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Curated by: The IOC Team

  • While there are diverse coaching modalities and specialties, what binds all coaches together is our heartfelt desire to help people develop, grow, and live better lives. Our conference speakers often comment on how our audience of coaches is more open-hearted and welcoming than other audiences.

    This deep desire to help drives coaches to seek out the most effective methods from art and science, and to continually improve coaching skills. This month, our webinars center around the impact that coaching has on those we serve.

    In our first webinar in May, IOC diamond sponsor AceUp will moderate an expert panel discussion on how you should (and shouldn't) measure, and talk about, the ROI of a coaching engagement. The benefits of coaching for both the individual and the organization are well-documented, but still, talking about the direct return on investment (ROI) of coaching is no small challenge. The panel will explore ways to discuss and demonstrate the benefits of coaching, and foster buy-in of key stakeholders.

    As for our second webinar, IOC Harnisch Research Grant recipient Dr. Sandra Diller will present current research on coaching difficult clients. Specifically, Dr. Diller will present studies on how coaches can work effectively to minimize the toll these sessions take on both the client -- and the coach.

    Lastly, we welcome Alison Whitmire to guide us through an interactive experiential course that increases understanding of the most common deep-rooted patterns our clients bring to coaching. Her work guides clients toward greater self-awareness and fosters a more conscious relationship with themselves, others, and the world.

    It is our honor to support you as an IOC member, as you grow your coaching impact drawing on both art and science.

    The IOC Team

  • Statue of Socrates

    Select concise, clear, open, purposeful, constructive, focused, and neutral questions with the highest ROQ – return on questions – the greatest impact in the shortest time. Purge the verbiage to make coaching a vagueness-free zone.

    Coaches are masterful at selecting questions - curious, mind-opening, provocative questions. Questions that expand horizons, deepen awareness, and spawn insights. Coaches make every question count, avoiding vague or general questions like: ‘How are things since I last saw you?’ and instead asking ‘what unfolded with the actions you decided on?’

    This dose explores a classic 2008 article by Michael Neeson entitled Using Socratic Questioning in Coaching. What’s the bottom line? Socrates teaches us to choose questions that are most impactful. We might say that he inspires coaches to deliver the biggest ROQ - return on questions – the greatest impact in the shortest time.

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  • Young Girl Standing on a Mountain Top Field in Superhero Pose looking at the forrested mountains beyond

    The ideal self is a fluid, fuzzy, desired future drawn from many sources including dreams, fantasies, values, life philosophy, personal strengths, and one’s life and career stage. Going further, unpacking the “ideal” component of the ideal self draws forth clarity around one’s life purpose or calling.

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  • The Institute of Coaching recently established the “Coaching for Social Good” Award in the name of Ellen Shub, in honor of her commitment to social activism, the art of photography and photojournalism, and to the field of coaching.  We are making the first call for nominations for this reward, which will be presented for outstanding contributions to the research and/or practice of coaching which furthers social and climate justice, equity and peace.

  • Tuesday, May 4, 2021 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm

    In this presentation, we'll discuss with our panel of experts how you should, and shouldn't, measure the ROI of a coaching engagement and how you can foster buy-in from key stakeholders.

    This is a public webinar

    Register

  • Thursday, May 27, 2021 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm

    We’ve created this interactive experiential course to increase our understanding of the most common patterns our clients bring to coaching so we can guide them to a more conscious relationship with themselves, others and the world.

    Go to Registration Page

  • For companies that want to maximize their employee engagement, increase retention, and foster performance through a culture of transformational learning, AceUp delivers personalized executive coaching to empower professionals to maximize their impact. AceUp’s coaching is enabled by technology and backed by data.

    Our mission is to help employees develop the skills and confidence they need to succeed in their roles today and tomorrow and to thrive within their organizations.

    Our company is informed by leaders from Harvard, MIT and Yale with a growing community of highly vetted executive coaches, certified by ICF, iPEC, CTI, Hudson Institute, Harvard University, among other accredited institutions.

    Learn more at https://aceup.com/

Director's Corner

  • While there are diverse coaching modalities and specialties, what binds all coaches together is our heartfelt desire to help people develop, grow, and live better lives. Our conference speakers often comment on how our audience of coaches is more open-hearted and welcoming than other audiences.

    This deep desire to help drives coaches to seek out the most effective methods from art and science, and to continually improve coaching skills. This month, our webinars center around the impact that coaching has on those we serve.

    In our first webinar in May, IOC diamond sponsor AceUp will moderate an expert panel discussion on how you should (and shouldn't) measure, and talk about, the ROI of a coaching engagement. The benefits of coaching for both the individual and the organization are well-documented, but still, talking about the direct return on investment (ROI) of coaching is no small challenge. The panel will explore ways to discuss and demonstrate the benefits of coaching, and foster buy-in of key stakeholders.

    As for our second webinar, IOC Harnisch Research Grant recipient Dr. Sandra Diller will present current research on coaching difficult clients. Specifically, Dr. Diller will present studies on how coaches can work effectively to minimize the toll these sessions take on both the client -- and the coach.

    Lastly, we welcome Alison Whitmire to guide us through an interactive experiential course that increases understanding of the most common deep-rooted patterns our clients bring to coaching. Her work guides clients toward greater self-awareness and fosters a more conscious relationship with themselves, others, and the world.

    It is our honor to support you as an IOC member, as you grow your coaching impact drawing on both art and science.

    The IOC Team

Featured Research

  • Statue of Socrates

    Select concise, clear, open, purposeful, constructive, focused, and neutral questions with the highest ROQ – return on questions – the greatest impact in the shortest time. Purge the verbiage to make coaching a vagueness-free zone.

    Coaches are masterful at selecting questions - curious, mind-opening, provocative questions. Questions that expand horizons, deepen awareness, and spawn insights. Coaches make every question count, avoiding vague or general questions like: ‘How are things since I last saw you?’ and instead asking ‘what unfolded with the actions you decided on?’

    This dose explores a classic 2008 article by Michael Neeson entitled Using Socratic Questioning in Coaching. What’s the bottom line? Socrates teaches us to choose questions that are most impactful. We might say that he inspires coaches to deliver the biggest ROQ - return on questions – the greatest impact in the shortest time.

    Share
    /
  • Young Girl Standing on a Mountain Top Field in Superhero Pose looking at the forrested mountains beyond

    The ideal self is a fluid, fuzzy, desired future drawn from many sources including dreams, fantasies, values, life philosophy, personal strengths, and one’s life and career stage. Going further, unpacking the “ideal” component of the ideal self draws forth clarity around one’s life purpose or calling.

    Share
    /

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  • The Institute of Coaching recently established the “Coaching for Social Good” Award in the name of Ellen Shub, in honor of her commitment to social activism, the art of photography and photojournalism, and to the field of coaching.  We are making the first call for nominations for this reward, which will be presented for outstanding contributions to the research and/or practice of coaching which furthers social and climate justice, equity and peace.

  • Tuesday, May 4, 2021 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm

    In this presentation, we'll discuss with our panel of experts how you should, and shouldn't, measure the ROI of a coaching engagement and how you can foster buy-in from key stakeholders.

    This is a public webinar

    Register

  • Thursday, May 27, 2021 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm

    We’ve created this interactive experiential course to increase our understanding of the most common patterns our clients bring to coaching so we can guide them to a more conscious relationship with themselves, others and the world.

    Go to Registration Page

Sponsor

  • For companies that want to maximize their employee engagement, increase retention, and foster performance through a culture of transformational learning, AceUp delivers personalized executive coaching to empower professionals to maximize their impact. AceUp’s coaching is enabled by technology and backed by data.

    Our mission is to help employees develop the skills and confidence they need to succeed in their roles today and tomorrow and to thrive within their organizations.

    Our company is informed by leaders from Harvard, MIT and Yale with a growing community of highly vetted executive coaches, certified by ICF, iPEC, CTI, Hudson Institute, Harvard University, among other accredited institutions.

    Learn more at https://aceup.com/