, and Pittsburgh Human Resources Association. She is currently the External Coach Coordinator and Administrator of the coaching program of the University of Pittsburgh Biomedical Masters Program. Christy recently earned her Coaching Supervision Certification through the Goldvarg Consulting Group
REGISTRATION
ICF Pittsburgh Member/Affiliate – $0
ICF Global Affiliate Chapters – $15
Non-members – $25
Recording only – $25
