Institute of Coaching

The research report Racial Justice, Equity and Belonging in Coaching by Charmaine Roche and Jonathan Passmore was published in October 2021. The report, with its recommendations for change, broke the silence on systemic racism as an issue in the coaching industry/profession and kicked off a global conversation....

In a few short weeks, from April 27-29, we can’t wait to see you at our 2023 Institute of Coaching conference in collaboration with McLean and Harvard Medical School, our 14th Coaching in Leadership and Healthcare conference<...

As an industry, professional coaching has exploded over the last 40 years, largely because of the array of positive outcomes linked to working with a coach. Approximately one-third of organizations are training managers to incorporate coaching skills into their leadership style (HCI & ICF, 2018)....

Do you find yourself coaching people who are different from you? Perhaps they are of a different age, race, gender, or sexual orientation? As coaches, we pride ourselves on asking questions and listening so being different shouldn’t matter, right? Well, not exactly. We are still human....

The mindset and skills needed to be an inclusive leader will be top of mind in nearly every organization as we move deeper into the twenty-first century and respond to the challenges we face both in society and in the workplace....

What limits most of us humans isn’t that we have insufficient opportunities. It’s that we are unable to see the possibilities before us. Why? What is in the way? Our patterns. Our filtering of the present through our past....

As human beings, we naturally crave connection. We want to feel part of a larger community, purposefully working together toward a common good. Yet, in an age of zoom calls and hybrid workplaces more employees than ever report increasing loneliness and a sense of disconnection from their teams and colleagues....

Did you know that the CDC (U.S. Center for Disease Control) research shows in 2022 that upwards of 50% of the adult population will be diagnosed with some form of mental illness during their lifetime? In any given year, statistics indicate that 20% of the population suffers from a mental health challenge....