Volume 8 Issue 1– January, 2009

In This Issue:

• Pat's Ponderings ~ Patrick Williams, Ed.D., MCC
• Monthly
  • ILCT-CPH Teleconference - Coaching Professional or Professional Coach? What is the Distinction?
  • Pat's Coaching Forum - How Does One Coach Wellness?
  • Introduction to Coaching Calls
  • Free Coach Referral Service for CLC's
• News & Features
  • The Puget Sound Coaches Association 2009 Conference
  • The Philosophy and Practice of Coaching: Issues and Insights for a New Era - Interview with Pat Williams
  • Informational Call: Body-Mind Life Coaching - January 27th
• Upcoming Classes at ILCT
• Where in the World is Pat Williams?
• What Pat Recommends

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.

Pat's Ponderings - 10 years!

ILCT celebrates 10 years of business this month!!!!  I write this celebratory "pondering" to thank you for my continued connection with the readers of Tomorrow’s Life Coach and students/members of ILCT.

ILCT was the 12th Accredited Coach Training Program approved by the ICF and there are now over 100!!!  ILCT’s senior faculty of Lynn Meinke, Jim Vuocolo, and Marilyn O’Hearne have been with the program from the first year; Lisa Kramer started teaching with us in 2003.  Sherry Lowry has retired from teaching and Diane Menendez is working with an international coaching/consulting company. We recently added a new faculty member, Susie Strauss. Diana Kilinski, Lisa Kramer and Candia Dye teach the EACS program.

Our high quality faculty, who are all certified and experienced coaches, give our program the worldwide reputation we enjoy in this ever evolving profession. In addition, faculty members have volunteered with the ICF - Lynn Meinke has served on various ICF committees and Marilyn O’Hearne is a current Vice President of the ICF Board of Directors. (I served as a Board member for 3 years and was also chair of the regulatory committee and member of the ethics committee). One of our graduates, Jeanne Erickson is current chair of the ICF ethics committee.  Perhaps some of you want to volunteer time with ICF this year???

I also want to thank our students who have worked toward certification.  We have had approximately 227 Certified Life Coaches, 37 have become full graduates with our Life Coach Diploma and the  ICF Accredited Coach Training Program.  Many of our students have achieved the ACC credential and the PCC credential with the ICF and that number is growing rapidly. Becoming an ICF certified coach is becoming more important every year.

Our Christian Track foundational course has taught over 1000 students in the last 8 years and is expanding into a full Christian emphasis ACTP in 2009! Chris McCluskey and Judy Santos continue to lead and nurture this specialized program in ways that impact a larger community of faith based practitioners.

We have also grown internationally!

Our Korean partner, Dr. Paul Jeong, has now trained 70 students. Forty-one have completed the ACTP.

Our Italian faculty, Laura Cutica Talice, has taught 31 students the foundational class.

In Istanbul Turkey, Lynn Meinke, Esra Aksuyek, and Anil Inan have now trained 33, and 10 have completed the requirements for the Certified Life Coach credential.

In Hong Kong, Pat and Charles Hamrick (our China faculty) have trained 91 occupational therapists and health care workers in the hospital district in the Foundational course. Sixty-one have gone on the achieve the CLC and eligibility for ICF certification.

All this makes me very proud of the quality of professionals ILCT has attracted and bodes well for our future as we target new markets and create new programs. 

Here is wishing all of you a prosperous and happy 2009. Live well, live purposefully, live optimally and coach your clients to do the same.

Coaching can help!!!

Pat

Patrick Williams Ed.D., MCC
Chief Energizing Officer, ILCT
Department Chair, Professional Coaching, International University of Professional Studies
Author: Becoming a Professional Life Coach. Therapist as Life Coach, Total Life Coaching,
Law and Ethics in Coaching
Recipient of Global Visionary Fellowship for Non Profit www.CoachingTheGlobalVillage.org
Biography

Monthly

ILCT-CPH Teleconference - Coaching Professional or Professional Coach? What is the Distinction?

Please join Dr. Patrick Williams, President and CEO of the Institute for Life Coach Training, author of Law and Ethics in Coaching, and Sara Duiven, Marketing Manager of CPH & Associates on January 15th for a discussion focused on Coaching Professional or Professional Coach? What is the Distinction?.

During this 60-minute conference call Pat and Sara will be discussing the the points below, plus fielding specific questions submitted during registration:

1. Are you a therapist, counselor or other professional who has added coaching to your list of services?
2. Can you mix in coaching skills if you are hired in another capacity?
3. Have you wanted to set up a separate business as a professional coach?
4. What are the implications for ethics and clients?

Date: Thursday, January 15, 2009
Time: 2:00 p.m. Eastern/New York/Toronto time

Fee: no charge (long distance charges may apply)

REGISTER NOW

Pat's Coaching Forum - How Does One Coach Wellness?

Join Dr. Patrick Williams and Jim Strohecker, CEO and Co-founder of HealthWorld Online (www.healthy.net) and Bobbie Burdett, Director of Training for HealthWorld Online, to find out How Does One Coach Wellness?

The topics to be discussed are:

1. What helps?
2. What doesn't?

Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern/New York/Toronto time

Fee: No charge (long distance charges may apply)

REGISTER NOW

Introduction to Coaching Calls:

Join us for a one-hour class that will introduce you to the wonderful career of Life Coaching. We want to share our excitement with you and give you information to help you decide if life coaching is for you!

Fee: No charge. (Long distance charges may apply).

• What is Coaching?
• Origins of Coaching
• What Research Says Good Coaches Do
• Current Status of Coaching
• Why is Coaching Becoming So Popular and Needed Now?
• Benefits of Adding Coaching to Your Business
• Helping Professional to Coach: 7 Success Factors
• Some Similarities and Differences Between Coaching and Therapy
• Questions and Answers

January 9th: REGISTER NOW

January 23rd: REGISTER NOW

Times: 2:00 p.m. Eastern/New York/Toronto time

Free Coach Referral Service for CLCs
ILCT provides a listing of Certified Life Coaches and graduates of our Accredited Coach Training Program. These are coaches who have completed at least 60 to 130 hours of coach training. This is a value-added service for those ILCT students who have reached this high level of excellence!

This list is being offered as a free service to assist individuals in identifying and selecting coaches best suited for their particular need.

If you have your Certified Life Coach credential, and have not registered — Sign up now

News & Features

The Puget Sound Coaches Association 2009 Conference -
Coaching: Creating Conscious Choice & Change
February 5, 2009, WaMu Leadership Center at Cedarbrook, SeaTac, WA

This exciting event will be kicked off by Key Note and industry leader presenters: Sandra Anne Taylor, New York Times best-selling author of Quantum Success, Secrets of Attraction, AND Dr. Patrick Williams, Founder of the Institute for Life Coach Training (ILCT), and responsible for the Global Village initiative. There will also be a full day of workshops, exhibits, networking and MORE! Earn CCEU's - 5 Separate Learning Tracks and 18 Breakouts.

Dr. Williams' Topic: Coaching and Social Action: Creating Choice in Challenging Times, and his breakout session will be Transpersonal Coaching: Mind Body and Spirit.

Click for more information / registration

The Philosophy and Practice of Coaching: Issues and Insights for a New Era
Interview with Dr. Patrick Williams

The Philosophy and Practice of Coaching by David B. Drake (Editor), Diane Brennan (Editor), Kim Gørtz (Editor) is a is an excellent text for graduate and higher level professional courses on coaching, and a unique resource for seasoned professionals who want to stay ahead of the curve. As the field matures, it is imperative that we stay current with the best information available to remain competitive and credible in the market. This book is an essential resource to help us do so.

The first chapter of the book was written by Dr. Patrick Williams (The Life Coach Operating System: Its Foundations in Psychology), who is featured in the following interview with David Drake.

Click here to listen to the interview and purchase the book from Amazon.com

Informational Call: Body-Mind Life Coaching™: Using the Body to Deepen Awareness and Forward the Action

Join Dr. Lauree Moss, MSW, Ph.D., PCC to learn more about this exciting certificate course, which starts on March 24, 2009 for 16 weeks. Using Body-Mind Life Coaching™ tools, coaches will learn ways to work with the powerful messages of the body. It is said that the body never lies. Through habitual ways of thinking, acting and feeling, there is often a disconnection between the mind and body. Coaches, in any niche, who are interested in learning more about how to integrate non- verbal dimensions into their coaching, will gain invaluable skills and tools.

Lauree will discuss:

• What is Body-Mind Life Coaching™
• Skills and tools taught in the class
• Ways to use (2) specific tools that are integrated throughout the class: Breath & Mindfulness
• Case examples
• What you will gain personally and professionally by getting this certificate.

Date: January 27, 2009
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Eastern

Fee: No charge (long distance charges may apply)

REGISTER for this call

If you have questions you may contact Lauree at Lauree@lifecoachtraining.com

Expand Your Business! Deepen Your Coaching Skills!
Register For Upcoming Classes at ILCT

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?

February 5th
Cedarbrook, SeaTac, WA
Puget Sound Coaches Conference 2009
Keynote Speaker - Coaching and Social Action: Creating Choice in Challenging Times
Breakout - Transpersonal Coaching: Mind Body and Spirit

What Pat Recommends

	The Philosophy and Practice of Coaching by David B. Drake (Editor), Diane Brennan (Editor), Kim Gørtz (Editor) - Dr. Patrick Williams (Contributor) The Philosophy and Practice of Coaching will help to advance the global conversation about the future of coaching. The book is organized into three key sections: Foundations for Coaching, Applications of Coaching, and Organizations and Coaching, and the focus is on enabling the reader to astutely link theory and practice. To read an except of the first chapter by Dr. Patrick Williams (The Life Coach Operating System: Its Foundations in Psychology), click on the book image at Amazon.com, and pick the excerpt link.
	Becoming a Professional Life Coach: Lessons from the Institute for Life Coach Training by Dr. Patrick Williams & Diane S. Menendez Beginning with a brief history of the foundations of coaching and its future trajectory, Becoming a Professional Life Coach takes readers step-by-step through the coaching process, covering all the crucial ideas and strategies for being an effective, successful life coach. Listening to, versus listening for, versus listening with; Establishing a client's focus; Giving honest feedback and observation; Formulating first coaching conversations; Asking powerful, eliciting questions; Understanding human developmental issues; Reframing a client's perspective; Enacting change within clients; Helping clients to identify and fulfill core values, and much, much more. From Resource Reviews - With Ruth Harper: The word “coaching” is now a buzzword among helping professionals, yet many may not fully comprehend this trend. “Coaching is partnering with clients in a thought provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential,” according to the International Coach Federation, an organization that boasts more than 15,000 members worldwide. Patrick Williams and Diane Menendez have written a seminal work on this subject with Becoming a Professional Life Coach. Williams, founder of the Institute for Life Coach training, is a Master Certified Coach as well as an author of the paradigm-shifting Therapist as Life Coach. Menendez works for two coaching organizations: Leadership Mastery Coaching and Convergys Global Talent Development. She, too, is a Master Certified Coach. The question foremost on most readers’ minds is likely to be what, specifically, is the difference between therapy and coaching? One major difference is emphasis, the authors explain. While psychotherapy often focuses on the past, coaching directs clients to create and design their futures. Critics and skeptics may relegate coaching to the realm of fads. These authors, however, argue that coaching is both a viable career and a bona fide profession in the 21st century. As they explain, “Coaches are now in schools, probation departments, churches, nonprofit corporations and other community agencies.” Click here to read the full review.

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