Monthly Coaching Forum Calls (click each month to listen to the call in .MP3 format)

2008

• OCTOBER - Pat's guest was Jim Strohecker, an e-health pioneer and wellness visionary, CEO and co-founder of HealthWorld Online. They discussed the Wellness Inventory, a holistic assessment and life-balance program which enables coaches to integrate a wellness dimension into their practice. Points covered included how the Wellness Inventory helps coaches integrate a whole-person wellness paradigm into their existing practices; how coaches can use the Wellness Inventory to build their practice and create new profit centers; and how the certification training will help to create more personal coherence and balance in a coach's life, as a foundation to help support effective wellness coaching.

• AUGUST - Pat's guest was Candia Dye, M.A., RCC, ILCT's Director of Program Development for the Employee Assistance & Workplace Coaching Specialist (EACS™) program and the Leadership and Executive Coach Training track. This was the third Forum on Leadership and Executive Coaching and focused on unique features of coaching executives and corporate leaders, developing requests for proposals, combining training with coaching, and business planning and development.

• JULY - Pat's guest was Dr. Mike Lillibridge, ILCT's new Director of Corporate Coaching and President and Founder of The Peoplemap™ System. Mike explained The Peoplemap™ Personality-Type System and its potential to enhance communication, team effectiveness and leadership skills. The Peoplemap™ will be an integral component of ILCT's executive and leadership coaching track and is a valuable tool for both the coach's development and for use with your coaching clients.

• JUNE - Pat Williams' announcement of the Fall launch of ILCT's Corporate & Leadership Coaching Program. His guests were Dr. Doug McKinley, ILCT's Director of Corporate Coaching, Dr. Mike Lillibridge, President and Founder of The Peoplemap™ System and Candia Dye, ILCT's Director of Program Development for EAP & Corporate Coaching.

• MAY - Pat's guest was Helga M. Matzko, MA, CAGS, PCC. Helga is joining ILCT as an advanced instructor for a new Institute for Life Coach Training course beginning September 2, 2008: Coaching the Addiction-Recovered Client to Full Potential. This unique class is designed for coaches who want to either expand their coaching business to include addiction-recovered individuals or increase coaching skills specifically tailored to coaching this population.

• APRIL - Pat's guest was Marilyn O'Hearne, MSW, MCC. Marilyn is a 1999 ILCT graduate and a current ILCT senior faculty member. She also serves as a current member of the International Coach Federation Board of Directors. She discussed increasing PEP through coaching, retreats, and writing in WORK, with Performance/Effectiveness/Profitability; LIFE, with Peace/Energy/Prosperity; and how to live in the WORLD COMMUNITY, with Power/Education/Peace!

• MARCH - Pat's guest was Carol Kauffman, PhD ABPP PCC. Carol is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, where she is Founding Director of the Coaching and Positive Psychology Initiative. They discussed research for coaches, and the performance edge of those coaches who can operate in the research arena.

• FEBRUARY - Pat's guest was Lynn Meinke, PCC. They held a lively discussion about the interface between positive psychology and life coaching, addressing some of the major concepts by using the following questions as a starting place: What is positive psychology? What is its scope of study? What prompted its development? How is it changing the scope of psychology? How is it similar to coaching? How is it different? How has coaching impacted positive psychology? How is positive psychology likely to impact coaching? What are the implications of the marriage of the words "positive" and "psychology"?

• JANUARY - Pat's guest was Deb Davis, his coauthor for Therapist as Life Coach: An Introduction for Counselors and Other Helping Professionals, Revised and Expanded Edition. Their discussion was about what's new and expanded in this 2nd edition, including recent coaching trends, updated liability concerns, new business opportunities, research about coaching, and more.

2007

• AUGUST - Pat's first guest was Lisa Kramer, discussing ILCT's new coaching track - Relationship Coaching Specialist Certificate (RCS); the program for coaches and other professionals who are interested in developing a specialty in relationship coaching. Pat's second guest was Jim Strohecker, President and Co-Founder of HealthWorld Online (www.healthy.net); discussing Jim's Wellness Inventory Certification Course, an online assessment and life-balance tool that focuses on the whole person in 12 key dimensions of wellness.

• JULY - Pat Williams and Dr. Diane Menendez, PhD, MCC and co-author for Becoming a Professional Life Coach: Lessons from the Institute for Life Coach Training discussing their book and some of it's essential lessons.

• JUNE - Pat Williams discussion with Dr. Lauree Moss, CLC, PCC on the nonverbal dimension of human interaction and communication, along with a discussion of a new ILCT course Dr. Moss has developed: Body-Mind Life Coaching™ Specialist Certificate Course: Using the Body to Deepen Awareness and Forward the Action on ILCT's Fall schedule.

• MAY - Pat Williams discussion with Carollyne Conlinn, the founder of the Excelerator Coaching™ Program, about the action learning game Great Question!™ The game is designed to introduce and teach coaching skills to a corporate audience.

• APRIL - Pat Williams' interview of Richard Leider, the founder and Chairman of The Inventure Group. Richard is the author of seven books. His newest book, Claiming Your Place At the Fire, has been touted as "the defining" book on the new retirement. As a commentator on life transitions, Richard has been published in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and USA Today, and has appeared as a guest on television and public radio.

• MARCH - Pat Williams and Steve Mitten, past president of the ICF, colleague and friend, and fellow traveler to Africa, discuss the impact of the Inventure Experience in Africa.

• FEBRUARY - Pat Williams' interview of Martha Lasley on "Opening the Space for Transformation: Deepen your Coaching Practice with Active Compassion".

• JANUARY - Pat Williams' interview of Shannon Andersen, who wrote the book The Magdalene Awakening: Heralding the Re-emergence of the Divine Feminine. The Magdalene Awakening traces the journey Shannon took to discover the meaning of the reoccurring synchronicities of 444, the lily, and more. The quest took her across the world where she discovered the link between Mary Magdalene, the Cathars and Gematria (secret encoded numeric messages embedded in the Greek text by the authors of the New Testament).

• NOVEMBER/DECEMBER - Pat Williams interview of Deepika Nath,on her research study Transforming Self, Guiding the Development of Voice in Women.

• OCTOBER - Pat Williams' interview of Rebecca McLean, National Director of Training for Circle of Life and the author of The Circle of Life. Rebecca has worked in mind-body health care and life coaching for over 25 years, and she co-founded Health Action, a comprehensive, integrative health-care consulting group.

• SEPTEMBER - Pat Williams' interview of Jim Strohecker on the The Wellness Inventory — an online assessment and life-balance tool that focuses on the whole person in 12 key dimensions of wellness. A powerful tool for coaches, the Wellness Inventory is an advanced version of the life wheel (coaching mandala).

• AUGUST - Pat Williams discusses the Evolving Conversation of Coaching Summit in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

• JULY - Pat Williams discusses National Wellness Conference and coaching in the wellness industry.

• JUNE - Pat Williams interviews ILCT's company coach, Ernest Oriente, founder of PowerHour — who shared his insights about building SmartMatch Alliances for coaching professionals.