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Tomorrow's Life Coach (TLC) is a monthly online journal from the Institute for Life Coach Training (ILCT) that nourishes the intellect, intuition and inspiration of the personal and business coaching community. Several years ago, I noticed how fast the coaching profession was evolving. At the same time, I noticed there were the beginnings of "factions" and dissident opinions. There were questions regarding the establishment of professional organization and what organization would be in charge of credentialing, etc. In my view, this is a normal occurrence in a growing profession. In many well-established professions diverse opinions still exist today. However, I recognized in order to avoid government regulation and licensing of coaching, there would need to be a unified voice for the professionals who call themselves coaches as well as standards of excellence for all coaches. At that point, I envisioned a summit of key leaders in the coaching profession. This summit would provide an opportunity to discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of this emerging global profession. This idea was modeled after the Boulder conference of 1949, which paved the way for clinical psychology to become a recognized application of psychological theory to psychotherapy. I believed we needed a similar summit for coaching. This past month, my dream came true. After two years of persistence, a committee and I requested and received funding to invite 50 identified leaders from around the globe to enter the EVOLVING CONVERSATION OF COACHING in Vancouver, BC, Canada. There were 45 attendees from 18 countries for a three-day event. Many topics were discussed with action steps identified and plans were made for future summits to "keep the fires burning." In fact that was one of the great metaphors of the weekend, i.e. to have coaching professionals be viewed as circles of elders who are paving the way for future generations of coaches and clients/consumers. This event will no doubt be a historical mark in our industry evolution and more details will be forthcoming about what was discussed and planned. Some of the outcomes of this event will be presented at the November ICF Conference in St. Louis, MO. My question for you: what are you doing to further the profession of coaching in your own education and in the application to your clients and others in your life? Pat Patrick Williams Ed.D., MCC Pat's Coaching Forum This free call is open to all individuals and we invite you to share this invitation with others. The call will last 60 minutes. Date: September 26th Introduction To Coaching As A
Profession This group will meet for 60 minutes a week for four weeks on a teleconference line. All you will need is your telephone and a quiet place to listen. Upon registration you will receive a special telephone number and access code. During this class the following topics will be discussed:
Fee: $99 Live Training - 20
Hour Foundational Coach Training - Philadelphia, PA This live training is part of the first course in our comprehensive ICF Accredited Coach Training Program. It is the first 20 hours of The Foundational Coach Training (40 hours), which was designed specifically for therapists, counselors, human services professionals and others with backgrounds in the people business. This live training will assist those individuals who wish to move from their current profession into coaching and/or those who wish to add coaching to their current practice. This training will meet over two and one-half days and will provide 20 hours of coach training credit towards an International Coach Federation credential. Free Coach Referral Service - Coming Soon! Please check the ILCT home page in a few weeks for more details! ILCT Faculty – Spotlight on Dr. Jim Vuocolo Dr. James S. Vuocolo, President of Life Coach Consulting, is a native of Basking Ridge, New Jersey. He was graduated with honors from Bloomfield College and Drew University (with a Master of Divinity and Doctorate of Ministry in Administration/ Practical Theology), and was ordained in the United Church of Christ in 1979. Jim has taught many credit and non-credit courses in coaching and marketing, philosophy, religion, personal growth and career development, and is a former member of the famed Westminster Choir where he sang under the baton of many leading conductors including Lucas Foss, Leonard Bernstein, Eugene Ormandy and Leopold Stokowsky. He has an honorable discharge from service in the N.J. Army National Guard. Since then, he has served pastorates in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Wyoming (where he was also the Executive Director of ecumenical campus ministries for nine Church denominations) and Southern California. Jim has also taught many credit and non-credit courses in coaching, philosophy, religion, personal growth and career development. He is a certified mid-life strategist focusing on personal and career transition, which led him to become an Associate with Parachute in 2005. Dr. Vuocolo is internationally recognized as a pioneer in the coaching profession. He is a charter member of the International Coach Federation and was among the first group of Master Certified Coaches in the world. He is also a Certified Executive Coach with the World Association of Business Coaches, and a Certified Life Coach. Jim has trained thousands of coaches internationally since 1996, and is a Certified as a Mentor Coach. Jim served on the original Advisory Board to Pat Williams that envisioned the development of TherapistU (later ILCT), and in 1999, he was recruited to join the core faculty at The Institute for Life Coach Training (ILCT) where he presently serves as Director of Practice Development in addition to running his own International coaching, consulting and training business. Jim has a genuine passion for assisting coaches to succeed! He served on the exam team at ICF, and from that work he developed the Foundational Competency Practicum for certification at ILCT, together with Diane Menendez. He has also taught a certification course in DISC behavioral assessments, and has partnered with Becca Robinson in developing an advanced course in Creating A Referral Based Business. As a certified mid-life strategist focusing on personal and career transition, Jim spend two years putting together his advanced marketing program for ILCT called Practice Made Perfect: All You Need to Make Money As A Coach (Life Coach Press, 2003) and has written many other eBooks and books. He also developed the advanced course in Group Coaching & Teleclass Leading for ILCT, and is working on a Biz Wiz Development Mentor Group. His latest book, Wake Up Life the Life You Love Finding Personal Freedom (c.2004), was co-authored with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Dr. Wayne Dyer, and others as part of a best selling series, and tells his own story of personal and career transition into full time coaching. As a full time coach & mid-life strategist, Jim partners with busy professionals and executives who want to attain greater fulfillment and results in their life and in work. He has worked with individuals and groups of business owners, entrepreneurs, sales people, and other professionals in the USA, Canada, England, Italy, Venezuela, and elsewhere who want to take their life and work to the next levels of success. Jim calls what he does "SoulBusiness"(tm), which he defines as "Integrating who you are with what you do to create the life results you want!" Jim has resided in Redlands, CA for the past twelve years to together with his wife, Debbie, and their son, Adam. Spotlight On Classes - Practice Made Perfect: Marketing Your Coaching Business For Maximum Success This class, developed by Dr. Jim Vuocolo, Master Certified Coach, teaches students how to effectively market their coaching practices using materials that he has developed while helping to train and mentor hundreds of coaches over the past ten to twelve years. Jim has distilled the best practices of many of the most successful coaches in the world, and incorporates a virtual buffet of tools, techniques, exercises, and dialogues from which participants can choose in order to develop the perfect marketing plan for them. The course includes, yet is not limited to, the following:
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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. Where In The World Is Pat Williams? September 7-10, 2006 October 4-6, 2006 November 1-4, 2006
"The original small-press edition of Calling the Circle has become one of the key resources for the rapidly-growing "circle" movement. This newly revised edition brings Christina Baldwin's groundbreaking work to an even broader audience ranging from women's spirituality groups to corporate development teams. 50,000 years ago, women and men gathered around campfires to decide the key issues in their lives. Today, groups everywhere are discovering a new form of this ancient ritual for communication, mutual support, teamwork, and social change. Now, in a book as consciousness-changing as Riane Eisler's The Chalice and the Blade or Peter Senge's The Fifth Discipline, Christina Baldwin offers this powerful new tool to everyone who longs for a community based on honesty, equality, and spiritual integrity."
"Using their fire image: this book is for 'people who are ready to stoke the wisdom gained in the first half of their lives to burn with a brighter sense of purpose in the second half.' Drawing on what Leider learned while sitting around the fire with tribal elders in Tanzania, he refers to his readers as 'new elders,' meaning people 'who never stop reinventing themselves.' This isn't a self-help book, exactly: it doesn't offer advice on activities for elders or where to retire. It is a guide to an internal, spiritual search for the purpose of one's older years."
Law And Ethics In Coaching is co-edited by Patrick Williams and Sharon Anderson. With contributions from a dozen academic, legal, and coaching professionals, this book is a must for anyone in the field of coaching or whose organization uses coaching as a service. Sure to be a classic! "Filled with a dynamic blend of case studies, discussion questions, illuminating quotes, and other examples, Law and Ethics in Coaching is both a trailblazing professional reference and an unparalleled textbook for coaching programs." Announcements Coming This Fall - A Supervision Practicum A Supervision Practicum for coaches who want to more fully develop the art of coaching by focusing on their own coaching process with clients. In this Practicum, participants will have the opportunity to bring their own case materials for examination and exploration. Using their cases as stimuli, participants will role-play and coach each other. There will also be time for feedback, reflection and discussion. Outcomes from this approach allow participants to refine their coaching approaches and skills to fit their own unique coaching style while more fully embracing the artful, non-directive, client-centered, creativity of coaching.
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