Tomorrow's
Life Coach
Volume 4 Issue 5 - July 2005
In This Issue: Career Coaching & Political
Leadership Coaching
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Pat's
Ponderings
Dear Fellow Coaches:
I just returned from my second National Wellness Conference in Stevens
Point on the University of Wisconsin campus. I love this conference.
I went last year for the first time and delivered two presentations
on coaching. My colleague and the director of our wellness coaching
classes at ILCT, Dr. Michael Arloski, also presented on coaching.
Michael has been going to this conference for 25 years and encouraged
me to go and I am so glad he did. Coaching is becoming a hot topic
at the wellness conference and they now give continuing education
credits for ICF certified coaches!!!
I encourage you to attend next year, and even submit a proposal
to present. This is a conference (www.nationalwellness.org) where
everyone wears shorts and t-shirts all week, does Tai Chi, yoga,
NIA classes and more in the morning, noon and evening and the presentations
and keynotes are very good. So if you want to learn, and make new
friends in a college atmosphere come to Stevens Point, Wisconsin
the week of July 15, 2006...and stay in the college dorms for a
real campus experience (but bring your own pillow!!!)
Happy Coaching,
Pat
Patrick Williams Ed.D., MCC
Chief Energizing Officer, ILCT
Member, ICF Board of Directors
Dean of UKCLC - North America
Department Chair, Professional Coaching
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Editor's
Pen
Where have all the flowers gone?
Before the heat of the summer, I planted
sunflower seeds in the front flower bed and in one corner
of the backyard. The seeds planted in the front have
been watered regularly and now are about 8 inches high.
However, I forgot about the seeds in the backyard. Yesterday,
I went to pick fresh chives from my tiny backyard garden.
Looking to my right, I saw that my young sprouted sunflowers
along the back fence were gone...from lack of water...and
from the Texas summer heat. Sadly, the backyard will
not have towering sunflowers this year. But the front
of the house will be dominated by some lucky yellow
sunflowers, carefully nurtured!
Out of sight, out of mind.
As this issue highlights career and
political leadership coaching, I'm reminded that coaching
isn't about us, it's about our client. Think of the
reasons why a client would hire a career coach, or a
political leadership coach. Would a coach be considered
effective if they overwhelmed the client in attempting
to transform her into the coach's image? No, an effective
coach guides the client to discover the kind of flower
she really is, build a strong root structure, receive
the proper nutrients, and enjoy being a beautiful flower!
"You have to water the flowers
you want to grow" (Stephen Covey.) What flowers
are you watering? Which of your flowers have gone?
If honoring the client's agenda is
a flower that you want to grow, then explore how you
can tend that flower, to help it to mature and blossom.
This skill is one of the ICF Coaching Core Competencies
(Communicating Effectively--Active Listening): "Attends
to the client and the client's agenda, and not to the
coach's agenda for the client." (See www.coachfederation.org,
ICF Credentialing.)
Whether you are a career coach, political
leadership coach, or any other kind of professional
coach, may your coaching reach new heights through honoring
your client's agenda!
To your client's success,
Annette
Annette A. Miller, MBA
Editor, Tomorrow's Life Coach
Life Coach, ILCT
Member, ICF, IAC, CCN
President & Executive Coach, LifeSync Coaching®
Authorized Affiliate, Extended DISC® - the world's fastest growing
assessment system
Certified Birkman® Consultant - providing deeper insight into
your being
amiller@lifesync.com
www.lifesync.com
When people go to
work, they shouldn't have to leave their hearts at home.
Betty Bender
Trends
in Career Coaching
Career coaching is a thriving coaching
niche and increasingly in demand by clients. WordSpy.com,
a site devoted to lexpionage (the sleuthing of new words),
has even added career coach to its lexicon. As traditional
venues for career development (corporate human resource/organizational
development departments and college career centers)
experience budget crunches, career coaching has become
a more important and necessary service. Here are some
trends within this growing industry:
Job Satisfaction and the Right Fit: Surveys from the past three
years by the Conference Board’s Consumer Research Center indicate
that 50-60% of people are unhappy with their jobs. The key to job
satisfaction is helping people align their careers with their passions
and market themselves to employers with a good organizational-culture
match. Our "Magic F.I.T.™" is a system for structuring career
exploration and identifying six key areas for the perfect fit. When
clients create careers where all of these areas overlap, it's magic!
Assessments: When using assessments in career coaching, it's important
to either select one that is comprehensive in nature (assesses all
areas of the F.I.T.) or use a suite of assessments so that a multifaceted
picture of the client is provided. With the latter, select assessments
that touch on skills/strengths, interests, personality/work styles,
values/motivators/self-beliefs, and purpose. Balance formal objective
assessments with informal subjective assessments to tap clients'
left-brain and right-brain thinking.
Personal Branding: Personal branding is a revolutionary career management
tool for clients looking to differentiate themselves in today's
dynamic, competitive marketplace. Career coaches help clients create
a brand that is authentic and value-driven. This brand can be communicated
during job search in networking, resumes, and interviewing, as well
as in ongoing career management activities.
Free Agency: Futurists and trend watchers, such as Bill Bridges
in his book Jobshift: How to Prosper in a Workplace Without Jobs,
accurately pointed to the conversion of the traditional, “permanent” job
to a contractual, temporary assignment. This doesn't mean that every
client will become an independent contractor (although that may
be appropriate for some). Instead, career coaches should help clients
adopt the attitude of an agile independent contractor and think
in terms of opportunities and projects, rather than openings and
permanent employment.
Specializations: Career coaches are specializing in their areas
of passion and experience. For instance, some work primarily with
people who are introverted or shy; others with people transitioning
from the military. Some coaches help people exiting a particular
field such as law, or executives committed to socially responsible
leadership, or people interested in retirement careers.
The Coming Labor Shortage: As the U.S. ages, analysts have noted
a growing labor shortage. This is predicted to increase to a shortage
of 14 million postsecondary workers and 7 million noncollege workers
by 2020, according to the American Society for Training and Development
(ASTD.org.) Talent management coaching will increase within organizations
in an effort to increase employee retention. At the same time, this
labor shortage will give workers a lot of leverage. Now, more than
ever as coaches, we can challenge our clients to dream big, with
careers that epitomize vision, optimism, and action!
Although trends will come and go, what's most important is this:
virtually every client will encounter some type of career issue
during your work together. The more knowledgeable you are about
career management trends, the better equipped you'll be to help
your clients.
Susan Britton Whitcomb, CCMC (Certified Career Management
Coach), is president of Career Coach Academy and Executive Director
of Career Masters Institute. She completed Foundational coach
training from ILCT. Susan is the author of best-selling Resume
Magic, Interview Magic, and coming Fall 2005, Job Search Magic
(JIST), as well as Career Magic: Career Coaching for the 21st
Century, a 300-page reference accompanying the Certified Career
Management Coach program offered through Career Coach Academy
(in collaboration with ILCT). Email: Susan@CareerCoachAcademy.com.
Editor's Note: See article below
about Susan's certified career management coach course
available through ILCT.
An unfulfilled vocation
drains the color from a man's entire existence.
Honoré de Balzac, "Scenes de la vie Parisienne," La
Maison Nucingen, 1838
Certified
Career Management Coach (CCMC) Course
Tuition: $1895
15 sessions – 2 hours each
30 hours of credit
Taught by: Susan Britton Whitcomb
Certified
Career Management Coach Course - Core Track
September 21-December 27, Wednesdays, 12-2 pm Eastern
Certified
Career Management Coach Course - Christian Track
September 21-December 27, Wednesdays, 3-5 pm Eastern
Regardless of your coaching specialty, career issues are bound to
surface with your clients (surveys show that 50-60% of people are
unhappy with their work)! Designed for coaches working with individual
clients, this 30-hour certification program equips you with the
knowledge, resources, systems, and coaching skills to help clients
manage the development, transition, and enhancement of their careers
from a holistic viewpoint. By the completion of this program, you
will be able to coach clients through the entire career continuum,
including:
- Assessment (self-discovery, visioning,
subjective/informal assessments, objective/formalized
assessments)
- Exploration (translating skills
into economically viable work, informational interviews,
research, volunteering, internships)
- Commitment (decision-making, identifying
commitment levels, verbalizing and embodying the decision)
- Development (acquisition of new
hard and soft skills and knowledge through education
or on-the-job experiences)
- Marketing (personal career branding,
network building, verbal/visual personal marketing)
- Transition (job-search strategy,
networking, resume writing, interviewing, salary negotiations;
traditional and retirement career transitions; bridge
job strategies)
- Enhancement (extrinsic—growth
in responsibilities, projects, income; intrinsic—honing
interpersonal, leadership, team skills; tweaking alignment
with priorities, values)
Program is regularly $1995 and discounted
to $1895 with registration three weeks in advance of
start date. A payment plan of four monthly payments
($545 each) is available. Those wishing to sit for the
certification exam (a written and oral coaching exam)
must also complete (or provide documentation of completing)
a minimum of 10 30-minute individual coaching sessions.
If you have not previously worked with a coach, you
may want to consider working with Susan Whitcomb or
Christine Edick individually. We offer the first two
sessions at no cost, and the remaining eight sessions
at a discounted rate of $50 each. The individual coaching
can be completed up to 8 weeks after completion of the
15-week program in order to qualify for your credential.
Materials fee: Also required for the course is the text: “Co-Active
Coaching" ($39.95) available through Amazon.com and retail booksellers.
There is also a fee of approximately $30 for online assessments
paid directly to assessment vendors.
The program includes a 300-page reference manual with dozens of
career coaching forms, tools, and exercises that you are authorized
to use with individual clients at no charge.
About Your Instructor:
Susan Britton Whitcomb teaches the CCMC Core Track and Christian
Track. She is president of Career Coach Academy and Executive Director
of Career Masters Institute. She completed Foundational coach training
from ILCT. Susan is the author of best-selling Resume Magic, Interview
Magic, and coming Fall 2005, Job Search Magic (JIST), as well as
Career Magic: Career Coaching for the 21st Century, a 300-page reference
accompanying the Certified Career Management Coach program offered
through Career Coach Academy.
Click
here for more information.
There are no menial
jobs, only menial attitudes.
William J. Bennett, The Book of Virtues
Invitation
to Pat's Workshop in Cape Cod
Dear ILCT Members and Tomorrow's Life
Coach Subscribers:
Patrick Williams is once again presenting his very popular workshop
in Cape Cod this summer with the New England Educational Institute,
August 22-26. Even thought the symposium is called Therapist as
Life Coach, it is applicable for anyone who wants to hear Pat's
perspective on Life Coaching as the operating system of all coaching
and how it is different and a unique profession. Topics include
the history of coaching, distinctions, and practice...all done with
Pat's humor and enthusiastic and engaging style.
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There is still room for 25 people!
This symposium has been designed to provide participants with an
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methodology of the profession of personal and professional coaching
and how it has evolved. This symposium will clarify the distinction
between therapy and coaching. Participants will learn skills that
are transferable from the field of therapy and skills that need
to be "unlearned." This symposium has been designed for participants
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they may incorporate it into their practice or evolve their practice
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Elbert Hubbard
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Life
Coaching, Career Coaching: Can They Mix?
Stacy was at a career crossroads. After 15 years
in the telecommunications industry, she was dissatisfied.
The industry had lost its “personal touch,” and
she had been promoted to the top position in her company
that was available to her. “There must be more
to life than working this hard and not really enjoying
it,” she kept thinking. “But what else can
I do with my finance degree besides crunch numbers in
the industry I know?” In addition, her company
had just announced a pending merger, and she was afraid
that her job may be eliminated once the merger went
through.
You may have had a client like Stacy. But many therapists and or
life coaches, when faced with this type of client, find that they
wish they had more in-depth knowledge of the job market and the
job search process to assist them. We know that a coach should refer
anyone with mental illness to a therapist. But how does the life
coach know when to refer a client to an expert in another coaching
area, such as a career coach or career counselor?
Following are some key indicators that a referral is necessary or
that the life coach should obtain specific training in career coaching:
1. Does the client’s issue involve primarily personal/life
issues or primarily work-related issues? Career coaching is defined
in Career Coaching: An Insider’s Guide as “an interactive
process of exploring work-related issues – leading to effective
action – in which the coach acts as both a catalyst and facilitator
of individual and, in turn, organizational development and transformation.” “Work-related
issues” includes anything from resume preparation and interviewing
skills to career choice and life/work balance concerns. Career coaches
and career counselors are trained in these subject matter areas.
2. Will the client’s issue likely require a Job Search Marketing
Plan? Another area in which career coaches are specifically trained
is development of an appropriate Job Search Marketing Plan for that
individual. This plan will incorporate a suitable mix of published
job market strategies (job boards, advertised openings etc.) and
unpublished job market avenues (networking, targeted mailings, etc.)
If the life coach is not trained in those areas, a career coach
could be used in tandem with the life coach for the more technical
aspects of the client’s job search.
3. Is the client seeking a new career direction or facing a more
general existential crisis? If the former, a career coach such as
those trained at Career Coach Institute can assist in designing
an Authentic Vocation™, using 8 key elements that blend fulfillment,
the client’s talents, and desirable financial rewards. This
often requires thinking creatively and/or blending past experiences
and skills in new ways.
Career coaching is the one coaching specialty that is recession-proof,
since people change jobs in any economy (sometimes voluntarily,
sometimes not). If you enjoy linking people’s life purpose
with its expression through their work, career coaching may be just
the addition to your skillset that you have been seeking!
Marcia Bench is a Master Certified Career Coach™ and
Certified Business Coach with over 19 years’ experience
in the career development field. A frequent speaker, Marcia
is a former attorney and is Founder and Director of Career
Coach Institute, LLC and Retirement Coach Institute. She
has authored 18 books including Career Coaching: An Insider’s
Guide, Don’t Just Survive, Thrive During Transition
and Retire Your Way! Her primary web site is www.careercoachinstitute.com
Miboso
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"The Many Faces of Coaching™ Show:
Coaching Specialties Series" runs from June 2 to
August 25 on Miboso Radio (www.mibosoradio.com/radio_shows.htm#cs.)
Join the show on August 11 to hear guest speaker Pat
Williams, CEO of ILCT.
Work is love made
visible.
And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better
that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the
temple and take alms of those who work with joy.
Kahlil Gibran
UK
College of Life Coaching Training Event in New
York City
The Institute for Life Coach Training
is proud to announce a strategic partnership with the
UK College of Life Coaching in North America. Dr. Patrick
Williams, MCC, CEO of ILCT is to become the Dean of
The College for UKCLC - North America. Global opportunities
for coaching careers, training and membership are available.
Are you:
- looking to become a qualified Coach?
- wanting to add Coaching to your current professional skills?
- wanting to be part of an externally accredited Coach, affiliated
with the British education system?
- or do you know anyone looking to train or qualify as a Coach?
Opportunities exist for:
1) Training
2) Program Licensing
3) Mentoring
4) Coaching contracts
5) Referral fee’s for College members
The UK College of Life Coaching in association with Institute for
Life Coach Training USA, are presenting two training opportunities
in Manhattan, New York City on October 21 through 23. For
details about this exciting training event, visit http://www.lifecoachtraining.com/whats_new/UKCLC.shtml.
Choose a job you
love, and you will never have to work a day in your
life.
Confucius
What
is Political Leadership Coaching?
I am often asked to explain what a
political leadership coach is and why it is an emerging
market segment within the coaching profession. The practice
and art of political leadership coaching is born out
of the need to support public leaders as they traverse
the highly challenging issues during these polarizing
and partisan times.
Political coaches are not pollsters,
consultants or strategists zeroing in on the next election
plan. Rather, political coaches have a one-on-one relationship
with a political candidate or elected official that
equips them with the personal tools and knowledge to
clarify and manifest their vision for their time in
public office.
Political coaches do not comment on
their client’s political opinions or espouse their
own positions---quite the contrary. The coach may be
the only person who does not want something from the
political leader and therefore can provide honest reflective
listening.
Political coaches help their clients:
- Focus on developing and enhancing
the politician’s personal leadership style
- Create a confidential relationship
that allows the politician to freely discuss concerns
they might not otherwise feel comfortable sharing
with others
- Provide tools for managing their
anxiety and stress in difficult situations
- Discover new possibilities in the
midst of entrenched political views
- Challenge candidates and politicians
to fully develop their vision for public office far
beyond just winning their next election
- Keep their vision for public office
alive in the midst of struggle and defeat.
When is the right time to seek a political
leadership coach? Here are just a few situations where
coaching is especially helpful:
- When considering running for office,
especially for the first time or running again following
a defeat
- After winning an election in order
to help set their agenda for the first few months
in office
- When the demands of public and
private life become imbalanced
- During challenging times when vision,
purpose, and passion are a blur rather than a daily
source of inspiration and energy.
Political coaches support a politician
by developing their awareness of gaps between their
intentions and actions and challenging unconscious assumptions
that create inconsistencies from their client’s
stated values and their behavior.
The fast paced world of power politics
places political leaders under immense pressure to do
and say things they might not ordinarily do. Holding
the political leader to their commitments so they speak
and act in alignment with higher motives is a roll uniquely
played by the political coach.
Elected leaders are under constant
pressure from a wide variety of interests. The political
coach supports them and helps them keep their original
vision for public service alive.
The result of working with a political
leadership coach is a more authentic and courageous
political leader willing to boldly lead from higher
ground. Political leadership coaches are an emerging
and essential new specialty that will help transform
our political systems and create a world that works
for all.
© July 2005 by Donna Zajonc
Donna Zajonc is a former Oregon
State Legislator, certified coach and author of the
new book, The Politics of Hope: Reviving the Dream
of Democracy. Donna is Co-chair of ICF’s Political
Leadership SIG ( visit www.coachfederation.org and
click on "About ICF" then "Special
Interest Groups") and is dedicated to bringing
coaching into politics through coaching elected leaders
and coaching coaches who want to develop their political
coaching business. You may subscribe to her free newsletter
and learn more about Donna at: www.politicsofhope.com.
Democracy begins
in a conversation.
American Philosopher John Dewey on his 90th birthday
The
Brande Foundation Offers Free Coaching to Leaders
The Brande Foundation is offering
free life coaching for leaders of non-profit organizations.
There are a limited number of spots available. The Brande
Foundation will provide this service to the number one
person at an organization with a budget of at least
$5 million per year and 50 or more employees. National
or international organizations are preferred, but regional
non-profits will be considered.
The life coaching includes four to six hours per month of telephone
coaching, one to two visioning retreats per year, and one to two
workshops per year. This is a year-long coaching service. At times,
The Brande Foundation will pay for some of the travel expenses for
the workshops and the visioning retreats.
Please invite leaders of non-profits to visit http://www.BrandeFoundation.orgor
contact Bill Rentz at 605-394-0072 or BillRentz@FallingAwake.com for
more information.
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