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International Coaching Week 2021
May 17-23, 2021 is International Coaching Week

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International Coaching Week (ICW) is an annual celebration of the power and impact of professional coaching. From May 17-23, 2021, ICF Members from around the world (including here in Colorado!)
are invited to celebrate the power of coaching to positively impact individuals, organizations, communities, and the world.
 
During this week, the ICF Colorado Chapter will host a series of FREE and highly interactive webinars (all held virtually!) with some of the most transformative coaches in our great state of Colorado.

Coaches, business leaders, and interested community members are all invited to attend.

TOPICS:
From Lemons to Lemonade - Turning Challenges into Gifts and Growth
Power Up Your Goals & Gain Results: Two Simple Steps to Transform Your Goals
The Role of Psychological Safety in Training and Coaching for DEIB
3 Vital Skills Transformational Leaders and Coaches Must Continually Develop
I Want To Be An Entrepreneur, Don't I?
The Untold Secrets About Assessments: Finding Clarity About Which One To Use
HeartWise: How Has the Pandemic Affected You?
The Adventure Within: Adding the Element of Community to Coaching
A Self-Coaching Process for Reducing Stress: Relief in Minutes Using Only Words
Breaking Down Silos and Improving Collaboration to Increase Organizational Effectiveness
The Time Between Dreams: Navigating Uncertainty in Your Life and Work
Discovering Your Working Genius to Overcome Individual and Team Challenges
Fostering Resilience Through Mindful Self-Compassion
On the Journey of Retrieving Your Identity When You are Culturally Uprooted
Demystifying Presence: Embodied Awareness Generates Inspired Action


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"From Lemons to Lemonade - Turning Challenges into Gifts and Growth"
Presenter:  Becky Magnotta, ACC and Julia Zhu Meade, PCC
Date and Time: May 17, 2021 from 11:00am - Noon MT

Audience: Everyone who has been through the COVID19 Pandemic

The pandemic has made us realize that no matter who and where we are in life, we all face complex and seemingly never ending challenges. We feel like we are constantly in crisis managing mode. Sometimes a good day is simply surviving and managing the day-to-day challenges.

The good news is that it doesn’t have to be that way. There are practices that can help us not just survive, but thrive through challenges. Please join Julia Zhu Meade and Becky Magnotta as they share a simple but powerful framework to help you uncover the gifts from any challenge. Julia and Becky leverage their training in the Positive Intelligence work by Shirzad Chamine to create this explorative and experiential workshop facilitated with lightness and humor. You will walk away with a drastic shift in what challenges are, as well as an effective tool to rise to tough times, and become more creatively resourceful to cope with challenges. And did we mention that it will be fun too?

Suggested Pre-work:
Complete the Saboteur Assessment at https://www.positiveintelligence.com/. If you can, bring a household item that symbolizes your COVID19 Pandemic experience. You’ll get more out of the training if you’ve completed these, but it’s not mandatory for you to participate.




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Leanne Jeffers 2021 140x160"Power Up Your Goals & Gain Results: Two simple steps to transform your goals"
Presenter:  Leanne Jeffers, MPH, ACC, CMC
Date and Time: May 17, 2021 from 1:00 - 2:00pm MT

Audience: Anyone looking to experience more success with their own goals
and/or coaches who want to strengthen their ability to support others
with goal creation and results.

How many times have you seen good intention and ambition go the way of an unkept New Year’s resolution? Have you ever wondered what it takes to sustain motivation and reliably get goals across the finish line? Whether you are looking to experience more success with your own challenging goals, or you’re a coach who wants to strengthen your ability to support others with their goal creation and results, this interactive session will give you two simple strategies that boost inspiration and provide a solid structure for success. Through a brief presentation, an exercise, personal reflection, and small group discussion, you will come away from this session with hands-on experience developing your own powered up goals, and a simple tool that will help you continue to plan goals that set a path for increased productivity and satisfaction with accomplishments.




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Patrick Williams 2021 140x160"The Role of Psychological Safety in Training and Coaching for DEIB"
Presenter:  Dr. Patrick Williams, MCC
Date and Time: May 17, 2021 from 4:00 - 5:00pm MT

Audience: Coaches and Coach educators

Emotional Intelligence has long been an important aspect to include and teach in Coach training and in coaching. But one cannot express their emotions and relationship triggers at work without Psychological Safety. This term was first coined in 1999 by Harvard business school professor, Amy Edmondson. This was rediscovered in a famous research study of effective teams by Google (the Aristotle Project) in 2012. To their surprise, the data showed it was not just "who” was put on a team with diversity in mind, but that the best teams were those with certain norms and behaviors, by far the most important of which was found to be psychological safety.  Therefore, this presentation will impart new research and actions for ACTO organizations to embrace in their training. AND, it will also reveal the importance in the coaching relationship, given the 2021 competencies emphasis on Coaching Mindset and awareness of the client's and coach's emotions during coaching.




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Geo Roberts 140x160"3 Vital Skills Transformational Leaders and Coaches Must Continually Develop"
Presenter: Geo Roberts, MCC and Dr. Travis Hearne
Date and Time: May 18, 2021 from 9:00 - 10:00am MT

Audience: Tech savvy business leaders and managers whose role it is to
provide the drive, confidence and innovation that transforms the environment
in which we live, work and lead so people flourish and not flounder or leave.

The one hour webinar will be hosted by Geo Roberts with guest Dr Travis Hearne highlighting what transformational leadership is, why it is important, and how to continually develop 3 of the vital skills that dramatically improve how we lead and influence others.
 
Ideal target audience: Our target audience is tech savvy business leaders and managers whose role it is to provide the drive, confidence and innovation that transforms the environment in which we live, work and lead so people flourish and not flounder or leave.
 
Describe experiential features - how will you inspire interaction, dialogue, practice and/or reflection of the material?





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Nigel Clayton 140x160"I Want To Be An Entrepreneur, Don't I?"
Presenter: Nigel Clayton, MCC
Date and Time: May 18, 2021 from 1:00 - 2:00pm MT

Audience: Coaches/Entrepreneurs

The challenges for the entrepreneur in these changing times are greater than ever before!

Being an entrepreneur is different than anything else in our society and understanding why is crucial to being able to help entrepreneurs. This 60 minute Zoom webinar will help those that either work with or want to work with entrepreneurs understand that difference and learn a new perspective on how the entrepreneurial world really works.

You will also learn a framework for entrepreneurs to help get them on track and keep them on track with the business they want to create. This is not a one size fits all linear process but a framework that is unique to each entrepreneur and will work in harmony when your are coaching them.



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Judy Sabah 140x160 2021"The Untold Secrets About Assessments: Finding Clarity About Which One To Use"
Presenter: Judy Sabah, MCC
Date and Time: May 18, 2021 from 4:00 - 5:00pm MT

Audience: Coaches, Consultants, HR Professionals and anyone who wants to
know more about their clients or themselves.

In doing a search on the term "personality test" in Google, the results came back at 474,000,000 items. Wow! How do I get clarity about which one to use? When I first began coaching I was encouraged to use an assessment, and told it would be another income stream for me. After over 25 years in my Coaching Practice I've found some insights about the who, what and when of assessments. With the challenging times we've been experiencing, assessments have the potential to be helpful and useful.  

The intention is for participants to leave with more clarity and awareness about assessments and be able to make choices that support them in their practice, business or in knowing what assessment to participate in for themselves.





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Jim and Ruth Sharon 140x160"HeartWise: How Has the Pandemic Affected You?"
Presenter:  Jim and Ruth Sharon
Date and Time: May 19, 2021 from 1:00 - 2:00pm MT

Audience: Coaches and General Public

We'll briefly share our new brand "HeartWise," based on our recently-published book by that title, explaining what we mean by that term. The bulk of the session will be devoted to asking participants to write responses to three well-crafted, evocative questions about their pandemic experience and learning. We'll then invite those who want to share their responses to two of those questions--ones that are especially designed to facilitate healing and growth. We'll end by inviting questions and additional comments, and include an uplifting practice to close.



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Kelly Gonynor 140x160"The Adventure Within: Adding the Element of Community to Coaching"
Presenter:  Kelly Gonynor, LMFT
Date and Time: May 19, 2021 from 7:00 - 8:00pm MT

Audience: Anyone Interested in Coaching within a Supportive Community

In this webinar we will discuss the benefits of group coaching and how working on ourselves in community is a one-of-a-kind opportunity. We will dive into what is possible with self-love and relationship coaching and what it looks like when we integrate personal projects into the group coaching experience.

I'm passionate about bringing people from all walks of life together to learn and grow by being vulnerable and sharing our stories. It is my belief that we can create a world of love, compassion, and celebration when we focus on loving ourselves and our relationships with others. I'd love to inspire people to prioritize their well-being, understand the importance of self-love, and how impactful community is in the coaching space.



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Jonathan and Laurie Weiss 2021 140x160"A Self-Coaching Process for Reducing Stress: Relief in Minutes Using Only Words"
Presenter:   Jonathan Weiss, Ph.D. and Laurie Weiss, Ph.D., MCC
Date and Time: May 20, 2021 from 11:00am - Noon MT

Audience: People who are distressed and stuck -- Anyone looking for stress relief

Challenging times are a source of personal distress for many. We will present a simple, powerful new process for healing and development, based on the power of words and sentences to change energy fields.

Learn a tested European process to reduce worry incredibly quickly! The secret is focusing on the energy instead of the story and using 3 sentences to dissolve the blocks that keep you stuck. (We didn't believe it until we tried it -- 10 years ago.)



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Chris Coward 140x160"Breaking Down Silos and Improving Collaboration to Increase Organizational Effectiveness"
Presenter:   Chris Coward, MSW, PCC
Date and Time: May 20, 2021 from 1:00 - 2:00pm MT

Audience: Leaders in organizations

The term "silo" has been kicked around in organizations to describe how separated different teams are from each other. The pandemic has unfortunately increased silo behavior. The consequences of silos are duplicate work, lowered employee engagement and morale, contradictions in organizational messaging and mission, and a decrease in trust across the organization. This webinar will provide practical approaches to team building using a coach approach - within your own team and across other teams as well.



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"The Time Between Dreams: Navigating Uncertainty in Your Life and Work"
Presenter:   Jenya Kuvshinova
Date and Time: May 20, 2021 from 7:00 - 8:00pm MT

Audience: Anyone who wants to thrive through uncertainty.

This webinar is based on cyclical approach vs linear approach of how deep change happens. It introduces 4 stages of change: fruition, completion, gestation and creation named after nature seasons. Summer stage (fruition) is perceived as the only "normal" state of things and periods of uncertainty which are inevitable during the stage of gestation (winter) labeled as 'bad". We will touch on the meaning of all these stages but focus mostly on the time of uncertainty and how to approach it in a more helpful way, working with (not against) cycles.

Topics covered:
Brief description of 4 phases of personal growth
Two distinct winter phases
Challenges that may arise in winter
Planting the seeds of a new vision
Helpful "winter" activities.




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"Discovering Your Working Genius to Overcome Individual and Team Challenges"
Presenter:  Christine Kopec, ACC
Date and Time: May 21, 2021 from 1:00 - 2:00pm MT

Audience: All levels of coaches and anyone who works on a team

What if you and your clients could consistently work more productively while having more fun (even in challenging times)? Patrick Lencioni's breakthrough new model, The 6 Types of Working Genius, helps to uncover one's natural abilities, working competencies, and frustrations. Whether you coach individuals or teams, this model is a fresh approach for getting work done! Christine Kopec is one of the first 30 people worldwide to be certified directly by Pat Lencioni in the 6 Types of Working Genius.

I'd like to introduce this powerful foundation to the Colorado coaching community as a tool to help leaders:
Understand how to leverage/regulate their Working Geniuses
Tap into team members' areas of genius to fill their gaps
Celebrate/appreciate/reward others for their unique contributions to their teams




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Michele Walter 140x160"Fostering Resilience Through Mindful Self-Compassion"
Presenter:  Michele L. Walter, ACC, CPC, ELI-MP, JD, LL.M, Certified Mindful Meditation Teacher & Certified NUSHU Group Facilitator
Owner of Life From the Summit
Date and Time: May 21, 2021 from 4:00 - 5:00pm MT

Audience: Health and Wellness or Leadership

Compassion is our true nature. Yet we've been conditioned to believe that self-compassion will make us weak, passive, lazy, unmotivated, or more prone to self-pity. Science refutes all of those myths about self-compassion. Instead, we know that a self-compassion practice can support less rumination, stress, and anxiety, and allow for more strength, motivation, and well-being. Overall, self-compassion can open the door to more resilience.

This webinar will begin by focusing on mindfulness foundations, including what mindfulness is and is not, and the two components of mindfulness: awareness and compassion. We will then explore the benefits of a self-compassion practice, discuss the biggest challenges to self-compassion, and learn mindfulness practices for planting the seeds for self-compassion. We will end with a guided self-compassion meditation practice.



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Betty Stempfer 140x160"On the Journey of Retrieving Your Identity When You are Culturally Uprooted"
Presenter:  Berthe (Betty) Stempfer, Ph.D.
Date and Time: May 22, 2021 from 1:00 - 2:00pm MT

Audience: Culturally Uprooted People

Worldwide Fact: 1 person out of 8 is a migrant; either internal migrant (8%) or international migrant (4%). (https://www.who.int/migrants/en/) USA Fact: in 2019, 14% of the US population were immigrants. Have you been gone for so long that you feel like you no longer belong to your place of origin, and neither do you feel like you totally fit in your receiving place? What is this huge disconnect you are experiencing with your family, your friends? Do you feel lost, and you don’t know what to do??? You are not alone… At least 1 person out of 8 will face such identity crises due to cultural uprooting. 

In this webinar we will explore how coaching and positive psychology can help culturally uprooted people reconnect with what is essential to them, their core values and how coaching can assist them through the change process of redefining themselves and creating space and new foundations for growing new roots and connecting authentically with other.  In this webinar we will explore how coaching and positive psychology can help culturally uprooted people reconnect with what is essential to them, their core values and how coaching can assist them through the change process of redefining themselves and creating space and new foundations for growing new roots and connecting authentically with other.  Keywords: Identity – Authenticity – Cultural uprooting – Coaching – Positive Psychology Approach – Theory of changes.



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Robyn McCulloch 140x160"Demystifying Presence: Embodied Awareness Generates Inspired Action"
Presenter:  Robyn McCulloch, MS, MSC, PCC and Jennifer Reitz, MSC, PCC
Date and Time: May 23, 2021 from 1:00 - 2:00pm MT

Audience: Anyone who wants to lead themselves and others with greater capacity

This is an invitation to consider radical transformation in how you lead your life and lead others. We must cultivate and deepen our somatic intelligence for embodied use of self. In an era of transformative and traumatic disruptions, developing a centered presence is fundamental—a powerful presence invites authentic connection. Evolution requires courageously extending safety and belonging to others.

The upheaval of 2020 resulted in a universal legacy of contraction, an internal shaping that fuels
our reactive self. Rigorous and recurrent body-oriented practices re-shape and re-wire the triggered
brain. When musculature, organs, fascial and central nervous systems reorganize, novel ways of
"being" are accessed.

Purposeful alignment of thoughts, words, and actions with what we care about results in palpable congruence, or trustworthiness. This allows us to focus on what matters most. Mastery in maintaining equanimity under pressure grows. This is the most efficacious use of self. Holding our common humanity with dignity is essential.