Dear ICF-Chicago Members,
I’m delighted to be kicking off a brand new year with ICF-Chicago!! I’d like to thank Kam Gupta for his leadership and generous spirit as President last year and I look forward to working with him in his new role as Past-President. His sage wisdom is a gift. I’m also excited to be stepping into the role of President. I am humbled to be taking the helm of a great organization in a thriving community and am committed to you, our membership, in making ICF-Chicago the place for “All Things Coaching”.
I recently completed with a client who successfully found her passion and pursued a new career. At the end of our last session she said, “when my friends ask me about coaching I really don’t know how to explain it to them”. WOW!!! And, this was after ten coaching sessions! What if we could engage every member of our community in a conversation about coaching that would inspire potential clients to commit to coaching? What would your coaching practice look like? My guess is clients would be knocking down your doors. So this year our stake for ICF-Chicago is Connecting Coaches & Clients & Community to Learn, Earn & Engage. What the heck does that mean??? It means a commitment to engaging with our communities to really get the message out about the essential need for coaching…NO KIDDING , connecting our master coaches to our newly minted coaches via a powerful mentor relationship and supporting all coaches in developing thriving coaching practices (clients and $$$).
I’m blessed to be working with a Board of talented volunteers committed to the ICF-Chicago community. Each board & committee member brings their unique energy, abundant talent and amazing creativity to make sure all our members have a great experience with ICF-Chicago and I’m thrilled to be teaming up with them. Please contact any board member or Denise Bouchard if you’d like to join us in our great adventure.
BTW…You may be wondering what happened to “CCF”. We’re still here…just undergoing a little face lift which includes a realignment of our branding with ICF. As one of the largest chapters in North America , we want ensure that the community knows that we are part of an international organization dedicated to the support and advancement of the coaching profession. We’re also introducing our new membership program which promises some great benefits…more info to come.
I’m looking forward to supporting each of you as we Connect Coaches & Clients & Community to Learn, Earn & Engage.
Namaste
Teresa Saxton
President
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