Tomorrow’s
Life Coach In This Issue: Coaching Leaders
Tomorrow's Life Coach is a professional monthly online journal of the Institute for Life Coach Training that nourishes the intellect, intuition and inspiration of the personal/business coaching community. TLC continues to gain in popularity among diverse coaches and is highly recommended by Peer Resources: "One of the best free newsletters, Tomorrow's Life Coach consists of well-researched, informative articles on a variety of key topics for coaches. While a publication of the Institute for Life Coach Training, many of the articles are written by other well-known coaches." Upcoming Classes at ILCTFoundational Courses
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Additional classes, details and online registration at our course section. Some schedules may change; check listing or contact Edwina Adams, Administration/Registration, at edwina@lifecoachtraining.com or Diane Menendez, Director of Faculty and Curriculum, at diane@lifecoachtraining.com Pat's PonderingsDear Fellow Coaches: Happy Coaching! Pat Editor's PenDear Coach Colleagues:
How can coaching benefit leaders? Through the experience of working with a powerful coach, leaders can accelerate how they:
Our issue this month, Coaching Leaders, delivers three dynamic articles on the subject of coaching leaders in the realms of education, politics and religion. Next month's focus is Retirement and Next-Gen Coaching. November's journal will address the controversies regarding coach certification. We are looking for additional articles on these topics and marketing. Please see our Guidelines at http://www.lifecoachtraining.com/resources/newsletter/guidelines.shtml and contact me with your ideas. We would also like to hear your thoughts about this issue! Lead with integrity, Annette Annette A. Miller, MBA, Executive
Coach University
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Development Resources from Consultant Resources
Group CRG's 3-Day Intensive Train-the-Trainer Workshop will equip you with over a dozen assessments and 100 resources that no coach should be without. For over 25 years CRG materials, models and designs have been used with professionals, and their 1 million clients in 20 countries--CRG truly knows what it takes to make a difference. Professionals who use these tools simply find that they prefer to use CRG resources more than some of the more "old standard assessments." This opportunity applies to all the coaching disciplines from relationships to business, corporate and everything in between. Your attendance is risk free. If after attending the entire 3 days you do not feel you received value for your investment you have been our guest--guaranteed!. To register and learn more about this event please click here. If you have questions or need more information please contact CRG directly so we can respond to your inquiry. We look forward to many of you becoming certified and Licensed Associates with CRG. Dates: September 23-25 and November 18-20 (Vancouver, Canada), www.crgleader.com, info@crgleader.com “By
attending this workshop I learned the far-reaching
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facilitating global communication in a powerful way.
My passion being transformation—both personal
and planetary-this training has empowered me in ways
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in helping others needs to be here.” ICF Offers New Political Leadership Coaching SIG Imagine what political campaigns will look like when candidates rely on their coach before their pollster! The ICF recently launched the Political
Leadership Coaching SIG (special interest group), a
gathering place for coaches who coach or aspire to coach
political leaders. The SIG grew out of a commitment
made at last year's ICF conference by former ICF board
member Cindy Reinhardt, MCC, to "change the political
discourse by taking coaching into politics". Co-hosted
by Donna Zajonc, CPC, author of The Politics of Hope:
Reviving the Dream of Democracy, we seek to establish "Political
Leadership Coaching" as a recognized coaching specialty.
Cindy and Donna share a passion for making a positive
difference in the culture of politics by using the power
of coaching. "We envision a world where political leaders
regularly call upon the expertise of master coaches
as they grapple with the challenges of public leadership," say
the co-hosts. Donna Zajonc MA, CPC has brought nonpartisan coaching
to a wide variety of candidates for public office. She
was elected to serve three terms in the Oregon House
of Representatives starting at the age of 28. She was
her party's nomination for Secretary of State as well
as campaign manager for an Oregon gubernatorial election
and numerous other political campaigns. A dynamic and
often controversial speaker, Donna co-founded the Bainbridge
Leadership Center. Her new book The Politics of Hope:
Reviving the Dream of Democracy offers "Seven Practices
for Becoming a Conscious Public Leader" providing ordinary
citizens as well as public servants with a firm foundation
for action and leadership in this time of global change. Announcing
a New Teleconference For Coaches, Therapists and
Facilitators Who Use “The Work of Byron Katie” September 28, 2004 There is no fee and no need to register
in advance. Just call the bridge line on the day of
the call. If you have a question for Katie e-mail Maggie
Carter at inquiryone@comcast.net with your question.
“I’m jealous of you,” my friend said. “Why?” I asked. “You’re a pastor; you get to talk about God all day.” I laughed and said, “Is that what you think I do?” When I started out in ministry, I also thought I’d be pondering God all day. I was wrong. I thought I’d be a prophet, inspiring and challenging the people. Wrong again. I thought I’d be spending my life inside a deeply spiritual community, appreciating mutual support, prayer, and love. That didn’t happen either. Instead of talking about God all day, I listened to stories of pain, abuse, and illness. Instead of being prophet, I faced the challenge of a conflicted parish that resisted my calls for unity. Our time together was filled with arguments and disagreements. Though I knew God was in the midst of all of this, I experienced frustration: wasn’t ministry supposed to be rewarding? I looked for support. I talked to my Bishop, my old professors, colleagues, and friends. They presented me with a mixed bag of advice, blessings, commiseration, condemnation, and hugs. When I left my first church, I wanted to support struggling spiritual leaders like myself. Now, ten years later, I fulfill that vision as a coach and an author. One of my specialties is working with spiritual leaders as a coach and seminar leader. In the past ten years, churches and spiritual leaders have benefited from studies in family systems theory, leadership work, emotional intelligence, and the advent of coaching. Still, life in the church—like other organizations—remains challenging. The leaders I coach and speak to are discouraged, tired, and, in some cases, heading for burnout at an alarming rate. Many spiritual leaders experience a great dissonance between their visions of ministry and the realities of it. In addition, many of these ministers are getting paid to preach to a congregation about valuing God and family while living lives that do not reflect their values or their message. In 2000, almost one-fifth of full-time clergy worked sixty or more hours a week, more than three times that of workers in all professional occupations (Occupational Outlook Handout, US Department of Labor). The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) recently completed a survey of its leaders for their Health and Wellness report. Here are some of the findings:
Yet, despite the harrowing statistics, the clergy I coach love their work. These women and men serve their communities and bring hope to countless people. As a coach, my goal is to help leaders create lives that support their work and prevent burnout. The work I do with both Christian and Jewish clergy translates to other people who lead spiritually in other disciplines: therapists, coaches, community leaders, teachers, consultants, non-profit executives, and social workers. Because spiritual leaders are so busy, we often limit our meetings to one or two sessions per month. Here are some of the topics that my clients have found to be helpful:
Spiritual leaders serve others—and
in the process often forget to serve themselves. Coaching
spiritual leaders is about teaching them, as every flight
attendant does, to “attach [their] own oxygen
mask before attempting to assist others.” (The
Spiritual Leader’s Guide to Self-Care by Rochelle
Melander and Harold Eppley, page xiv.) Coaching provides
a safe space for clergy who need to learn this. It works.
I see my clients set boundaries, lose weight, have difficult
conversations, and work smarter. In the end, these leaders
are able to be both prophet and pastor, enjoying healthy,
mutual support inside their churches. Tomorrow's Life Coach™
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