January 12, 2015 Program – Encouragement Matters!

“When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference.” – Zig Ziglar 

With excitement, we are presenting Denny Stockdale as our January 2015 speaker. Denny is an executive coach who sees the importance of creating kinder, more effective working and living cultures.

On his website, he says, “I'm Denny Stockdale, the creator of the Abuse Recovery Map, a guide to help myself and others recover from the Aftershock of Abuse. I'm on a mission to create a KINDER world through the POWER of ENCOURAGEMENT.”

Our environments contain both kindness, with effective cooperation, and also bullying, which results in less effective working together. This presentation will present a great opportunity to get able to effectively increase the kindness and collaboration, and overcome the bullying that is present in our world, in so many ways. When it isn't present in our personal lives, we may find bullying is present in the corporate culture of our clients. Come learn new skills with us, to help build a better world, locally and globally!

The January Meeting will be held at the DePaul University O'Hare Campus, on Monday, January 12, 2015. This is a great, somewhat central location.

We gather at 6:30 pm, for some time to get to know each other, and light dinner. There is a short meeting with announcements, and our program will be 7:15 to 9.

We'd like to get to know YOU! So please come and join us.

From Betty Terrell, Director of Membership

ICF Chicago Board's Letter for January 2015

"When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful." – Malala Yousafzai 

Greetings and Happy New Year!

Our first work as coaches and entrepreneurs, which underlies our more visible work of coaching, is building community among our diverse individuals and groups. Building communities of understanding, and collaborating to work with clients, other coaches, other colleagues, requires lots of awareness and kindness. There are many choices to make every day, as to how we will interpret what we hear and see, and what meanings are present. This is both the topic of our January presentation, and it is also our Board process of building ICFC to be even better than it already is in 2015. See more here about our January program, and about our growing process.

As our Board year comes to a close, it is time for ICFC to hold Executive Committee Elections. We, as the Board, are honored to report that a terrific candidate has accepted the nomination for President-Elect, Cheryl Procter-Rogers!

The Board are pleased to present the following Executive Committee nominations for your vote:

Murray Mann, for 2015 President
Cheryl Procter-Rogers, for 2015 President-Elect
Evie Burke, for 2015 VP Finance
Elizabeth A. 'Betty' Terrell, for 2015 VP Governance

Elections will follow soon: All ICF Chicago members will receive a ballot online in about 7 days after this newsletter. Be sure to watch for it, and participate!

Results will be announced at our January 12, 2015 meeting.

Your vote counts and helps to shape the ICF Chicago Coaching Community. With your help we will continue to grow stronger and more successful, so that we can bring you the speakers, events and opportunities that you desire and deserve.

Happy New Year 2015 to Each and All!

From your ICF Chicago Board of Directors

Curious About Your ICFC?

Are you curious as to what is going on with ICFC, and how to participate more? There IS a lot going on, that's certain.

There are so many advantages and opportunities available: getting to know other coaches, learning about various communities of practice among coaches, attaining higher credentials in the ICF spectrum, becoming known in the larger Chicago community of coaches. There is participation available with the Core Competency Calls and the Coach Cafes. Yes, there are so many advantages to becoming an active and attending member of ICF Chciago. What if you are doing that, and are still wanting more involvement? Or what if you just want the group to do this one thing that you think we forget to do?

What if you are attending some meetings, and wanting to know more about this organization? What if you have a real interest in the core of ICFC, and want to roll your sleeves up, and DO something?

What if you are curious about the committees or the Board, and wonder how it all works? Maybe you have a vision, or a thought of one, for how it could be better?

Feel free to talk to us about these questions, as now the Board has identified three of its members who are available to answer them or have a conversation with you. Those are President Murray Mann, VP Finance Evie Burke, and VP Governance Betty Terrell.

Meanwhile, thank you for your membership, your current activity levels, and for caring about this ICFC organization!

From Betty Terrell

President's Letter for December 2014

Gratitude, December World Café 3.0 and Holiday Celebration

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend." ~ Melody Beattie

Our December Board message is one of thanks, gratitude and praise for our ICF Chicago Community. You have filled our journey with joy and fueled our passion to be in service of you. We honor each of your contributions as coaches, volunteers, committee members, chairs and directors. You have turned ICFC into a home and strangers into friends.

We invite you to join us at the FREE December 8th World Café 3.0 - "Creating a Premier Coaching Community" and Holiday Celebration. You can register at https://icfcworldcafe2014.eventbrite.com and feel free to share this invitation with your coaching colleagues to share their wisdom, vision and camaraderie. We will also ring in the International Coach Federation’s 20th anniversary as we prepare to launch the International Year of Coaching.

To Coaches For All That You Do

"At times, our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us." ~ Albert Schweitzer

DECEMBER ICF CHICAGO EVENTS

1. December 5: FREE ICF CORE COMPETENCY CALL (CCEUs Available) 2:00 p.m. CST - Bridgeline: 218.862.3486 Pin: 6969#
2. December 8: ICF CHICAGO WORLD CAFÉ 3.0 AND HOLIDAY CELEBRATION (Free Event)
   6:30 pm - 9:00 pm CST
3. Monthly (multiple dates): COACH CAFÉS see dates and times at here.
4. December 8 BOARD APPLICATIONS close. More information here.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

• January 12 – Denny Stockdale, The Abuse Recovery Map™
• February 9 – Gregg Lavoy, Vital Signs: The Nature and Nurture of Passion with a signing of his new book
• March 9 – (The irrepressible) Ben Dooley, The ATEBAR formula for MasterFull Coaching
• Monthly Core Competency calls occur every 1st Wednesday at 2:00pm CST
Bridgeline: 218.862.3486 Pin: 6969#
• Monthly Coach Cafés details here.

With gratitude on behalf of the ICF Chicago Board,

Murray A. Mann
President, ICF Chicago.

President's Letter for November 2014

Deepen Your Coaching Mastery with ICF Chicago’s Upcoming Programs

“Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.” ~ Stephen Covey

“Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.” ~ Rollo May

ICF Chicago’s theme for November is Establishing Trust and Intimacy. This core competency applies to coaches and clients and to our relationship as a community of coaches.

ICFC is an organic organization that thrives from the life all of us breathe into it. I invite you to be part of the movement to share leadership amongst us. As an organization, we are rich with talent, ideas and energy. Every member is an ICFC leader; we learn from each other, share ideas, participate on a committee or serve as board members.  Creating and sustaining our organization is a rewarding pursuit.  It is a journey versus a destination.

I invite you to deepen your coaching mastery and evolve your relationships in our ICFC community by participating in your monthly programs, coach cafés and ICFC online communities.

NOVEMBER ICF CHICAGO EVENTS

1. November 10: ICF CHICAGO CHAPTER MEETING WITH MARK STAMPER (a core leader of the IBM Coaching Community of Practice), ACC, CPCC from 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm CST
2. Monthly (multiple dates): COACH CAFÉS see dates and times here

 
MARK YOUR CALENDARS

• December 8  – World Café 3.0 and Holiday Celebration (Free Event)
• December 8 – BOARD APPLICATIONS close
• January 12 – Denny Stockdale, The Abuse Recovery Map™
• February 9 – Gregg Lavoy, Vital Signs: The Nature and Nurture of Passion with a signing of his new book
• March 9 – (The irrepressible) Ben Dooley, Offering an evolutionary new coaching methodology
• Monthly Core Competency calls occur every 1st Wednesday at 2:00pm CST
  Bridgeline: 218.862.3486 Pin: 6969#
• Monthly Coach Cafés details here

ICFC ONLINE COMMUNITIES

Website: www.icf-chicago.org

LinkedIn: International Coach Federation {Chicago Charter Chapter}

Facebook: www.facebook.com/ICFChicago

Twitter: @ICFChicago

Thank you all for being a part of our community and helping us grow and prosper to enrich coaching, our clients and our communities.

In support of you,

Murray A. Mann
President, ICF Chicago

Call for Applications for the 2015 ICF-Chicago Board of Directors

The ICF–Chicago Board of Directors invites YOU to join us in creating an increasingly vital, fun, and vibrant community of coaches. We are at an exciting time to contribute to the professionalism of the coaching industry. Serving on the Board of Directors of the ICF–Chicago Chapter is an energizing and inspiring position of leadership. This service requires dedication of both time and commitment, while also fitting with a full personal life and professional life.

During 2015, ICF Global will be celebrating it's 20th Anniversary! We in Chicago will be finding some unique, enjoyable, and useful ways to mark this celebration. ICF-Chicago is very involved with ICF from a regional perspective as well as from the chapter level, as evidenced by our contributions to the Midwest Regional Conference (MRC). During 2015, the Midwest group of chapters will hold the 4th annual MRC, which is one of the most successful regional conferences which ICF Global has. It will be held in Kansas City, in late June 2015.

Regarding the experience of serving on the ICFC Board of Directors, below are some testimonials from those who have served.

President Elect (3 year commitment)

"As a past President of the CCF Board, I would have to say it was a great experience for me. I benefited in several ways including the following: it was a great opportunity to really hone my leadership skills; I gained so much experience and tools that I now use in my coaching business working with small businesses and their leadership teams; I developed several great friendships with like-minded people that I would never have developed otherwise; and the networking has contributed financially as well by referring and getting referrals from my colleagues and friends; this benefit has followed me long past being the President of the Board!"
– Michele Knight

Treasurer

"Being on the CCF board has been a very positive experience. I feel more a part of the Chicago coaching community and connected to my peers. The VP Finance position helped me see the bigger picture and offered access to the whole board. It's a great opportunity and I recommend it."
– Lawrence Hedblom

Membership Chair

"Serving as Co-Chair of Membership on the CCF Board this past year has been a rewarding experience for me. Through this experience, I have been provided with the opportunity to “give back” to the coaching profession and I have made very valuable and lasting connections and friendships. As well, I have been provided with the opportunity to work with some of the finest coaches in the business as well as help others to become the finest coaches in the business!"
– Ann Babiarz

Applications for nominations are available by downloading the ICFC Leadership Application for ICFC Leadership Form on the ICFC Volunteer Opportunities page here .

Please jump in and act quickly, as the ICFC Nominating process begins October 13, 2014 and closes four weeks later on November 10, 2014. The Nominating Committee will review applications and interview applicants, and will recommend a nominating slate to the Board of Directors. Then the ICFC VP of Governance, Betty Terrell, will present the nominating slate to the Board of Directors for ratification at the December Board Meeting. The new slate of the 2015 Board of Directors and Committee Chairmen will then be announced to the membership at that December 8, 2014 membership meeting.

President's Letter for October 2014

The Business of Coaching, the Next 6 Months and In-House Coaching Initiative – Oh My!

“Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved” –  Mattie Stepanek; young Mattie was an American poet who published six The New York Times Best Seller list books of poetry. He became a peace advocate, motivational speaker and coach. At the age of 13, Mattie lost his life-long battle with multiple degenerative diseases.

ICF Chicago is a place for coaches to call home; a place to charge your batteries, connect, collaborate, learn, earn and engage. It is place inspired by the Mattie’s of the world.

We look forward to seeing you at our chapter meetings, to chatting with you over coffee at our Coach Cafés and always hearing your voice on the phone.

There is a lot going on at ICF Chicago!

• Monthly meetings:
  
  
• October 13 – Business of Coaching Panel – Break out Groups
• November 10 – Mark Stamper, Establishing Trust and Intimacy
• December 8  – World Café 3.0 and Holiday Celebration
• January 12 – Launch of International Year of Coaching ICF with Special Guests
• February 9 – Gregg Lavoy, Vital Signs: The Nature and Nurture of Passion with a signing of his new book
• March 9 – (The irrepressible) Ben Dooley, Offering an evolutionary new coaching methodology
• TBA – Denny Stockdale, The Abuse Recovery Map™ 
• Monthly Core Competency calls occur every 1st Wednesday at 2:00pm CST
  Bridgeline: 218.862.3486 Pin: 6969#
• Monthly Coach Cafés details here.
  
  
• This is nomination season for the ICF Chicago Board
  
  If you are interested in serving in any capacity on the ICFC leadership team, board position or committee chair/member, contact Betty Terrell, Vice President of Governance, at VPGovernance@icf-chicago.org.
  
  Please read the Call for Applications email on the week of October 13 for more information and to download an application.
  
  
• New ICFC In-House Coaching initiative
  
  Many of us remember being inside corporate America and the daily leadership challenges that arose. The good thing is now some organizations have in house coaches to help leaders be successful. But just like those leaders, the in-house coaches also need tools, strategies and remedies for tough leadership challenges.
  
  That is where you may come in.
  
  Karen Goins, ICFC In-House Coaching Chair and lives in Plainfield, has agreed to work with a group of 4-6 coaches to determine how we at ICF Chicago could best serve in house coaches. The goal is to first determine what they need then provide solutions based on what ICF has to offer. This small group will meet once a month to start to frame the objective and define the goal.  It will be an engaging, learning opportunity for those willing to give their time.  We will make sure not to ask for any more time than you are willing to share.
  
  If you are interested, please contact Karen Goins at inhousecoaching@icf-chicago.org. Lets help in-house coaches be the best they can be while supporting the vision of ICF.

As you can see we are roaring back this fall! Join us to connect, collaborate and contribute in service to your profession. We are YOUR organization for staying in touch with the profession of Coaching!

In support of you,

Murray A. Mann
President, ICF Chicago