Message from the President
Dear Readers,
As you can see from this newsletter, HKICC is not making a summer break this year. Quite the opposite is the case. In fact, on August 1, 2007 a number of dedicated members got together to develop a strategy for our association to make our vision, 1,000 members (we are currently at over 110 members) and 1,000,000 HKD annual budget (currently approx 100,000 HKD p.a.) by the end of 2009 a reality.
As a short reminder, we don’t have this vision just for the sake of becoming bigger, but because we believe that HKICC requires a considerably larger membership and more resources to afford a more professional organization and to be able to support its members in a more effective way.
The session was facilitated by strategy expert and HKICC member Douglas Gerber. From the enthusiasm of the participants at the end of the session I can tell that we came up with some exciting strategic options.
To read the whole story, click here
Charlie Lang
President, HKICC
president@coachinghk.org
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Personal Coaches: EVP Anita Moorjani Wants You!
TOP 5 Tips for Launching a Group Coaching Program
Group Coaching - Tips, Questions and Definitions
Coaching From the Inside Out: The Power of Purpose
Meet our Members: John Bower
Sponsored Events & Announcements |
| Personal Coaches: EVP Anita Moorjani Wants You! |
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On behalf of the HKICC Executive Committee, we would love to hear from our members via contributions of articles, or a simple sharing of your experiences, for this newsletter. In an effort to more inclusively serve and broaden our readership, we are particularly interested in contributions pertaining to personal coaching, family coaching, teen and youth coaching, relationship coaching, cultural coaching, health and well-being coaching, spiritual coaching… and more! We look forward to sharing your ideas and stories.
With Great Anticipation,
Anita Moorjani
Executive VP, International Affairs
Executive-VP@coachinghk.org
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| TOP 5 Tips for Launching a Group Coaching Program |
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Article adapted by Carole Lewis from:
http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Leesa_Barnes
This month’s newsletter focus is on group coaching, so read on to learn 5 ways to create a group coaching program that sizzles and helps you to grow your coaching business.
1. Focus on your client’s PAIN points
2. Design a course OUTLINE
3. Decide on a DELIVERY method
4. Determine program length and DURATION
5. Make your program INTERACTIVE
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Adapted by Carole Lewis from
http://www.coaching-life.co.uk/articles/group-lifecoaching.html
Group Life Coaching
Ask people about the dynamics of life coaching and the likely response is that it is a one-to-one activity performed between an individual wishing to address an issue and a coach, either in person or over the telephone. The model is established and it works for most personal issues where the individual alone can make a change.
Group life coaching, however, is growing rapidly in popularity, particularly within the business community. Many performance issues within teams emanate from a fundamental disconnect with either the team or the perceptions of groups of individuals within it.
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Part 1 of this 2-part extended article adaptation on how life-coaching clients create and sustain long-term fulfillment by discovering life purpose appears with the kind permission of Dr. Patrick Williams, Founder and CEO, Institute for Life Coach Training http://www.lifecoachtraining.com/index.shtml
Since we started using the phrase “Inside Out,” it has become much more common in the personal and professional development arena. But the concept remains valid, if not unique. This work in the human arena demands that the coach have experience in learning, growing, and living from the Inside Out. As a rule, people are taught instead to live from the Outside In. They are not taught how to examine their own lives through the lens of fulfillment.
Growing up, we’re taught how to fit in, be a good boy or girl, fulfill our parents’ expectations, and make choices that create the fewest waves. In our twenties, we get busy building a career, and sometimes those choices, too, are made to fulfill other people’s purpose for us rather than our purpose for ourselves. In our thirties, most of us continue in career building and often in family building, and we’re often too busy with both of these to take time to ask, “Am I fulfilled? Am I on the right path?”
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Harrison Assessments Expert Certificate, MA Cantab, ACPMM 21
What led you to coaching?
It feels as if I came to coaching entirely by accident, but actually it’s part of a lifelong pattern of helping and teaching others with a self-empowering style. I’d been interested in psychology and counseling for some years, but given the years of study required to get certified it stayed a distant dream, and instead I was getting on with my career as it was. When suddenly one day people started asking me to ‘coach’ them – a word I was only vaguely familiar with at the time – I began to quickly seek out skills to equip me to support them.
Who do you coach?
I use coaching skills in pretty much all I do – in management and in business development especially, and even with my kids at home – but I only take on retained coaching clients when they take the initiative. Typically my paying clients are senior executives and business leaders, who want to improve their business results or want to transform their quality of life by changing their occupation.
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JOB Opportunity for Corporate Coach-Trainer
A multinational coach training organization based in Europe seeks an experienced coach to provide coach training. The client is a large multinational in IT with operations throughout Asia. The position involves introducing and role-modeling coaching to mid-career executives. Mandarin proficiency is a must. Will involve travel to Beijing, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, as well as Southeast Asia.
Interested parties should please contact Ed Irons at edirons@aol.com |
Discover-Your-Divinity Week!
 Have you ever asked yourself
Who am I?
Why am I here?
What is the purpose of life?
Now you have an opportunity to answer these questions. India’s renowned healers Dr. Yuvraj & Neeta Kapadia are back by popular demand for the third time this year to take us on a journey across time and space into the evolution of the soul. They are running a series of workshops and individual therapies to help you understand the functioning of the universe and how it works for you.
Learn more at our FREE awareness talk on August 25th, 2007 5-7pm or read the full events flyer here |
Greetings Women, Ladies, Girls, Chicks, Broads & Goddesses
When was the last time you:
Played outside?
Felt like the belle of the ball?
Laughed out loud at the sheer glory of your life?
Has it been awhile? Maybe not since you were a little kid, back in the days when summertime meant endless days, running from one adventure to another.
Be the WOMAN workshop explores the fun, complexities and bliss that involves being feminine. Many of us have forgotten the secrets that lie hidden inside this world. We will explore further how to reconnect and use this power to be and express all that we can be in our relationships, at work and in LIFE!
Come join me with your sisters, girlfriends, mothers, colleagues and playmates in a fun and heartfelt weekend! Click here for full details. |
Are you ready to take responsibility for your own fears?
All of us have fears — fear of rejection, fear of looking stupid, fear of not being good enough. Fear keeps you from accepting yourself and realizing your full potential. Whether you are a coach, manager, counselor, sales person, parent, teacher, or consultant, Fearbuster groups show you how to conquer your fears and, in the process, help others do the same. Within a Fearbuster group, you will understand how to optimize some of the "Fearless Living" principles and start to integrate them into your daily life.
Click here for more info on upcoming August groups
With peace, love, and joy,
Pia Muggerud :: Fearbuster Group Leader
Mobile: +852 6103 0809 |
Do you want to become a professional internal coach?
Consider joining an 80-hour intensive program conducted in Shanghai.
For more info, download the events flyer here
Or contact sebastien.henry@progressu.com.hk |
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Dear Readers,
The importance of work-life balance is central to many a coachee’s progress, and has recently been on the minds of the HKICC management committee. Are we, as an organization, balanced in our support of those members working in the personal coaching and corporate coaching fields? If not, how can we make it so?
Personal development is one area that we intend to expand upon in this newsletter, with HKICC Executive VP Anita Moorjani initiating an effort to supply regular feature articles. Please consider making a contribution of your own! And be sure to look for the ‘Signposts’ column in the South China Morning Post, where our own coach-members’ articles on topics spanning procrastination to enlightenment appear every Saturday.
To your development,
Michelle Gabbe
Editor, HKICC
Please note: if you wish to submit any article or advertisement (ad) over 100 words, please remember to send our Editor a short introductory text (below 100 words) together with article or event flyer. We must have these in a separate word document. Photos need to be in JPG format. Deadline for submissions is 5:30pm on the 3rd of each month. Please note that the editorial team very much appreciates early submissions rather than those last minute ones! Please note that since August 2006 and for members only, we offer one free ad per issue, thereafter we charge HK$250 per ad per issue. For non-members, there will be a charge of HK$600 per ad per issue. For more details and conditions, please contact our Editor at editor@coaching hk.org directly.
NEW Articles from the HKICC coach-authored South China Morning Post 'Signposts' article series
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